Pearls of Wisdom - Year 1965 Inspired in Mark L. Prophet and Elizabeth Clare Prophet ****** Contents ****** 1 Lord Gautama - January 1, 1965 2 Mighty Vesta - January 8, 1965 3 The Great Divine Director - January 15, 1965 4 The Great Divine Director - January 22, 1965 5 The Great Divine Director - January 29, 1965 6 The Great Divine Director - February 7, 1965 7 The Great Divine Director - February 14, 1965 8 The Great Divine Director - February 21, 1965 9 The Great Divine Director - February 28, 1965 10 The Great Divine Director - March 7, 1965 11 The Great Divine Director - March 14, 1965 12 The Great Divine Director - March 21, 1965 13 The Great Divine Director - March 28, 1965 14 The Great Divine Director - April 4, 1965 15 The Great Divine Director - April 11, 1965 16 The Great Divine Director - April 18, 1965 17 The Great Divine Director - April 25, 1965 18 The Great Divine Director - May 2, 1965 19 The Great Divine Director - May 9, 1965 20 The Great Divine Director - May 16, 1965 21 The Great Divine Director - May 23, 1965 22 The Great Divine Director - May 30, 1965 23 The Great Divine Director - June 6, 1965 24 The Great Divine Director - June 13, 1965 25 The Great Divine Director - June 20, 1965 26 The Great Divine Director - June 27, 1965 27 Saint Germain - July 4, 1965 28 El Morya - July 11, 1965 29 Lord Maitreya, the Great Initiator - July 18, 1965 30 Nada - July 25, 1965 31 El Morya - August 1, 1965 32 Mother Mary - August 8, 1965 33 The Maha Chohan - August 15, 1965 34 The Maha Chohan - August 22, 1965 35 Saint Germain - August 29, 1965 36 Mother Mary - September 5, 1965 37 Saint Germain - September 12, 1965 38 Saint Germain - September 19, 1965 39 Saint Germain - September 26, 1965 40 Saint Germain - October 3, 1965 41 Saint Germain - October 10, 1965 42 Vaivasvata Manu - October 17, 1965 43 Jesus the Christ - October 24, 1965 44 Lord Gautama - October 31, 1965 45 Saint Germain - November 7, 1965 46 Prince Oromasis - November 14, 1965 47 El Morya - November 21, 1965 48 The Lord Maha Chohan - November 28, 1965 49 Archangel Gabriel - December 5, 1965 50 Zarathustra - December 12, 1965 51 Jesus the Christ - December 19, 1965 52 Hilarion - December 26, 1965 ****** Chapter 1 Lord Gautama - January 1, 1965 ****** Vol. 8 No. 1 - Lord Gautama - January 1, 1965 The Unstained Whiteness of the Eternal Sun To All Who Would Meet the Challenges of the Immortal Cycles - Greetings of the New Year from Shamballa! The joy and beauty of forever is made manifest in the ever-present now. The dawn of cosmic reason comes in full-blown majesty to the individual monad but it has always existed within the heart of the Infinite. Comprehension, then, is to partake in Holy Communion at the altar of God of the nectar of spiritual illumination. The many have sought in past ages and in the present era for greater illumination in the fields of material science and in the realms of spiritual understanding. But we cannot justly impute fault to the universal consciousness of Love and the essence of spiritual creativity for the lack of manifest attainment in the strongholds of time and outer consciousness; for the outer consciousness of man is but a reflection in part of that measure of heaven's reality which he has properly understood and evaluated. As the cream rises in the vessel to the top, there to be skimmed off as the richness of the whole milk, so the virtuous and wise of every generation find themselves in the graduating segment of spiritual attainment at the top of their own class, seldom fully recognized in their time and little understood by their contemporaries by reason of men's accent on material achievement and finite habits, whose pursuit has brought the vanity of amusement and temporary pleasures without the benefit of stored spiritual treasure. Now, in our New Year offering, we would not give one whit of condemnation to mankind; for the infinite ocean of God's peace is scarcely disturbed by the pinch of dust flecked upon the water's edge and the accompanying ripples which appear as mountain waves of confusion to the gnats infesting the borders of infinity - near the shoreline where mankind's castles in sand seem so monumental to the children of men. Again, with a burst of the cosmic cycle at the gateway of a new year, we stand to offer our counsel and advice. We can make no radical departure from the normal patterns released in previous years until the masses of mankind, or at least a truly token symbol thereof, shall alter the karmic balance of the earth in such a manner as to warrant new dispensations of divine grace for and on behalf of mankind. The Lord hath appointed indeed the bounds of man's habitation,{1} and the lines are clearly marked. The guardian hands of immortal spirits who have followed with adoration, with love, and with service the Father's every thought continue to stand in willingness to wield all spiritual power given in heaven and earth for and on behalf of contemporary man. They stand ready to remove self-appointed barriers from before men's pathways and to extend newness of life into every domain, outer and inner as well, whensoever the blessed record can be clearly marked "Merited." Yet, often as an act of universal love, these blessed beings in humility have cast before the minds of men the pure and holy substance of the illustrious inner domains in the secret but conclusive hope that ultimately, if not presently, an awakening will come to mankind, universally and individually. Thereby they shall stir themselves from the vain lethargies of the senses and the sleep of centuries to arise with renewed hope and vigor to face the challenges of the immortal cycles. Even now these are made visible in part, but they await the prompting of the Great Ones to remove the veil and lift the curtain still higher with the advance of the rising spirals. Now, we shall continue to offer the radiant hopes which have already become the fulfillment of all our dreams to you who dream a little as you sleep - as the gods are wont to do - but who are unfortunately in the main subjected to the ancient songs of the Lorelei (those sirens of the senses which lure men into a state of entrapment whereby the overimportance of their own human egos is dangled before them upon the thread of life as a bauble is held in the hands of an exploiter before savage eyes not yet illumined with the light of discrimination and knowledge). We advocate, then, a continuation of the flow of divine knowledge into the world of form for all mankind. Let knowledge flow forth; but let it not be for the mere sharpening of human wit or the intellect or used as an irresistible force arrayed against an immovable object, but rather let the softened lines of mercy and compassion, together with understanding, be held as olive branches in the hand, even as the arrows of protection and aspiration are readied to make their mark upon both finite and infinite panoramas. The subtleties of life often snare men just short of their full measure of attainment and divert them back into the sloughs of vain glory-seeking and confusion. Let all know, then, that those whom God loveth he often chasteneth. {2} His chastening is but for the pruning and perfectionment of every aspirant. For he crumbles the towers of human vanity and perfects the saints through winnowing the grain of man's creation and testing in the crucible of life its fitness to be used in the manna for all. Each one receives these disciplines in that full measure to which he is entitled in the craft of divine Sonship. When nearing the goal of attainment, men are often subjected to more than ordinary pressures; the stress and strain of their beings are under constant testing in preparation for subjection to the highest forms of spiritual initiation. Unfortunately, at the very time of testing (temptation), often the most deleterious aspects of their own egos may, as wily serpents, raise their ugly heads and strike with the poisonous tongue of an adder directly at the guardians of God's holy energies. While we are accustomed to this dilemma and would know how to cope with it ourselves, it is often true that the innocent and inexperienced chelas upon the planet do suffer as the result of the lashing out of uncontrolled and impersonally misqualified energies in themselves and even in the beings of the very devotees who represent us. I implore all, then, in the light of the fount of holy wisdom, to hold in check those unregenerate impulses which are lacking in nobility and honor and to restrain the idle word and senseless wanderings in the graves of human self-deceit and confusion from which you have already escaped. I advocate a continual raising of the standards upon earth as well as the raising of spiritual banners. I advocate universal understanding between men of goodwill over all the planetary body, and I foster and nourish the shield of empathy which does not wallow in the folly of sentiment or vain human sympathy. Simply because an individual may yet abide in the deceits from which you have escaped does not mean that you should identify with that one to the point of excusing his defection from justice and truth, but rather should you, in the full measure of divine grace and understanding, extend to him a helping hand out of the barrenness of human concepts into the exalted vision of the Son of God. The Brotherhood of Light determines once again with the impetus of the new year to evoke a steadfastness in all who continue to serve the plan, replacing a wavering sense of cosmic righteousness with a fervent discipline which does not brook human interference and with a staunch defense of the justice of karmic recall which, in bringing to mankind the understanding of the need of redemption for previous acts, seeks to give them eternal liberation and the purity of the divine concept. Man must come to realize that the Godhead is not limited in his acts of grace to extend holy virtue into the matrix of man's own individuality as an extension of progressive revelation whereby the power of man's ability to understand the Divine is enhanced with each succeeding generation and each trek around the cosmic cycles of the eternal spiral. Bear well in mind that all imbalance must be corrected, that all dissonance must be adjusted to the vibratory action of the music of the spheres, that sweetness of disposition must replace the belching monsters of the dying beasts of materiality whose tails lash out dragonlike to destroy the perfect image before its establishment in man's consciousness and person. The human spinal axis with its tilt must also be straightened so that it is kept perpendicular to the plane of the ellipse; thus the revolving, evolving, and involving spheres of being will be free from the masquerade of shadow to express the unstained whiteness of the Eternal Sun. I AM radiating unto all my flame of immortal peace. Lord Gautama ****** Chapter 2 Mighty Vesta - January 8, 1965 ****** Vol. 8 No. 2 - Mighty Vesta - January 8, 1965 The Mystery of the White Stone Hail, O Helios, thou dawn of regenerate reality! Hail, thou Holy Mother of Eternal Cycles! Hail, O Immaculate Concept which does not expend its energy in vain trifles But seeks to extricate mankind from all that rifles The treasure-house of man's knowing Which opposes the purity that's flowing Unbounded from God's great knowing That founded universal love and order, showing To all the way to answer God's call And pray withal and serve the light That illumines darkest night With Victory's flag unfurled O'er all the shadowed world. I AM come, then, this dawn of the new year To join the holy energies Gautama has released And assert the dominance of cosmic peace That shall never cease Until the last man, woman, and child is free To be the exact replica of the divine decree That forges in the field of time Some measure of God's joy sublime That shines the midnight hour And takes from evil all its power Until the light of truth proves well The hordes of evil to repel To break the long outwoven spell That blinded man and beast alike And chained all elemental life! O precious ones, the time has come when the yoke of tyranny must be put off and man, in all of the treasure-house of being, must pay homage to the Christ image being born anew as each soul recognizes the need to distinguish between seed and need; for seed is the divine plan implanted in man in the beginning and bears the stamp of the Christ and the ability of the light to permeate the lily of man with the fragrance of God's plan, whereas the need of man for things and outer power is but an act of desire and the desire mind. These two opposites, depicted in the story of Cain and Abel,{3} show the ability of Abel and his response to the call of God to take dominion over the field of the world and to reconsecrate it as the Eden, or paradise of God. By contradistinction, the mind of Cain sought only to expand his desires without recognizing the threads of responsibility which, while latent, were literally bursting within his being also. His use of the energies of regeneration was to direct them into the fields of generation, and hence he sought in the land of Nod for a wife to bear him offspring in the generative cycle. Thus the sin of Cain was that he did not pay heed to the ancient covenants by which mankind, in all of their being and form, were literally galvanized into action by the Creator's magnificence as trapezoid, parallelogram, and wave form heaped into trigonometric expression and the science of crystallography and atomic structure resulted in manifest form. Long before form was realized, the mind and intelligence of God conceived the entire whole - the fourth-dimensional pattern of both form and soul - and the pattern has scarcely begun to externalize here upon earth. As we send forth continuously the sunseeds of eternal promise, we want all mankind who are able to assimilate our message in part - To realize that in the heart of being There is an inward power of seeing Whose virtue must be amplified until Godlike eyes and vision appear within men's will And the breaches and schisms of past ages are healed By the appearance of the patterns immortal God sealed. Then the mystery of the white stone will be known And each man's new name{4} Will be seen in the virtue of his God flame And substance unfolding shall fashion anew A garment of light and beauty, too And heaven's measure of purity will be A symboled treasure of the good and the free! Gracious ones, as I leave you with some understanding and some engrams to decipher, I trust this year a bannered one will be, a landmark of some reality. I offer thereto this token, then, a poem for the free. I AM your Mother of the Eternal Cycles, Vesta ****** Chapter 3 The Great Divine Director - January 15, 1965 ****** Vol. 8 No. 3 - The Great Divine Director - January 15, 1965 THE MECHANIZATION CONCEPT A Manifesto by the Great Divine Director Part A Attainment To Friends of Freedom Who Cherish Life and Would Keep It Free - A Manifesto from the Adepts of the House of Rakoczy on the Attainment of Freedom from the Most Dangerous Dogma of the Mechanization Concept: As the present potential of progress, personal and planetary, is examined, we release the following advanced truths to all mankind, to those who are already able to cognize truth and also to those who will peruse my words until, by the dawn of pure reason and the effort of holy prayer, the great truths contained herein shall be correctly understood. We begin, then, a manifesto designed to free the planet from some of the intense opposition to Good which has been generated by erroneous principles and abuses not regarded so by many who use them but which are certainly a deterrent to the flow of that divine element of Christ-good which would otherwise bring healing and peace and freedom to all men and to all nations. Long ago in Transylvania,{5} when the banner of the House of Rakoczy was first unfurled on behalf of the Great Cosmic Brotherhood, it was to bring peace and freedom to the world and to end the tyranny and oppression which for far too long had robbed mankind of his birthright immortal. It has been necessary for us through the ages to utilize many forms of communion and education, including what may be termed "coeducation," whereby the soul of man, apart from the mortal form while the body sleeps at night, is correctly informed about some of the great truths of the universe. These are wholly unacceptable to the domain of mortal reason in the daylight consciousness simply because teachers, friends, companions, and circumstances have already set up a mold and matrix based upon human concepts bereft of the wisdom contained in the golden pages of the record of pure God-truth. Among his many profound observations concerning the human psyche, Saint Paul noted: "For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do ... I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me ... But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members." {6} This dichotomy found in the valley of decision by every individual seeking to do right is often the result of a warfare which threatens to divide the very personal self of that one. But Christ said, "I came not to send peace, but a sword."{7} The sword which is sent is the sword of Christ discrimination and truth which cleaves asunder the false from the true, showing men the reality of their divine nature and the utter futility of the human. It is designed to set apart those who choose to champion the cause of freedom rather than that of their own personal egos and smug concepts. We commence, therefore, in this manifesto, to deal with problems out of the ordinary; and I must implore all who will read that which follows to understand that their study must be from the beginning. I am therefore causing to be issued with this instruction the direction that the following material and companion subject matter which will proceed for several weeks is not to be sent to any individual without the first part, which we will herewith label Part A. While we desire to make this an ABC of Ability, Brotherhood, and Christly discrimination, we recognize that we may require the use of more of the letters of the alphabet ere we shall approach the place designated as X, the unknown quantity which signifies that sufficient knowledge has been released whereby even a little child might understand, with properly graded prior training, the great God-truth which we seek to convey for and on behalf of the cause of freedom. Now, let us together read the text of my preamble which follows and proceed to deal correctly with the problems at hand, which ought to be swept aside so that every man may know himself, even as he is known. We seek, then, to deal here with old dogmas as well as with currently popular religious theories and concepts in such a manner as to teach by the radiation of truth those positive ideas which will automatically remove elements of negation from the screen of consciousness. Let none, therefore, say that we are against either individuals, organizations, or even accepted concepts; but rather let us hereby make clear that we state those great truths for which we stand for those that have the ring of the celestial bells of freedom, intonated with the very substance of the precious metal of truth itself. We shall deal first with some of the wrong ideas of men, more specifically with those centering about that which we shall term the monstrous mechanization concept - a most dangerous dogma. Twentieth-century man is able to understand the laws of chemistry and the physical sciences. The atomic complex, the power of cohesion and adhesion, and the magnetism of orbital fields are familiar to him as they relate to the manifestation of form; but the spiritual ring-pass-not and its reason for being is scarcely understood, even by the few. Religious theory, in dealing with the creation, lays credit for the cosmos to an anthropomorphic God, presumed by some to abide outside the cosmos (and this is a deistic theory), and presumed by others to abide within the cosmos (and this is a pantheistic theory). At this point I see nothing to be gained on behalf of freedom to enter directly into this human intellectual controversy. But I choose rather to sidestep the issue as immaterial and to deal with the fact that some among mankind seem to now feel that, because of current advances in science, it may have been possible at one time or it may be possible in the future for mankind to create life and form akin to the human body. The latest strides in molecular science and the understanding of the chemical composition and cellular structure of the human embryo suggest the imminence of this achievement. Old religious theories concerning the creation become outworn as men find in scientific accomplishment an explanation for all things; and men are even ready to deny the existence of God, the Creator, on the basis that he is no longer needed since man can simulate creation itself. Now, I do not desire to discourage men from probing the universe, but I would point out that there are those who presume still further to consider that it would be possible for them to create souls to inhabit the bodies which they expect to create. An even greater step of ambition in this direction - which may seem a bit farfetched to men in lesser stages of spiritual development - would be for mankind to attempt also to create laws governing segments of the universe. If mankind can presume to create laws governing a segment of the cosmos, will they then contemplate the possibility that they may one day manage the entire cosmos? We might term this a manipulation (a man-i-pollution) of the cosmos by a manifestation (a man-i-infestation) of the cosmos called 'man'. This rulership may appear at first to be the manifest dominion which God himself bestowed upon his original creation in the Adamic era.{8} But when men pause to think in terms of themselves creating a physical body, they must realize that such an approach to the manipulation of life would be akin to the very creation of the universe itself and could reach that ultimate point of danger upon which subject we choose to warn. Now, I well realize that we give here what is very definitely an advanced phase of our instruction, and we give it to those at all levels and so state for the record. Our reason for doing this is in order that even the uninitiated in this day and age who require it might have some form of protection against the manipulation of the social structure by man as well as the manipulation of individuals by one another. For these human manipulators are under the direction of nefarious forces which exist in the world as antichrist with the expressed intent of aborting the very Christ plan and design by which God himself hath made all things. You have heard that antichrist shall come, and even now are there many antichrists.{9} This warning spoken two thousand years ago by the beloved of the Christ is reaffirmed today by the "cloud of witnesses"{10} which remain to defend the children of earth from all harm; for the latter days of an age have been fulfilled and the crux position of this Kali Yuga must yield to the coming age whose threshold has for some time been forestalled. The tenacity of the old age, its outworn structures which cling as tired garments and worn skins incapable of retaining the new wine of spiritual regeneration,{11} must give way to the purity of the new doctrine of spiritual at-one-ment, divine attunement, and Christly attainment. Whether through acceptance by contemporary man or by a divinely superimposed catharsis whereby the soul of the planet is purged, the cosmic edict must become a fait accompli! As the dying might and embers of the past age continue to burn through the long night, as the first rays of the regenerate dawn with their immortal stirring become a hope to the world of better things to come, the Spirit of the Lord moveth again as of old upon the waters of human consciousness{12} to reform the perfect image. Now, I think that I have the record before me and the thoughts of ancient akasha as well as the projected aspirations of the Brotherhood which are evidence of great blessings to come. When the purging is complete and the mind of man shall have accepted the vastness of its own unfettered spirit (and when the psychic straws that have broken the backs of many a camel are removed), then shall the soul expand not upon the back of mechanical virtue but upon the inherent grace of God, born afresh daily in the reality of being - in the ritual of becoming, in the Creator and Sustainer of all good. I urge therefore that all, including those who are but beginners on the Path as well as the most advanced, shall understand that this type of instruction will require meditation and balance. We do not speak here in a vein designed to drive men from a state of rationality to one of confusion. But rather do we seek to clarify, by careful planning, some of the basic concepts which have been used to drive in against civilization from hidden levels of negation; for these do captivate the being of man in an insidious and subtle manner without his awareness. The subject matter which I am discussing herein is very familiar to beloved Jesus and to beloved Saint Germain and Mother Mary and to all those who have attended the inner-level schools of the Brotherhood. Those who are privileged to attend these "upper level" classes in the etheric realms are progressively informed concerning the development of great civilizations which existed on other systems of worlds even before the birth of this planet or of its systems. They are also informed of the great matrix of hope that is held in the heart of the Great Silent Watcher for the lifewaves now connected with the planet Earth. It is no small grace, then, that in discussing what we have termed the dangerous dogma of the mechanization concept, we pursue it relentlessly until it is made clear to all. It must first be presupposed, and that correctly so, that God in the beginning, by the creation of man in his own image, did express the innate desire of the Godhead that man, made in his own image, have the inherent gift and power of free will. Man's use of free will, when directed according to the divine design, could produce only the same perfection as the Godhead itself would produce. Only by a misuse of the freewill principle could the individual monad miscreate and thus produce imperfection, thereby falling from the inherent grace of the divine pattern. The power to create with which man was originally endowed in a grander manner than he now retains has been curtailed through the years by the Karmic Board as an act of mercy to the universe as well as to the individual lifestream who has thus been restricted insofar as his karmic balance is concerned. Pause to consider the enormous karmic penalty which would be exacted if man exercised the power of destruction at the scale of a solar system or even a planet. Restricting him to the point where he could be capable only of temporary self-destruction would be to make him responsible in the main only for his own life and a limited influence upon others. Yet mankind do in this current hour hold the keys to a far greater destructive potential than they ever realize and which has held back the manifestation of universal good for ages. I shall continue this dissertation, for we have not even begun to explore the mechanization concept. Graciously I AM for the expansion of divine understanding, The Great Divine Director ****** Chapter 4 The Great Divine Director - January 22, 1965 ****** Vol. 8 No. 4 - The Great Divine Director - January 22, 1965 THE MECHANIZATION CONCEPT A Manifesto by the Great Divine Director Part B Brotherhood To Brothers Who Would Probe the Mysteries of Life Lawfully, We Unveil the Word and Its Geometry in the Godhead as the Foundation of Our Brotherhood: Inasmuch as I have requested that last week's Pearl of Wisdom be read before the commencing of this one, I restate the warning in advance. For continuity is most important in this subject. We have established that the Godhead was and is desirous of endowing man with the ability to create at will - will, the impulse of the Father/Mother God, being utilized so as to create beautifully and wonderfully. The ancient statement "I AM fearfully and wonderfully made"{13} must be understood as "made with reverence." For it was with the deepest of reverence that God himself, by the power of his infinite love, did create form, substance, and soul and endowed them with holy attribute in the grandest of hopes as an enduring memorial of the great divine principle of holy truth itself. Impersonal life but personal principle, sired by everlasting virtue, extends from Creator to creature every comfort which the mind of God could conceive in sustaining a spirit of pure happiness for all aeons to come without end. Then cometh forth into manifestation through the power of free will individuals who, having once obtained an immortal inheritance and then subsequently abused it, have been karmically and mercifully relieved of holy vision and holy power. These have received a curtailment of divine power and full faculty of memory until such a time as through merit they would deserve to know those wholly creative principles which God hath reserved for himself until child-man shall have exhibited the wisdom to utilize these principles in a proper performance and in a correct manner. There are inherent within mortal creation, contrary to the opinion of some who would aver that no godly thing could come of the physical manifestation, many divine qualities which could not be utterly screened from the consciousness of mankind. Filled with abundant curiosity concerning the mysteries of life and seeking ever to probe the unknown, man has discovered many laws governing the partial control and use of energy. Likewise he has mastered in part simple manipulations of the power of mind over matter. In both cases, men have used knowledge without principle and caused a betrayal of the covenant between the Father and the Son in order to wrest from the universe, by violence if necessary, the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven. A clear example of the perversions which arise when partial knowledge is substituted for impartial wisdom is seen in the concept of the mechanical creation of man and in the mechanical creation of matter. This idea is based upon the erroneous notion that man is no more than a well-put-together machine whose components may be duplicated through scientific processes known or discoverable. When all of truth is known and the akashic records are laid bare, mankind will understand how the principle of mechanization - if it can be said to have principle - was used long ago in the Lemurian and Atlantean ages, prior to the flood of Noah, to produce monstrous human forms which posed recurring problems to the earth and its evolutions. But the mechanistic concept has taken other forms as doctrine. Religious cults and political philosophies have arisen which propound a mechanical victory for man. These affirm that by the performance of a certain ritual or by the creation of a superstate, mankind will be assured of entering into the kingdom of God. We must admit that the desire of the Brotherhood is for everyone to obtain Christ victory, but not at any price or method; for in the kingdom of heaven particularly we say, caveat emptor - "Let the buyer beware." The end can never justify the means, for the means of spiritual attainment are just as important as the goal. This is why no mere mechanistic attitude toward the obtaining of victory in life could ever be a substitute for divine grace or for the Spirit of Christ light which is intended to be the mediator for every man between the outer evolving soul personality and the immaculate creation of God, the perfect Father image, or I AM Presence of God individualized for and in each man. As we explore the mechanistic theory as pertains to the resurrection, let us here state that there are individuals who proclaim that a mechanical method is in existence whereby mankind can literally raise the dead or themselves be raised by artificial means without the understanding and use of the Spirit of the Resurrection and its divine processes. Now, let no one here misconstrue our words to imply that we do not favor the use of the scientific healing arts as a form of resuscitation and continuation of life for mankind, but let all understand as well the use of true healing which should always have as its primary objective the reinstallation of divine harmony in the being of man rather than the mere temporary alleviation of physical distress by material methods which have come to replace the spiritually scientific understanding of the Spirit of the Resurrection. Continuing our examination of the mechanization concept, let us point out the doctrine of the mechanical ascension whereby, through methods we may term "rote and performance," individuals are guaranteed their ascension through the observance of certain ritual and the performance of certain mechanical acts. Now, I realize full well that, to those who have not formerly considered such ideas, they may sound absurd; but when, blessed ones, you consider the vast realm of thought and exposure to which the mind of man may be subjected through the bombardment of false concepts, you can readily see that almost anything is possible from the level of human creation by the power of man's imagination. {14} Let me affirm, then, concerning the ascension, that while it is true - as in the case of the form of man himself and in the composition of matter - that electrons and atoms, cells and organs do play a part in the outer substance made manifest, it is the polarization of spiritual energies which assures the successful operation of the outer form. Therefore, while it is true that the universe could be considered as a great machine or motor, it is also true that the currents of energy intelligently flowing through the outer form of that "motor" are derived from spiritual levels of universal love and power whose holy design can be found in the very Word itself - and, in this case, in the verb to geometrize. The g in the word is symbolical of God, the first and only Cause; e - the energy which emanates from that one Source; o - the output of that energy; met - the meter or unit of that energy; and ize - the automatic operation of that energy derived solely from the divine impetus of the love/wisdom of the Godhead. Let men be aware, regardless of old successes in fields of mechanization or in the doctrine of mechanization, that the spiritual intelligence of the universe does not require the knowledge of men in the performance of God's grace or in the outworking of individual salvation. For it is the Greater which contains the lesser; and the formula for the successful completion of each man's mission is inherent within the Godhead and may be secured therefrom by sincere application not as inherent in matter but in the soul and the Spirit which should control the material form. When this energy and divine knowledge, the Divine Theosophia, has been metered out into the custody of the seeker, it is up to him to utilize in a correct manner all of the grace which has been dispensed to him, to summon from within the domain of his gifts and graces the fullness of the law of Life working in the members of his own finite kingdom as well as in the infinite capacity of the Godhead focused in his Presence - i.e., in the individualized God Presence of each man and the Holy Christ Self, which is the Light, sustaining and holding communion betwixt the immortal domain and the realm of mortality as the latter is transformed by the renewing of the Christ intelligence into individual immortal, shining, radiant life. The fulfillment of the divine decree "I AM come that ye might have life and that more abundantly"{15} is no mere mechanical act but it is an action of ever-present grace whereby the Soul of God comes into consonance with the soul of man; and by divine congruency, an overlay of spiritual power, love, and wisdom utilizes faith in a Christlike manner to expand love wherever consciousness is, in order that the ultimate glory of God will manifest in every individual upon the planetary body and throughout the whole cosmos as the effusion of perpetual happiness and success God-identified. I thank you and accept this done right now with full power for you all! The Great Divine Director ****** Chapter 5 The Great Divine Director - January 29, 1965 ****** Vol. 8 No. 5 - The Great Divine Director - January 29, 1965 THE MECHANIZATION CONCEPT A Manifesto by the Great Divine Director Part C Creation To All Who Would Know the Divine Intelligence of Creation That Endows Freedom with the Power to Create Joyfully, We Come to Break the Mechanical Sense: The eternal pursuit of freedom is a divine quality which leads man to the very essence of Divinity! To be free from responsibility is not freedom but bondage, for freedom is the power to create without strain or the sense thereof and without involvement in the mechanics of nature. When the original designs for life were made by the cosmic intelligence of God, these forms were endowed with the power to perpetuate themselves and the promptings of universal intelligence inherent within them in order that the best possibilities for individuality might be sustained under all conditions of form and consciousness. Now, when men become involved in a sense of mere rote and lose sight of the cosmic inner design, which is a wholly automatic unfolding of the first pure pattern functioning somewhat as do human reflexes (instinctive and subconscious manipulation of substance), they become victims of a very unfortunate state which, although steeped in the idea of goodwill and the desire to do right, is lacking in the understanding of the joy that can be theirs when they let the divine intelligence itself carry out its great role in expanding man's freedom. You see, the sense of rote will persist in those who feel compelled by a sense of duty to carry out certain religious or other exercises which may be or may become more or less repugnant to them when, through a little understanding, they might clear the air and derive immense and constant satisfaction for themselves, resulting in spiritual progress and in a new release of courage with far less expenditure of energy, for they would then be drawing more and more upon the universal supply. It is the mechanical sense which carries over particularly into the outer phases of creation which is especially disadvantageous to the soul which, because of its fiery nature, requires even greater freedom from restraint than does the outer man; nevertheless, every resolve of the latter is slanted toward nature, as exhibited by Thoreau in his adventures at Walden. Now,it is not our wish to destroy man's sense of admiration for the wonders of creation. It is simply that we would put them into perspective so that the greatest good may come to all in the right use of life's manifold opportunities. Let all recognize, then, that the marvels of life, in its pristine state, bear the stamp of divine wonder. But it is not the intent of Deity to have man lost in a sea of inexorable matter where the great power of the soul is cast aside in a struggle to wrest from life those precious gifts which will flourish naturally if given a chance. When the creation is viewed from the human level, as all must do until their expanding facilities enable them to have a God's-eye view, it does not appear to be other than a conglomerate mass of energy and substance whose incongruities and indefinitives present a phase of chaos and a segment of reality. The debate as to whether or not matter is real, seen from the divine level, would be ludicrous if one could lower the divine into the human, but actually the reverse is true. For when perceptions are accurate, it is because the soul has arisen to the level of actuality, the plane of First Cause, where the sole reality is the Creator and the duality of matter and spirit is seen only as Spirit. Now, as many have correctly speculated, the manifestation of form is directly the result of the divine plan,with the exception that the intervening of men's mortal concepts between the original plan and the presently warped presentation has resulted in a great gulf being fixed between the shores of truth consciousness and man's erroneous sense consciousness. The blackest of lies is reported to be those mingling truth and error, but it must be found ultimately by the seeker that the depth of God's wisdom cannot be fathomed in a real sense by the carnal mind,but it requires a complete reorientation of consciousness in order to develop the right concepts of reality. When tension is relieved by a pure sense of trust and faith in the wisdom of God infusing all nature, the consciousness is able to more easily perceive the real wonders of creation, for it does not become involved in the heavy sense of matter and the intricate mechanics thereof. Let me herein indicate that the techniques concerning the phases of nature can be mastered one by one as great adepts do without causing grief but only an expanding sense of wonder. But when these studies are made ends instead of means, the lugubrious sense of form becomes oppressive and stultifying to soul consciousness which is the only doorway to the kingdom of God. I am particularly interested in this release of wisdom to cleanse many students of the frustrating sense of overpowering vastness which seems to shrink the very being of the seeker after universal wisdom. The humble stand in awe of the laws of the universe whereas the bold are not even respectful of life,which contains all things! See, then, that by becoming as a little child {16} the beautiful sense of peace reaches forth to command universal wisdom by in-heir-i-tance (the inherent "I") rather than by competitive accomplishment. Grace is so identified with God and the work of building the interior temple that I must commend to all this holy quality as able to enhance the work and fructify the most barren life with the marvelous sense of yielding to the ministrations of the Great Doer (do-er = door) of universal love whose voice is heard saying, "I AM the law! I AM the grace! I AM the pace that holds forever in divine balance the sense of being all that God is (I AM) right now and forever!" Let all shed the feeling of oppressive haste that derides comfort and, knowing that sincerity is its own reward, perceive that God is more than willing to illumine the seeker of his hidden ways with knowledge received in grace and the inherent desire to be Godlike. Let all know that thoughtful planning and Godly decency are royal robes which, when worn honorably, do produce the "I-magic" (imagery, or true reflection) of Almighty God in fulfillment of the law of man's being. I think that as you proceed in thought to analyze more and more concerning the forsaking of the mechanical sense and the asserting of the powerful gifts and graces of God in your daily affairs, you will see why the Brotherhood would in this age deliver men from the evils that so easily beset them and provide a chart and compass from time to time to set the most able mariners on a true course. Involvement in the whirling energies of this mechanical age can be with the honor of advantage,when rightly used,or with the dishonor of confusion of face where the sense of reality is lost in the miasma of a fraudulent civilization. To provide new highways of deliverance, I am breaching the old prisonhouses of temporal detainment and calling for a return to peace and sanity, to balance and blessing, to surety and salvation. Where can these be found? Why, right within your own mighty I AM God Presence! Where else? Now let village and hamlet alike settle down to the proper use of opportunity and life. Let the charm and joy of the old world and past ages of peaceful pursuits link the hearts of men in the sense of holy family unity in which culture and spirituality go hand in hand, making life a quaint and happy occasion for communion with God, angels, and men! Thus shall old highways of the Spirit be reopened and the seals be removed that have blinded men to the divine reality which so closely surrounds them with immortal love. In the bonds of peace and happiness, I AM The Great Divine Director ****** Chapter 6 The Great Divine Director - February 7, 1965 ****** Vol. 8 No. 6 - The Great Divine Director - February 7, 1965 THE MECHANIZATION CONCEPT A Manifesto by the Great Divine Director Part D Discrimination To Planet Earth - An Emancipation Proclamation to Free Mankind from the Monstrous Mechanization Concept by Christly Discrimination through the Law of Exact Manifestation: The carnivorous appetites of mankind, deemed a necessity by contemporary man, stem from his long and successive engagement with material substance and from the so-called natural habitat of man and his correlated development of behavior patterns. The present quality of adaptability inherent in nature is the direct result of the original divine plan patterned in the beginning. Man, in his attempt to wrest control from nature, either by direct intent or through ignorance, has confluently altered that original pattern. Contemporary men find it most distasteful to consider that they are imbibing the content of a poisoned draft, but this is the direct result of their own contamination of nature in ages past; for most individuals presently embodied on earth have at one time been a part of this alteration of which we speak. This discomfiture is understandable when viewed from the level of mankind's comfortable and accepted concepts, which vary from Occident to Orient. However, it is our studied opinion that the selfsame various dissatisfactions with current accomplishments or lack thereof have caused contemporary man to search for new vistas of the Spirit and for a greater understanding of the manifold mysteries of divine grace. When viewed casually, life discloses only its most obvious secrets. And yet, often the heart of a child has possessed greater wisdom than that released from the mouth of a sage. Did not the prophet Isaiah declare: "And a little child shall lead them"?{17} Woe, then, to those who are lured by mortal concepts to a state of unnatural quietude wherein they are content to mechanically accept conditions as they are, particularly when those conditions are representative of unfortunate habits which do not give to mankind his God-intended freedom. It must be borne in mind that the reason behind this release of our words and the substance of divine love we send herewith to the planet Earth is to send forth into the world of form an emancipation proclamation for and on behalf of the spiritual energies of mankind which shall free them from matrices of wrong thought and feeling. I cannot deny that an old and familiar situation may seem most comfortable to the outer man, nor can I deny that of necessity various so-called unpleasant sensations or situations may be encountered when man's spiritual eyes are first opened. But after all, blessed ones, would you prefer to live in the hapless debris of unregenerate energy when by a little effort you might drink the draft of ascended master love, receive the compassion of the enlightened ones, hold in divine truth the hand of the risen Christ, and ultimately free yourselves from the monstrous millstones of civilization, learning thereby to enjoy the pathway of holiness in a proper manner while teaching others also to find the way which leadeth unto eternal life?{18} One of your poets has said, "They cannot die, for they have not yet lived." And I think that it is in this sense that men ought to begin to live: by discarding mechanical patterns of behavior which result in their disenfranchisement of spiritual power and freedom. Now, the merciful `karmic deferment' practiced at times by the Karmic Board has caused some recalcitrant individuals to take license for a continuation of their bad conduct. Beloved mankind! The mercy of the great law does not always bring immediately to the doorway of every man the full impetus of his wrong acts. A certain portion of most men's negative karma likewise is restrained or deferred by the hand of mercy from reacting fully upon them as a cumulative release. The Lords of Karma prefer to level off the karmic peaks and bring up the karmic valleys so that every retribution may become a contribution to the well-being of man. However, the mercy of the great law is often not reckoned with nor is it recognized by mankind who, heedless of this blessed law, continue to quickly pursue the path of downward action. It is true, blessed ones, that dispensations of a personal nature have occasionally been vouchsafed by the Karmic Board to devoted individuals serving the light, enabling them to have greater freedom from past karma in order that they might more quickly win their freedom and then, if necessary, pay those karmic debts from higher levels and dimensions of service to mankind and the earth. Simply because some individuals seem to escape from the adjustment of karmic law ought not to embolden any to act in an improper manner. For the law is very just and very exact in its requirements; and I tell you, blessed ones, there is no portion of energy so minute that when it is qualified either with negation or the blessed power of positive good does not return to the feet of the one sending it out for blessing or redemption. Now, this discussion poses to mankind the problem of the mechanics of nature and the mechanics of cosmic law. We do not attempt to deny but rather do we affirm the action of cosmic law not as mechanistic but as the Law of Exact Manifestation, possessing the quintessence of the five acts of essential divine grace: mercy, justice, compassion, consolation, and wholeness or completion. It is here that we draw the razor's edge across the mechanistic concept and call to your attention that, in nature as well as in nature's God, inherent grace embodies many of the qualities of God, such as the discrimination of Christ-intelligence and the great purity of the law. The Lords of Karma are able, therefore, to bestow upon the soul of the thirsty and the needy the water of life and the garment of white linen, the vestments of spiritual purity, and at last full attainment.{19} Beloved ones, the mind of God is alive, electric, vital. This is the Father's business referred to by beloved Jesus in many of his statements. "Wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business?"{20} To be about the Father's business is to be free from the sense of a mere mechanical action or of the thought about following a prescribed rote of the law. To act in harmony with the Father is to emulate divine grace. It is to possess the faculty of engaging one's being in the so-called battle of life (the struggle for the survival of the light of the soul submerged in the density of matter) by following the path of righteousness for His name's sake, I AM, and walking through the valley of the shadow while steadfastly holding on to the staff of your own attention upon the Divine One and maintaining an awareness of the common needs of both God and man. The needs of man are for divine grace and the needs of God are for a channel through which to express that grace. This is never a mechanical action but is ever an action of divine love whereby the very Soul of God embraces the soul of man. And in this enclosure, this spiritual cloister, this consecrated spiritual marriage, a Divine Manchild, born of this holy union, will set the temple of God in perfect order. It shall be done! I AM lovingly your exponent of heaven's enfolding grace, The Great Divine Director ****** Chapter 7 The Great Divine Director - February 14, 1965 ****** Vol. 8 No. 7 - The Great Divine Director - February 14, 1965 THE MECHANIZATION CONCEPT A Manifesto by the Great Divine Director Part E Error To Students of the Subconscious Mind, the House of Rakoczy Strikes a Blow for the Freedom of Man As It Wields the Sword of the Sacred Word and Separates Truth and Error in the Great Chamber of Subconscious Knowing: The current dangers to the banner of freedom for mankind cannot be denied, yet the survival of the spirit of freedom takes precedence even over the establishment of the outer symbol. By the power of right thought, the House of Rakoczy strikes a new blow for freedom and for the Lord God of Hosts! As we continue our dissertation concerning the mechanization concept, studying how the mechanical sense can be avoided and the infinite creative grace of God expanded as a mighty fiat of life in the consciousness of the individual, we are firmly aware of many of the pitfalls to be avoided by the aspirant. Hence, we must point out the dangers of automatic reflection from the subconscious to the conscious mind; for the conscious mind does ever implant its thoughts - whether outworn, transient, or deeply engraven - into the great chamber of subconscious knowing. The wondrous functioning of the internal world of mind in the individual, then, goes on, completely oblivious of outer interference. And this action takes place in all, with or without their conscious approval or disapproval, and thus are established the inner records of each individual man. The continual inflow of thought and feeling from the outer active consciousness creates matrices of record which, when linked to approved desire, are very powerful in amplifying either the good or bad tendencies in mankind. Now, when an undertone of ideas or concepts infiltrates the consciousness, while their rightness or wrongness is yet undetermined by the individual, they can tend to influence action without the conscious awareness of the individual. Safeguards, therefore, ought to be instituted by watching the thoughts and feelings to uproot on the instant all that which is spiritually unethical, inflammatory, desultory, or degrading to any part of life. I cannot condone wrong thought or judgment about a part of life, whether or not the individual is guilty of the implied wrong action. It must ever be borne in mind that most individuals would do better if they knew better; therefore, it is the bane of ignorance that perpetuates wrong action, and it is ignorance itself which must be combated. I will here acknowledge that there are a few individuals whose warped concepts, regardless of the level from which they stem, are hostile to Divinity itself, rebellious and resentful of all that which would carry out the divine design. But at this point in our instruction, I am not interested in dwelling at length upon this phase of life. However, let it be realized that there is, in addition to outside influences bombarding the mind of man, a continuous automatic deflection from the realm of the subconscious into the conscious mind of impulse, desire, and direction. Some individuals are, of course, more discerning than others as to the source of their so-called guidance. Others, less illumined, find that they must stumble a bit ere they recognize that they have left the well-marked trail of the Christ for that of the libidinous energies of the human ego. Now, none of our instruction in this dissertation is designed for purposes of condemnation, not even of the erring ones, but it is purposefully conceived as a directed study for the freedom of man. Now, when the being of man approves of a thought or feeling (whether it be inherently baneful or good), that thought or feeling then flows into the subconscious realm and creates a more powerful matrix by far than when it is not approved by the outer mind. Thus, thoughts and feelings consciously and willingly imbibed can automatically reflect from the subconscious into the conscious mind at a later time and influence action for good or for ill. It is not an easy thing, beloved ones, from the standpoint of the human, to sense the multitudinous pressures of existence and to be able to determine accurately which impulses to accept and which ones to reject. One of the reasons your beloved Saint Germain and beloved Jesus have so often stressed the keeping of your attention upon your Divine Presence is because such untrammeled heights of being hold no thought whatever of imperfection within them and they, therefore, are a harbor of great safety for the unascended consciousness. It is, however, a present factor of man's curious nature to explore many avenues of consciousness. And hence your beloved Saint Paul, now the great master Hilarion, so often admonished the early Christians to "put on the whole armour of God"{21} as an effective deterrent to the forces of evil. I think it goes without saying that the heavenly consciousness itself is the best defense against iniquity. But when men are not content to abide in the consciousness of God and its higher upreach, choosing of their own volition to move through lesser avenues of natural existence and being, they must recognize that the attendant perils which they encounter must be guarded against lest they find themselves bereft of their eternal treasures by the depredations of mere thieves and robbers. Those who desire to simplify the study of existence by separating realities into black and white may find the perfect solution to their problems in steadfastly abiding in the consciousness of God and his perfection, yet these frequently do not take into account either the laws of karma or the mastery of the domain into which the consciousness of man has been projected. They overlook the temporary magnetism of personal momentums which so often exert their pull just when the possibilities of the joys of heaven are becoming so apparent. These human tendencies, which must not be ignored, rudely thrust forth outer realities which can momentarily disturb the progress of the soul unless they be guarded against. Your freedom, precious ones, must be won upon earth, where your freedom was lost. You cannot expect to carry into the higher octaves of light either soiled garments or the consciousness of imperfection; but you must resolve your crises here in this octave, that by the power of your example you may inspire others who are caught in the web of delusion and intellectual brittleness to extricate themselves therefrom and to see the pathway of light and its mighty upward spiral as a manifest token of the constancy of heaven. I think, then, that the subconscious being of man, which is, after all, but the basement level of his memory body, ought to be properly trained in many ways so that the power of the subconscious may ever be used for the blessing of mankind. Unfortunately, individuals who are not completely oriented around divine truth sometimes submit to an attempt to utilize the power of hypnosis in order to accomplish seeming miracles through the power of the subconscious. As your beloved ascended friends of light have told you so often, you ought never to submit your being to the control of any person or hypnotist, even for seemingly benign purposes. Nor should you practice so-called autohypnosis; for the energies required to perform this type of action, while seemingly innocent enough, actually diminish the power of the soul of man; and while they may seem productive of good for a time, the ultimate long-range effect is not freedom, but bondage. "There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death."{22} Some may ask, then, "What method shall we use in order to free ourselves from unwanted conditions or to call forth new direction from the realm of Being?" My answer here must remain simple: Ask, and ye shall receive.{23} The power released through simply asking your God Self for grace to achieve all ends must not be diminished through any other form of ritual or supplication. The use of your energy in well-formulated decrees, when properly given forth with the heart's devotion and with a sense of the magnitude of divine grace, is magnificent in the power to accomplish. The ancient words "Thou shalt decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee"{24} must be understood as a fiat from Almighty God. When individuals assemble together with others or when they commune in solitude with their Divine Presence and give the spoken request according to the great law for the release of the required immortal substance into the world of form, then that precious substance, in its outflow as tangible light rays, will draw to them the requirements of every hour. For they are making the most powerful demands upon Life that can ever be made. The issuing-forth of the spoken Word formulated in response to the call of the heart and its power of regeneration is a creative action wholly separate from the mere mechanical tracings of old, unregenerate energy which often occur in prayer given by rote. Yea, this is true re-creation, or recreation, which mankind today crave so much and yet never really seem to find. The great game of life is best played, then, by those who understand the eternal will of God to bestow divine dominion upon man. Life is an outflow of the power of God into the matrices of his own design, which are stored in the very substance of the soul of man. There is no higher destiny than to draw forth the inherent creative design implanted within the being of man and to expand those designs in the individual domain. Let the rugged individualists continue to conform to patterns wholly of their own making. Let them feel that they epitomize freedom in so doing. When the sun has set upon their day, the judgments of heaven will clearly reveal each fissure of imperfection in the structure they have selfishly created in the consciousness of separateness. I remind all of the power of strength in union. Yet I also adjure each one to realize that I would rather see godly individualism than a mere physical union where the soul is divided against itself. Remember that the Soul of God manifesting as the Infinite Ocean has been mercifully sprinkled upon the consciousness of the many; yet the many do not always respond to pursue the narrow path that leads to the narrow gate{25} where the pure matrix of life and the holy kiss of God's deepest love is pressed to the mouth of the terrestrial creation in order to infuse life with strength, fervor, and brightness of spirit and form. When life is understood by the creation as a gesture of infinite compassion, when the heart of man in diastole and systole is cognized as the rhythmic ebb and flow of the creative power of God, the use of energy will be more cherished, and abundant life will more swiftly manifest. Behind the screen of our spoken words there is a throbbing affinity with the being of every man. All of the outer gaiety and wit of mankind can never compete with the vibrant strength of the soul. Hence, I urge the avoidance of what we may term the blind acceptance of the mere mechanical action of the subconscious as the controlling factor of your being. Men say they are creatures of habit. Be it so, they can also be creatures of good habit. Let us affirm this power and cause the subconscious realm to become peopled with beings of light who shall flood the internal kingdom with the light of God that never fails. And let the miniature microcosmic creation of man be in truth a reflection of the kingdom of God so that every responsibility given to man may be discharged with Christly aplomb. You do not know at this time the depth of this release. I could not convey it in a simple manner and still impart the depth, heighth, and breadth of divine mastery; but as you stretch your soul to receive the full measure of Christ attainment, your being shall win its cherished raiment of light. I am arrayed in shining immortal substance, as one day you also shall be. The Great Divine Director ****** Chapter 8 The Great Divine Director - February 21, 1965 ****** Vol. 8 No. 8 - The Great Divine Director - February 21, 1965 THE MECHANIZATION CONCEPT A Manifesto by the Great Divine Director Part F Frequency To All Who Have the Will to Be, I Give the Method and the Means to Overcome the Frequency of Human Habit by Acceptance of Your Divine Right to Express the Perfection of Paradise and the Vision of Beauty: Precious ones, you cannot give power to evil and reap good thereby. Dominion is established by acceptance of your divine right to express the perfection of paradise in your world. Complacency has brought about a weakening of mankind's will to do good and the blind mechanical acceptance of whatever life seems to throw at them. The self-imposed yokes and tyrannies which have been accepted by you since early childhood from the mass mind, almost as a hypnotic effect, must be broken by the establishment of patterns of divine grace. It is not wrong to establish, if necessary, a ritual of spiritual patterns, providing that once these patterns become established there is a continual striving on the part of the student for an infusion of a sense of divine grace into each repetitious action. Certainly it is wise to repeat virtuous acts again and again and it is also well to take delight in so doing, for this feeling of delight which floods the mind and spirit is also conducive to enlarging the flow of cosmic energy into the world of the individual. In almost every matter which the mind of man examines, there seems to be both thesis and antithesis. Let us point out herewith that the synthesis which we seek is not a mixing together of good and evil but rather a diversion of the attention from the aspects of evil to the positive qualities of good. How can one merge a vacuum with substance? The enigma is dispelled when mankind recognize that God's pure energy has been misqualified by the mind and feelings of man so as to go forth covered with a veil of wrongly qualified energy. The core, then, of all evil manifestation is actually Good, so that while it is true that wolves do go forth in sheep's clothing,{26} it is also true that the sheep's form and energy are the vitality and life of the wolflike manifestations of evil. By reason of differences in education, environment, and experience both religious and secular, some find it easier than others to understand the manifestation of that which is called evil. Many modern metaphysical schools have denied the existence of evil altogether, as all should deny its power, but they have not always made clear to their thinking chelas as to how human viciousness continues to exist and feed on the life energies of each succeeding generation. Be it so that the children of this world are wiser in their own generation than the children of light,{27} the hierarchy have now determined to bring about a change in this status quo so that the children of light may become wholly illumined in the divine arts and the ability of counteracting that so-called veil of energy which plagues the earth to the present hour. We shall not thoroughly go into this subject of evil at this time other than to mention a few references which may promote better understanding of our subject. Precious ones, mankind do almost mechanically accept the fads, styles, and trends fostered upon them by those who are able to manipulate the social structure of the planetary body to their own ends. I am certain that many among mankind do recognize that the seeds of disobedience, rebellion, distrust, suspicion, and crimes against both state and person as well as those against the Godhead are well implanted within the consciousness of mankind. The trends of life to the present hour, whether plebeian or aristocratic, earthy or ethereal, are the result of a combination of internal momentums and external modes which appear on the screen of life to the eye of mankind as a molding factor to create their habit patterns. It is most unfortunate that mankind's limited senses do not give them access to the archives of heaven wherein they would, by comparison, perceive the divine plan as so radiantly lovely that they would immediately begin the process of discarding the old, outworn human habits. It is for want of vision, then, that the people perish. And I must admit that even those who have been students of spiritual mysteries for quite some time frequently become victims, at least temporarily, of a stultifying and smothering sense of oppression which stems from the continual appearance in their world and around them of old, uncomfortable habits. To accept these conditions and give them power is to remain in bondage. To determine to be victor is half the battle. The other half is the uphill climb to the apex of attainment where the new cosmic sense, replacing old momentums, can then take over and establish the kingdom of God with a momentum which will counterbalance mankind's degrading downward pull. I hope that none of you will feel that I have gone far afield or become too rambling in my discussion of our subject matter, but I assure you there is a great need at the present hour to explore many of the byways relating to this subject. And so I have touched upon some of them in order to provide assistance in greater measure to the many blessed ones who receive our words. The dust of centuries of accumulation has controlled almost overpoweringly the destiny of mankind upon earth, whereas the spiritual regenerative powers behind the matrix of the original creation have been given expression in the lives of far too few. It seems quite certain that there is a strong possibility that as we continue this series some surprises may occur which we may term of cosmic import. But I wish to point out carefully that it is only by readiness of mind and heart that men are able to move forward in the light to the place where they can utilize to the fullest extent the divine teaching. Our reason, of course, for maintaining contact with the student body is primarily because of the great hunger of the people of earth for spiritual manna. The marts and stalls of the world are filled with what could well be termed mere fodder, treated at times with a palliative and then again with sweet-tasting, soothing syrup, sadly lacking in the regenerative power of the flame of freedom which shall release within the soul of man the power of that truth which makes men free. Quite naturally, many of the simplest divine ideas remain incomprehensible to many who seek to penetrate the mysteries of God. Certain it is that this is not the divine will, but it is the result rather than the cause of mankind's problems. I recall that many years ago a very talented sculptor who lived near the Aegean Sea was given a vision of tremendous beauty from octaves of light. Day after day he worked within the confines of a small grove of trees to externalize this beauty with hammer and chisel in marble. Many of the populace came to behold his work of art and marveled as they saw the unearthly beauty coming forth from his labors. All went well, and his admirers were legion until word passed to the artisans of his own craft, who ought to have rejoiced in the techniques which he employed. These mingled one by one with the multitudes and did later consort together as to how they might slay him. And so it came to pass that the spiritual beauty which he fashioned did ultimately bring about his demise, for these men contrived together as to how they might arrange for the marble to fall upon him. On a certain day when the sun shone brightly and the work of his hands had brought forth what seemed the last full vestige of heavenly glory, these men did bring about a simultaneous destruction of the creator and his art. A pile of broken rubble remained as his soul took flight to the realms of beauty which had given him insight, while theirs descended to the monstrous crime of murder. The devices of civilization have continued to suppress, almost mechanically, each new achievement and they have scorned the hand of progress; yet outer progress has been made in the sciences and arts. The tools of spiritual striving must be extolled and the inner loveliness of realms of light must be continuously made known to mankind. There is no higher art than the discovery of the Creator's infinite loveliness implanted within the soul of every man and expressing his goodwill, kindness, and understanding. The ties of earthly friendship with their sympathetic attachments have often degraded mankind by pulling individuals downward into the jaws of men's mechanical vices as well as their supposed virtues. All this is the self-will and self-righteousness of mankind. The power of divine grace, however, transcends all human conditions and is the compassion of God which reaches through the soul of each aspirant and lifts all to the place where victory takes wing and the head of every man becomes the Christ-illumined intelligence that speaks, whether in whispers subtle but true or in thundering tones of divine justice, which assert the cadences of freedom in the eternal march of progress for each individual. Just as we decry the sin of malcontent which finds no beauty in life, so we warn against the sin of excessive contentment and complacency which is unwilling to be stirred from its terrestrial mooring and must needs await the resistless sweep of the tide to destroy its sand castles that men might ultimately build upon the rock of Christ attainment and victory. Remember, blessed ones, that an infusion of the flame of freedom must penetrate your whole being. Remember that your whole body must be full of light. Remember that your vision must be single, that your purpose must be clear, that the altar of God must remain undefiled, and as beloved Morya said to me recently, "Men must be more than content to discard the rubble of personal hindrance." Your beloved Jesus was an overcomer, and the fiber of overcoming was in the heart of Mary, his mother. Joseph taught him the way of the wise masterbuilder, {28} and his own life temple will cover the earth. I AM The Great Divine Director ****** Chapter 9 The Great Divine Director - February 28, 1965 ****** Vol. 8 No. 9 - The Great Divine Director - February 28, 1965 THE MECHANIZATION CONCEPT A Manifesto by the Great Divine Director Part G Grids To You Who Fear No Evil Because the Lord Is with You, I Expose the Insidious Mechanical Grids and Floating Forcefields of Mankind's Misqualified Thoughts and Feelings - and the Soul's Defenses against Them: Beloved ones, mindful now of the cherished words of the Psalmist of old "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me,"{29} I would speak of the insidious mechanical grids and forcefields which exist invisibly but subtly in the planetary atmosphere. Precious ones, the lovely sweet earth upon which God has bestowed so much abundance has become a treacherous abode in many unexpected places, for the very atmosphere itself has been charged with large floating grids or forcefields embodying crosscurrents of human thought and feeling. And the conflicting harmonic rate of vibration of these fields is such as to bring about great discomfort to elemental life as well as to mankind. Now, it is true that ignorance may be bliss to some among mankind who perhaps desire to maintain an attitude of "what they do not know need not harm them." But I think we are better judges of this from the ascended octave than are mankind here below; and therefore, I lovingly bestow this knowledge upon all who are able to receive it so that they may be fortified against the insipid outpourings of human mass thought and feeling. As you know, precious ones, whenever an individual uses energy, and this always occurs whenever thought or feeling is exercised, the energy itself is not destroyed even after passing through the nexus of consciousness where qualification with bane or blessing occurs. Hence, energy is continually being released by all of mankind into the atmosphere. Now, because of the law of harmonics dealing with affinities, like seeks out like; and therefore, a strengthening occurs in the strata of misqualified energy as well as in that of properly qualified energy as line upon line of similarly qualified vibrations are added thereto. Many have noted that in spiritual places, temples, and churches they can receive a greater inrush of peace than in the busy streets and businesses of the outer world; contrariwise, when entering into places qualified with feuds or destructive and trivial passions, mankind are often ensnared in feelings which do not sustain the vibratory action of God-happiness and peace. Let all take into account, then, how very important is the law governing affinitized vibration. Likewise let all examine the fact that the solar plexus as a center, unless guarded, may become a doorway through which negative vibrations enter to bring about a descent of the levels of normally happy consciousness, clouding the sun of man's being with thoughts of fear or threat, foreboding or danger. As discord is never a part of the divine plan but is solely an action of universal law in its application with respect to karma, I think it wise that the "mechanical" nature of this law be understood so that our chelas [disciples] can become reasonably free from unwanted conditions. Your precious tube of light is, of course, an invincible protection against the intake of such volatile or desultory vibratory actions as well as of downward spirals of despair. Yet it is very true that many of the students at one time or another, often unwittingly, do fail in their application to maintain the required spiritual contact. And thus in an unguarded moment an inrush of misqualified energy does occur whereby vibrations of unhappiness do enter the feeling world - even attitudes of faithlessness are sometimes taken in and amplified as feelings of doubt and uncertainty. The proximity of beloved Simon Peter to Jesus in his Galilean embodiment was no proof against the inrush of this negation; for when Jesus bid him to walk upon the waves, as the chronicles record,{30} he lost faith momentarily, even in full view of the Master himself. The present release of greater understanding is vouchsafed to mankind today because of the mission of the Christ and every avatar whom God has so lovingly sent to the earth. The service of every angel and tiny deva or builder of form is important in the universal scheme, and no one is even relatively unimportant. After all, precious ones, if you were receiving your supply through a lowly beggar it would not matter if the gift came from the greatest king; for unless the beggar existed to pass it on to you, you could well go hungry. Hence, all are important in the divine grace of bestowing life to all. There do exist, then, in the atmosphere throughout the entire planet, floating forcefields or grids containing the scapegoat energies of mankind's wrong thought and feeling. These abide in larger quantities in the so-called ghettos of the large cities and such places as are rampant with the ravages of crime and poverty. Yet I can recall but few spaces upon the landed area of the earth where these large forcefields do not occasionally drift to bring about potential destruction where taken in. They are like floating minefields in the sea. Insidiously existing beneath the level of visibility, they drift to affect the unwary of mankind and to bring about results little dreamed of by most contemporary men. Bear in mind that each shade of human opinion carries a specifically different rate of vibration and that thousands of forcefields are anti-this and anti-that, making for innumerable clashes referred to by beloved Morya as "human dissonance," which are actually impediments to the full harmonic orchestration of the brotherhood of man. The subtle nature of man's free will and his insistence upon having his own way have led many well-meaning people into pitfalls of discord so trivial as to cause even the simple to smile, yet the stiff-necked move without motion into the realm of mental and spiritual stagnation. The sad part is their lack of awareness of the pitiful plight of their being. May I say of these for their freedom's sake, "Deliver them from evil!" The power of prayer and spiritual attunement, of closely living to the Divine Presence of God, the maintaining of attitudes of happiness and awareness of life's purposes, the sustainment of service and goodwill for others, and the amplification of every divine attitude is, of course, one's own best protection against the intake of these forces. I cannot deny some of them, by reason of size and density patterns, are particularly lethal and hence deadly to those who are unsuspecting and therefore unprotected against them. Just as a cloud will cover the face of the sun preceding a storm, so in many cases a sudden feeling or drop in the normal level of happiness or well-being will indicate the presence of such an invisible forcefield. There are two simple defenses available to mankind against these unseen pitfalls. One is to recognize that mobility can soon bring an individual into an area out of the center of the thrust; hence, many times a distance of one or two miles will give absolute safety. At other times, for various reasons when individuals cannot conveniently flee the invaded area, they can make mighty application to the Godhead, to the cosmic beings and the ascended masters including beloved Jesus and Archangel Michael, for spiritual assistance in moving these forcefields away or transmuting them into light. Now, I do not for one moment wish any to accept that no matter how deadly these forcefields may be, they cannot be made to yield to the invincible power of God. Yet just as Don Quixote was unable to defeat the windmills with the point of his lance, so it is senseless to, in the words of Saint Paul, fight as one who beateth the air.{31} You see, there are few in physical embodiment today who are able on the instant to cope with the more malevolent of these conditions from the level of mankind's externalized personal grace. But I am certain no call goes unheeded by heaven, and therefore mighty inroads can be made into these forcefields. Sometimes they can be reduced or cut in half by a thrust of the sword of blue flame invoked by a chela. It is not my wish to have the student body overly conscious of these conditions; yet, precious ones, it is not wise to be wholly unconsciously subject to them either. Therefore, in a state of perfect mental and spiritual balance, mankind ought to understand that these conditions do exist and that they function almost mechanically - not always as fixed monsters either, but frequently as predatory roaming beasts of the air subject to unconscious driftings and magnetization by minutely affinitized centers in individuals or in groups. This means then, precious ones, that those who permit themselves to be subject to vibratory actions of fear, anger, human viciousness or hatred or even a sense of wrong or injustice may draw to themselves from various parts of the planet either small or large focuses of the exact type of the quality of negation they permit to play through their mind and feeling consciousness. Is this not a sound argument, then, for the constant maintenance of thoughts of beauty, holiness, protection, and grace? You see, precious ones, these conditions which function upon the planet so automatically as the result of man's defection from the laws of God have become, in this age of Armageddon, an ever-present threat which the powers of light are most anxious to dissipate in the freeing of the planet from every unwanted force and condition. There is no need for me to diagram these forcefields for the sake of the more scientific of my readers, for they exist in various sizes and shapes, some of which resemble the popular nebbish figures depicted by modern cartoonists in your papers. The sizes vary from those no bigger than a man's hand to some which are huge clouds covering many miles of the earth's surface. It may not be interesting to some of you, nor fully understood by all, but I mention in passing that there is a special branch of Archangel Michael's legions that devotes a great deal of time to what you might call "dive-bombing" these formations and breaking them up into smaller sections so that they pose less of a threat to the mankind of earth. Naturally, the more calls that are made by the larger numbers of mankind to Archangel Michael and the beloved ascended hosts, the greater the quantity of spiritual energy that can be released for the dissipation of these unwanted human creations. After all, blessed ones, these are the mechanical creations of unthinking man. I smile as I say this, for they are the result of man's thoughts and feelings but not thoughts and feelings qualified with godliness or the right thought of the Godhead, which is the true power of thought. Now, it goes almost without saying, precious ones, that few among mankind if they were able at all to fully control themselves would knowingly create such vibrations of human viciousness and centers of darkness. Yet many of these are not created by any one individual at all but by the many who think subtle and supposedly harmless thoughts against another individual. Because energy is most impersonal, like seeks like; and it is the union of shadowed substance with shadowed substance that causes a densification and strengthening of these nefarious forces. I must admit that there are certain activities of the black magicians and insidious actions which we may well term vicious witchcraft which deliberately foster and encourage the building up of such reservoirs of negated energy. Precious ones, by way of illustration may I say that money, too, is a form of economic energy; and certainly because mankind desire to accumulate it for their future needs, many organizations desire to have a reservoir of funds available to them for a specific purpose. The war engines of the world require the appropriation of military funds. In order to relieve the poor of the world, appropriations are usually made by constructive nations for the education and improvement of the poor as well as to provide their daily necessities and those opportunities which should enable them to arise out of their unwanted conditions. Do you see, then, that reservoirs of negative force can also be accumulated in these drifting banks of negation to be used by the brothers of the shadow to draw upon when needed to fight against Good? Well, precious ones, this misqualified energy becomes available to the powers of darkness, then, to use in confusing the mind of man and in upsetting his world whenever possible so as to create more and more mass confusion. This is why undesirable television programs, vile movies, and destructive books are so effective in disturbing the very young as well as people of all ages. These tie emotionally into these clouds of negated energy and feed through the consciousness, holding an absorbing fascination for mankind once they become emotionally involved in the drama. The plot sequences of most of these unwholesome stories are often mere duplications of themselves in a new format. We do not deny that many of the authors thereof enjoy great popularity with mankind, but they must bear well in mind that they will one day give account of their stewardship of life.{32} Alfred Hitchcock is one who is responsible for the release of a very vicious and horrific fountainhead of negative scenarios which drag the consciousness of mankind down into the mire of the lower astral regions. This individual will find when he comes face-to-face with the realities of life that it is not the will of God that he devote his energy to such activities as he has currently done. This I may well term a disservice to mankind. Yet I call to your attention that such diversions are supported by many of mankind, who see no particular harm in them! You see, precious ones, it does not matter through whom the misqualification occurs upon earth. The fact that it does occur at all is a threat to all mankind embodied here. Let it be made clear that we do not frown upon drama; for your own Lord Maha Chohan, in his epic releases while embodied as Homer, did bring about cultural understanding which flows forth to the present age. Your beloved Saint Germain, in his magnificent Shakespearean releases and his many other writings, did bring about the renaissance of virtue and culture to the world. There are so many facets and so many angles to the great manifestation of opportunity called life that I hope no one will be so blind as to say that I have taken you far afield. My intent is to give you a palatable release which will be practical in effectively releasing you from some unwanted conditions which are so subtle that they often snare the most devoted souls. The Great White Brotherhood,{33} recognizing the truth of beloved Jesus' statement that "the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light,"{34} as I have said before, are interested in this series which I am releasing in bringing dynamically to mankind's attention the subtle little traps which are so overlooked by the unsuspecting and the innocent. It is absolutely true that there is no power but God. It is also true that good will ultimately triumph. But in effectively seeing to it that good does triumph over the veil of misqualified energy called evil, we must now invoke the forces of mercy that shall swiftly respond to the imploration of the saints, "How long, O Lord?"{35} While it is true that one day with God may be a thousand years, or a thousand years be as one day,{36} to the embodied souls suffering the thralldom of sense consciousness and the misqualification of energy that results in human viciousness and destruction, these trials have basic reality during the time individuals must pass through them. We do not hold with the concept of doing evil that good may come{37} but hold only with the concept of doing good that good may expand. Let all then see in these current releases of the Brotherhood the great giant sweep of a beam of intense light energy calculated not to snare the consciousness of mankind with mere pretty dramas or sequences which may tickle the ear or provide passing entertainment but rather to release the mighty soul-searching beam of Cosmic Christ discrimination into the affairs of men that total freedom may manifest and great divine friendships be formed based on the solid bedrock of divinity. Only then can we weld together the spiritual body upon the planet. So long as minute dissensions and divisions occur, so long as individuals set up themselves and their human standards as criteria to judge the children of God upon earth, so long as men fall directly into the traps that are set for them seeking to bring about malicious gossip against our greatest outposts, the world will still be in some peril. Yet the wise and perceptive at all times recognize and know that the greater the concentrated power of truth used to examine the fabric of thought and the power of truth released as God-direction to man, the greater the opposition thereto! The words of Jesus "Woe unto you when all men shall speak well of you!"{38} echo down the halls of the centuries to the present hour. And thus we do not anticipate that all men will give their approval to divine truth or will even recognize its source. But as the Christ long ago said, "My sheep will hear my voice,"{39} and thus we are content to release upon the altar of Almighty God the great soul-liberating truths of being for men of this century. I shall continue to be The Great Divine Director How we cherish the Divine Director's penchant for truth. With what measure shall our gratitude flow forth. The Karmic Board stands majestically enthralled by the scope of his release. Let men, angels, and masters honor God for the precious conferments of straight knowledge he has already given. Thus shall perceptive men halt the release of destructive energy to the world. Thus shall new bolts of the blue lightning of divine love strike the earth with liberating fervor. El Morya ****** Chapter 10 The Great Divine Director - March 7, 1965 ****** Vol. 8 No. 10 - The Great Divine Director - March 7, 1965 THE MECHANIZATION CONCEPT A Manifesto by the Great Divine Director Part H Harmony To Men and Women of Progress, I Outline the Interplay of Subtle Forces of Religious and Political Thought Whose Impinging Vibrations Ultimately Produce the Discordant Mechanical Sense That Can and Shall Give Way to Harmony by Your Invocation of the Violet Transmuting Flame: Precious ones, it cannot be denied that just as there are many areas of harmony in human affairs, so there is in the realm of human thought and feeling a great variety of diverse opinions about a multitude of things, some of which are diametrically oppositional to other segments of human thought. Quite naturally, the vibratory rate of empathetic thought is similar, whereas that which is contrary sets up an opposing vibration. Many may recall that several years ago a major air disaster was occasioned because one of the motors of the plane set up what we may term an off-center vibration which was transmitted to the motor on the other side of the plane. This acted as an amplifier of the epicentric vibration, and then in turn transmitted it back to the originating source where it again was built up and transmitted to the other side until the plane literally came apart from the action of vibration. The frequent outbursts in clashes among various groups of people quite naturally take their toll in human affairs producing seeds of distrust, unhappiness, and doubt, which in turn take many forms. Nowhere is this more evident than in the religious field, where through the centuries mankind have actually perpetrated all manners of injustice in the name of God. Those who should have stood shoulder to shoulder with one another in the support of cherished ideals have, either in the realm of human personality or doctrine, stood at sword's point. Mindful, then, of the great weakness of the human ego and its desire to achieve recognition for accomplishment, it is self-evident that competition which seeks to harm or disturb another part of life in an unjust manner is a karma-making action which returns a great deal of unhappiness amplified to the one sending it out. I raise these concepts here in order to bring about a greater recognition of the interplay of subtle forces in the atmosphere which I discussed in my last release. For religious thought and political thought functioning in these aforementioned grids and forcefields - joined by the numerous frustrations and feelings of inadequacy which take their toll upon mankind - do result in an action of human discord which is almost suffocating to the cause of progress. You may ponder as to what occurs when a number of these forcefields do themselves begin to set up a mere mechanical clash in the sense that the electronic rate of vibration causes them to impinge upon one another. The end result is usually mass confusion, for many sensitive people do pick up the electronic release which, like subtly invisible atomic radiation, does have its effect upon those in proximity to it. Now, the original transmitted secrets involved in what we may here and now term the divine rite of kings (stemming from the original anointing of the great prophet-priest-kings of ancient civilizations) was such that they had imparted to them many marvelous methods for their own protection in that era of history when mankind en masse were far less illumined and when the laws currently governing mankind and protecting their freedom were not in vogue. The nobility and so-called landed gentry did through dint of force hold in check the masses of mankind. However, as history so clearly records, this did not avoid clashes between the rulers themselves and the many kingdoms under their jurisdiction. What with court intrigue being intense and the rulers often subjected to assassination, it was essential that they establish and maintain their protection. Hence, the Magi who served to protect them did also assist them in the development of the violet cloak and the cloak of invisibility. Now, this is far more than a myth. For in the very old kingdoms, the violet-transmuting-flame cloak was used as a repelling action, which was the divinely vested rite of kings, assisting them in transmuting or changing unwanted conditions in their own world as well as repelling the vicious thoughts and feelings of others. The value of using the power of the violet transmuting flame{40} as a daily outpouring can never be overestimated. When beloved Saint Germain of the House of Rakoczy did release this knowledge to the general public many years ago it was at first, of course, well received because it was new to many people and they actually entered into the spirit of the release with gusto. Like so many other things which become mechanical, hence boring, many individuals began in their own mind to downgrade the efficacy of the work itself and doubt crept in as doubt was expanded rather than the proper use of the flame. The actual externalized benefits, then, evaporated with the increased lack of faith of the individual. The current series which I am writing, then, is designed to enter into many aspects of the mere mechanics of creation, and so I am reminded now of the blessed statement of the Master Jesus who, when queried as to the use of the sabbath as a day to honor God, told the people that "the sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath."{41} Hence, taken in the larger sense, it ought to become increasingly clear that an understanding of the mechanics of the universe may be both interesting and beneficial. But an understanding of the mechanics of the universe should also reveal that mankind do often become mentally entangled and identified solely with the mechanics, thus developing what we may term a mechanical sense about everything while losing sight of the great spiritual values of being. Thus mankind fail to apprehend that the universe was made for man as a manifestation of God, not the being of man for the mechanical structure of the universe. The creative powers in man will thus expand in the golden age through the shedding of the mechanical sense and the recognition that all power in heaven and earth is given into the hand of man - the manifestation of God - in order that he himself might be perfected thereby and might by right action perfect all things.{42} Now, man is often driven inward to seek retreat from outer turmoil, but the great microcosmic/macrocosmic interchange of forces is not intended to be a mere explosive release of energy or even an implosion. A masterful balance of outflow and inflow can be achieved whereby divine grace expands in a limitless way in the outer and inner life of an individual. This life is God. And this God - good, expanding from the individual out into the world of form, taking dominion over all things - also becomes in man the great spiritual sense of God, the great feeling of oneness and attunement whereby, deep within the consciousness and being of the individual, divine awareness brings about identification with perfection. Now, let the way be increasingly plain that doctrines themselves, while having some worthwhile purpose in the codifying for mankind of the ranges of human thought, are of far less value to the unillumined who take for granted the accepted thoughts of other men but spurn the great spiritual gnosis stemming from the voice of their own soul consciousness as God seeks to impart to them his secrets. Ponder this release deeply, for it is also the beginning of greater wisdom. I AM dedicated to your progress in the light, The Great Divine Director ****** Chapter 11 The Great Divine Director - March 14, 1965 ****** Vol. 8 No. 11 - The Great Divine Director - March 14, 1965 THE MECHANIZATION CONCEPT A Manifesto by the Great Divine Director Part I Identity To the Devotees of Wisdom Who Seek the Hidden Mysteries of Identity, I Reveal the Ascension as a Goal Attainable by All Men and Expose the Erroneous Doctrine of the Mechanical Ascension: Now the time is upon us when, in examining the false opinions of mankind about little-known subjects - i.e., little known to the multitudes of the earth - I must dispel the fog of human concepts for those who seek to progressively attain greater wisdom about hidden things. The beauty of the ascension demonstrated by the great Master Jesus from Bethany's hill did stir the five hundred who witnessed it as nothing before had ever quickened their souls and consciousness. When the ascension is understood by mankind as a goal attainable by all men, it puts an end to the fears and uncertainties of mankind as to their reason for being and brings to the doorstep of their hearts an awareness of God's infinite care for each manifestation of consciousness which came forth clothed upon with the very identity of God-being. From earliest infancy upon this planet Earth, mankind's training occurs through the avenue of the five physical senses whereby there is builded into the consciousness almost complete dependence upon outer sources for the attainment of wisdom. The comparatively few have the misunderstood gift of genius, and yet God did create all men equal in the sense that all have equal opportunity to attain the crown of Life{43} and then, with that attainment, to go onward into infinite excellence. In the spiritual realm there is never any competition, for the very nature of attainment itself precludes the very possibility of competition. Returning to the examination of the mystery of man's being, let it be clear that the avenue of the outer senses as the source of knowledge is the primary way in which mankind derive a sense of identity. From age to age and from epoch to epoch, the identity of man does itself undergo manifold changes in the individual realm. Therefore it is not easy for mankind to categorize the marks of the Infinite, living as men do for such a short period upon the earth. World history possesses intense fascination for mankind; yet cosmic history, untold and unrecorded, contains true knowledge which, while accurately recorded by cosmic historians upon the akashic records themselves, is little understood or available to mankind simply because they lack either the means of probing the records for themselves or have some measure of distrust in those who do. Whether or not this is justified is not so important as it may seem at first, for the key to the attainment of the ascension - the God-intended gift to every man - is the key to all knowledge and can be attained with or without probing every cosmic secret. Love itself is the great master key, but love is a word bandied about by many but understood only by the few. Men refer to selfish love and unselfish love yet I ask you, can Love be selfish? Yet it is not the part of wisdom to give one's self away where nothing in return can be brought about as the result of this giving. God himself, as revealed by Christ in the parable of the talents,{44} indicated the intent of the Deity to derive from the stewardship of creation the fruit of the talents he has given to man. The impediments of karma, or the law of cause and effect, have withheld from mankind for generations their soul freedom as well as their escape from immersement in ceaseless karmic rounds. As the purpose of incarnation is to ascend back to the heart of God after the manifestation of victorious overcoming, unless this purpose be served, mankind continue to reap the effects of their own sowing, which are usually cumulative in the sense that more discord is created than balanced in any given period of time; therefore, there is always a balance of payments required, necessitating their return to the planet Earth through the ritual of reembodiment. The continual extension of the mercy of God to man through the ritual of reembodiment becomes a necessity, and it is the opportunity for those who try and try again finally to succeed. Those who succeed, then, in the kingdom of God to balance the accepted portion of their debits to life find the natural expansion of the great flame of Life pouring through their flesh forms, through their consciousness, through their thoughts and feelings, until the Spirit of the Resurrection, penetrating the universe with the power of the Sun behind the sun, draws the mighty light rays of the Presence of God into the physical form and the consciousness ascends in ever-expanding awareness. These find, as did Elijah when caught up into heaven in the chariot of fire,{45} that the very atoms and tiny electrons composing their being begin to draw forth from the Godhead increasing radiance, and their form and four lower bodies are literally transfigured. The transfiguration often leads directly to the ascension in this day and age whereby the body of man becomes so full of light, which is God in Christ, that the return of the form to the formless is inevitably accomplished as it is recorded, "And a cloud received him out of their sight."{46} This cloud of glory, the abode of the Father, waits to receive every individual to bring him to a state of God-dominion wherein he is no longer subjected to the ills and imperfections of the flesh. He is no longer required to go out from the temple of God-being. He no longer dwells in the city of the night, as beloved John declared on the Isle of Patmos. For the Lord God shall be their light and there shall be no night there, neither sorrow nor crying, for the Lord God shall wipe all tears away from their eyes.{47} In the state of the ascension there is never any question of happiness or its pursuit, for the pursuit is finished and attainment is established forever. Let it be made clear that the ascension is also a beginning. For initiations and opportunities for service are many after the ascension, yet man is never again required to go back into the world of form density and be subject to the ills of the flesh. The biblical recording "Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God"{48} comes into better focus, then, for mankind. With the advent of Easter, men appreciate the thought of many resurrections occurring daily in their worlds, all of which lead to the attainment of the infinite blessing of the ascension in the light. Now you may wonder why I have spoken of a mechanical doctrine involving the ascension and of the great error in this doctrine, but I shall attempt here to put it into focus for you so that you may be on guard to maintain a correct understanding of the ascension. For thoughts, precious ones, are indeed things, as one of your poets has said, {49} and the treasures that we would have you gather are the treasures of victorious accomplishment and divine truth. Error has no power except that to which mankind dedicate themselves, supposing that they serve the cause of truth and freedom. Jesus referred to this when he said, "If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!"{50} I am come to expand the light, and this we seek to do here concerning the ascension. The statement beloved Jesus made long ago concerning the kingdom of heaven reading thus, "The kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force,"{51} enters into many areas of doctrine. And therefore, I would interpret to you that the mechanical sense of attainment is usually behind the violence of mankind who seek to force their way of spiritual grace and their unfolding divinity through the erroneous supposition that the secrets of the universe can be mechanically mastered, including the ascension itself. Now, I am certain that you recognize that a carpenter may master the art of construction, that an electrician may direct on the pathway of wires the flow of the current to do the bidding of man, that the construction of matter and substance may be understood by the physicist, that the employment of this material substance may be directed by the wise among mankind and knowledge disseminated to those having lesser wisdom. In the religious field the comparatively few actually circulate the doctrine of the mechanical ascension at the present time, but I am interested in having our students well rounded in their understanding of truth. There are times when it is wise to point out the doctrines of error so that the sincere are not led into byways of delusion where loss of time and energy occurs and the karmic responsibilities of misleading others also enters into the picture. For usually when individuals become tethered to wrong thought they are not aware of the nature of the thought and thus presume it to be light and truth. Believing thusly, they do not hesitate to impart their knowledge to others, who may have less comprehension than they do and be misled to a greater degree, all of which could become a karmic responsibility of the one who misleads the other. Let me clearly indicate to you the power of divine grace and how mankind, through infinite and holy prayer - an "infinite prayer" being the great inward groanings of the soul, and "holy prayer" being the conscious implorations to Deity made with the purity of right concepts - may draw forth from the Godhead the grace that is sufficient for every hour, that will expand the light and consciousness to such Christlike proportions as will literally draw God-awareness into the individual focus of consciousness, enabling each one to rise, not only through the balancing of karma - through overcoming error - but also spiritually through the attainment of the fullness of God's gift of divine Sonship, the right-you-all (or ritual) of the ascension whereby the Sun-ray of individual being is drawn up the ladder of light to the Great Sun Source. I do not deny that some have attained to the powers of the kingdom of heaven through an attempted action of rote and what we might term partial elements of cosmic science. Yet in all such cases, because the grace of God is greatly absent and the power and pressure of individual attainment is utilized rather than "Thine is the power," such a one must sometime, somewhere painstakingly retrace each stitch of partial accomplishment until all is properly placed, by divine grace, in the garments of the High Priest (True Being). Let all recognize, then, that mere mechanics are not the prime requisite in the knowledge of God, but the pure power of love is the perception of the Infinite. The Creator's expanding love will enter into every area of life, when invited, until the temple is flooded with such ineffable light as will automatically raise every facet of your life into its victory and freedom. Lovingly, The Great Divine Director ****** Chapter 12 The Great Divine Director - March 21, 1965 ****** Vol. 8 No. 12 - The Great Divine Director - March 21, 1965 THE MECHANIZATION CONCEPT A Manifesto by the Great Divine Director Part J Judgment To Followers of Christ I Say, Beware of the Denial, Yea, the Harsh Judgment of Your Lord in the Person of His Servants, Lest Ye Be Denied and Judged of Him before Your Father. Wherefore Rather Confess Him before Men and Take the Immaculate Concept of His Mother and Use It to Behold the Inherent Good in God's Children: The magnificent statement "Judge not, that ye be not judged,"{52} when applied, becomes a great safety valve of protection to the user. Countless followers of Christ audibly support his great admonition, but when it comes to daily practice they continue to express criticism, condemnation, and judgment in a most brittle, mechanical manner. They do not take into account the recorded debit to their lifestream for such acts and the resulting energy which can become an oppressive weight when it returns to them for balance. Efforts made by students of the light to overcome this propensity to be critical of others, when successful, have many rewards. Thus the ascended masters have from time to time discussed this teaching so that the student might gain perspective in the practical application of this great law. I cannot tell you how much the willful neglect of this law and the consequent wrong use of energy have hindered the seeker on the spiritual path. Many students know that some individuals, in ignorance, do not hesitate to criticize the Godhead and to impugn the motives of heaven. Be not surprised, then, if some will seem to take pleasure in unjustly criticizing or judging you. Remember that the ascended masters aim for the highest expression of blessing to mankind; therefore, our actions always pivot around light and cannot support the shadowed concepts of the mass mind, no matter how acceptable these concepts may seem to be. Saint Germain has tried for centuries to make all people aware of true freedom; yet to the present, the recoil of their own error is experienced by those who affirm for themselves the freedom to act while denying the same privilege to others. Mankind's double standard of judgment would be most unwelcome if those who practice it were to become the victims of this duplicity. Let it be known that wherever we establish a focus of great light, wherever there are true, dedicated chelas whose thoughts and actions are providing avenues of service for the ascended masters, sinister arrows of negation derived from psychic levels are projected against these focuses to hinder the expression of truth and to deny mankind the full benefit of our intent to expand the flame of freedom. The Tall Master from Venus, in his great service to life, has continually poured out from the energies of his heart the God-victorious flame of freedom. It is unfortunate that many take the energies of heaven and color them with human concepts and shallow attitudes. If the ascended masters were to manifest physically and to appear in human form to mankind, many of the very ones who claim to be our chelas would totally reject us. Such as these admire us from afar as if peering at a distant star through a telescope of their own creation; but, unknown to them, they could not take us in proximity. I understand this dichotomy, having functioned in your dimension, but I cannot condone any attitude that will not win you your freedom. The Master's statement "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me"{53} ought to be applied by all separatists who consider themselves our brethren and receive our messages, acknowledging the truth thereof while denying our messengers who offer the physical vehicles through which we function. Mankind are prone to stereotype one another and sometimes, when students do not personally know our messengers, they place them upon a pedestal of high spiritual attainment. When they later come in contact with these blessed ones and note that outwardly they have an appearance similar to their contemporaries and perhaps no exterior posture which would serve to gild them with the image created, students sometimes devalue our representatives and shatter the towering image which they had held previously. (Remember the Roman legions required Judas' service in order to distinguish Jesus from his disciples in Gethsemane's garden.) Not desiring to accept responsibility for their own fluctuating assessments, people have often transferred their disappointments and disaffections to those whom they once glorified and subsequently cast down as broken idols when their own uses were not served. Let it be clear that it is not in the outer realm that men and women of goodwill ought to make value judgments concerning their fellowmen. I think that I have no difficulty in distinguishing between the true and the false, hence I can easily perceive the degree of spiritual radiance in all its glory pouring through their flesh forms. I think, however, that even presently I should cringe at the thought of being judged, and yet I am sure you realize this is not fear of man's criticism or opinion but rather solicitude for the individual who is guilty of this error. You may wonder just how all this fits the mechanical dissertation which I am engaged in. In a very real sense this discourse fits quite nicely. For mankind have developed a deep set of stereotyped and acceptable values which they carefully preserve as in a closet, drawing them forth periodically and inserting these "hardbacked cards" into a stereopticon for recurrent viewing. Thus criticism has become a parlor game in which men amuse themselves at the expense of others, not realizing that by so doing they widen the moat that separates them from the great divine realities of life. Why review evil when you can amplify the power of good! Stereotyping has become very mechanical. Civilization finds it only too easy to assassinate the character and service of our best servants. We have noted in cosmic history that wherever we have established focuses for the freedom of man, the powers of intolerance have attempted malicious devaluation before men. This includes the circulation of partial truths, lies, and fabrications. And the struggling few, not always securely rooted in an understanding of the dangers in the battle of life, are sometimes unhorsed. Now, I could tell you of a number of individuals who have received great healings and blessings to almost defy description through the radiant Word delivered by our messengers. Some of these individuals have been released from what we may term astral states so fearsome as to be more awesome than the descriptions in Dante's Inferno. Yet when some of our most dedicated channels were under vicious attack from the forces of darkness, some of our modern disciples, as did those in the time of Jesus, have in effect denied their Lord by desiring anonymity before men. These would not stand up and be counted on the side of righteousness and truth for fear of earthly censure. Let me remind you here and now of the Master's statement "Whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father."{54} You do not think, precious ones, that this was a threat made by the Christ. Nay, rather was it a statement of the great law itself. At times the law may seem to be almost mechanically harsh, yet I assure you it is not. For as the sweetest promises of God, the mighty law stands to protect the soul interests of the obedient, who garner from the opportunities daily afforded them a greater measure of service and benign karmic credit because they have determined to retain the immaculate concept of man, sustained in the image of his Creator, in all they do, say, or think. Now examining the statements of Christ still further, you will note that he also said that those who would confess him before men he would confess before the Father!{55} Confession of Christ, then, is the use of his immaculate eyes in beholding the inherent good in God's children. Mother Mary specifically trained Jesus from childhood on in the sacred visualization of good for every part of life. The seemingly innocent practice of holding wrong concepts about others, of judging others, of assessing their level of attainment or possibility is all a part of vain competition and results in grave misunderstandings. You see, when the hidden hungers of the soul for advancement remain unsatisfied, they sometimes burst out as unbalanced energy which takes the form of gossip and the downgrading of others as a substitute for inner God-security. It is most unfortunate that this battle of the human psyche is carried over into the science of religion, for men expect perfection in their religion and its followers. Herein lies the very subtle activities of the brothers of the shadow who seek to impugn the pure in heart by drawing down the pall of ignorance, confusion, and questioning about the person and character of another. Some of this is like taking out old photo albums and prints reflecting earlier immaturities and showing these "snapshots" or "snap judgments" to others and saying, "See how they really are!" While the great divine opportunity called life moves onward, men attempt to methodically yet mechanically thwart the progress of another soul and, by the law of returning karma, do but hinder their own progress. Let go, precious ones, for all time of this seemingly innocent but deadly game. Those who will may practice it, but they will reap the full results of their acts. Men use a mechanical, stereotyped image for others but not for themselves. I am sure that the wiles and snares of Satan, so-called, will be apparent to those who can attune with our level of thought. We would institute for mankind a new era of freedom from this practice that will encourage the use of the immaculate concept, thus drawing into a state of spiritual elevation many priceless souls who hunger and thirst after righteousness. Let them be filled, then, with the germinal realities of life that will bear spiritual fruit. Let them draw upon their great spiritual resources and rise into the arms of Divine Hope. Let these captives of human illusion go free and find no further barrier to their attainment. Let the blot upon the honor of spiritual organizations cast by these evil practitioners be heeded no more and let it be replaced with the shield of faith in the integrity of the Creator of all who, beholding his creation, saw that it was very good.{56} Many of the statements I am making may seem simple, but they hold the sacred keys to your freedom, precious ones. I have in readiness revelations far up the ladder of soul advancement, and I am awaiting the opportune moment to release them. But the great gap in achievement for all organizations seems to be in the clouds that obscure at the personal level the summits of Olympian heights, the great snow-crowned peaks of godly virtue and benevolence which should rightfully be the inheritance of every aspirant. "With what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again."{57} Why will men then presume that the Deity desires to mete out evil to any? Is it not clearly recorded, "I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked"?{58} Then, height nor depth nor things present, nor things to come, nor any creature shall be able to separate man from the love of God which is in Christ, the Light of the world.{59} Precious ones, your ascension is not always achieved in one dramatic moment wherein the form is transfigured and you rise into the arms of God. Attainment is often a matter of the conscious practice of daily entering into the heart of the Father and thinking his thoughts, dreaming his dreams of benevolence, partaking of his life and breaking the bread of his holy covenant with your brethren so that their hearts may also burn within them as the disciples experienced upon the way to Emmaus.{60} Charity begins at home. And therefore, I say to all, let us by grace develop the acme of cosmic virtue in all as we discard mechanical ignorance. Lovingly, I AM The Great Divine Director ****** Chapter 13 The Great Divine Director - March 28, 1965 ****** Vol. 8 No. 13 - The Great Divine Director - March 28, 1965 THE MECHANIZATION CONCEPT A Manifesto by the Great Divine Director Part K Kingdom Pursuers of God's Happiness, the Key to the Kingdom Is Your Consciousness. Therefore We Counsel the Wise, Hearken unto the Gracious Voice of the Soul! Be Free from the Blind Acceptance of Blind Believers! Yes, Be Free on the Path of Personal Experience with God Whereby Truth Is Revealed in the Law of Transcendence and in the Perception of the Invisible Man: Man's search for happiness stems from a remembrance of his lost estate when he knew at inner levels of consciousness the blessing of cosmic unity whereby the immortal laws of the kingdom of God were operative for him, instantly obeyed at his command. By countless means, the forces of negation that oppose the divine plan for man have attempted to substitute the mechanics of system, born in sense consciousness, for the cosmic intricacies of what we may term the gracious voice of the soul. Nowhere are the forces of negation more active, yet cleverly concealed, than in the realm of belief. Is man not admonished to believe on God in order to have and hold the wonders of salvation? ("Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved ...") {61} Did not Abraham receive through faith the favor of God?{62} What, then, is the mystery of faith? Should the terms belief and faith be understood as synonymous? James, in his admonishments as an apostle of the early Church, warns that "faith, if it hath not works, is dead."{63} That works shew forth faith and that faith without the active participation of works is void of meaning is a concept that has come to be accepted by many. How, then, do faith and belief relate to the kingdom of God? Our treatise is concerned with these questions and more. How long will men suffer from the mechanics of blind acceptance, from rote without feeling, and from allegiance to mortal genesis? How long will men accept authoritatively the concepts of life and the hereafter interpreted by men who have not themselves had the spiritual experiences or the specific internal guidance from on high to qualify them to be illumined teachers of men? "Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?"{64} Let it be clear that the strongest witness for divine truth is found in the internal sense of right and truth held within the mind and heart that is attuned to God. Now those who hold with common sense and open-mindedness know, with Him, that an understanding of all mysteries and spiritual knowledge is not essential in obtaining entrée into the divine kingdom. This is the object of the snares that are cleverly and continually used by the powers of darkness: to convince mankind that they must have an answer to every question concerning life and death. By so doing they involve the energy of the seeker either in trivial argument or in awesome confusion. Thus the holy currents of energy which he so needs to live the life of a follower of God "as dear children"{65} are diverted and dissipated until he cannot manifest the rightness of action or the action of righteousness which would open the way for the Presence of God to be established as the kingdom of God in the domain of individual reality. Let it be clear that man's consciousness is the key to the kingdom, that which he chooses to hold in that blessed stream of thought and feeling which was created by God to provide man with a tie to himself. Consciousness! - a link to the God Self, to man's own personal reality as the image of the Sun, and to universal consciousness or cosmic unity itself. Through the divine memory of man's unfettered activity in the heart of God, through the records of past, present, and even future soul patterns and soul evolution manifest for each lifestream, consciousness takes flight from the plateau of limited self-engrossment and soars to scale peaks of divine comprehension not yet imagined by the outer mind of man. Surely all will know that we, as advocates of abiding heavenly love, ever rejoice in the right use of faith and belief as a means of soul progress and the individual expansion of God-expression. But here again is an area of subtlety. For although world and cosmic progress may be linked with the destiny of man, individual progress cannot be equated with the forward march of the cosmos. For it is essential that each man shall awaken to the meaning of reality for himself. And until he awakens, the universe moves on without him - that is, his individual progress is not in consonance with that of the whole. No one can ever substitute his action of comprehension for another. Thus belief and faith remain as essential levels of personal advancement for each soul in order that he might move on with the ever-expanding cosmic cycles of infinite progression. "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."{66} Without faith and belief, the sleep of the ages casts its spell upon man and the veil which shields the dazzling light of truth from mortal eyes remains drawn. Creeds can be even more binding than admitted ignorance, for they tend to support the arrogance of error (a holier-than-thou attitude) which closes the door upon advancement while the latter at least leaves open the possibility for future illumination. The time approaches when the many segments of mankind's evolving knowledge will be joined in the light of converging (though presently hidden) laws of the universe. Thus uncertainty, together with the humble admission that much remains to be understood, is belief, however blind, that there is hope for "evidence of things not seen" and perhaps the eventual seeing as well. The dignity of right faith, then, is found in understanding the meaning of beloved Paul's statement. The key words "substance" and "evidence" indicate the necessity for a childlike sense of reality - that God is evident in substance already and yet is hoped for as the victorious manifestation of a perfection not seen as yet, however, in evidential manifestation. Faith tethered to wrong belief is still faith, yet it is like the barren fig tree which Jesus condemned.{67} And did not John the Baptist also prophesy, saying, " ... Every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire"?{68} Many of the students will be able to cite examples in this day and age of those whose entire lives are devoted to causes undeserving of God's energies, yet they remain unaware and unconvinced that their wagons are hitched to a dying star. These must be weaned from the false nursemaids of material sense consciousness and presented unto the living God as a sacrifice and testimony to his purposes which we so long ago made our own. The kingdom of God is intended to be the universal possession of all; yet it must be personally and individually cognized and entered into by each one, who must first be in full possession of the limited sphere of consciousness given unto him by God ere he can inherit the whole. How can men obtain entrée into the immortal consciousness of God when they entertain and enjoy malice, ego involvement, fleeting and vain pleasures, selfish exclusions, jealousy, revenge, trickery, debauchery, chaos, wrong predictions, necromancy, witchcraft, assault, viciousness, lying, distortions, fabrications, and perversions of nature's purposes? See clearly and note well how important a role purity plays in the required refinement of individual consciousness. Attunement with the subtle threads of golden reality, still hidden behind mortal substance and the dense cloud of unknowing that manifests as mass religious confusion, can be achieved only through the ritual of self-purification and total commitment to God's service. You see, precious ones, by convincing man that he must have faith in God and then reducing the laws of the being of God to human terms of theology or a divine ontology (which are believed or rejected as the case may be), the world is divided into armed camps of bristling hostility which prevent brotherly love from abiding. Many will have nothing to do with those whose beliefs are contrary to their own. Think of it! Yet one day these will find out - perhaps before it is too late, perhaps not in time to receive the blessing of a better understanding - that their own beliefs are not only a snare to keep them from the God-happiness of the kingdom but in truth that many of their beliefs are biased and unsoundly based on childhood misconceptions, environmental influences, or even blind, unthinking acceptance of a closed system of thought which boasts that all of truth has already been revealed in its exclusive teachings. We recommend a sound faith rather than the desire for the false security acquired by defining and accepting concepts of heaven and God in such a manner as to create a "calm" knowing sense of the Unknowable and to have the "peace" of a personal code of "self" righteousness, however incorrect it may be. I am an advocate of childlike faith and beautiful serenity but not at any price, not at the cost whereby man's haste to arrive at conclusions misconstrues the tolerance of universal law into a mold of his own selection. The exigencies of social religious pressure in which an attempt is made to corral mankind as into branded herds and the painfully confusing separations engendered thereby are a blot upon the hopes of the world for peace and unity. Doctrine and tenet of faith and belief have often been a mechanical crib, confining the soul to acceptability and creed without benefit of ultimate truth. Final truth comes about through personal experience with God and is based upon the law of transcendence - upon the transcendental nature of being whereby God, Truth, is not found to be static but in a constant state of Self-revelation and Self-realization. Let all reexamine the so necessary qualities of hope, faith, and belief in such a manner as to draw upon the glories of cosmic reality by opening the windows and doors of being to the priceless discoveries awaiting man in God. The substance of spiritual record, cause, effect, and memory is available in part to all; but such knowledge must be builded upon in the sweet acceptance of the Godhead himself unto the dawn and interpretation of the mysteries of his being, his universal law, and cosmic history. The evidence of that which is not yet wholly perceived by visible man must come into the breaking light of his own inward perception of the Invisible Man. The import of faith we deny not, rather do we affirm it when that faith is based upon sound experience which expands understanding from childlike simplicity to the hoary wisdom of the ages and a natural unfolding of God's kingdom within. Let the doorway of common sense, in appraising nature and nature's God, give increasing perception of immortal secrets. For the inward whisper of God's consciousness is like a gentle flame of Holy Communion rushing through the pores of identity, purifying soul and body and preparing the mind for Christly illumination. This is grace, and it is the pathway of complete safety in the ark of the covenant made between God and man in the beginning whereby man was guaranteed safe journey to the arms of the Father if he willed to keep His commandments. Dependence upon mechanical faith may bring personal popularity but it is a poor substitute for the intrepid involvement whereby cosmic stature is achieved. There upon the mount of attainment it will be seen that the weavings of golden illumination with the threads of purity have combined to make faith and the substance thereof a faith in truth and God-reality which can never deny itself nor be denied by another. In this manner the rewards of the kingdom are conferred as the vestments of reality upon the seeker who strives continually to rid himself of error and to find oneness with God. With what obscurity faith in the idols of the marts and the idylls of the kings temporal has thwarted the expansion of the true kingdom of God upon earth. Now beyond intellect, beyond personality, beyond error unjustly called truth, let the real lead men from the unreal to the tender enfoldment of the kingdom of God's heavenly love and the dream of brotherhood as the practice of his love. Let the real lead men to the externalization of the plan by the faithful who refuse to attribute evil to God or man, seeing the impersonal death of wickedness as the personal victory of those who interpret righteousness in their own actions. These will control energy by right thought and feeling and evolve through God, magnetized in the chalice of individual consciousness. So dedicate thyself, so be thou, And the doorway of the kingdom shall open wide, As the mechanical illusion is cast aside, And the compulsion to believe Is rooted in the bedrock of that Reality, Immortality, and Triumph That God forever is. In the radiant faith of knowing him, I AM God's reality for you. The Great Divine Director ****** Chapter 14 The Great Divine Director - April 4, 1965 ****** Vol. 8 No. 14 - The Great Divine Director - April 4, 1965 THE MECHANIZATION CONCEPT A Manifesto by the Great Divine Director Part L Law On Behalf of the Children of God's Creation, I AM the Advocate of the Judgment of the Law upon the Violent Who Would Wrest the Secrets of Nature from the Hand of God to Become as Gods, Manipulating Life Electronically, Controlling Mankind by Their Arts and Artifices, Thus Effecting the Temporary Separation of Souls from the Inner Science and the Inner Religion by the Monstrous Mechanical Doctrine: Now let us open the golden book of eternal wisdom, bearing in mind that one day with God is as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day. Blessed ones, there is no eternal chaos. There is only eternal order in manifestation. And the marvelous wisdom that expresses throughout the cosmos is a flower whose cup holds all of creation within its airy fragrance. There are many things that can be analyzed and broken down into component parts. Eternity is composed of segments of moving consciousness labeled "time." The mighty flow of cosmic energy, composing the physical body of the universe, for all of its intricacy is a manifestation of simplicity. And no doubt you have noted that there are many wonderful things in the world which, when taken apart piece by piece, lack the beauty of the unified whole. We understand the role of science in probing both atom and cosmos. Without theorizing and experimentation, there is little question that man would be in a more primitive and rudimentary state at the present hour. Nevertheless it should not be denied that all of the wonders of material science cannot be compared to the birth of a child. The wonder withal is the miracle of life, the miracle of consciousness, the miracle of being! The Master Jesus so wondrously stated as he passed through the fields of waving wheat, "The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath: therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath."{69} We declare, then, that man was not made to be a servant of a mechanical system or regimen but that these systems are the means, however inferior, used by him to implement his search for the freedom of the golden ages. So-called fables of the Arabian Nights and other wondrous tales told by mankind have their root origin in many cases in great cosmic truth, for in the elder days of spiritual artistry, mankind were able to produce food and necessities which were instantaneously called forth by the power of precipitation. This hidden memory has caused mankind to go in search of the miraculous. Writings, music, and folklore contain various examples of man's longing to see the magic of his faith burst forth into manifestation, even in the physical octave. There are several factors at work behind the cause of man's original loss of his spiritual faculties. But in the history of the cosmos, as pertains to the planet Earth, we clearly see that following the downfall of man, various individuals from other systems of worlds did come to the planet Earth. These beings embodied a laggard state of consciousness which had already begun the nefarious activity of controlling the electronic pattern behind the screen of mortal manifestation and of dissecting the universe as the violent sought to wrest the secrets of nature from the hand of God and use them to their own ends. The first 'fall', then, was one of ethics and morals; for it was in man's concept that through mastery of nature he would be able to circumvent God, thus giving him power over God-substance, that the original fall came about. Did not the serpent boast, "Ye shall be as gods"?{70} When the ethic of man falls, when ideals and patterns of humility typified in the words "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge"{71} are denied preeminence in consciousness, it is ever so easy for individuals to feel that they are a law unto themselves. Long ago, then, in another system of worlds this descent of consciousness - this defection from acknowledgment of the supremacy of the Godhead - occurred to many. Out of this laggard flow, certain advanced beings did train and employ artisans who were skilled in the manipulation of material substance. The story of this event is hidden in the generic recordings of the Bible; these also indicate how Jubal and Tubal-cain and others did come into embodiment and did teach mankind their arts.{72} Let it be clear that the early race of mankind were in direct contact with the ancient records of this extraterrestrial activity practiced by beings from other worlds; and thus mankind became imbued with the selfsame spirit of these artisans who began to control them and impart to them their ideas of the physical mastery of material substance. Now, lest I be considered uneducated (and I smile with beloved Morya as I say this), let it be clear to all that we do not question the ability of mankind to learn from these artisans and to profit materially from the knowledge imparted unto them. Workers in brass and metals came forth, tooth and gear, weights and pulleys, levers, balances and counterbalances, electronic flow and electronic control - all were developed in due process of time. Dependent, then, on outer sources of supply and outer wisdom, mankind leaned less and less upon the inward power of nature and nature's God. Harnessing, then, the stream of nature's energy in accordance with the knowledge of control which they evolved, mankind constructed factories, mines, buildings, modes of transportation, and all of the accoutrements of science. As mankind's wonder about science increased, many became so enamored with the outer modus operandi of the physical world that the inner activities of the soul were totally neglected to the point where mental illness was spread abroad through the land. By reason of his isolation from his God-source and the karmic action which ensued, man sensed the gradual waning of his life-force and shouted in desperation for his plight, "Let us eat and drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die." While all of this outer activity has been increasing throughout the world until ancient prophecies are now fulfilled in the horseless chariots, the great birdlike planes of the sky, and modern weapons of war, the involvement of civilization in matter and materialism has become increasingly great. The consciousness and ego of man, then, has been made a battleground of divergent energies instead of the building ground of eternal verities. As the worth of man's soul was lessened in his own eyes through personal degradation and his expulsion from paradise,{73} man's own heart-yearnings were translated into religious searching and the relentless pursuit of God in the desire to return to the paradise estate which he had lost. But even this wonderfully redeeming factor, brought about through man's search for personal atonement for all the foregoing misappropriation of God's purposes in life, has been exploited by those who would make religion a source of livelihood and soul expansion a mechanical process. Do you wonder, dear people of earth, that in all that has happened in the past to the people of this planet, all that is their history, God himself continually strives to elevate his blessed creation and extricate it from this mass confusion? God did not ordain nor does he maintain the battering energies which mankind have fabricated into the impersonal webs of finite illusion to which they are subjected. I have raised the question here in order that I might expand on the meaning of life from the standpoint of God-truth. Now, ignorance and fear are the tools used by the forces of negation to cause men to vegetate in the human estate without entering into the divine. My release on the monstrous mechanical doctrine is intended, through the means of altered perspective, to bring a feeling of freedom and release whereby joy to the world is amplified daily as man goes his rounds in the pursuit of happiness. Through custom and habit, men have sought their pleasures and happiness in that dimension of consciousness which is most familiar to them. The spectrum of consciousness in the finite world is not expanded sufficiently to allow men the full measure of happiness for which they yearn and which was originally theirs. Some of the students are aware that when it became necessary to restrict mankind because of his viciousness and bestiality, the Lords of Karma did cut the allotment of cosmic energy for many lifestreams upon the planet until the stream of life flowing into the body of man at the top of the head (which had once been the size of the tube of light) became a very narrow cord of silvery light-substance through which a relatively minute portion of energy could flow. Because there is a relationship between the apportioned size of the lifestream, or silver cord, and the spectrum of consciousness upon which man's awareness vibrates, the reduction in the actual size of the cord caused a corresponding decrease in the number of years of the allotted life-span of mankind as well as a gradual shrinking of the spectrum of consciousness. You will recall that in the days of Methuselah men did live to be many hundreds of years old.{74} Then the shrinking of the rate of descending energy was reflected in a shrinking of the life-span, together with the aforementioned spectrum of consciousness. In a practical manner, this meant that the vibratory peaks of happiness which could be experienced by man and those of consciousness and of awareness were also diminished. And while, through the power of various spiritual exercises, mankind have been able to expand their consciousness, the physical vessel of man and his brain structure have continually impeded the flow of the vital essences because of the shrinking of the cup of consciousness. Let it be increasingly clear, then, that we do not desire to despair of the necessary mechanics of civilization but rather of the use to which men have put these mechanics and, most specifically, the use to which they have put their minds and attention. Various forms of neurosis and psychosis, diseases of the mind and nerves, are the consequence of the fast pace of civilization and man's inability to cope with environment as it continues to hedge him in with the bristly needles of torture created by his inhumanity to his fellowman. But mankind could be spared all this by turning wholeheartedly to God for illumination and strength. The beloved Master Saint Germain, acting under our direction, has continually requested that the flame of freedom be expanded in men and women as courtliness and grace. I far prefer that grace of manner which comes naturally from within a loving heart to that which is merely the repetition of certain norms of social etiquette. All in all, there is a great deal more to life than meets the eye, and the horrible pauperizing of life by the powers of the age of iron and steel through misapplication of the law has brought mankind to his knees in anguish. Now we are releasing a vital information that will enable men to change these untoward conditions. As principle becomes applied knowledge, it is my intent in the near future to discourse on man and to raise the curtain on certain uncommon points of knowledge concerning the elements of his being. Remember, blessed ones, the authenticity of our releases is like the sounding of a great bell which resonates within the soul of those who possess the capability of attuning with the joy of heaven and with the ascended masters' willingness to release their vital energies into the stream of human consciousness. The goal of heaven is clear: it is to enlarge that consciousness and the borders of man's perception that he might live in the fullness of that life which God in the beginning intended him to have, to hold, and to cherish. When the goals of heaven become the goals of men, then the inrush of the kingdom of God will become a reality for mankind, bringing meaning to life which is lacking when the purposes thereof are misunderstood and perspective cannot be drawn in honor and truth because it remains effectively warped by the lens of mankind's limited vision. Let men perceive the need to adjust, to correct, and to vitalize and then I think there shall be less meandering along the stream, less idling of the mighty engines of life, and a harnessing of universal love and its power to fructify and sanctify all that man shall do. I remain your advocate of freedom, The Great Divine Director ****** Chapter 15 The Great Divine Director - April 11, 1965 ****** Vol. 8 No. 15 - The Great Divine Director - April 11, 1965 THE MECHANIZATION CONCEPT A Manifesto by the Great Divine Director Part M Man To That Man Who Is the Manifestation of God, I Unveil the Infinite Self That Is Obscured by the Veils of the Finite Self. I Place before You Your Human Ego - Born of a Mechanized Sense Consciousness, the Idolator of the Mechanical Man, the Godless, Soulless Creation of Laggard Scientists. And I Summon You to Forsake the Former for Your Own Mighty I AM Presence Whereby You Shall Surely Vanquish the Latter and Its Sinister Strategies: The beauty of man is obscured by his finite self. The infinite creation is hidden behind the mask of the finite. Thus, the Infinite stands ever at the door of awareness awaiting the reception of the willing consciousness. Whereas man has probed physical science to great depths, he has but skimmed the surface of the powers of the mind and being of man. The tastes of men differ greatly. For that which some men abhor in nature, others admire. Now the consciousness itself is a fascinating study. If man were divested of his physical garments and then it were possible to strip him also of his mental and emotional bodies, leaving pure unfettered consciousness, you would have the real individual in his God-given estate. It must be borne in mind that layer upon layer of experience has contributed to the identity of man, and that much of that which has been added to the original creation which God saw as "very good"{75} has been the substance of human discord. Both Jesus and Saint Paul, referring to this discord, pointed out that God often left the wheat to grow up with the tares, lest in plucking up the tares he destroy also the wheat.{76} The ploy of mankind's earthiness so commingles with the roots of his worldly culture as to almost defy separation, but the percentage of the real man in evidential manifestation in relation to the artificial creation is very small. This fact indicates the great need for transmutation, and it pinpoints the reason for the statement of John the Beloved, "The whole world lieth in wickedness."{77} Saint Paul indicated that the fire should try every man's work of what sort it would be and the residue would be that which was of true worth, for only the unadulterated attributes of God and their reflection in the pure consciousness of man could withstand the baptism of the sacred fire. He phrased this: "Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is ... If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire."{78} Life is often a great mystery to embodied men, for it is difficult for them when in the body to recognize their great spiritual source and to establish and maintain contact with the invisible world. Yet, precious ones, it is not so difficult to determine your moorings if you will realize how completely factual it is that you were embodied upon this planet a certain number of years ago and, according to the old adage of threescore and ten, you have only the possibility of exceeding this expected tenure and no guarantee. You know that few can retain any memory whatsoever of their past prior to birth, and I allow that there are exceptions. Hence, you have builded in consciousness in the span of a few years a great wealth of experience. But, precious ones, I am certain that if you will ponder this a bit you will recognize that your present knowledge far exceeds the cumulative sense of life gained through the passing years. Since the manifestation called man so frequently feels a sense of immortality, he often develops a very dedicated sense of "I AM" but sometimes this sense of being extends only to self-identity rather than to God Self-identity. It is the acknowledgment "I think, therefore I am."{79} But men must come to realize and to know that that which thinks in them is God - the "I AM THAT I AM." And therefore that which is, that which exists and has being in man, is God. Thus the overshadowing of mortality by immortality sustains man's tie to his God-reality to whom, whether or not it be acknowledged, the finite self must bow. One of the confusing factors concerning the universal being of God and the universal consciousness is the state of individualization. Some will ask: "Are we, then, a mere mechanical accumulation of experiences so that our reality is actually one conglomerate soul?" There are many mysteries here, and it is our wish to clear up mankind's speculation upon this subject. Let us acknowledge then that God, who is our life, has given to all the power of the I AM Presence, individualized for each man. When the Presence turns its attention upon man and the smiling face of its glorious radiance is first observed by mankind, it is in this gaze that there is conferred upon men Self-awareness. And man then, using the consciousness of God, beholds himself in Self-conscious awareness and declares, "Why, I AM" - and so he is! Let it be noted that there are facets and provisions made in the Godhead whereby the mighty I AM Presence does gather around itself in space (and I refer to the individualized I AM Presence){80} the beautiful emanations of the divine attributes of God expressed by individualized man. These form the color spectrum bands of the causal body. This is the individuality, the true individuality of man. Saint Paul referred to the great individualized reality of the causal body in this wise, saying: "One star differeth from another star in glory. So also is the resurrection of the dead."{81} You have observed that mankind are not alike and yet they are not unalike. The advent of genius is known to you. The sadness of idiocy is also a part of life, but surely no one can deny that in the human spectrum of consciousness there are vast differences which may be categorized and recognized. The admonishment "Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him,"{82} spoken by beloved Jesus, contains the great germ of truth which now prepares us to separate the mechanical aspects of man's being from the realities. And we allude here to the difference between the personal ego wherein mankind lay up treasures upon earth, and the great causal body wherein the treasures of heaven are stored. {83} The ego is born of sense consciousness. But let us return for a moment to Jesus' statement: "If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him." See in this how clearly the Christ has pointed out not that it is wrong to love nature or the physical aspects of the planet but rather the material, mechanical sense of building a separate world or an identity that is apart from the great world of God-identity, your own mighty I AM Presence. Jesus knew that to build this world of separation would shorten the days of mankind's existence and ultimately cut him off from life itself. It was, therefore, an act of his infinite love and grace that prompted him to warn mankind that the pursuit of earthly pleasure would deprive them of everlasting life. On the other hand, he gave the recipe for inheriting life: "For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it."{84} And he further stated, "My words are life and truth." These statements bear witness to my release, which is also able to give you eternal life if ye are willing to believe. Men overlook and underlook far more than they see. They are inclined to discount some of our spiritual releases as being either too simple or too wise - too learned. When we make a statement in basic simplicity, some say it has no learning or food for the soul. When we make it in a grand manner, some say that it is too difficult to be discerned and too intellectual. Precious ones, the ascended masters have given their life's energy for mankind, and I am releasing the substance of my own being into this series of discourses for love of the mankind of earth. To find a median way to reach all is difficult for us, for it is man's capacity to comprehend that shifts, not ours. We have a special grace which comes to all ascended beings, a special means of attuning with the akashic records, a means of perceiving otherwise hidden aspects of the karmic records of this planet and its people. We can probe not only the near and distant past but even into the future through the power to discern projected karmic patterns and laws of probability. We wield a power which very few among mankind can appreciate, for even power becomes relative to man's sense. It is like one man saying to another, "I will make you rich, rich, rich." If he be a beggar with a tin cup, this may consist of ten thousand dollars. If he be a man with farms and homes, he might consider it to be a million or two. And if he were a tycoon of finance, he might think in terms of billions. It is so easy, precious ones, for mankind to de-emphasize or to overemphasize various facts of their lives. And therefore, when we speak of the flame of illumination and the flame of balance, it is because we have a great yearning to see our chelas express that God-balance which will enable them to understand not only those mysteries of which we speak but also the hidden wisdom of the heart which God yearns to impart to all that they might have abundant life and all that Jesus promised. Let us now spell out the destiny of the human ego. You have heard it said that "flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God."{85} You have heard me say through these pages that the original divine pattern or image of God was that which God saw "in the beginning" and called "very good." The creation of the divine image then, individualized for each man, was the soul reality around which could be builded consciousness and the magnetization of every good and perfect gift{86} which would endure for all time. You have also recognized that mankind, from the great to the small, do not endure but come and go as the passing of the seasons. Because of the imperfections of the human ego and mankind's exploitations of one another, it is well that the law has interfered with his life-span; for if that life-span were to be prolonged as it was in the days of Methuselah, evil would flourish in a greater degree than it did at the time of the flood of Noah.{87} Let no one sense morbidity in aught which I say here, for the glories of the divine kingdom, world without end, far surpass even the most happy experiences of life on earth. Yet adjustments must be made. Lord Bulwer-Lytton in his writing called The Coming Race{88} revealed certain facts concerning the creation of mechanical man - i.e., the creation of automatons. Those who wish to read the story which he told concerning the descent of a young man into the earth and his finding of a strange city and its exalted inhabitants may do so if they are so inclined. I promise you - and I shall not fail - that I will have some surprises in store for you, and I wish to plant one such a surprise in your consciousness here and now. These facts may startle some, but I speak them in order that all may be forewarned. Now, goodness is of God and it is your most precious possession. You must guard virtue and honor and love and illumination that they may expand in your worlds and never be extinguished. For just as there exists upon earth in the physical octave that which mankind call evil which manifests as man's inhumanity to man, so in other parts of the universe there do exist certain conditions which are similarly malevolent. In the history of the cosmos back in long-forgotten, dim and past ages, there are records of other civilizations which have risen and fallen due to the presence of embodied evil. When man begins to understand God in a grander manner than do the evolutions living upon earth today, they will be able to understand many of the mysteries of the universe that are not presently grasped. Now the dear Christian Scientists maintain that there is no reality in evil or death, yet in their grand newspaper called the Christian Science Monitor they do bring before the public many of the untoward conditions which are occurring upon the planet today. I cite this in passing to show that even that which is known to be unreal to the Godhead has its effect upon the world scene and the consciousness of man even though, admittedly, it be a temporary effect. And so you may consider that these old histories of past civilizations where the power of both good and evil entered in are relatively unimportant to you today, but this is hardly true even as such conditions existing today are not unimportant. For it is well that mankind understand the origin of evil seen as they understand the origin of good in order that they may effectively eliminate the cause and core of "that which seemeth to be but is not." Long ago, from a certain system of worlds there came bands who descended to earth, the hordes of shadow who were invited here by mankind (for mankind thought by the power of good example to elevate the consciousness of the laggard bands). Now, it is not so well known that these laggards were accompanied by some who were not invited. Some of these brought knowledge to mankind and to the earth, and some of this knowledge was degenerative and destructive. In addition, they also brought with them strange creatures of their own creation - seemingly intelligent beings not created by God, however, but by advanced scientists on other systems of worlds. The extent of the evil of these hordes and that of their mechanical creations has been very great, and the oppression they have wreaked upon mankind has been terrible to behold. The infiltration of the planet by these creatures is indeed a manifestation of human creation, not of the divine creation. God did not create evil, neither did he create destruction nor hatred nor egoism nor any form of vanity whatsoever. Now the whole and complete story of this will not be given in these Pearls of Wisdom, for sound reasons. Perhaps more light can be shown on this subject through the Keepers of the Flame Fraternity.{89} We shall see. I do not bring forth this information in order to frighten any, but to warn mankind that there are beings among them who are not the creation of God, who are not possessed with the same beautiful electronic pattern and causal body with which a manifestation of God is endowed. I propose no so-called witch-hunt. I propose that no one search out specifically these beings for identification. For your own mighty I AM Presence is the fullness of all that you desire, and I urge that the result of this release of knowledge shall be that you will turn more and more to God for your supply of every good thing, that you will determine more than ever to be alert to assist the mankind of earth in overthrowing absolutely all that is darkness and shadow and pain upon the Earth planet. In order to do this and to break the monstrous plots which the sinister strategies have launched upon mankind, harmony and unity must remain the forte of all who love the light. Sincerely, The Great Divine Director ****** Chapter 16 The Great Divine Director - April 18, 1965 ****** Vol. 8 No. 16 - The Great Divine Director - April 18, 1965 THE MECHANIZATION CONCEPT A Manifesto by the Great Divine Director Part N Non-Man To Builders of the World to Come I Say, There Is But One Way to Make Way for the Coming Race - by Sacred-Fire Transmutation of the Conspiracy of Mechanical Man: Call unto the Lord, I AM THAT I AM, to Gather the Wheat of Divine Man-ifestation into His Garner and to Burn the Chaff of Humanoid Non-Man-ifestation with Fire Unquenchable. Be Firm with Evil Wherever You Find It; Stamp It Out and Replace It with the Real, the Eternal, and the Substance of Things to Come: Man's longing to see perfection reign upon earth is only exceeded by the yearning of God and the ascended hosts. It suffices, then, that negation and wickedness together with oppression ought to be laid aside. There are many moot points which, because of the limited capacity of the human mind, cannot be explained in the manner we would like to do. For individuals through misunderstanding sometimes become either confused or misinformed not by our words but by their own understanding of them. Do you see? Then there is the further problem of the gap in mankind's knowledge whereby they, in their limitations, frequently consider that which they do not yet know or have knowledge on to be outside the domain of reason or acceptability. This poses dangers for us as well as for mankind; for if we hold back higher knowledge, progress cannot be made. But through releasing it or prematurely doing so to the wrong people - seeing mankind's reactions cannot always be gauged (for as Saint Germain has told you, they are unpredictable) - it then becomes a possibility that some might, in fear of the unknown, let go of our hand and rush toward the shore of more familiar ground. I must, however, run some risk in this release, and yet I do so guardedly. The existence upon the Earth planet of what we may term "simulated man" is a fact carefully hidden from the masses of mankind. Although it is the knowledge of the few, it may become and perhaps should become the knowledge of the many. Yet great care must be used in the dissemination of this knowledge, for it is never the desire of the ascended masters to do anything except that which would result in the greatest blessing and the release of mankind from every binding condition. As many of you know from the history of America and other parts of the world, the fear of mankind can be very great; and when unleashed against those who may be wholly innocent, it can have disastrous results. A case in point is the Salem witchcraft trials when many innocent young maidens were burned to death at the stake simply because they expressed views singularly apart from the mainstream of human opinion. Many of those who perpetrated these acts of wanton murder against the innocent later embarked upon their own spiritual careers, and some of these have become victims of mankind's ostracism that they might learn the lessons of inflicted bigotry and intolerance. The wife of one of your recent presidents was among those burned at the stake in her previous embodiment. Such acts perpetrated by society against society become national karma, and thus she has been honored as the First Lady of this nation where justice and truth do ultimately give to all the balance of life that is rightfully theirs. Therefore, great care must be exercised by mankind today in ferreting out upon the planet those individuals who belong in the classification of "the wicked" lest the innocent lambs suffer for their deeds. It is our hope that the heinous crimes perpetrated against all humanity by those so classified can, in the name of cosmic justice, be corrected without the undue suffering of mankind en masse. Through the power of infinite freedom and relieving the consciousness of the gross mechanical sense, we believe that the purposes of God can be fulfilled by divine edict - without the interference of human fanaticism and untempered zeal. It is our hope to squeeze out blind injustice and negation by saturating the planet with those necessary reforms which, by divine love, will remove the bane of that oppression which the wicked rulers have for generations instituted upon the earth. At this point a better definition is in order. You will recall that Jesus, in his parable of the wheat and tares, announced that an enemy had sown tares among the wheat.{90} These tares are the counterfeit man. Jesus said they were the children of "the wicked one" which exist apart from the original creation of God. And yet, inasmuch as nothing cannot create something, that which was created must have been created by someone who, at some time somewhere, drew forth the necessary information to so create. In many cases in the New Testament it is recorded in the life of Jesus that he referred to certain individuals as a "generation of vipers,"{91} as "hypocrites,"{92} and as "sons of Satan," addressing them in these words: "Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it."{93} This reference obviously does make a distinction between all men and some men. Let me hasten to assure you, then, that there do exist upon the planet creatures who did not come forth from God - who are the counterfeit of the real manifestation. Many of these are consciously in league with the insipid and insidious purposes of the powers of darkness. They seek through conspiracy and plot to ravish the world of its good, to set brother against brother, to confuse, disturb, and destroy harmonies wherever they exist. These function on the physical plane, utilizing and directing their energies in a concerted effort against the light. They are, however, the pawns of "spiritual wickedness in high places."{94} And the league of the spiritually negative forces with these embodied wicked individuals has resulted in the slaughter of many noble souls down through the ages. I am not so interested in identifying and describing these individuals as I am in calling to your attention that they do exist. John the Baptist, as he preached the coming of the Christ, foretold the end of this race of mechanical men when he said, "O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?" Again referring to the barrenness of this counterfeit creation he said, "Every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire." He prophesied the coming of one who would baptize with the Holy Ghost and with fire (with the sacred fire and the purifying power of the violet transmuting flame): "Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable."{95} Needless to say, these human automatons are the chaff and their final end can come through only one process: transmutation. For this is the only approved method whereby the wicked shall be removed from the face of the earth. In the Bible these soulless beings are referred to throughout as "the wicked," for they have seen to it that all more specific descriptions of their race have been removed - lest mankind discover them and rise in righteous indignation against their overlords. And thus the death of John the Baptist and that of Jesus the Christ were brought about by the counterfeit race who for thousands of years have set brother against brother, race against race, and have caused the children of God to blame one another for the murders of the saints. Today, as always, they occupy positions of authority and financial power. They have gained control of the destiny of empires, and they seek ever to thwart the pure purposes of God. The injudicious use of taxation exerted by their direction has placed an unconscionable yoke upon the neck of humanity. Their control of entertainment media and the trends of youth toward dissonant art forms and discordant music has perverted noble attitudes and spawned a race of delinquent rebels whose code, or lack of it, has gnawed at the vital future of America and the people of many nations. Modern means of communication and distribution of the printed word, the spoken word, and the dramatic word through television and motion pictures have caused ideas to span continents and the world almost with the speed of light. Like a prairie fire, the dry grass consumes itself to the roots of the hopes of mankind which are blighted, then, by the searing infamy of wasted energy and emotion. It is my opinion that, through correct action, negation can be overruled. I believe that through the power of prayer as evoked through Jesus Christ and his vigil for world peace, through the conscious use of decrees, and through the increased distribution of ascended-master material and true cultural knowledge, the yearnings of mankind for the golden age will be so strengthened that those who have wrong and selfish thoughts will be exposed as darkness against light reveals its true nature. The mechanical man is the wolf in sheep's clothing{96} who may defy detection for awhile, but we know how to expose all those who deliberately or in ignorance perpetrate any form of sinister strategy against mankind. Those individuals, for example, who have dared recently to attack Master Morya El, the illustrious Prince of Good Will whose every thought and energy is wholly dedicated to the dissemination of light and truth, will one day find themselves face-to-face with the record of this great master and, as they gaze upon it, their own being will seem to shrink until they feel as a miniature atom beside a blazing sun. Then they will be asked to step outside of their puny manifestation, which is a mere speck of dust, and reach toward the stars to become like Master Morya - dedicated servants of God, spanning the centuries. There is a very old and wicked spirit which has consistently sent forth the ignorant to completely distort the truth. And the lies of mankind uttered in self-conceit, self-defeat, and delusion are sometimes so great that they sway the faith of those who should immediately recognize the foolishness of human nonsense in its crudest manifestations. Blessed ones, when will mankind awaken to the fact that the Spirit of God is peaceable, gentle, easy to be intreated, and victorious?{97} When will they recognize that those who produce the biting, stinging statements against their fellowmen are but patterning after their father, who was known of old as the accuser of the brethren?{98} Now let us for all time put an end to attitudes of negation. Let students of the light cease to be the pawns of negative ideas. As the expression goes upon earth, "The tail wags the dog," and this has been true of many; for little matters are amplified out of proportion whereas the great cup of blessings with which God has surrounded man on every side are ignored as the shadows of the mutterings of purveyors of darkness are heard in the land. Arise, then, to meditate truth for yourselves, O mankind! For truth is above and beyond the bane of mechanicality and carnality. Truth and freedom are synonymous. For Jesus has said, "The truth shall make you free."{99} Your freedom lies in putting negation forever behind you. To look back upon the burning Sodom is unnecessary. The mount of attainment is ahead. A gentle spirit is not of necessity docile when great causes are at stake. I am determined that the fire of heaven shall flood forth through the students of cosmic law to assist them to throw off the weight of human effluvia - to become, if necessary, more like Master Morya rather than less. Beloved Jesus expressed many of these aspects, for the description given in the New Testament clearly describes him as one who spake, not as the scribes, but as one having authority.{100} You must first take authority over yourself, then you must take authority over the thoughts that come to you that are not right because you know within yourself that they are not right. Then you must take authority over those individuals who come to you either with a spirit of inharmony or with a vocalization of negation. Then you must take authority over the world itself and the mass effluvia of human thought. And it is God in you who will give you your victory. I do not say that you should be harsh or discourteous. I say, you must be firm with evil. You must be firm wherever you find it. You must stamp it out and replace it with the real, the eternal, the substance of things to come. A better world will be built. The builders of that world must one day begin. "Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation."{101} The great bonds of cosmic charity which are expressed by the cosmic masters and the entire Great White Brotherhood cannot be refuted by the action of a few individuals or even of the many, but the effectivity of right action is in the acceptance of the preceding right thought so that when action goes forth it is guided by holy wisdom. One of the oldest tricks utilized by the sinister force is the projection of the feeling of compulsion to finalize one's thinking and actions. Many individuals feel intimidated to accept an idea immediately or to reject it, as the case may be, and many times individuals are catapulted into situations not to their liking simply because they have felt compelled to act. Precious ones, sometimes an idea cannot be digested all at once, for everyone has a different system and may require either more time or more discriminating study. You do not need to accept any thought that is not compatible with your own capacity. Nor should you feel pressured into suddenly changing your chartered course of action because someone flashes a meteoric proposal across the sky of your being. After all, precious ones, all that we release is for your edification. Only that which you can accept wholeheartedly ought to be accepted by you, no matter what its source. However, I think you are aware of the fact that the teachings of the ascended masters are beyond reproach. We have directed you in love, in honor, and in purity of motive in order to secure for you that eternal grace which is your birthright. Be satisfied with nothing less. Be satisfied with the excellence that we give you, which is as much your own as it is ours. Be unafraid to challenge those who bring strange tidings. But remember the balance of the law, for oftentimes truth is stranger than fiction. In this release I have tried to compound many subjects: a mountain of truth, a solid bedrock of faith beneath the mountain, a sense of courage for the climb, a dash of mighty wisdom for the battle of life, and the love that translates into power when it is needed. You are our children, Christ-illumined and - oriented. To you is given the admonishment and understanding of the phrase To Know, To Dare, To Do, and To Be Silent. The battle lines are being drawn for the invisible victory. The peril of the world is not all gone, but continues to hover like the sword of Damocles over civilization. The need for protection and advancement continues to be very great, but we have not forsaken our chelas nor will we leave you comfortless. {102} The end of division and separation, the end of destructivity of inhumanity among men is at hand, even at the door. As the sullied garments are laid aside and the clean white linen of Christhood is lovingly enfolded around the children of the light, the Sun of Eternal Righteousness shall show forth a coming race without spot and without blemish. God wills it so! I AM forever your friend of great light, The Great Divine Director ****** Chapter 17 The Great Divine Director - April 25, 1965 ****** Vol. 8 No. 17 - The Great Divine Director - April 25, 1965 THE MECHANIZATION CONCEPT A Manifesto by the Great Divine Director Part O Opportunity To the Avant-garde of the Light, the Gift of God's Opportunity for Deliverance Is Given. By That Great Openness of Spirit That Is the True Mark of the Heirs of Christ, Sieze It to Challenge the Mechanized Inertia of the Righteous and the Mechanized Righteousness of Simulated Man Who Pledges Allegiance to the Letter of the Law in Church and State While Betraying the Spirit of the Lord in His Blessed Children: The spectacle of brother fighting against brother is never pleasant to contemplate. We allow that men do differ in their comprehensions and choices; however, the former can be expanded and the latter can be altered. But in many cases human custom is left to defend its own position, whether that position be right or wrong, whereas true direction is needed from on high that men might be given the perspective required to separate the dross from the gold in human experience. Now the Brotherhood awaits the maturing of those young in experience but matured of heart, for the hour is at hand when a substantial contribution must be made by the many to the cause of freedom. The longer men ignore the current dangers and threats to righteousness and progress - the longer they are content to be distracted from the mainstream of divine thought by selfish side issues of a personal nature - the less chance men will have of winning the battle without intense hardship. Already the arts of communication and human science have made possible the corruption of many minds by the forces of evil - not only the corruption of those who are among the more simple of heart, but also of those who wield great power and influence in the social strata. Scattered among those who have been corrupted and know it not are those blessed souls who stand as pillars of strength to foster courage and nurture the afflicted at every level. Lesser men look to these as unto the hills for help, for such are the friends of righteousness and freedom. In every age, men and women of this noble pedigree have been scattered across the face of the earth. Strangely enough, the infamous blackguards of civilization who have caused wanton death and destruction and untold agony to mankind have often been given greater place in history than have the noble. But in the annals of God, the chronology of the righteous is enduring whereas even the records of men fall into decay. Custom changes and old things are renewed while the horizons of the heart stretch out from plain to mountain height. Now, lest this season pass without that measure of progress which the hierarchy intends, let us turn our attention from the oppressors and the oppressed alike and let us think of this day as one of opportunity for deliverance. Is it not written that the wicked are "as chaff before the wind"? {103} The problem we must face then, with due objectivity, is not the wicked, whose doom is foretold with certainty. On the contrary, our greatest concern is with the inertia on the part of the righteous who are often content to bask in their own righteousness without accepting the responsibilities of a Christed being who must exert his total efforts on behalf of God and man - whose duty it is to take his stand in the lists of light and do battle with ignorance, malice, superstition, and entrenched evil. Now, we do not say that this does not entail risk, for those who oppress mankind are not prone to yield the day without a fight. They are not prone to abandon their cause, be it ever so selfish and puny. For it has become a part of themselves, an old reality for them as no other thought can be. These have flaunted the law of God for so long that they are a law unto themselves. The righteous, however, must beware of mechanical righteousness. For mechanical righteousness pledges allegiance to the law of God and will obey the letter thereof while ignoring the spirit and essence of goodness. Among the snares laid by the wicked has been their embracing of organized religion. I do not say that a wealth of untold good is not brought forth through organization, even in the field of religion. But it is particularly insidious when one considers that these masqueraders, or wolves in sheep's clothing, have infiltrated the very foundations of religious endeavors throughout the planet where they pretend to be purveyors of good but are in reality continually functioning on the side of discord and confusion. Their purpose is clear to us but not always so to mankind who are held in the icy grip of the toiler. In childlike innocence, many of the virtuous among mankind shun the appearance of evil, which is as it should be, but they seem to lack the capability of rightly dividing the word of truth.{104} Know ye not that it is within the province of the Divine Man to discern what type of spirit is acting behind every form and manifestation? This faculty of discernment is a protective measure. And the apostles in the early Church exhorted concerning its use, declaring, "Believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God,"{105} and also, "Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven."{106} It is exceedingly difficult for many to sift the chaff from the wheat, and human favor and motive often stand behind the choosing of that specific endeavor which men will serve. In the Great White Brotherhood, the only criteria for service are truth, valor, and diligence. Men ought, then, to be diligent concerning what they do in laboring for the incoming kingdom. Men ought also to have the valiant sense of victory which overcomes the world, and they ought to accept no imposed condition - whether it be imposed by self or another - as having authority in their worlds, but to acknowledge only God's grace and law as the authority of life in manifestation. Those who hold high the tenets of God's truth can effectively carry out their service to life while discernment of human error, as a grace, will be developed to preclude false or careless judgments. The light itself is far more important than the purveyor of light; and therefore, those who give and those who receive the glory of light should do so not mechanically but with a sense of ever-present wonder. As you know, precious ones, the youth of the world can scarcely wait until they have achieved the enviable and questionable gift of adulthood, whereas many adults become stiffly engrossed in a regimen so fierce as to repel every attempt which God makes to illumine them. Tenderness of heart must be guarded against when it manifests as human sympathy, but it can be considered a virtue of the first magnitude when it engenders that great openness of spirit which is the attunement of the inner ear to the voice of God. Now, there are many phases of life upon which we would speak, but these are based upon the experiences of the soul at inner levels. Some would be but little understood by unascended mankind, whereas other points we might call to your attention would find favor with godly men even though not completely grasped. So, then, we conclude that partial grasp is better than none. And we lament not when mankind can find some delight in our expressions, being content in the light of common sense to know that even the greatest of souls are not always able to assimilate in one moment all of the truth of life. Rejoice, then, and be glad in that which you are able to receive, and drink deeply the draft of our wisdom. For we are but instruments in the hands of God, employed by him through the advent of the Holy Spirit in the service of divine illumination and assistance. Often you have heard it said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive." {107} Likewise every thought must be guarded, for someone will be the recipient thereof. Some have stressed the need to give first in order to receive. And yet in completing the cycle it must be noted that men must first receive that they may have to give. The receptive and grateful heart, then, plays a tremendous role in overcoming the mechanical sense of the round of earthly enjoyments. For the cup of consciousness which is filled with Christly grace and divine attunement runneth over with the mirth of heaven, the joy of the angels, and contact with the invisible hierarchy which never in all creation could be compared to earthly friendships and pleasures. It is to muster now the children of the light from the far corners of the earth and to build a great circle of intelligent service that we have released this information. It is essential that men understand that we comprise an inner and an outer cosmic circle of affinitized beings. The inner, invisible circle of the Brotherhood is composed of the ascended masters and cosmic beings, together with advanced chelas upon the Earth planet - those individuals who respond to our words and yearn to be a part of the inner circle, those who confess the Father and embrace our ideals and tenets to the best of their ability - who serve in loving cooperation to uphold the principles of the inner circle before mankind. The confessing of the Father before men is the doing of the Father's business referred to by beloved Jesus in his statement to his parents,{108} which was certainly not made out of a mere mechanical obedience to the law but in the gracious acceptance of his divine mission, certifying to his attunement with God and the heavenly hosts from the earliest years of his magnificent life. It is most unfortunate that the brilliant outreach of God through the descent of his radiance into the density of the world of form where individuality must be perfected seems in many cases to fall short of the mark. Such is not the case in reality, for it is human involvement with sense consciousness and the matrices of vice and egoism that blurs the focalizing of the light to mortal eyes and prevents the manifestation of the divine plan. Men may ask, how can this be? Again we cite free will. The absence of grace and the loss of man's conscious awareness of God's effulgent radiance originally came about because of man's own consent - his willingness to accept, to agree with, to sympathize with causes and conditions which were less than God's perfection. All other explanations of man's plight are corollaries to this basic fact concerning human existence as we find it today. It is, of course, indisputable that the power of bad example has frequently caused men to lower their aims. It is also true that many have not correctly understood God's laws and have felt that in embracing his way they were moving with a very small group of individuals away from reality and happiness. Little have many of them dreamed of how completely in reverse the true situation was. When after passing from the screen of life we show to individuals the record of their existence from the clarity of inner levels, many shake their heads almost despairingly and, standing apart from themselves, they scrutinize with almost total disbelief the outer record of their personal selfhood with its shortcomings and their failure to pursue the high calling of a son of God. Many have said, "I cannot get over it. I do not understand it. Was this being me? Why did I do it?" while others have said by reason of excuse, in a righteous sense of protestation, "I was misled by so and so. I was deceived by so and so. I did not have a chance." Well, precious ones, it is our hope that those of you who read our words and can find in your hearts a measure of acceptance for this exposition of truth will gratefully accept the opportunity life has offered you. Is any sacrifice too great? Is anything you do really a sacrifice in the light of the prize of godliness? Just as in days of old when men believed that the world was flat and then subsequently recognized that the world was round, still considering it to be the center of the universe, so to the present hour the multitudes consider themselves and their consciousness to be the center of the universe - yes, it all revolves around them. On the other hand, Christlike man sees God as the center of the universe and himself as a star in the firmament of God's being. He shares his light with others and drinks in their light, which is also God's light. Thus we see that the healing of the mechanical attitudes interwoven with religion must be brought about by the true recognition of Being itself. So long as men feel separated, they are inclined toward egoism, self-righteousness, self-deceit, and egocentric expressions. When the climb up out of the density of self-awareness is made through the power of spiritual expansion, the domain of man's consciousness is expanded and he is able to acknowledge victoriously a whole new world as his own being without false human pride but with that justifiable satisfaction in the creation of God which may be likened to holy wonder. Men thus come to that pure state of listening grace where they would rather hear the voice of God than all of the high-sounding phrases of mankind - mere plaudits used to honor their little selves. It is out of this sense of humility that the grace of God is derived, and it is his grace that is sufficient for every human need. Allow and acknowledge, then, that opportunity is the greatest of gifts. And out of opportunity the future is born! Lovingly, The Great Divine Director ****** Chapter 18 The Great Divine Director - May 2, 1965 ****** Vol. 8 No. 18 - The Great Divine Director - May 2, 1965 THE MECHANIZATION CONCEPT A Manifesto by the Great Divine Director Part P Power To Souls of God Who Would Establish the Power of God That Shall Free Man from Evil Conditions, I Teach the Fundamental Truth That You Must First Establish in Yourself the Desire for Truth, When All Around You Prefer the Lie, and Then Call to God for the Power to Know and Discern Truth - and for the Boldness to Uphold It! Now let us examine the means of releasing the power of God so as to effectively correct, mend, and heal the problems of the hour. As parched ground thirstily drinks in the refreshing rains, so mankind shall drink the draft of living truth as the power to make them free.{109} However, the Master Jesus said, "Men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil," yet he also declared that his sheep would know his voice and follow him in the regeneration!{110} Now it is in the mere mechanical sense of generation that men have come to accept the artifacts of civilization as an acceptable reality, and it is by that same mortal sense that they have often questioned and even doubted the existence of that which is invisible to their human senses or, shall we say, to their human nonsenses. It is our hope that the concept that only the earth is important will soon fade from the planet. For among the myriad, shining worlds afar are histories innumerable of beings both gentle and kind and of those who have run the gamut of human expression elsewhere, in faded and even contemporary evolutions of the timespan. In time to come these histories will offer men great object lessons, for they will see their own mistakes and accomplishments mirrored therein. It has not been our desire in the past to acquaint mankind with all of the far-reaching areas of the cosmos, for no particular worthy purpose would have been thus served since mankind have refused to learn even from the lessons afforded them on Earth. But at this stage in the evolution of the planet Earth, it is important that the avant-garde and those who sincerely desire to serve the cause of spiritual illumination and upliftment for the planet do understand certain points of universal doctrine in a correct and proper manner. We have, therefore, caused this series to be issued so that while mankind may be made aware, as many already know, that God did not create evil nor does he condone it, as his law so clearly proves, he further does not conceive of it or hold any level of awareness of it within the Godhead. For the mind of God is absolutely pure. It is the Absolute. The mind of God is perfect, for it is perfection. And this is Holy Writ: "Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity."{111} In the evolutionary ladder, even the spiritual evolutionary ladder, wherever there remains one jot or tittle of personal, world, or even systemic karma (which refers to the planetary chain), mankind must understand that imperfection is yet manifesting. Perfection always brings into balance the complete wholeness of man. Nevertheless, one of the greatest mysteries to mankind has been the matter of whether or not evil does have reality. May I frankly say to all that there are areas where understanding is lacking on the part of even the very advanced, for the education of man has been undertaken somewhat by those whom we may term nursemaids. These precious, dedicated individuals have given to the best of their ability, but much that they have imparted stems from their personal understanding of the law, which both includes and transcends that personal understanding. Quite naturally, then, limitation surrounds their release; and yet, it is far more excellent than the darkness of ignorance. Now evil is only real to the consciousness which entertaineth it. As beloved Paul wrote to Titus: "Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled."{112} By entertaining the Stranger that is within thy gates - the Holy Christ Self - thou, O man, art lifted to the consciousness of God wherein thou, too, shalt realize that there is no permanent reality in aught but perfection. Thus the Christ cometh to all as the great exemplar of all holiness, the Mediator betwixt light and darkness, between the human and the divine, lighting the way for a benighted generation until it is regenerated in newness of soul where there is no cause, effect, record, or memory of any qualitative substance, thought, or manifestation that is less than perfection. So is the kingdom of God brought about upon earth: through the acknowledgment and demonstration of this law, this truth. Saint Paul also declared, "We know in part, and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away." {113} Men call for illumination and they know not what they ask; for if the whole truth were revealed, it would be shattering to the psyche of mankind. All human concepts must bow down before the mighty flame of truth itself which exalteth the Soul of God and wrests the plodding sense from the folly of delusion. Now, then, let us consider the power of advanced truth, framed within the perspective of man's understanding and acceptability. We do not set up a hurdle for mankind that is so high they cannot jump over it. We ask them to take in stride, in a reasonable manner, all that has been revealed and all that will be revealed in accordance with their capacity to assimilate and to integrate new factors into the human psyche in such a manner as to result in more perfect action. It is not fitting - heaven has decreed it so - that because of the lameness and haltness of some, the entire planet should be held back. Therefore, through the years of the past stretching back to the beginning of civilization, certain advanced souls have ever been lifted into the freedom of their ascension in the light. In a like manner as Jesus did from Bethany's hill,{114} they too have risen into the glory of God. Mankind have said many times that "truth is stranger than fiction," and it is no fantasy that some of the individuals who have disappeared from the face of the earth are those who are being taken while others are left.{115} These remain as part of the world struggle, just as the ones who are taken do find their infinite freedom. Skepticism, doubt, and mistrust have continually surrounded the advanced, and little recognition has been paid to those who are truly great in the eyes of God. The world, then, in its limited discernment, in its clamorings and criticisms, has often failed to recognize the greatest souls. And thus it does occur that often these blessed ones are deemed far less than they deserve by mankind as men seek to explode that virtue which they consider but a myth. Even so, when the truth is finally known, men will acknowledge that "there is none good but one, that is, God" - no, not one, as Jesus affirmed of old.{116} Precious ones, supposing that right now you were sitting where I sit, how would you go about raising the understanding of mankind? What would you do to jar them from their lethargies? Would you perhaps perform miracles, believing that such action would engender faith? Let me cite for you the record, precious ones, on this matter - and I shall speak also from experience. It is a known fact that that which mankind see and perceive clearly with the senses is often discounted with the passing of a few hours. Likewise, men's sense of the wondrous and the miraculous fades quickly. Thus, "illusion" is the word used by them in many cases to describe reality and truth, whereas "fact" is the word used to describe the data compiled from mechanical experience, which at best has only a temporary reality in the infinite cycles of existence. It may help, then, if I tell you that one of the greatest problems mankind has today is their need to create laws within their own forcefield describing both natural phenomena and the patterns of society. These laws all too often oppose the natural laws of the universe and the purity of the divine expression. I do not say that if men were certain that they were opposing the light that they would continue to do so, but it is the cloak of their uncertainty that seems to give them license to set up and establish "a way which seemeth right" unto them, "but the end thereof are the ways of death."{117} The death which I herein refer to is the death of the individual's opportunity to expand his greater soul consciousness. This death is imposed upon man more by the evils of a mechanized civilization than it is by individual abuse of the law. For men are born into an environment which at the onset would stifle the very breath of the Holy Spirit which infuses them with life if it were not for the guardian angels and all who serve to keep the flame of God blazing upon this darkened star. Those who love the world and the things that are of the world, being enamored by the illusions thereof, seem unable to grasp the higher law; and this, perhaps, is self-inflicted punishment. For it is never the will of God to punish - even for evil deeds,{118} seeing God does not hold awareness of evil. This point has always confused some, who note in the ancient writings that God admonishes men to "eschew evil"{119} and thunders from the mountain heights against those evildoers among mankind. Precious ones, all life is God - that is to say, the core of all life is God. But around the core of expression has been woven the unnatural creation, influenced by subtle forces which have caused the departure from the original divine intent. It is in the garments surrounding the being of man, then, the dress of mankind (and I refer not to physical costume but to the erroneous concepts and ideas with which men clothe themselves) that truth is so drably presented. The best gifts of life are often tossed into the garbage, while the most hideous and undeserving ideas are enthroned by erring mankind under the guise of intellectualism and existentialism, popularized by Jean-Paul Sartre, Ayn Rand, and the like. Inasmuch as the world itself and the world mood have become a battleground for conflicting ideologies, discrimination and a right sense (a sense of righteousness) must be perceived by progressive mankind as being most desirable. It has been well recorded, "Ask, and ye shall receive."{120} Therefore, we believe, in order to establish the power of God that shall free man from evil conditions that he must first establish the desire for truth and then call to God for the power to know and to discern "what is truth."{121} Finding bit by bit the pieces of regeneration, he must interlock them within the very areas of his thought and feeling world until the Christ image reinforces the sagging vigor of the human psyche. When the latent Christ image is developed in all of its magnificent power, mankind can then safely touch to the torch the vestige of human creation, a shabby garment he no longer requires. It must be understood by men that there is a personal, individual action taking place within themselves with which none can meddle or interfere, in addition to the outer schema of world problems with which all mankind should cope in one or more of its phases. The world is conquered through divisive forces and, in order to secure division, the forces of negation drive into human personality a spearhead of thought and feeling which is oppositional in nature. The wealth of anathemas with which most individuals upon the planet surround themselves are in reality the thorns of life which pierce the soul and drain the vital energies of God from the reservoir of each person, consuming the collective measure of power in senseless aberrations. Now, if it seem that I intend here to offend some who are not willing to accept my instruction as valid, it is not so. I stand on freedom's truth yet make no chains to bind the hasty or impatient who cannot tarry to be taught anew. We nurture wholeness of soul. Never in all eternity can mankind alter spiritual law or the law of Love or universal fact by denial or rejection. It took boldness on my part when I was embodied upon the Earth planet. It took boldness on the part of your Saint Germain, in the multitude of experiences he had prior to his ascension, to uphold freedom. And, I will deceive you not - it will take boldness on your part to make progress in these times. I acknowledge, you can be content in your present range of thought and experience and perhaps make but little karma to add to the weight already established. I admit that you can transmute some of that - a great deal of it, in fact - through proper use of the violet flame and the power of sacred decrees. I acknowledge that you can still the mind to receive greater inspiration from on high by proper techniques of meditation where the consciousness ever holds its awareness of God and the mind is not left blank. But, precious ones, in the realm of cosmic opportunity and to satisfy the crying demands of life upon the planetary body this hour, nothing will genuinely fulfill the law of the inner Man except the remedying of the gross and sinister conditions which presently threaten the very existence of the planet itself. These conditions will not suddenly become more correctable because someone wishes it to be so. There are certain steps that must be taken. For truth and understanding are not mechanical. They are creative. And it is by the power of God that all life has been established. It is by the power men give to error that life has been corrupted. And it is by the power of truth and the nobility of effort that men shall invoke the purifying power from on high that shall heal the world in all of its current unrest and disturbance. It is interesting to note that a child, as he passed by a forest on the way to school, noticed a very small and insignificant tree no more than a foot high. He was positive of its existence and carefully marked the spot in his own mind. Returning at the close of the day's session, he noticed a towering giant of a tree which appeared to be several hundred years old standing in its place. As the tall cedars of Lebanon rise to touch the hem of heaven's garb, so the building of the temple of God will magnetize the leaves of spiritual growth. Moreover, when that growth is nurtured and desired, you will, like the boy who passed by the forest, see miracles brought about in a day. There are some few who will turn from beloved Morya's green tree at the beginning of its day and, ere the sun shall set upon them, they will see that it points the way on high and it shall be in their absence that the growth will occur. I AM the Tree of Life that stands so tall, With what measure will ye measure it all? Relativity that shrinks not from the joy of truth - But by inward perception seeks the peace of proof. I AM thy stature rising bold Upon the background of universal framework old - Defending inward strength, the power to overcome. I AM the root, the vine, the branches, one Divinely bless'd - a spire rising to the blue, Drenched with golden celestial fire hue. Forge ahead then, precious ones, in generating a momentum of faith that refuses every appearance that is less than perfection. I do not care if I must needs repeat my words again and again. For I know that as you in faith absorb these words and contemplate the face of God, his perfection will descend upon you and the world in all of its cycles and its wonders will overcome the sinister desire of mankind to plunder the treasures of life that lie all around them. I know the abundant sense of God's grace will alter old concepts and Those who can see the need to consume the dross Will have no sense of mortal loss In whatsoever must transpire But will see! And seeing inwardly, perceive That justice must the pain of life relieve And grant a new and holy concept unto all - A lifting of the shrouded, mortal pall Till the holy light of God shines o'er all mankind And the earth that is the Lord's - the fulness all Is so acknowledged by every tongue. The snares of the wicked verily will the righteous escape As they kneel before God and take their hands, Signifying action, And plunge them into the lave of God's holy will For purity in expression. Kneeling there they may disturb the water's calm reflection, And the old image will fade, and Adam die, But Christ within their humble hearts Will shape his flame as in the fiery furnace old - His image then, will royally appear within the fragrant pool of Life Where roses pour their sweet perfume - The Second Coming of the Christ Will fill the earthly room And break the deadly silence of the tomb - The vault of mortal past. As rainbow rays and heavenly joy surround each heart at last With grace atrembling in the cup of Life And anxious then as now to honor Son of God, Their hands reach up in hope to accents fair. "Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee" - A cry resounding down the Universal Hall, Resounding with a joyful call - "My Father, I am home!" To God the Glory, I AM The Great Divine Director ****** Chapter 19 The Great Divine Director - May 9, 1965 ****** Vol. 8 No. 19 - The Great Divine Director - May 9, 1965 THE MECHANIZATION CONCEPT A Manifesto by the Great Divine Director Part Q Quest To the Living Souls Which the Lord God Has Implanted in Man, I Address the Subject of the Quest and Your Love Which You Pour Out from the God Flame of Your Heart to Every Part of Life - for That Love Is Your Freedom as Nothing Else Can Be: There is a questing, a longing that fills the soul of man at times to the point of overflow. The memory of God, intertwined within the heart and soul of man, is not easily forgotten and can never be erased! The erstwhile imagery of the sensual world, the whole mechanical sense which mankind have externalized, can neither challenge nor overthrow one precious thread of the divine memory. Thus the tapestry of life upon earth is interwoven, darkened threads upon the bright ones. The tendency on the part of mankind, however, to accept almost mechanically whatever circumstances come their way as being the will of God does not shew forth a correct understanding of his law. The law is not punitive but exemplary, seeking to show mankind by the power of example that seeds of evil origin and thoughts of negation do not produce except after their kind. Oh, how great, then, is the potential for good which the universe exudes. The "living soul"{122} which the Lord God has implanted in man within the Eden of his consciousness must be tapped by tuning the self, or the soul within, so that it might resonate with the vibratory action of the harmony of God. This is not an easy task, and countless individuals upon the planet who are dashed hither and thither by forces they do not comprehend ought to learn a lesson from their lack of mastery and seek to avail themselves of our instruction. Ascended master law is a compendium of knowledge, greater and superior to all that men have upon earth, to all material sense, and to all mechanical systems. It is unthinkable, then, that the very short attention span of those among men who are impatient should be the criteria by which they judge the value of pursuing the spiritual path - simply because they have not derived the rewards they expected in the time allotment which they deemed sufficient to master the cycles of the ages. I shall be forthright. I shall be honest, O mankind of earth. In view of the prevalent rate of self-deception, it is certainly good and proper that we should continue the dissemination of that truth which will make you free. Mankind study for hours, years, and an entire lifetime to master techniques of the physical sciences or the development of a system that can be used for the attainment of fame or wealth. Some men turn to our teachings and after a span of five, ten, or even fifty years consider that they should have achieved complete self-mastery. Let them take into account the numerous embodiments they have had during which their attention has been given to outer things and the mastery of materiality. Some have even been slothful in manifesting a physical rate of comprehension and have sought leisure not so much to expand the soul as to permit the indulgence of consciousness in the questionable business of doing nothing. In the temple of Serapis at Luxor, the beautiful Ascension Temple, are given those disciplines calculated to give man his victory over the material senses and past momentums of negation. Some men feel disposed to cringe at the thought of coming under the discipline of Serapis or even of myself. Others would shun even the gentle Kuthumi. Well, let me tell you, blessed ones, that the world is a more harsh guru and teacher, and the laws of man are far less lenient in their correction of mankind's deeds and in their instruction to the soul than the ascended masters ever would be. This is the case of human bondage leading to greater human bondage whereas the ascended masters may impose upon you or assist you to impose upon yourself a certain discipline for a period of years which ultimately will give you your immortal freedom. Looking backward from the mountaintop after the climb, the way seems less arduous. But gazing upward from the base, fear of unknown chasms and of unheard-of dangers may intrude itself upon the mind. I would generate in this series a strength, with those able to bear it, that shall grant a new measure of grace to those who desire it. This leads me to the subject of the importance of the Quest. To escape from the current crises of the world would be easy enough if men were to seek only for personal liberation. But when the hierarchial plan is honored and men consider themselves to be a part of the divine caravan, there is a certain innate quality which you call love that affords the release of tender care and concern for the evolutions of this planet. Now, I do not say that those whose every tendency is evil should be pursued. I do say that love should be expressed toward all in the same vein, that is, according to the golden rule{123} - the manifestation of a high standard of conduct toward all parts of life, regardless of whether or not these individual parts or even the collective whole seem to respond to the love you pour out. For the love which you pour out is your freedom, as nothing else can be. I do think, however, that wisdom would direct that your real attention should be to those who respond to the ministrations which you seek to impart and the service you wish to render. It is folly to permit yourselves to be trampled upon by the world. The almost ruthless sense of mission which imbued the Christ, exalted the God in man, and was the miraculous concept that he expressed - it is the freedom of his concepts and the concepts of the Brotherhood that must pour through you the divine radiance which overcomes the world. Make no mistake about it, the world must be overcome. This world of which we speak is not the earth and her evolutions - it is not the forces of nature and the beings of the elements - it is the mechanical civilization known as society. This is a passing ephemera, a glittering miasma, a nonentity if I ever saw one! Yet the Spirit of the Christ, more alive today than ever, is diffused through the very physical roots of the kingdom of nature. There has occurred this year during the Easter season a longed-for rejuvenation within the heart of the earth. A greater hope and sense of freedom is rapidly spreading across the face of the terrestrial globe through the ministrations of the elementals. These tiny intelligences whom God has utilized as caretakers of this precious globe which is your planetary home, destined to radiate so much light, actually hold the balance of harmony for the earth as against mankind's discordant creations. The beloved ascended masters, countless angels, devas, builders of form, and cosmic beings have literally showered their life upon the planetary body. Unascended mankind have also poured out a magnificent dedication. As I gaze upon the conglomerate offering upon the altar of Almighty God, I am reminded of the destiny of this planet and its people and I say again: The Quest must continue! In the boldness of the Spirit, in the illumination of Christ-good, in true brotherhood, in the pursuit of peace which honors God and the divine ideal of action is the fulfillment of the questing soul. It is no less marvelous when I tell thee that the answer to all lies within the God flame of thy heart. It is no less magnificent when I tell thee that thou shalt one day become the fullness of all that God is. It is perhaps true that I would antedate the hour of the full appearing of victory in the souls of all men and end, if I could, the senseless struggle and the long night of shadowed intrigue. This I cannot do to the fullest without the complete cooperation of many unascended ones. I refer here to that complete cooperation which comes from hearts yearning for more of God and his understanding - humble hearts, yet unafraid. I see, then, that the pure sense of God's own creativity must hold sway in those who would emulate the ascended masters' consciousness. To be willing to be led to greater purity of thought and feeling, to be willing to change as God would have men do, to be willing to seek and continue to seek over every human despair is to release the blue lightning of good fortune within the finer bodies of man. In this manner, niche by niche, from crevy to solid rock, the faithful rise upon the holy mount of attainment. I remain The Great Divine Director ****** Chapter 20 The Great Divine Director - May 16, 1965 ****** Vol. 8 No. 20 - The Great Divine Director - May 16, 1965 THE MECHANIZATION CONCEPT A Manifesto by the Great Divine Director Part R Reality To Men and Women Who Would Become God Oriented, I Would Speak on That Reality Which Frees from Mechanical Reason and Experience Criteria and Will Bring You to the Feet of the Master Presence of Your Being, Free at Last from the Enslavement of the Finite Self: Let us now deal honestly with reality, that we may cast aside the unwanted and the unreal. As the ladies and gentlemen of this twentieth century take such simple objects as the dishes from their tables and place them in an electric washing machine, they are completing with relative ease and in a most practical way a task which for generations has been most undesirable. The mechanical contrivances of this age have freed mankind from many undesirable tasks, and the future holds promise of even greater freedom. Now, I do not think that there are many who suppose that we, in our releases, would propose man's abandonment of these aids and assistances, and I feel certain that most individuals have grasped, at least in part, the message we have sought to convey. However, as I begin to discuss reality, I wish to make certain that all understand that we seek to free mankind from the mechanical sense itself and not from mere apparatus. May I ask you, then, if men should attain to the stature where, at a wave of the hand, the dishes would disappear from their table, to reappear when needed all washed and clean (as recounted by Saint Germain in some of his previous writings), if this process would not be a superior method even to the electrical machine itself? Certainly the modern appliance is an improvement over the hand method, but I think the spiritual method is superior to all! The evolution of human thought and feeling, the progress made in the distribution of energy, and the acquisition of new sources of power upon the planet have startled those who have been caught, timewise, on the edge of the age where older methods are fading and the newer ones are beginning to blossom. As incoming youth accept the current modes of civilization so naturally, there is less wonderment at the marvels of the mechanical age. Now, there are two forces at work which relate to scientific mechanization, both of which could have ill effects upon mankind. The one is the complacent sense of taking all achievement for granted without appreciating or analyzing the tremendous efforts men have made to improve their lot. The other is complete absorption with mechanical concepts whereby all is seen through the outer examinations of physical science, which attributes both cause and effect to the material universe. This I consider to be likened somewhat unto a man gaining the world of mechanical ideas while losing his soul-sense that needs, as the greatest of all talents, to be nurtured and expanded. As Jesus said: "What shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?"{124} I often use the direct statement to expound truth and the law, for it cuts through all human equivocation. Men may toss aside the most beautiful jewel with the wave of the hand and deem it but glass or claptrap; but if the sparkle within the stone is significant of its true value, then no amount of human attempt at devaluation can rob the object of its cherished quality. Let us, then, first take the direct line into the realm of appraisal and evaluate now some of the conditions existent in society today. The purpose of life is definitely not for the attainment of name or fame or even the accumulation of the world's goods under seal of temporal power. But if it were, in order to successfully accomplish this goal it would be necessary for men to seek their fame from God. Surely he who sees all the inward purposes of mankind would unmask those who might seek to attain a place in his kingdom without the use of his virtue and purity. And this would be done quickly if Wisdom had her perfect way. The impact of the idea of personal advancement in a statused society is very great today, and the forces of education have been deployed around mortal attainment whereas the attainment of immortality plays second fiddle, as mankind would say it, to the pure purposes of the reality of man which are undermined by the unreal human miasma to which mankind pay allegiance. The tremendous accent which man and society have placed upon personal advancement has only reinforced the human ego and made mankind vulnerable to a host of psychopathic diseases, most of which stem from an exaggerated sense of self-importance and the frustration of nonfulfillment. There is, however, a definite weakness in the link between universal society and the individual. This lack of identification with universal purpose and almost total involvement in the mesh of self frequently manifests as emotional hysteria. The impact of overwrought emotions on the unstable mind oriented around self-attainment creates out of the unreal a false sense of existence. Like a rat caught in a maze, the human nervous system collapses and men's hearts fail them for fear{125} because of the tensions this hour has generated upon earth. Long ago we released the words "From the unreal, lead me to the real. From darkness, lead me to light."{126} The light of reality is always God-oriented, and it is just this simple - that God is light. The imprisoned splendor of his light, fragmented from the pure white multiprismed rainbow beams, diffuses itself in substance, as in society, as a potential of the first magnitude. When men become God-oriented, they find that reality which frees them from mechanical reason and experience criteria and brings them to the feet of the Master Presence of Being, free at last from the enslavement of the finite self. Let none suppose that we do not understand and recognize the need for order and discipline in the world of form. We recognize the need for law and the codification of law. We also approve of the training of the young in a properly directed manner, but we deplore the increasing tendency of society to train by rote while ignoring the awful exposure of young lifestreams to the infectious delinquencies of the age. Some may take exception to me and suppose that society does not ignore these things. But I think that the self-centered orientation of many parents, with their tendencies to slough off their responsibilities to their children upon others whenever and wherever they can, has caused them to utilize their offspring for the support of their egos and prideful exhibition. While the nurturing and overseeing of the expansion of Christlike qualities is ignored, many children are not taught how to relate their identity with their spiritual goals nor are they taught how the domestic world of form is a schoolroom to prepare them for fulfillment in the cosmic universe of spirituality. I view with mixed emotions mankind's spatial explorations, perceiving both good and bad possibilities for mankind. Certainly the higher councils of the universe do not approve of the distortions in life practiced upon earth that bring about war, pestilence, inharmony, and disease. To export these commodities, or attempt to do so, to other systems of worlds would be a disaster for all concerned. On the other hand, man's attention being turned toward space can provide, if it is kept in proper balance and check, at least some expanded awareness of the universe. We hope this awareness will not provide a mere escape from the human snarl but that it will be integrated into the thought patterns of men in a constructive fashion so as to bring the greatest benefit to the planet and its people. Man's religious theology needs to be revised in the light of the expanding knowledge of the universe. This has never been a problem for us, for we have been continually subject to that revision which the continual unfoldment of the soul, known as expansion, necessarily entails. The word re-vision connotes this process. Precious ones, I think it almost trite when I ponder upon all that I have released in this series that I have actually drawn out for you that which is real and that which is unreal. Like a child having a random pile of many colored straws before him, you are challenged to extricate the one straw that is unique without collapsing the total structure of human thought systems. A simple hook of the mind, in most cases, will prove efficacious in removing the one concept which is the key to all future understanding. Having once extricated the key straw, all others may be eliminated if they do not fall into pattern. Mankind ought to find little difficulty in discerning truth if they base their deliberations upon the two criteria I have outlined in my discussions on that which is God-oriented and that which is unreal. I am real. The Great Divine Director ****** Chapter 21 The Great Divine Director - May 23, 1965 ****** Vol. 8 No. 21 - The Great Divine Director - May 23, 1965 THE MECHANIZATION CONCEPT A Manifesto by the Great Divine Director Part S Salvation To Disciples of Christ Who Would Feed the Lambs of God, I Charge You to First Secure Your Own Salavation by Absolute Faith in Almighty God and His Laws, for Thereby You Will Find in the Christ Image of the Ascended Master Consciousness the Necessary Determination and Direction to Deliver the Age from the Mechanized Deception of the Fallen Ones: There is no permanent security anywhere except in God. To seek and to find his grace is the requirement of every hour. Just as there is delineation in the four kingdoms of matter - the mineral kingdom being at the bottom of the scale, the vegetable kingdom second, the animal kingdom third, and the human kingdom fourth - so gradations of consciousness exist within the framework of man's being. Thus, in assessing a man's attainments, the position of his consciousness - his starting point in a given embodiment - must be taken into account as well as his present level on the scale of progress. A sense of frustration often occurs in men who do not appreciate their own strides in consciousness - their spiritual accomplishment and increased understanding which manifest as the result of their calls. Often, because they do not realize from what level they have come, they do not perceive the full range of their own progress. Also, there is a false sense of exaltation which sometimes comes to tempt them. This sense would convey to their consciousness the feeling that they had attained to a greater measure of progress than that which they have actually externalized. Whatever thought or motive serves to amplify pride rather than humility should be scrutinized by the initiate. Let us portray correct balance in the whole matter. Why not, precious ones, tie yourself to absolute faith in Almighty God and his laws with the full commitment of thy being to him? Then a continuous outflow of God-determination will be released into your world which will set about from higher levels to correct error and establish progress. Let God be the director of that progress. I do not say that no effort should ever be made by you to measure self-attainment, but I feel certain that the highest aspirations are to be found in the Christ image as epitomized by the ascended master consciousness. The denial of lesser qualities within the world should be made in two ways: by direct denial of the power of error to influence thought or action, and by obedience to the requirements of the law which establishes right action. When men begin to secure the bastions of immortality in themselves, when men begin to comprehend in part the wondrous advent of truth with its many facets and exquisite splendor shining in the mind of God, they will then perceive the release of his immortal consciousness into their individual worlds and thus will God's righteousness be sustained upon earth. Much failure in religion today occurs because mankind have placed their hopes in mortality. They desire to perpetuate that which is familiar to them instead of striving to attain that which is promised of God. Mankind must have the courage to pioneer God's country, to probe his secrets, to strive for his way of life! As the Christ drove the moneychangers from the temple, challenging the evils of the day,{127} men of the hour must overthrow the tables of their own human creations and customs and niceties which do not amount even to an anthill in the building of the temples of the new age. Lift up your eyes, precious ones, to the hills of attainment; for many have also attained to become towers of strength in cosmic as well as terrestrial history. You have in the annals of the world the records of many leaders, and the arrows of light which they have blazed across the heavens reveal that the precision and perfection of heaven is superior to all of mankind's faith in material systems. Now, one of the most awesome threats to mankind today is the unfortunate use which is made of hypnotism. And I say awesome because this particular evil is cloaked with authority from a professional group highly esteemed by mankind. We do not deny that a very high percentage of embodied mankind are subject to hypnotic control to some degree through many subtle influences, but we affirm that this ought not to be; for that which binds the mind of man to the spell of mayic glitter is also a mechanical holding of the attention of the outer man upon matter and form in order to enslave the spirit of man which originally came forth as a flame from the heart of God. Hypnosis in any form is a sooty business, for thereby the clean burning flame of the soul is mingled with abominable substance so as to coat the lens of the mind with the appearance of imperfection in the guise of perfection. It is the work of the wicked who say, "Let us do evil, that good may come." And, in the words of Saint Paul, their damnation is just.{128} This mechanical clouding of man's knowing also occurs in the release of subliminal advertising through television and motion picture screens. Well, let them have their day of "spots" and influence - truly they have their reward! The karmic record grows heavy with drops of retribution, and I think it shall return unto those who would mechanically enslave the minds of men. One day, perchance, mankind in their work with color photography will learn how to capture the human aura in full color. How, then, will evil men conceal themselves, seeing a simple click of the shutter will reveal their true character? Presently, specially trained investigators working in spiritual realms are able to make these appraisals; yet, because of the unscrupulous few who invade this field in their supposed search for truth, the masses of mankind will not have faith in that which is invisible to them. Security and salvation are the longings of mankind, but there is no security in what might be appropriately termed a bomb-shelter consciousness which seeks to preserve itself in a world where destruction is both imminent and actual. Here culture, love, and spiritual attributes are often shattered by the violence of misguided youth and age alike. Therefore, I think that it is well that I herein reveal a bit more concerning hierarchy. The Great White Brotherhood, in its role of establishing inner and outer focuses of light to assist the planetary evolution, is the organization of the ascended masters whereby divine love, wisdom, and power flow forth to the earth to assist it in rising from its prone position. Each time we establish an outer school or focus, the councils of the ungodly almost immediately set about to see how they can degrade its image and destroy its coherence, unity, and effectiveness. To do this they utilize every means, including the release by counterfeit organizations of false statements in the masters' names. Is heaven divided? I think not! Would Morya advocate that his blessed chelas should cut themselves asunder from the reality of our releases? I think not. Yet some would lead others to believe so. We are all one and seek to draw forth unity among all our genuine groups. Those who practice deceit have no scruples - remember that, blessed people. But their tools are often unwitting and think they do God service by denying our best representatives. If you cannot learn by knowing the Lord's voice for yourself, then the hard way will have to be your teacher, and I think many will lose much of the divine potential. Many may be deceived, but the Father's hand will ultimately stay every plague of paralyzing greed that in seeking exclusivity denies universality. God is one! When Peter was tempted to deny the Christ, the words of his Master echoed in his heart: "Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not ..." {129} Later Peter himself warned those to whom he preached the gospel of Christ: "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour."{130} The beloved Paul also warned the early Christians concerning "false apostles, deceitful workers," who transformed themselves into the apostles of Christ. He counseled that they should not be surprised, "for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works."{131} There are always reactionaries in every age who would rise in scorn, indignation, and baneful misunderstanding to attack or attempt to thwart our action through our embodied chelas. Defensive measures of the spirit must, therefore, be constantly maintained; for I assure you, beloved ones, that mankind would definitely not have continued to exist in the relative security which they have enjoyed for generations if it had not been for the continuous outflow of cosmic mercy released through the calls of our chelas on earth. Do not underestimate the power of spiritual grace in its mighty onrush toward perfection. One of the great errors of the age which is, of course, understood by us is the slant which the advertising world has used to sell their products through personal appeal to the vanity and self-interest of individuals. We understand the natural pursuit of every lifestream who desires to find greater happiness, but we hardly believe that through the use of mere outer-world products or human glamour mankind shall find fulfillment. Perhaps we have been a bit timid ourselves, or should I say conservative and dignified, in not employing more spectacular methods to acquaint mankind with the wonderful product which we have to offer. After all, blessed ones, we are marketing divine freedom to the earth and conveying it to individuals every day, yet we are seldom seen or heard in the marketplace of life. Perhaps the "shouting from the housetops" through the multitudes of antennas reaching out into the ethers shall one day convey a greater measure of heaven's law to the earth. We shall see. Above all in this release I desire to convey to those who would follow the law of the Christ that the feeding of the sheep was pinpointed in the statement made three times by the Christ to Peter{132} as being urgent for every age. Therefore, where personal security is concerned and where the law of God and his salvation is to be promulgated, it must be by the feeding of the lambs of God, those who know his voice and seek to find him.{133} Jesus also spoke of "other sheep, which are not of this fold." He said, "Them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd."{134} Do you know, blessed ones, of whom he spake? Have your hearts pondered the mission of the Christ as it has applied to millions of lifestreams throughout the ages and cycles of being and upon other systems of worlds? Someday you will be shown the record of truth and see how this beloved Son of God has actually assisted the evolutions of this entire planetary chain through his gentle, yet powerful ministrations. In the annals of God are recorded entry upon entry of the services of his wholly pure and perfect being. I mention this that you might see the hope of salvation for all of God's sons, for they too shall be perfected in him and in the words of the Christ "go and do likewise." {135} Let us, then, expand every facility to carry on his service and thus properly use those mechanics of this age which are available as God intends. Then one day perhaps greater freedom shall come to all in the proper use of life's many gifts and graces. Can it be ere the sun set upon this day of golden opportunity? We continue to lead onward with our cloud of divine witness - the white cloud of billowing radiance by day and the fiery pillar by night.{136} The promised land is not won mechanically but by exaltation of spirit, by inward faith, and by claim-staking of that which is so supremely worthy. So shall men find purity, happiness, and love in our way. All blessings from The Great Divine Director ****** Chapter 22 The Great Divine Director - May 30, 1965 ****** Vol. 8 No. 22 - The Great Divine Director - May 30, 1965 THE MECHANIZATION CONCEPT A Manifesto by the Great Divine Director Part T Thee To America and to Thee, O Shining World, Why Will Ye Tarry! Accept Thy Mantle of Leadership and of Challenge to Deliver to the People of God Freedom and the Message of the True Manchild - the Christ Image of Every Man by Which All Things Were and Are Made. Rise Then to the Grandeur of Your Noble Birthright and Throw Off the Mechanical Yoke! Of thee I sing! As we survey at inner levels the magnificent concept held by your beloved Saint Germain for America, we are reminded of the great vision of the ascended masters' councils for the earth and her evolutions. Of thee I sing! O shining world, how great is God's concept for thee. With what hope wert thou issued forth from the great dayspring to be as a natural planetary home, part of a vast galaxy system, part of cosmos. To thy halls, to thy rocks, to thy plains were destined to be brought the wondrous powers of celestial beauty and harmony. Thy civilizations, stretching from pole to pole, were intended to manifest the harmony of universal love. The high road of adventure and comradeship was imparted to thee by the sons of God who came to thee. The messages that were uttered by the many avatars of God who have visited and carried out their missions to the earth have been varied in expression. Some uttered the law in thundering tones. Others spake gently or taught by the silent power of example. No sure mold, no single way, has expressed all of the attributes of God save the swaddling garment of the Christ which revealed for all time to come that the Christ image of every man is the universal Christ image of God - the Son of God. The words uttered by John "All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made"{137} referred to the Solar Logos - the Son of God - the Christ image that "Before Abraham was, I AM."{138} Why, then, will ye tarry? This question brings to mind the tarrying of man upon the cross of matter and form. So frequently have men asked, "How long, O Lord?" The sands of time flow gently downward at times as softly falling snow and then again harshly as though driven by a stinging wind. They seem to maintain no evenness in their flow. The consciousness that beholds life is the interpreter of the relative descent of time. In the eternal, all-loving mind of God, the wondrous parade of the stars dances forth from his bosom of infinite fire, carrying a message of universal love that inspires men concerning the unfettered vastness of eternity as it manifests in moments of consciousness. Men are inspired by the sun as they gaze upon the explosion of an atom of substance, as they look within the cup of a tiny violet or a billowing violet cloud at sunset. In all the moving forces of universal love beheld by man, there is a Spirit, a Master Presence, that colors all life with grandeur, with beauty, with logic, at once in time and infinity. We know and we have become one with that Spirit - which is God. Your Presence conveys to you the answer to the unknown. It is mirrored in the very heart of being. The echoes of eternity, the resounding of the voice of God, is heard within the mind and heart of man. Out of the silence is heard the voice of God: "Why will ye tarry?" There are many reasons for the seeming delays toward mankind's perfection. Some of these may be remedied by mankind, and some are dependent upon the great, eternal fullness of time. A cosmic event waiting to happen is born because it is ripe or overripe, but the mechanical patterns of mankind have but sustained the recalcitrance of the race - the cold denial of the power of invisible love. As I speak the words "invisible love," I know full well that whereas the wind may not be outwardly perceived, the effect of its blowing upon the trees can be. Therefore, the power of God's love upon the spirit of man is evidenced in countless faces and eyes, mirrored there for all to behold who can rightly read. And thus the glow of Infinity - builded upon mineral, rock, dust, and star, flowing in fire and water and thought, surging in feeling and fountain from the depths of being - wells up in Saint Germain's vision of freedom for America as the land of the free and the home of the brave. What tarnish the centuries have brought to this noble vision so lately externalized in this great land, America. With the swirl of mechanical progress, the soul of man has been dashed downward into a maelstrom of destructivity and the whole world has jealously sought to keep pace with America's rate of progress. Now then, let us affirm, the dream need not be broken. For out of the crucible of the past few decades, the hopes of contemporary men for peace, for victory, for freedom can still be realized. Your constitution and your history, O America, are replete with examples of sacrifice and unselfish struggle. As I conspire with the hosts of light as to how to deliver this great land from its bondage into the fullness of its dream born in the mind of God, fortified by Saint Germain, and loved by many of his chelas throughout the world, I recall that with God all things are possible.{139} Let us by truth counteract the mimicry of the mechanical hordes. Percentagewise, the creations that we have termed "mechanical man" are few in proportion to the number of individuals in the world who are the true creation of God and a part of this planetary evolution. They who have a threefold flame burning within their hearts are the many, and the misguided and misguiding miscreations are the relative few. Unfortunately, however, by reason of their mechanical brilliance and their knowledge of the manipulation of matter and men, many of them are in positions of power; yet I would never do despite to the many in such positions who are honorable and just and true. I would point out to the world and to America to awake and to realize that the purity of El Morya's program as propounded in his Encyclical on World Good Will {140} is very great. Yet all that we release to mankind in worded expression can come alive only in the field of action through the response of divine grace in the hearts of our hearers. Therefore, pause to consider the vision of Ezekiel in the valley of the dry bones.{141} Recognize that vitality must be poured into the heart of America and the world and that that vitality must be God's life, God's grace, and God's purity. The essence of true being must sweep the world! Now, even right action when wrought by men whose hands are sullied with the vestiges of human filth cannot create a perfect work. In the field of art, there are many who produce from a sullied spirit a work of intricate and relatively beautiful symmetry; yet there is a wretched etching behind the canvased scene, behind the screen of appearance, which transmits itself to the sensitive and reveals such art, although acclaimed by the world, as lacking in true spiritual grace. By a like token, that which is imperfectly executed may be but the manifest effort of some who have not yet attained the fullness of the technique but, because the spirit is pure, noble, and grand, there is a touch of heaven in all that they handle. Let me reference the story of Midas, who turned to gold all that he touched. Would it not be well to cultivate the Spirit of God and his grace within mind and heart, within thought and feeling, so that the Lord might work his works of spiritual grace within you that his hands through you might touch all life, changing all to golden-age love, law, and liberty? If mankind would only realize that the great I AM is the only doer (as well as the open door), they, too, would know the depth of understanding which was imparted to the King Nebuchadnezzar which caused him to exclaim, "And he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?"{142} This is the answer for the freedom of man from mechanical stagnation. Thus as thy day is, so shall thy strength be.{143} Thus shalt thou mount up with wings as eagles to attain some portion of thy eternal victory. For unto thee have I given my promise of old: Thou shalt run, and not be weary; and thou shalt walk, and not faint.{144} To America is given leadership, to the world is given challenge! The people of every land must rise to the grandeur of their noble birthright and throw off the mechanical yoke! For progress, I AM The Great Divine Director ****** Chapter 23 The Great Divine Director - June 6, 1965 ****** Vol. 8 No. 23 - The Great Divine Director - June 6, 1965 THE MECHANIZATION CONCEPT A Manifesto by the Great Divine Director Part U You To You Who Are the Created Image, Know Thy Creator - Know Him as Thy True Self, Know Thy Self in Him - and Thereby Assume the Robe of Responsibility to Multiply the Loaves and Fishes of Life and to Feed the Multitudes the Living Word: There is a vast difference between Creator and created, yet the investiture of the divine image - "In the image of God created he him"{145} - signifies that there is reflected in man the image of Immortality as a pattern which man is destined, if he will accept the will of God, to outpicture line upon line throughout his infinite existence. In the ultimate sense, then, man would truly become not merely the created but the Creator. This transfer of responsibility in the domain of self is so subtle that many pass through embodiment after embodiment of religious seeking as well as intellectual accomplishment without cognizing the basic fact stated herein. Yet some measure of thought and attunement is perhaps required before the full understanding dawns, with all of its wonder, upon mankind. Herein lies a phase of the great macrocosmic/microcosmic interchange. The Creator with all of his wisdom and grace has no need of the mechanical sense; for by the simple power of the will to do, all life bows to obey in the infinite world of God. The phrase "made a little lower than the angels, and crowned with glory and honour" {146} signifies that mankind holds within his hand of thought and feeling, most specifically within his hand of acceptance as an individual monad, the full authority for his world. Let the ages roll. Let universes as scrolls unfold and be enfolded. The being of man can never attain to its predestined God-magnificence until the will of man submits to do so. And thus, there is a certain incongruous-appearing action in the divine plan, judged from the human level. But I assure all who read my words that there is no dichotomy in the Godhead. There are no chasms within the mind of Christ. The highway of holiness and God-purity which stands before every man who will invoke it is yet a clear and beautiful way that leads back to the heart of the Creator. "Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not ..."{147} refers to the purposes of incarnation. How can men dream or suppose that God should give to man less than the allness of Himself? And thus, the coequal nature of all life is exposed. So-called individual accomplishment becomes a matter of choice and application, and the responsibility for the furthering of the divine plan is revealed as the opportunity of individualization. The Master Jesus has stressed the potential of You - the responsibility of each individual for the development of his latent talents and his ability to serve the cause of the divine life. History is replete with the magnificent experiences and accomplishments of those men called saints. There is no myth behind these episodes in many cases; and often good men, rendered so by divine action implanted upon the earth through their form and being, were more excellent than portrayed. It matters not that some few were glamourized beyond their attainment. I am certain that their aspirations were even higher than the image portrayed. Heaven has not conspired to man's condemnation, but to his emancipation. And thus I proclaim it now, in this series on the mechanization concept. The freedom of man lies as a gift in his hand. When he desires it enough it will manifest in part, and little by little he will emerge from the cave of materiality and the mechanical sense into the light of divine grace. Even the concept of chastity and chastisement are linked. The phrase "Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth ..."{148} should be understood as the action of Spirit, divine and pure, chastening the flesh form that cannot inherit the kingdom of God, in order that the soul consciousness abiding therein may do so. I must return to individualization as the breaking of the bread of heaven and the coming of the body of God into individual portion. Those who discern the Lord's body in themselves therefore commune with God, the part entering in to a greater degree of assimilation with the whole. This is the meaning of holiness, or wholeness. Yet it is not to the banal aspects of mortality that men must draw nigh, but to the original puritan design of the Godhead. Unfortunately, the sinister force has often drawn an image of austerity around the idea of purity. In examining the early history of New England, many become obsessed with the idea either of a hypocritical purity practiced on the surface and a libertinism practiced in secret or of an austerity of soul, mortifying the very possibility of happiness for the entire colony. Fortunately, in the eyes of then contemporary men, neither was true. For whereas some in every age have been hypocritical and deceitful, many - and especially the founders and leaders of the early colonies in America - were earnest and honest in their desire to find God and to worship him in relative peace and security. I cite many of these examples in order to engender balance in our students and those who would pursue the divine path. The way back to the heart of God may have its difficulties, but I am certain that honest men will recognize that the way away from the heart of God has many more. Inasmuch as one day all outgoing lifestreams must return to God's heart, it would appear to be wholly reasonable that the closer men stay to the fold, the less journey they must traverse on the return; whereas the farther they wander away, the longer the journey back to the heart of Peace will be. Unfortunately, the memory of man does not retain the fullness of the divine experiences of the soul at higher levels prior to embodiment. Only the few are cognizant of the glories of the angels. It is true that in the dream state when man is temporarily released from the body as well as after the change which men call death, individuals often do contact the higher reaches of life and find the freedom of inner levels more clearly manifest than when they were embodied. The frustrations unascended men encounter, however, are those created by the bounds of men's habitations which are fixed by reason of their attainment, or its lack, while they are yet embodied. For life itself is wedded to consciousness and individual self-awareness so that choices may be made and experiences had. It is not the divine intent that these experiences shall be merely a series of vain repetitious meanderings along the stream of life, for the great freedom of divine grace to explore the cosmos and the wonders of being are the gifts of God to every man - his for the taking. Some men, moving as on a conveyor belt, hold the cup of their consciousness up to the drippings of God's energy and spill that energy over into the void and abyss as fast as it is dispensed to them. Others hoard it, tucking it away as though by reason of the accumulation of substance or power or whatsoever they hoard they may stand above others upon the Path. Let me make clear that all the energy in the cosmos is available to the call of God. And when men identify with his plan, the cup of their consciousness, as divine right use, will expand as an infinite elasticity which will enable them to do as Christ did - to multiply the loaves and fishes of life and to feed the multitudes the living Word. I AM come to touch the hearts of the downtrodden and to lift them up. I AM come to heal those who are bruised and cut - to apply the unguents and balms of purification to those who require it and to seal the beauty of God's holiness in the borders of men's garments, embroidering there the delicate pastel pink threads of divine love, the pale yellow illumination flooding the soul with the sunshine of God's mind, and the mighty electric blue threads of power to fulfill the requirements of each hour that manifests. Even the challenges of opposition, the tests which men face, the fire-breathing dragons of men's hates, despairs, and sense of hopelessness - these must be conquered by the sword of faith in the reality of self, of opportunity, of choice. For the freedom to choose is yet the gift of God to man, and it ought to increase the respect and gratitude of the honest and sincere for the eternal purposes. Observe in history how many so-called great men, conquerors of domain, have sought to subjugate others beneath their feet; whereas the Christ revealed the Father image and the masters today have revealed, in his name, the image of the Mother of the World. Contemporary man, then, surrounded with a multitude of religious delusions and the mechanistic, materialistic, existentialistic, false senses of the world order accepted by the multitudes in part, are face-to-face with the great need to recognize the golden veins of truth buried in the heart of the earth awaiting discovery by mankind who, as miners, lay claim to that which they can esteem as precious unto themselves. In stressing the great gift of God to man, I point out that recognition plays so great a role here. For the most precious gems, if considered trinkets or baubles, would scarcely bring a fair price in the marketplace. Were I a material author now, seeking to find name or fame or to select a price tag upon my words, I would not dare, in mankind's sense of good taste, to impose myself upon you in the fashion which I do here in this series. But because I do not care for the fig-leaf consciousness of mankind and because I do care for the immortal soul and for the task of raising mankind out of a host of pitiful delusions and illusions, I can truly state that this series requires a great deal of review and attention and concentration plus prayerful attunement in order that the very subtle and hidden points placed herein may be of great benefit to the soul. Many are already deriving immense benefit from this series, and those who shall in future times to come are also a great multitude. But the greatest impartation which I can make to you is the knowledge of the power of choice. For it is in your acceptance of this power and your action to recognize how great is your responsibility to outpicture the divine image that you shall become truly great. The words of the centurion, "Truly this was the Son of God,"{149} ought justly to be spoken of every lifestream. But it cannot be so until the individual has accepted it. May I build a shrine to you, precious lifestream? May I adorn that shrine, circular in form, with bowers of beautiful flowers? May I saturate the air with the fragrances of spring in the release of sweet perfumes? May I perceive above this shrine a low vault of blue that thy hands may reach up and touch the gentle hands of the angelic hosts? May I point out, at your feet lie the little people, the elementals who have served both body and needs of substance? May I hope that you will take your seat in the shrine of true Selfhood? Remember these words: "Face-to-face with thyself shalt thou come ere thy journey endeth home." Gratefully I AM The Great Divine Director ****** Chapter 24 The Great Divine Director - June 13, 1965 ****** Vol. 8 No. 24 - The Great Divine Director - June 13, 1965 THE MECHANIZATION CONCEPT A Manifesto by the Great Divine Director Part V Vision To Sons and Daughters of Vision Who Will Seize the Torch of Illumined Action and Run with It, Recognizing That If They Do Not, the People Who Have Neither the Vision Nor the Torch Will Surely Perish; For the Little Children Who Place Their Hands Trustingly in His Have a Right to See God Face to Face in Trustworthy Servant-Sons: "Where there is no vision, the people perish."{150} Momentous words when understood, but seldom understood. Think now, blessed ones. Shall men halt, content that they have known all the works of God and that all truth is already revealed? What a shroud, a smothering of progress is this. Fear has done this thing, O mankind, and it is his bonds that we would break. Those who as little children placed their hands trustingly in the hands of God know that his truth is their shield and buckler,{151} the strong arm of righteousness. Surely the limited vision of man's present theology should not be one with which men are content. Consider the many areas of destiny upon which religion is silent. Consider also the manifold mysteries which challenge man's consciousness. Are people to treat themselves as animals and test themselves within a maze of problems based on a theology recorded in mere creed or rote? To prescribe infinity with finite bans is far worse than attempting to catch Niagara Falls in a teacup. The mighty onrush of infinity would wash away the film of reason from the mind of man; and therefore God, in his infinite wisdom and mercy, has gently tempered the wind to the shorn lamb.{152} Again and again the wisdom of God is revealed from beginning unto beginning. Even while his noblest purposes are revealed by the great masters of wisdom, men seek on wings of scorn swiftly to carry those who think not as they do to an impaling spike. I say, in mercy's name, let strands of holy tolerance be woven through the planetary consciousness of all who seek God. The mysteries of God are not gained in an instant. How shall they fathom the depths of his matchless wisdom who would keep it for themselves? Those who seek this holy privilege ought to give it graciously unto others. Much of that which is labeled as acceptable truth by mankind today was once regarded as heresy. The acceptable sacrifice of Abel was not honored by Cain. The dreams of Joseph were not honorably recognized by his brethren. The old prophets were stoned in Israel and beaten and even sawn asunder. The tortures from which the mind would quail were practiced upon them at the instigation of the wicked. Every age has known its martyrs - some were sons of God and men of holy truth whereas others were also exploiters of mankind. Yet the infinite purposes must not be scorned. I cite here examples of the passions of men who in past ages rejected truth which was revealed unto them through the holy men of God. Ancient superstition even to the present hour holds men in bondage, and thus they attribute to evil the release of pure truth and accept as from the hand of God that which bears the taint of the shadowed ones. These who masquerade as angels of light still practice to deceive and men still vilify the true sons of God. Man stands as in a quandary, then, and cries out, "How shall I know?" I am certain that a word to the wise is sufficient, and I hope also that a word from the truly wise will be sufficient to those who require it. Not all who cry "Lord, Lord,"{153} do the will of God; but those who do, serving to the best of their ability, will be accorded by the Father of all that just recognition which the law always conveys to the righteous. "I AM my brother's keeper" is the fulfillment of the law, but not in blind attachment or sympathy; for the latter phase of human error is a mechanical tie, a pull upon the passions of men who see in the failures of others the possibilities of their own personal loss and, by the bond of sympathy, they are pulled in a downward spiral into the maelstrom of imperfection. Compassion is otherwise - It would extend assistance to those who desire it and seek to rise And mercy to the fallen, but not at any price - For there ought to be some longing or desire in all, Some spark of hope or faith That answers call From God on high. For men were born, not to die But to live - and live again on higher plane Until the soul, no longer vain, Might pierce the veil of human pain And see the clearer counterpane - The window to a heaven above Where reigns the Father of all love, Whose holy breath does ever flow To all mankind here below And sees within their heart of flame A Christly banner, never vain, Whose every act will men redeem And lift them to a fairer scene. O gracious ones, the hour has come when a sense of cosmic vigor must enter into the affairs of mankind to arouse them from their vain mechanical attitudes and to teach them the efficacy of divine grace as God in action here below. If it were possible, heaven itself would have almost exhausted its toleration of men's errors on this planet. Time after time civilizations have arisen and fallen. Wonderful cultures have existed, of which but a vestige remains. Men have builded anew again and again upon the rubble of olden worlds and only the few have been able to see and retain the vision. Now, then, I would transmit to those who are ready to receive it, by a spiritual capsulation, a treasury of heavenly wisdom. But I am fully aware that there are many who will not be able to accept this idea. I do not chastise those who cannot accept it, but I have made here an offer. If you will call to your Divine Presence on those occasions when you seem to have nothing else to do and ask me, in your own style, "O Great Divine Director, let me have this treasure of knowledge about life," I will do my part to release to you this capsule of holy wisdom. Thus I will be able to impart to you a vision not recorded on the printed page, and I do not wish you to think that I refer here to a mere dream or a picture appearing before you. I am referring here to an inward sense or vision of the cosmos which is spiritually oriented and cannot be classified in accordance with ordinary human knowledge. This spiritual power of vision is a gift which I extend to those able to receive it for one reason alone: in order for them to understand in a higher way many of the laws of the cosmos which I have imparted in this series. Some of you may recall that the Christ, prior to his passing from the screen of life in the ritual of his ascension, did say unto his apostles, "Receive ye the Holy Ghost: Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained."{154} That which I seek to do, then, is to transmit unto you the power of divine vision that will enable you to derive even greater satisfaction than you have ever had before from the instruction of the ascended masters. Heaven would enhance for mankind every opportunity of a spiritual nature. The raging of the battle at outer levels is very great, precious ones. The lack of vision in the world is so glaringly apparent - it is garish with muddied colors, it is dissonant with the drumbeats of the jungle, it is crass with inanity and absurdity, it is shattering with discord and hopelessness, it is putrid with human filth and degradation, it is vile with the stench of unreasoning minds, fidgeting in darkness. The time has come for the children of God to shine as the sun in the midst of all this human wretchedness. And then I think a greater power of example in purity, a greater example of power in brotherliness, a greater example of power in spirituality will enable men to heal, to cast out demons, to cleanse the lepers, even to raise the dead{155} and to fulfill the Christ mission now in a greatly expanded vision of divine grace which exceeds all the expectations of material science and the intricacies of human thought and reason. Truly the rod of the Christ, the power of God unto salvation, as Aaron's rod of old,{156} will swallow up the magician's rod, cast down in imitation of the victory of the pure, winged caduceus. For expanded vision with Mercurian speed to all, I AM The Great Divine Director ****** Chapter 25 The Great Divine Director - June 20, 1965 ****** Vol. 8 No. 25 - The Great Divine Director - June 20, 1965 THE MECHANIZATION CONCEPT A Manifesto by the Great Divine Director Part W Will To Blessed Ones Whose Mind Is Truly the Mind of God - Let God Think through You the Thoughts of His Immortal Freedom and Thereby Replace the Ravages of a Rote Will Driven by Mechanized Human Habit with Responsible Ritual Wherein the Life Abundant within You Will Beget Life Abundantly: Men have often noticed that in periodic cycles they are inspired, and then again they seem to drift as with a strong current, suffering the ravages of inertia and a lack of will. Let us seek the reason for the problem and its solution. So frequently individuals seek to find one villain in the piece - one cause for each effect - whereas a multitude of miniature causes or one or two or more major causes may lie at the root of the trouble. The mechanical sense has been employed by mankind, in part, ever since the fall of man from his high estate. Man's need to substitute his lesser human powers for his lost divine ones has caused him to seek to master methods of both mind and mechanics in directing and controlling matter and even thought. In establishing limitations upon the power of thought, some men have considered the human mind to have certain frailties which it does not in reality have. Considering the human mind to be a recording device similar to a tape recorder or a phonograph record, it would naturally seem to have spatial limitations governed by the size of the disc or the length of the reel. Seeing that in reality the mind of man is the mind of God, it is unlimited; and therefore, this is a myth that has hampered mankind's power of thought. We acknowledge that the cerebral cortex and the great switching trunks of the nervous system connected with the brain and spinal column appear to have limitations. But, precious ones, if you will pause to think, you will realize that man cannot truly say more than one word at a time whereas he can think several words or sentences of complex ideas in the time that it takes him to utter one. Some musicians have told of how the entire format for a symphony was born in their minds in one instant. Therefore, man's sense of limitation and recognition thereof is one of the hindrances which inhibits his full life expression. This false sense bobs to the surface of consciousness like a cork to signal his defeat as he reels in the fish story or lie of the carnal mind with its attendant limitations. Another deleterious aspect of this sense of limitation is a sense of boredom in connection with the intense and repetitious cycles of life. Blessed ones, here is a sinister delusion. Your alphabet has twenty-six letters in the English language, yet every word is constructed from one or more of these characters in specific arrangement according to a preconceived standard of spelling and pronunciation. The most sublime and the most ridiculous prose and poetry are written employing these words. The physical demands of life are often most repetitious and conform to the law of man's physical being, governing the assimilation and disbursement of energy. Good food, water, air, and internal heat combine to maintain the intelligent biological functions of the physical form. Often men make much ado about nothing, for it has been clearly said that "flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God."{157} Yet more attention is lavished upon this portion of man than upon any other, and the care and control of the physical form has become the paramount business of the mass mind. We do not discourage necessary care, but we would put all things in perspective in order that the soul might not be neglected and the divine purposes of life be served. The will to do is sometimes trapped in the valve of man's incorrect understanding and lack of perspective concerning life and life's purposes. Thus, mankind experience cycles of vacillation - at times they feel that life is buoyant, full of joy and hope springing eternal, then again life seems to be ebbing away with the approach of old age. At various times throughout their existence, mankind do feel an intense inner longing to fulfill their spiritual raison d'ętre. Sometimes they know not how to respond to the yearnings of the spirit and so they fulfill the lusts of the flesh - a very poor substitute indeed. Some reject the world completely and seek, in a life of austerity, to know God. Others still are searching for the Middle Way, and by God's grace they shall find it! We could go on for a long time and cover many angles of this subject, but I think that each lifestream has his own story to tell and it is, perhaps, needless that I draw an excess of parallel examples. There is one more major factor I would touch upon, and that is the sense of karmic burden wherein the individual, recognizing in himself undesirable traits carried over from past embodiments and externalizations, feels hopeless to change rapidly enough to win his victory here and now. He therefore postpones indefinitely any attempt at self-correction. On the face of it, from the human level, this argument seems to have some form of pragmatic value; but in an honest relationship to the divine plan, it is the weakest of all excuses. There are a number of minor factors that hinder the expression of the divine will. Among these are, of course, the mass effluvia of mortal consciousness, the projection of hate and hate creations against an individual who is embarking upon a spiritual career by those who cannot or will not understand his way of life, and even simple laziness whereby individuals, rebelling against the necessity of effort - whether to move the muscles of the body or to stretch the facets of the mind by cogitation, meditation, or contemplation - prefer the old accustomed habits of fatigue and ennui. Not a pretty picture is all of this human sinkhole where self-pity holds sway and lifetime after lifetime pass with precious little progress. Contributing to this delay and demi-existence is the woeful sense of frustration as the soul with all of its impelling aspirations, like a caged bird, seeks to break the barriers that surround it. Now let us seek for a permanent solution to this complex problem. Again, as in the case of the causes, so the solution does not necessarily lie in any one specific direction but in a number of major and minor activities which together can shatter the old matrices of wrong thought and feeling and gradually tip the scales of justice into balance. I have always believed that "fire," as you say, "can be fought with fire." The very mechanics of system can thus be rightly employed, together with bulldog determination, that man might effect the beginning of his release from lethargy and inertia. But as man comes into conflict with the deep-rooted tendencies that are within his world, it will require more than human will to permanently pull him up by his own bootstraps. Hence, we must turn to divine automation by which the motive of divine love is implanted in all creation. For true it is indeed that divine love expands and ever expands itself, duplicates and reduplicates the wonderful motifs and patterns of happiness which are God's nature wheresoever his flame touches. Beloved Jesus' statements in which he pointed to the fowls of the air and the lilies of the field - "Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? ... But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you"{158} - indicate that it is not vital that man should have his attention constantly turned without, to the physical. The words "take no thought" are very strong; indeed they make very clear where man's first concern must be and they show that those who give their all to God are rewarded with his abundant grace. We admonish, then, the committing of both biological functions and physical things unto the keeping of the Divine Presence - a relinquishing, a letting go, of mankind's seeming great need constantly to struggle with outer conditions. Then, when the sense of "take-over" is complete, when the divine intelligence of God is invoked by man so that the Father in action is caring for the human as the elementals care for the lilies of the field, man will not only be vested with divine abundance but with a feeling of supreme happiness in that abundance. By taking undue thought or being concerned with the cares of this world, mankind create and sustain a sense of limitation for themselves; and then, within this limited framework, they seek to exert unlimited control over the many facets of the world. When mankind turn to God and in sweet surrender invoke the Presence of God and his mighty light rays to direct and perfect all outer conditions, there is no longer a sense of limitation. For here unlimited grace corrects and controls the substance over which he, then, has dominion. The mind of man is thus freed from the cage of the body sense and the bird of happiness flies from the cage at will, returning joyously to perch therein and sing his song of divine freedom. By excursions out from the consciousness into the mind of the ascended master, into the mind of Christ, and back into the heart of God, sustained strength is thus drawn forth and flows into the world of the chela. Now divine law is acting, and this is unlimited. Now the very vibratory action of God is impregnating the human aura. When, through the penetration of the soul consciousness of man into the heart of the ascended masters and to their higher ranges of thought and feeling, man lowers this feeling into his world, there is a spiritual companionship and rapport established whereby he becomes more in tune with the God in all nature and in his fellowmen. Even their lack of awareness of that attunement does not hinder some internal recognition which signifies to them that hope and peace are at hand. The vain struggles of the world are very intense and the suffering of the world is gross. It is small comfort to those embroiled in turmoil to be told that they suffer from the results of their own karma. It is true that at inner levels this idea must be gently conveyed and an altered perspective given so that they may have a reinforced desire to find their freedom in their next embodiment. But when we deal with you, blessed ones, who read our words today, we are speaking to those now in embodiment whose hopes yet flourish, centered about their own precious memory of current events. You have some externalized momentum, then, in dealing with divine perfection. To you is given a sense of hope and possibility. I say to you now that certain right action will give you great assistance today. The efficacy of prayer has already been proven, but there are wrong prayers just as there are right prayers. Selfishness and self-pity have no place in right prayer. Each demand made upon Life, then, should be in order to better serve the purposes of God. Each benefit of freedom which you seek should enable you to more effectively serve his holy cause. The process of thinking your way clear can also be employed, and this is doubly effective if you can make yourself to know that it is God thinking through you the thoughts of his immortal freedom. As you think yourself free from human entanglements, you will find new vistas opening before you. Leonardo da Vinci and many of the great painters of the world, in their reveries, did contact the higher etheric realms and angelic levels. They drew forth from their inspirations and meditations benefits preserved by mankind to the present hour. The will can be altered from the human to become divine, and indolence can be thrashed but is best dispensed with by a firm but gradual leading. You know, precious ones, when you have a sense of being driven, the human is apt to rebel. People often rise up in wrath and indignation at even a hint of tyranny. Whether or not this is right, I wish to point out that mankind have a great momentum of resistance against being told what to do. Unquestionably, this trait causes untold misery to people who would otherwise have the benefit of wise experience; but unfortunately, they must suffer bad experiences themselves in order to learn. We give forth this instruction because we know that the power of wrong habit has been mechanically established. Over and over again mankind have made the same mistakes, yet many of the successful men and women of today and past ages have made significant accomplishments by the power of right habit. We, therefore, extol the establishment of responsible ritual. And we wish to point out that there is no real parallel between divine grace, established in ritual, and the mechanistic concepts of society that seek to control all life upon the planet. Now, it almost goes without saying that in this discourse on right will and wrong will, on truth and error, we again wish to insert our warning that the smoke screening which mankind raise again and again to conceal their wrong intents is practiced by the few whereas the many become victims. Almost everyone upon the planet at one time or another has suffered as the result of the depredations of those wicked ones who plot and hatch their plots against every constructive endeavor. Remember, precious ones, that few unascended individuals are perfect. I realize some of you may take issue with me on this and say that none are perfect. I happen to know, however, that just prior to the ascension some unascended ones are finally perfected. But, inasmuch as the masses are not, do not expect too much from anyone but give everyone the benefit of the doubt, all the while remaining alert so that you be neither self-deceived nor deceived by others. On guard for victory, I AM The Great Divine Director ****** Chapter 26 The Great Divine Director - June 27, 1965 ****** Vol. 8 No. 26 - The Great Divine Director - June 27, 1965 THE MECHANIZATION CONCEPT A Manifesto by the Great Divine Director Part X Nexus To Man Who Will Face the Door of Self-Source, Behold the Towering Image That Secures the Fastness of the Soul to God and Ends the Mechanistic Concept in the Conquest by Spirit, in the Victory of Life, in the Triumph of Reality, and in the Brilliance of the Light That Pushes Back the Night: "Out of Egypt have I called my son"{159} - ancient emancipation from the house of human bondage. The exterior and the interior world merge in the human psyche, for man is the place where time and eternity meet. In man does the sublime touch the ridiculous. The highest culture, like a canopy, gleams above the bottomless pit of human desire. As I conclude the mechanical dissertations, having, I hope, revealed some of the monstrous effects they have in deterring man from achieving happiness, I would point out that there are a number of things upon which I have not touched. Precious ones, if the ascended masters were to take every possible condition which you might encounter and speak upon it, the volume of our words would be ponderous indeed. We have sought here to activate within your consciousness an inward self-reliance, a discernment that is automatic without being mechanistic. Now, the difference here is quite clear, for God has implanted in the soul of man a certain mental plasticity which facilitates the recording of passing events. The wondrous screen which men have termed "memory" comes from the ancient Tablets of Mem. I shall not dwell upon these tablets here, cleaving as much as possible to the known and to the practical. Yet I would call to your attention that you have a built-in memory process whereby, with the stylus of Christed attainment, you may write the law of God upon your inner being. As you make God's laws an integral part of your spiritual awareness, you will be building a defensive against perils to come and, in moments of crisis, you will be able to deflect those blows which otherwise might paralyze the soul and throw you backward, at least temporarily, in that evolution we call progress. Precious ones, your protection is so vital and right knowledge is such great protection. I trust that your hearts, in their gratitude for my release, shall make it possible for the Brotherhood to see sufficient benefit for the effort expended here so that future days will effect the release of even greater miracles of truth in printed form for the admonishment of the sincere seekers of truth. Our care has been very great and it has been centered on the progress of the valiant - those who love truth for its own sake and are willing to be told whatever is necessary in order that they shall escape the snare of the fowler{160} and find greater comfort in the knowledge of God's expansive kingdom. As you turn to the outer world you will behold both beauty and ugliness in manifestation. You must train yourself to skim off the beauty and drink it in that your souls, bathed in the elixir of that which is spiritually charged, will absorb from every facet of nature the rare and pure elements which nurture the soul's freedom and expansion. For it is the soul that is in bondage to the senses, and it is the personality of the soul which has frequently sought to dominate the domain of self and to extend that control to other men, forgetting that they too have their own threefold flame of love, wisdom, and power. That liberty shall remain and that the earth shall know true freedom is our prayer. To this end we serve and for this purpose we make plain the way. But, blessed hearts, as truth is so glorious yet sometimes disturbing to the settled worlds of men, let me extol its virtue; for without the bonds of truth to hold the soul constant to God, as a compass to the north, the bands of mortal men would smite the purest image with the mud and degradation of increasing strife. With the old scheme that has been used upon the earth for so long, we have scarcely launched a project or revealed a word for freedom before someone has sought to counter it and negate its value. For example, there are certain inherently harmless words used upon the earth which have been so abused by mankind that their meaning no longer holds the pure and pristine connotation originally intended but they have now become a curse unto mankind. I think it well in closing here that I point out the power within the statement "There is no power but God that can act." For his law, his grace, and his science are not in any way mechanistic. They are precise releases of his love and power, charged with his holy wisdom, and they do saturate space wherever there is welcome given and wherever there is not in existence a prior negative charge, either of mortal self-pity or of other devices of men which would affect the pure consciousness of being. Therefore may I say to all in a simple, universal, humble way: life is very beautiful and the charm of life is found in apprehending God. Those unfortunate souls who know him not sufficiently to realize that his love is universal and thus for all do but deprive themselves of salutary happiness. And the pursuit of happiness ought to be the avowed occupation of men. For happiness is also God, but that which men have thought happiness has often been a thorn. The beauty of grace and holiness is found in simple things - a rose, a tree bowing in the wind, the singing of a bird, the babbling of a brook, a child's prattle, starlight's beam twinkling the merriment of the spheres, the penetration of hope into the heart, the will to live. To be the victor, then, over smothering and retarding factors, push them out of the consciousness. Replace them with a realization of God's consciousness and all that it contains and thereby learn a lesson in the mighty power of freedom. The outgoing of happiness from God to nature is a flow, exterior seeming. It comes to an end at the periphery of each realization and must, then, return inward to the center, to the Source from whence it came. I see a carnival of virtue, a mighty bazaar where rainbow colors pure and beautiful convey divine qualities to men for the asking. I see the children of men teaching and being taught divine grace until every wall is taken down and men can clearly perceive the face of their Creator Source and, in that towering image, replace insecurity by secure fastness of the soul to God. Now, I do not care if some men be bored with the necessary repetition in my words. For as the fingers of the mind pass over these words again and again, they will magnetize happiness. For they are charged as cups of living light with God's grace, and this grace is sufficient for every human need. The end, then, of the mechanistic concept is in the conquest of matter by Spirit, the victory of Life over death, the triumph of Reality over the appearance of unreality, mirrored in the reflecting pool of thought congealing. Thus the brilliance of the Light Pushes back the night And the shadow made by the rising Light Is seen no more When man faces the door of self-Source. And this is reality, right where I AM, For it is grace that triumphs over race And purity that does erase The pale of sin, of human din, And reveals God's true face forevermore. I stand, your friend in the Great Forever, The Great Divine Director ****** Chapter 27 Saint Germain - July 4, 1965 ****** Vol. 8 No. 27 - Saint Germain - July 4, 1965 The Altar of Freedom and the Temple of Victory To the Sons of God Who Will Create a New Heaven and a New Earth: The rectitude of the Law must be established above the human person; for freedom comes as higher concepts replace those passing thoughts which were sufficient in the lesser state but are outworn and outgrown in the march of progress. The saga of liberty is sung not only in the patriotic ballad but in the unspoken and unexpressed fervor that wells up from the depths of man's being and cannot be uttered in words. There are two types of patriotism: that which stems from the holy flame of freedom itself and pure cosmic honor, and that which is an emotional drive based upon the nationalistic spirit of the individual as he identifies with group and national consciousness. True patriotism honors God and country. First it honors God as the author of the laws of liberty upon which true democracy is based, and then it honors the land which he has blessed with a vision of freedom. The lesser is always contained in the greater, and the infinite power of freedom breathes through the soul who longs to find freedom even while that soul is yet cognizant of its own relative state of bondage. No nation has achieved its full measure of perfection; but the democratic dream, wherein the laws of the republic are framed by just men in defense of principles of truth and justice, will withstand the test of time. If the forces of chaos should ever extinguish the holy light of pure liberty, it would rise phoenixlike from the ashes to shed the light of its aspiration over the earth. The great symbol of the eagle in America is a high-flying image which surpasses national pride and, penetrating the blue heaven, exerts a pressure to honor those qualities which make men truly free. You have heard it said that history repeats itself, and in the vision of America lies the story of a phoenix generation that has arisen once again to stand at the doorway of opportunity and to knock. The inscribed words of Emma Lazarus upon the Statue of Liberty "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"{161} convey a message from a dim and distant past age when humanity once before stood at the doorway of great achievement. They knocked upon the golden door of that achievement and sought then to lift high the torch, but failed. And the darkened ages followed. May I urge the students of the light who have understanding of truth and God's laws to preserve attainment and to persevere in securing advancement for the struggling evolutions of this earth. You do not know - you cannot know - what one lifestream can do, but if perchance a visioned glimpse of the many inner warriors of the Spirit be given you and you see the strength and fire of those upon God's side, it may be that you will wish to join with them. The muffled beat of the drum, the piping of the fife, the surge of feeling that comes with the passing of a flag is the yearning of the ages welling up within the soul of men to see the pageant of freedom externalized in the arena of action. But, oh, how this vision needs to be captured and set before the mind each day afresh that the courage be maintained and the head held high. Listen to the promises of God, echoing down the ages, and know that the unfulfilled ones are only those which have been thwarted by men's petty aims which have intruded themselves before the pure vision of immortal Christ freedom for every man. We draw a new hope from each generation and rejoice in each solitary achievement for the holy cause. The sacred images of achievement are very dear to us. I think the heart of heaven is expressed in the radiant faces of the guardian angels standing `round the children of the world. Many of these are successfully guarded and defended, but the unfortunate ravages of karma expressed in the heartbreak of war, disease, accident, and hatred are a bane which God would see ended. The swiftly flying moments often carry so little progress. In conveying the urgent sense, we advocate no gnawing frustration or feeling of pressure but rather the firm acknowledgment daily that the whole world is the Lord's and the fullness thereof.{162} It is to the children of men that the truth has been given, and the sons of God will respond to create a new heaven and a new earth.{163} Each act and thought which is carefully laid upon the altar of freedom is material for the Temple of Victory. In pledging my heart and head and hand to this age, I am joined by a multitude of great beings. Let us make Independence Day and every day one of divine dependence that freedom shall cover the earth, erase disguise, and comfort mankind. I AM yours to command, Saint Germain ****** Chapter 28 El Morya - July 11, 1965 ****** Vol. 8 No. 28 - El Morya - July 11, 1965 Let Us Journey On! Blessed Chelas Climbing the Highest Mountain: The dribblings of human inadequacy continue to plague mankind. "Enough!" they cry, when it is not enough. The being of man, surfeited by an abundance of mortal excess, in weariness of soul wantonly seeks new and bizarre methods of pleasure-madness. The innkeepers continue to turn away the infant Messiah, and the marketplaces of life are crowded with the afflictions of Babylon. I am reminded of the cry of the ancient Mariner, Water, water, everywhere, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink.{164} The words of the Good Shepherd "Feed my lambs,"{165} spoken unto Peter, index the great cosmic need of the thirsty souls of the travelers. How shall men escape, save the way of culture of the Spirit? What folly it is to permit entrapment of the soul in the charnel houses of Egypt! What bondage mankind have woven for others, and with what snares do they entrap themselves! We see the pure soul in all of its flaming brilliance neglected while the energies thereof are running as a thousand-legged insect into form density and the beautiful spirals of the Spirit are often untraveled and empty! What is the grief of heaven, and how shall the flood of human tears serve to substitute for the divine yearning beyond the veil? Woe unto the earth and its inhabitants who preserve every iniquitous thing and draw taut the strings of neglect that hold back the needs of the spirit! The labourers in the Lord's vineyard are few, and many are there without scrip or purse{166} while silken garments adorn the unrighteous. Yet the gift of divine abundance stems from the largess of the great heart of God. The wonders of our retreats, made without hands,{167} ever continue to dazzle the eyes of the beholder. There is no substitute for the treasures of heaven; and those who are enamored with the outer achievements of men will do well to pause and remember that the gracious, sustaining strands of the Spirit - the divine connection from the heart of God to the beating hearts of men - ought not to be scorned. Those who are tempted by the demons of suicide ought to recognize the great price which Life has placed upon their heads and fling defiance in the face of this evil tempter! They must be determined to stand, face, and conquer at all costs. For it is better to fling one's life away in a vain effort to overcome than to do so for the bane of nothingness. In probing `neath the petty purposes of men, I have often uncovered strands of great aspiration. Men who have sought in the past to rule a nation wisely are today enthroned within a small household. Some who have been content to work for a penny a day are now rulers of men and would sell their position for a penny. The green grass that grows on the other side of the fence can sometimes be attained, as the cattle do, by stretching the neck. Yet often the best pasture is found in the valley of self-discernment. To know oneself is not always to probe the depths of subconscious memory but to scale the summit of identification with immortality. To preserve one's shadows is not necessary when facing the light. Leave them behind; for while they lengthen as the sun goes down, they diminish each hour from the rising. Remember the zenith, for then the light of the Presence stands directly overhead. It is the Sun of man's being, that luminous orb wherein the precious treasures of heaven are deposited, that releases the correct vibratory action into the world of men. At times even the myopic ones make the best travelers along the perilous pathway. When they arrive upon the mountaintop to encamp, they sometimes do so with discontentment of spirit. Such as these enjoy the climb and the pursuit of virtue more than they do the finding thereof. Men of normal vision are fortunate, for their perspective is blessed with balance. The spinning wheel of life has turned out the nubbed threads, and the garment cannot be of greater refinement than the thread. When the thread of consciousness is refined, the clean linen can be woven upon the loom. The wise see our abode as one of Spirit and, in fearlessness, they save their own lives. The worthy masons see in the placing of each brick the shining of celestial spires, raised stone upon stone. Perfidy yawns like a pinching chasm to break the bones; it is the chinks in men's armor that must be guarded. The whirling follies of others seem as nebbishes of ridicule to some, while their own creations pass unnoticed. How shall we scale Olympian heights with the spirit of injustice? The herdsman extended a rough arm, clad with homespun cloth, and it was rejected by the climber, who fell upon the rocks of pride. The shining of the pure in heart Is like a light upon the hill - It illumines the earth with good will, It is fragrant like the pine upon the hill, Whose solitary vigil Through the lonely hours of each night, Drinks in the mellow tenderness of each day's sun, And calmly awaits the blowing away Of the covering clouds. Let us journey on! El Morya ****** Chapter 29 Lord Maitreya, the Great Initiator - July 18, 1965 ****** Vol. 8 No. 29 - Lord Maitreya, the Great Initiator - July 18, 1965 At the Feet of Holy Reason for Self Discernment Disciples Seeking Initiation into the Mysteries of Reality: The grace of God commendeth each one to the feet of Holy Reason for self-discernment that the way of victory may be made plain. Now, with the seasonal flood of knowledge that is being released, it is essential for mankind to cultivate the `discriminating faculty' in order that time may be well utilized in assimilating the most useful principles. We know the striving of the pure in spirit to elevate in themselves each godly principle to a realization of such transcendent beauty that all effort in attainment is forgotten in the purity of victory. Others feel the impulse to relive each "painful" episode along the way. They do not pause to consider that unless care is used while engaging in retrospection they may rekindle their old momentums of struggle and a loss of their progressive momentums will almost certainly follow, however slight. For purposes of gratitude and introspection, a brief review will serve to show that victory can be obtained even over what seem to be desperate situations. The wave of the future needs the pure vision of creative power in order that the transcendence of the divine nature might be effectively called into action. Now, when we probe the mysteries of reality, we must also instruct upon the existence of batteries of dark forces which seek to rob the disciple of his realization of reality and the blessings that might be called into action through that realization. To secrete the illusion of fog and confusion concerning many aspects of life by glossing over the more unpleasant and unsightly aspects of human creation is to further involve men in the maya of mortal concepts rather than to extricate them from such dilemma. Once the downward spiral has begun, the individual moves still lower into subconscious pitfalls of discouragement. This fosters doubt and prevents the powers of light from effectively overcoming evil with good. Each lifestream should see how the word initiation can be used to interpret the process inherent within its meaning: I-niche-i-action - the I, or ego, must find its niche of cosmic intent or purpose and call the great power of God into individualized action for sustained personal and universal freedom. When the reality of God becomes a part of man's conscious identity, what wonders are wrought! Then the banner of the soul, flying from the ramparts of Life, inspires each moment with an onward push. Ceaseless misconceptions and feelings of uncertainty must be uprooted; yet, in the process, the wise will seek constantly to establish virtue wherever blight is removed or rendered inactive. Transmutation of old negations must be followed by a reeducation of the energy patterns involved in order that nothing may be lost but that all may be constantly exalted and retrained in the ascending spiral. It was on this subject that Jesus was instructing when he said to one whom he had healed, "Go, and sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee."{168} The meaning of reality itself must be sought, and not in the human lexicon but in the great records of almighty perfection which the screen of nature holds side by side with those elements which may seem foreign to the divine purpose. The excellence of the creation, descending from the heart of God, commingles with old and new interferences which are continuously being set up by mankind through his misuses of knowledge and power. Great care must be used in distinguishing the real from the unreal and in determining the inherent goodness of a specific manifestation. There is no finer instrument than the humble, gentle faith of a true believer in the justice of God whose every thought, charged with mercy, pursues understanding as a reason for being and knows that the fruit of that which is attained can never be lost. Such sweet attitudes of pure love do not exact from the Godhead binding promises as a reward for good behavior but hold secure the knowing, whether evidenced outwardly or not, that God cannot be mocked{169} nor his purposes thwarted. Such as these are content to rest the mind and being from either the sense of struggle or the sense of loss. Since all things came forth from God and can only manifest the real as the intent of God is manifest within them, nothing can ever be lost. If there be any loss, it is of mortal or human qualities, but these were never endowed by God with either permanency or the self-regenerative qualities of the true creation. The reflection or inverted image of the Divine which animates man and nature is ever an outflow of abundant life energy which in its inflow, or return back to the Source, carries the fruits of the quickened consciousness of individual man. As man lets go of imperfection and securely holds the hand of God in full faith that the reality of being and the full revelation thereof will unfold as the search not of a casual hour but of a lifetime of diligence, he finds personal fulfillment accelerated in each moment through the very processes of realization and acceptance. Acceptance, then, is an attitude of mind and heart which must be nurtured and sustained each day through conscious affirmation. Merely to momentarily acknowledge truth is to be lifted as in an airplane above the mountains, subsequently to descend to lower altitudes. Daily to magnify contact with one or more of the facets of God-reality is like rising on a chair lift up a mountain slope; each day is one of progressive attunement as the Summit goal draws in closer view and the valleys are left behind. Precious ones, have no sense of strain if the rarefied view be obscured at times so that God does not seem luminously manifest. Keep on increasing your understanding of reality each day, knowing that the law of regularity assures steadfastness in the climb and, by engagement of the thought and feeling in the ritual of attainment, you are weaving strands of light whose strength will carry you over each approaching chasm. For your expansion in the Christ light, I AM Maitreya ****** Chapter 30 Nada - July 25, 1965 ****** Vol. 8 No. 30 - Nada - July 25, 1965 For Love in Action Children of the Dawn: Wisdom expressed in action releases greater love into the hearts of those dedicated to its holy strands. Each lifestream upon earth ought to understand the spiritual significance of the heart as the center for the divine light. The final abode of God's light ray of individualized energy is the heart wherein the expanding threefold flame is secured. Being, then, expands its awareness through the flame within the heart. When you guard the action of that flame by determining that no person, place, condition, or thing shall ever interfere with it, the physical organ is strengthened and great cosmic compensation occurs to amplify the divine intent in man. The therapy of divine love ought to be applied daily by all. Yet how sad it is, blessed ones, that mankind permit outer distractions to interfere with their spiritual nourishment whereas their physical hunger is seldom denied attention. The heart is indeed the altar of being. If the body of man is to express the health of Almighty God, this wonderful center within the body temple must be bathed daily in a pool of unselfed love. The love of which I speak is too pure to be dissipated in feelings of self-righteousness which do subtly steal God's vital energy. Such love is held inviolate through a grateful sense of expanding light energy whereby the merging of the individual self with God transforms the human monad into a radiating orb of God's all-encompassing grace and perfection. You know that the auric fields and atmosphere of some individuals and places do at times pull down your thoughts and feelings. Well, precious hearts of light, pay them no heed, but be and continue to be the fullness of that love which refuses acceptance of any imperfect conditions, whether they be imposed from another or originate in the recesses of one's own subconscious memory. There is one point that I do want to stress again, for it may mean the salvation of some who read my words. I wish to warn against the temptation that comes to give you the feeling that you are expressing more rightness than others because you are a center for that which is so gloriously superior to all outer action. This is nothing more than the exaltation of the personal self rather than the glorification of God. And it is indeed a subtle test which all must pass before they may be given greater authority and power to bring in God's kingdom. Such impure thought is often projected at sincere followers of Jesus or others of the ascended masters in order to rob them of their light and stop the release of God's love in all of its great purity. Some followers of Christ in this day actually mingle with those among their brethren whom they deem less highly evolved, not for the purpose of uplifting them but to reinforce the superiority of their own egos. At times this feeling can be discerned only as a shadow beneath the conscious awareness of the disciple. The use of the violet flame, the forgetting of self in daily prayer for humility and utter compassion are one's sure defense against this unfortunate form of error. You are children of the dawn as you commune with the rising Son of your own God-perfection which each day imparts to you some recognition from the Godhead, if you are alert to perceive it! So be it, for the world has need - because of the great numbers who walk in the shadow of ignorance as well as those who abide in the shadow of exalted religious error - to have walking among them those in whom there is no guile or shadow of deceit and who will be lights wherever they are. The vileness of the ego is responsible, precious ones, for the creation of myriad errors and distortions in the world of form which cause so much regrettable conflict between personalities. Often upon their first meeting, individuals express antipathy toward one another and this necessarily prevents the flow of balance and beneficial harmony. Some would attribute instant dislike ipso facto to karmic ties from the past as an excuse for their unprincipled behavior. I say, from whatever cause such antipathies arise, they should be denied power as they are a harsh and brutal activation. Let love supersede the competitive disagreeableness of those who seek any degree of spiritual unfoldment for the purpose of mortal exaltation. Thus, we enhance the power of spiritual example and strengthen the divine contact with God for each soul. Thought energy is often squandered, precious ones, upon real or imaginary "enemies," whereas the misuse of energy by any wrong thought or feeling returns to wreak havoc mainly upon its own creator. Those who sustain such momentums of thought and feeling - and some have done so for years, nursing some real or fancied hurt - do so to their own sorrow. Turn to the real concerning every man, and the real within you shall also expand with the power of the ascended masters, conveyed in a sweeter and fuller measure. The melody of pure love is so stirring, so soul-thrilling, so informative and infilling that it is difficult to conceive that any who have lived in love very long should ever wish to leave its citadel. Now as Chohan of the Sixth Ray of Ministration and Service, I continue to pour out my love to the earth through all of you who will give me your attention, knowing that the body of God, constituting those who can discern the Lord's body in sacred unity, is steadily expanding. As we enter a time when the survival of man shall depend on this expansion and progress, I hope we may count on you as our lists of the faithful are compiled anew. We add daily many of the children of men to the flocks of his pasture. How goodly are the tents of the Almighty and how mighty are the sheep who, having heard his loving voice, are made more like him. For love in action, I AM Nada ****** Chapter 31 El Morya - August 1, 1965 ****** Vol. 8 No. 31 - El Morya - August 1, 1965 The Unity of the Divine Intent To Our Best Outposts, Courage! The way made plain has different meanings to individuals. Midst the diversities of human thought, always bear in mind the unity of the divine intent. The Orb of Truth, supposedly obvious, is reflected in the pool of maya and thereby takes on human distortions - but only in the reflected image! Honor, justice, loyalty, and truth have only one meaning, and those whose mouths are set to utter forth this meaning will likewise pursue the divine intent. Such as these can be relied upon in every crisis. Godlike, they do not fail. The unhorsing of a rider need not prevent a stalwart remounting of the steed of divine purpose nor the victory over every opposition. This is Armageddon! Let me again make clear the words of the Christ: "Beware when all men speak well of you, for so did their fathers to the false prophets."{170} As the battle intensifies in man and society wherein striving for a golden age continues, our best outposts, who strike telling blows for the Lord, shall suffer attack. Rally, then, as never before and in every way! Our banner goes before you. On it is emblazoned the Will of God. In unity of strength shall we implant this banner upon the Summit. You do not know the meaning of unconditional dedication until you give it! To us it is solidarity, victory, and courage to face the dragons that seek to mutilate the image of Christ. Forward, Morya ****** Chapter 32 Mother Mary - August 8, 1965 ****** Vol. 8 No. 32 - Mother Mary - August 8, 1965 New Alignments of Receptivity Souls of the Clearer Morn Dawning, Dipped in the life-essence of God, the souls of men take on new luster. The radiance of immortality shineth unto the present hour in men and women of good will. I know the human types, the hard and the soft - those who shelve the feeling of love in pursuit of an ideal and are consistently driving forward and those who are moved by every appeal, almost to a weeping of heart. Both in the name of God mingle with those of the middle way; they may appear to be divided in method, but their purpose is one. I plead for Christ-orientation which receives holy truth and rejects error, seeing no man's person but only the gift of love he brings to the altar as his dedication to Reality. Every earthly tie must one day be severed; even memory needs to die to pain. Only then can God muster from the dust the living souls who, in the patterns of the present, shall see the reality of paradise. The whole world crumbles yet, unafraid, the lamentation of Christ gathers the many devotees into new alignments of receptivity. Forgiveness is so carelessly uttered when memory is retained and every recurrent activation of episode intensifies the hurt. Forgive and release those who ignorantly harm you, for these know not what they do.{171} One day a clearer morn shall dawn for all. But for those who can hear, I plead: Live in Christ charity, forgive one another continually, and move on to world and personal perfection! The day is far spent. Stand! Your Mother, Mary ****** Chapter 33 The Maha Chohan - August 15, 1965 ****** Vol. 8 No. 33 - The Maha Chohan - August 15, 1965 The Lord's Banner To Doers Who Would Be Disciplined of Life: The advent of complexity has overturned the tables of simplicity, while the love of simplicity remains the foe of the complex. The beauty of the complex is in its simplicity, and the beauty of simplicity is in its integral relationship to the vast whole. There is no reality to the confusion of the mass mind in its repetitious drama. God alone, as the Cosmic Mind penetrating all things, draws the conglomerate whole into form-reality through divine awareness in consonance with the many diverse threads that together compose the life network. The present-day world disarray needs the refreshing tingle of the omnipresent wisdom of God. An unfortunate sense of separation has made the individual ego to falter in its attainment. The shortened life-span, like mankind's shortened attention span, has caused the mind in its totality of existence to hop from thought to thought without the consistent cognizance of permanent reality. The hungers of men which heaven seeks to assuage, as a mother comforts a tiny child, go unsatisfied as little people resist the familiar hands through which God dispenses his holy bread. Often, too, the living Word is unknown because it is not properly assimilated to nourish the famishing planetary soul consciousness. Beholding the mass conflicts and political religious ideologies vying with one another on the world scene, we long for an era when none will fear to partake wholeheartedly of that one Spirit which God is. We hasten to dispense that discipline of life calculated to leave no regrets in the obedient mind of the doer. Karma and wrongdoing utterly permeate the world frame in the eyes of mortal beholders. We who see the reality behind the illusion seek to alter the veil to a more becoming mode in which mankind consciously seek to undo the tangled webs they have ignorantly woven. We admonish men to see the celestial standard we bear. In upholding spiritual truth, we dispense an abrupt freedom that cries, "Halt!" to the unnecessary hurts of men. Now let us watch the Lord's banner as in the hands of many it faces the uncompromising hysteria of the nameless legions of the world. Let us seek victory for the earth! Untiringly in service, I AM The Maha Chohan ****** Chapter 34 The Maha Chohan - August 22, 1965 ****** Vol. 8 No. 34 - The Maha Chohan - August 22, 1965 The Blessed Increase To Blessed Givers of the Word, The resources of men which go unused because they are secreted in a cache were the subject of beloved Jesus' parable of the talents.{172} Like some among the students today, the unprofitable servant buried his only talent in the earth where it could not expand the increase of God's kingdom. The tender grapes of our vine are often without a physical gardener or the needed irrigation. While most men provide for their own personal finalizing years, they do not always consider the fulfillment of the interior commitment which they long ago made to dedicate their life to God and to the spreading of his kingdom among men. The dearest wish of my heart is to see the precious projects of salvation and the highest spiritual instruction released to the earth without limit. Yet, truth is presently stranger than fiction. While millions make careful provision for their own future, only the few have considered the need for securing the future of all men by expanding our service over the entire earth. Precious ones, many of you to whom our service has long been given have echoed a consistent and heartfelt response which brings not only our gratitude but also steadfast credit of Life upon your own record, signifying that it is indeed even more blessed to give than to receive. The negative forces of the world have continually sought to strangle the economic life of our endeavors, but we give them no power. The harvest season now approaching is one in which material as well as spiritual needs must be satisfied. Inasmuch as beloved El Morya and Saint Germain have steadfastly given so freely of their love, I am hopeful that universal abundance shall be decreed of Life by our chelas so that we may develop further gifts and graces for your blessing in the coming days. This blessed increase we now need to expand light over the earth. In forgetfulness, some have let the vine wither. "It shall not!" is our decree, for the blessing of each one shall be multiplied in the abundance of Allness. In a world where men's attention gives unceasing tribute to knickknacks and entertainment, there is still a crying need to abundantly expand the divine plan for all. God is your life, you are his hands and feet to speed his work among men. I bid you God's speed. Hopefully, I AM The Maha Chohan ****** Chapter 35 Saint Germain - August 29, 1965 ****** Vol. 8 No. 35 - Saint Germain - August 29, 1965 Stand Up and Be Counted To Spiritual Pioneers Who Adore the Truth: Truth must be rightly esteemed, for the world is filled with men who sugarcoat error for a price. In a day, precious ones, when mankind engineer their appeals in a psychological manner, the rare dictums of heaven and the refreshing winds of truth must be recognized for their own sake. The fruits of the heavenly Father, founded in love, joy, and peace, can only manifest permanently where they are richly endowed by the Spirit of God. Now, the duality of man is self-evident, but just what is acting at a given moment is not always clearly discernible for unascended ones. For mankind may be used at times for the manifestation of godly virtue, and then again they may be mouthpieces for discordant psychic forces. Whatsoever is of God is pure and peaceable, gentle, easy to be intreated.{173} That which is of the human may manifest in myriad ways, "wondrous to confuse." Let us again and again extol truth! You know me as a diplomat, as one skillful in approaching men who are either with or without conscience; but there have been times when I have tossed to the winds even the most subtle diplomatic techniques and, in a manner resembling your beloved Morya, I have forthrightly declared myself. These are the moments when I take off my gloves and shed those refinements which, while appealing to many, do not always accomplish all that we desire to do simply because old habits of human thought and feeling are grooved so deeply that many gloss over the gentle touch and say, "Oh, Saint Germain did not mean me." Precious ones, the truth about yourself is never a matter of personal ego but of what is acting through that ego. You need not identify with any wrong action, for this is exactly what the sinister force would have you to do. You came forth from God, and his own dear Spirit is the complete freedom of your soul. All conditions less than perfection, then, must be shunned and avoided, and you must not permit either one or many errors to stop your progress or to interfere with the correction of the errors which may prove to be manifesting in your world. This is God's will, and it is his service to assist you in the magnificent way of self-perfectionment. You are here to obtain your freedom. If you already had it there would be no need to function here at all except as a perfect example. Inasmuch as most human examples, even among our student body, are only relatively perfect, we can equally commend all to the perfection of the fullness of the divine plan. Now, the truth I wish to convey in this Pearl of Wisdom has to do with the current struggles and unrest of life upon earth. Men and women today, because they have misunderstood the age in which they live, have become soft and selfish. Even in a spiritual sense, men are too prone to seek their own edification and advancement without realizing the need for unity in the rise. When the tilling of the field was a harsh labor and when the timber of the forest was hewn to construct men's dwelling places, when the wheel and loom were used to weave the household clothing and the skins of animals were tanned for leather, town meetings were in vogue and men worked more closely in conjunction with one another. No speedy communication enlightened men as to disasters in the far-flung areas of the world. Local affairs took on more import and national affairs were often neglected, whereas international matters were considered by many to be in another world. When the Master Presence of Life enabled mankind in this age to bring forth science and invention for the freeing of men from drudgery through streamlined methods, assembly-line production, increased speed and comfort in transportation and communication, it was a service intended to free men that they might give full attention to the culture of the soul. Contrariwise, these developments seem to have brought about a greater soul neglect and the spread of many types of infectious human nonsense. The youth of the world are presently being afflicted by the demoniac possession of jungle entities which insidiously seep their way into the brain as they indulge (through what is called dancing) in the sinuous contortions of that blessed body which is intended to be the temple of God.{174} Some of every age are dismayed at this activity, but the good people do little to expand our messages of truth while permitting a communal world to continually expand vicious error. I fling down my glove! Ladies and gentlemen, if this activity and that which it represents do not soon find the expeditious means of reaching mankind with the ascended masters' truth for the expansion of the Christ consciousness, that which shall karmically occur shall lie at the doorstep of every man! The nurturing of your own soul is serious business, but the world community also belongs to God. You live in a world of mechanical and cultural refinements while the true laws of Life expounded are in the covered-wagon stages. If you are spiritual pioneers who adore the truth, you will stand up now and be counted. The battle for Life is going on all around you. I commend you now to action! Saint Germain ****** Chapter 36 Mother Mary - September 5, 1965 ****** Vol. 8 No. 36 - Mother Mary - September 5, 1965 The Messiah of Progressive Revelation Gracious Believers in the Almighty Tenets of God: Your faith has produced a more than ordinary momentum for good, and I declare to all that many of you, if your aspirations could have been fully realized, would long ago have ordained a world of golden-age perfection. You think with God, and you love with God, but the sad degeneracy of the world's evolution seems to continue to hold sway. The strong measure of pure spiritual ambition fervently rises in the hearts of the faithful, but the faithful themselves are far too few in number. As your beloved Saint Germain has intimated, and I think rather clearly, in his recent release, there is a great need for world expansion of divine truth and the understanding of the hidden laws of our Brotherhood to the many who hunger and thirst after righteousness. That they may be filled is our prayer, {175} continually offered as a perpetual novena, a tireless appeal, a self-purifying ascendancy of hope. May I throw a beam of my heart's light upon Saint Germain's timely words? As a result of a recent probing by the hierarchy into mortal affairs, the decision to seek the means to reach mankind came about; for we have detected a number that is mighty indeed in the evolution of this planet presently in embodiment who would assist the divine plan if they knew how to do so. We know that, whereas the students of the greater light have much understanding that is out of the ordinary and that is not given through orthodox religious endeavors, few of you realize what an entrenched religious and social system exists today. With a greater intensity than the control used in the days of the Roman Empire by the Caesarian legions or the tightly knit restraint of the ancient Jewish Sanhedrin, the conservative cliques have marshaled their forces to almost prohibit progressive revelation to the mankind of earth. It is true, precious ones, that if past revelations had been heeded, today the virtue of the living Word of Truth, spoken between neighbor and neighbor, would create a different complex in the world. It is true that the Sermon on the Mount spoken by my son embodies the highest teachings of Christly character, yet the Scriptures themselves declare, "And there are also many other things which Jesus did and said, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written."{176} This shows clearly that much of his teachings have not been recorded. And I am certain you realize that all of his words were of equal import. Hence, beloved ones, progressive revelation is for the purpose of continuing the infinite release of the Word of God to men in each contemporary and succeeding generation - not in refutation of the old, but as an affirmation of the ever-new testament of God. Today the mandates of society have made it almost impossible to found a new religion, and the gates of the old religions of the world are mainly so prescribed with human opinion, error, and immovable dogma as to seal the possibility of advent. The travail of bringing forth progressive spiritual revelation is intense, and often our messengers have to reckon with many forces of shadow which seek to thwart the holy cause. You do not know, precious ones, what it means to face the darkening clouds of an entrenched world order and a world might arrayed against your own son. The Good Friday confrontation is more than historical, it is an initiation of the ages. The uplifting of the cross is a symbol where God and man meet in the vital body of Christ-truth. The corporeal body of the living Word is announced to the present hour by men who understand it not, even as they understood him not in that day. As they sought to defame his spotless character, so they will often seek to deface the character of those who in succeeding generations shall do, to quote his words, "greater works than these because I go unto my Father." {177} Because of the need for understanding, I proclaim my solid unity with Saint Germain as we seek to nurture the Messiah of progressive revelation whereby the curtain to the Holy of Holies, the veil in the temple of man's being, may be rent in twain by the great lightning of divine love{178} that, in sweeping aside ancient traditions, reveals on the altar of each man's heart a living flame, the Paraclete beyond token, manifesting as the Presence of Life in all its immaculate wonder! Your Mother of Infinite Love, Mary ****** Chapter 37 Saint Germain - September 12, 1965 ****** Vol. 8 No. 37 - Saint Germain - September 12, 1965 FOR THE HOLY CAUSE OF FREEDOM I Perform Righteousness in the Use of Energy Men and Women of the Hour of Freedom: The dual search for personal and world salvation continues. Mortal tangents which sap the energy of many divert the needed assistance from the Brotherhood and deprive the sincere of the assistance they seek, both for themselves and society. To foster a study of current world unrest is not in vain if it be considered from the attitude of individual contributions toward the world net worth or loss. It is not difficult for people to accept that accuracy in the keeping of records on earth is essential to good business practices. The very law of energy conservation demands that accurate markings be made upon the akashic record of all that men do. Now, the pursuit of happiness is often neglected through human restlessness without the seeker ever coming to an awareness that the train of his thought has already left the track of reason and justice. I shall offer, then, for the holy cause of freedom, some constructive suggestions anent current world unrest and the formation upon the planetary body and in the social structure of boils of wrong thought and feeling, although the latter may not be a pretty thought to contemplate. The mere lancing of these conditions does not remove the poison from the body unless the cause and core be ascertained and the remedial steps for correction be taken by those who are able and willing withal to do so. Conditions may seem worsening to mankind today, primarily because of the increased numbers upon the planet and also because of the rapidity of communication whereby bad news travels faster whereas the good seems to be absorbed by man's crying lack of comfortability. The great law of immortal life demands that righteousness in the use of energy shall be performed by every man; yet where ignorance flourishes, this is almost impossible to accomplish. It is true that some men have in ignorance performed good services, but such efforts are unreliable from our standpoint. To lift the level of mankind's existence, religion and society must be willing to pursue together true happiness where it can be found. Happiness is a nebulous thing unless it is tied to the great motors of Universal Life. Men seek to define God in finite ways, but they might as well try to define the earth from the disadvantage of a molehill. The consciousness of man needs purification, and the individual must contact the Sun of Divine Splendor to do so. Words in themselves lack the full power of meaning until the individual, by experience, comes to understand the complete range of thought embodied in the Word. The problems of semantics have caused great ruptures in the diplomatic community both past and present; therefore, as our beloved council has so often stated, men should use extreme care in their choice of words. The subtle nuances of ideas may be clothed with diverse words, but unless the great master thought behind the idea structure is understood, much of the value of the worded conveyance is lost. And in truth it can be said that the individual has prepared for a journey but has never left his front yard. Woe betide the individual who is content, except that contentment be founded in the security of divine truth. It must be remembered, precious ones, that the tired, the poor, and the huddled masses of this earth yearning to breathe the air of freedom have long sought the fulfillment of a dream. It must be borne in mind that neither hut nor palace as a point of origin has proved a hindrance to the valiant soul who has desired to enhance divine ideals here upon earth and to make way for a higher form of equity among men. The twentieth century with all of its achievements has brought forth new challenges which must be met. Old verities have been toppled, and men's values have seemed to crumble away. Sweeping reforms have shattered personal and national value. With all that has already occurred in the name of progress, there has also been a countersurge which has caused a retrograde action of many right values at the very instant a swift forward surge has occurred. The unwary and those who do not walk by faith but require sight are sometimes left in an unstable state of mind where their own uncertainty becomes a plague to happiness and progress. You live, O men of this age, in a time when guarantee and security are the requirements of the hour. To maintain the status quo of the personal identity seems to many of paramount importance in the midst of all this current social unrest. The decay of moral values, then, has not come about so much as the result of neglect by individuals as by a spiritual bankruptcy on the part of the progenitors of each recent founding generation. There is a "broken link," and individuals do not impart those values unto their offspring which they do not have themselves! The result of this deterioration is not always immediately apparent to those who live and move in transit on the belt of time. We who span the centuries in our ascended state can provide reliable advice, but require from unascended men faith in our judgments. I would like to borrow a phrase from the world at large to convey a concept. Men today, in their cleverness and human astuteness, are always ready to cry, "Show me the gimmick"; and they have some reason, it must be allowed, to make this plea. The world is filled with trumpery and methods of temporal mind-control. The fresh winds of honesty, the sweet floral essence of the rose of honor is seldom recognized today as it blends in competition with the "noisy" perfumes in the jaded marketplaces of the world. We have in mind a method of a spiritual nature whereby we seek to impart to those who can read between the lines certain solutions to the problems at hand. Pay homaged attention, then, to the great God flame that burns within your heart and see with the passing of the coming days and weeks if we cannot raise the curtain for you upon a wondrous stage where cosmic dramas are played. See if we cannot teach a way whereby the soul unafraid Can play its drama out unto the last And feel no binding linkage to the past That holds in bondage all man's energy - But rather snaps the bond and says: Go free! Freedom is a gift of beauty rare, Whose many faces of fleeting pleasure wear, But only for a moment then - For when the masque is off And the beauty of Truth is known, Those values concerning which man cannot scoff Are shown to be of worth, not loss. So sow and reap, and silence keep - Within thy heart an earnest prayer shall fly, So heed the call and do not weep. Let mighty action tie The rise of mind and Being rare, For God shall answer every prayer That holds a reverence for his law of Love And keeps the kindred way of right That is the power of pen's delight - Mightier than shining sword's own glow, The thrust of holy fervor to bestow A new colossus, vesting every man Who rightfully fulfills God's plan. ONWARD! Saint Germain ****** Chapter 38 Saint Germain - September 19, 1965 ****** Vol. 8 No. 38 - Saint Germain - September 19, 1965 FOR THE HOLY CAUSE OF FREEDOM II Draw Forth the Holy Vibration Seekers after the Mysteries of God's Heart: To wave the banner of freedom over the world requires a sustained effort; yet wherever you are, when your heart beats in adoration to God and in attunement with his purposes, there is a connection, a strand of great light between your world and the world of divine freedom. The flow of divine energy over this cable is buoyant and all-knowing. The mysteries God seeks to convey to the minds of men are the mysteries of his heart that embody certain freedom for each lifestream. To mortal consciousness, with its latent and developing sense of soul, the voice of God is often heard as a whisper within the round-tower of man's heart. The clash and clamor of the world are intended to drown out the voice of God and to make his words seem uncertain and vague. I cannot stress enough, then, that the hours of waking consciousness are like diamond sparkling strands of holy radiance, and they should be used as links to the Infinite. The energies they bear of freedom, of realization, of wisdom, of unity with God are often misunderstood and misappropriated, and thereby they do mask that sparkle of divine delight given from his heart through the media of his descending grace. The pseudoniceties of human reason have often forbade those who occupy a more lofty position on the chautauqua platforms of the world to speak the whole truth, and fear of mortal censure has restrained men from speaking lest they hear the epitaph, "Rash one!" The tickling of the ears sought by men as confirmation of the rightness of their wrong course has deliberately muzzled many a would-be speaker for righteousness. You recently heard me say that I chose to take off my gloves. This "flinging down" was in the cause of freedom and for the blessing of all mankind and not for the embellishment of any individual. It would be well, then, if the student body would understand the meaning of the vision of John the Beloved upon the Isle of Patmos - most specifically, those parts pertaining to Babylon and the fall thereof.{179} Never before in the recorded history of the current age of man has the world population possessed so much outer abundance and so rich a trading in that abundance. Only the planetary archives from unrecorded times could indicate approximate periods of worldly prosperity upon earth. Accompanying physical wealth and the scientific blessings of the age has come a dialectical materialism, but behind that materialism there is a well-planned and clearly defined sinister activity whose goal is the enslavement of man. Because America is intended to be and is a land of such progress and true freedom, the spearhead of many of these attacks is directed against her and her people. To break down the image of the American people in the eyes of the world is the desire of those who serve the god of mammon. Yet the responsibility of the American people to honor their opportunity and keep that image untarnished is very great! America was intended to foster the ascended master race, gathered from all nations, tongues, kindreds, and peoples, whose unity is symbolized in the starry blue field of the flag of the United States. This lofty and radiant banner was not intended to be trailed in the dust but to be raised on high unto the fulfillment of America's immortal destiny as an inspiration to the whole world and every new and emerging nation. The present conflict in Kashmir, the Pakistani-Indian warfare, is a blow at the unity of the Indian and American axis. All these signs so clearly defined in the geopolitical sky signify the perils of the age. Returning, then, to Babylon in reference, may I say to all that, regardless of wishful thinking on the part of national and international leaders, man cannot afford to rationalize by the intellect the current degeneracy of the youth of the world nor the significant trends in which the youth move. It is true that there have always been clear-cut signs of the restlessness of youth who seek an outlet for their energies before they have yet mastered themselves in a proper exercise of self-control and restraint so as to become men of worth. I AM most grateful, then, for the prayers of all those who have recognized the world's current problems and have desired continually to assist the Brotherhood. I am also grateful for those who recognize that prayer alone without all-out support is not enough to counteract in the world of material form the trends of the times. You must perceive aright that it is not man alone nor even human ambition that is solely the fault with this age. On the contrary, the error lies in the driving sinister strategies of the brothers of the shadow who find in mankind's loose ambitions a lever whereby they can open the door into the individual's world and dump upon the screen of his mortal consciousness the refuse of their chaotic confusion. Their name is Legion.{180} Every man's ego is their advocate. It is ignorance in the very midst of knowledge that blinds the minds of men to these hidden but true facts of life. The justice of Almighty God is infinitely tempered with mercy, and his mercy, indeed, endureth forever, but only in those who survive the ordeals of life's tests with honor and valor! The turn of the seasons, the flow of the great tides of life into physical consciousness, and the wonders of mental cognition are all graces for which men should give thanks; yet, unfortunately, humanity is turned as upon a roasting spit over the fires of their own errors. The reasons for our forthrightness, the reasons for our warnings, are not at all because we enjoy parading mankind's weaknesses but because it is necessary to awaken those who love God from the sleep of lethargy that has permitted these things to happen right under their noses! Through valiant service to the light you can uproot unwanted conditions from your worlds and draw forth enough power from the heart of God to counteract, as valiant soldiers of the cross, all that is of human discord. You see, precious ones, there are many segments of seekers. There are those whose minds are constantly enamored by phenomena, and this is the result of a spiritual restlessness which feeds upon the extravaganza of the human psyche. In a sense this spectacle could be called the poor man's behavioral science. You see, there is a jargon of ancestor worship involved in many phases of spiritualism, yet the only progenitor who ought to be eternally recognized is Almighty God, the Supreme Source. So long as men remain linked in desire and thought to father, mother, sister, brother, husband, wife, or mortal association,{181} there is a certain clearly defined sympathetic involvement which deprives them of the supreme blessing of energetic wholeness that is born of cosmic attunement with God. Now, then, let me add to this a clarifying point. When men attune truly with God and draw forth the holy vibration which He alone can emanate, they will have a greater understanding of the meaning of human love and they will no longer manifest coldness and nonresponsiveness to one another but rather an illumined and holy understanding whereby the allegiance pledged by man to his brother is pledged first unto God. It is in the service of man that God is served. "I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink. Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me."{182} With all that is now being supplied to men, the greatest nourishment of all is the bread of the Holy Spirit; hence, the reason for the current drive of the Great White Brotherhood to alert and to awaken, to quicken and to summon our students to their rightful office in neighborhood and world affairs. We now know that only by an intensification of the will of God in man can we counteract the forces of materialism riding rampant upon the human range. I wish to give more information concerning Babylon and the ultimate end thereof; therefore, I shall continue this subject in my next week's release. I feel that I have given you here a great deal to contemplate, and the food that is placed between these lines is not entirely obvious to the casual glance. Neither are many of our Pearls of Wisdom deciphered in full at the first or even second reading, yet we have something for everyone which is given at many levels of their beings. I trust that the activity that I have begun in these releases shall enhance the flame of freedom as never before until men shall come to know what freedom really means to them, personally, until they shall know what freedom means to God, for 'tis his to convey and 'tis ours to purvey to men. Let us be about our Father's business; for the night is far spent, the day is at hand! Valiantly I remain Saint Germain ****** Chapter 39 Saint Germain - September 26, 1965 ****** Vol. 8 No. 39 - Saint Germain - September 26, 1965 FOR THE HOLY CAUSE OF FREEDOM III Rediscover a Life of Spiritual Dedication Souls Who Delight in the Law of God: It is difficult, precious ones, for men and women to realize that others do not always see things exactly as they do. Mortal life is brief, while the latitude of human opinion is wide. Truth is a very narrow band in the spectrum of material knowledge paraded before the eyes of the mind, and this quantitatively precludes the possibility of a thorough pursuit of Truth. At present Truth holds no true course down the line of human reason, applied thought, accepted concepts, class dogma, advanced philosophy, or primitive thought; but often, like a diagonal runner, Truth angles through many human levels and strata, then veers off, either left or right, in sharp tangents wholly outside the realm of man's contemporary discoveries. It ought to be considered no strange thing, then, that neither codified law nor religious dogma have presently attained to the whole subject matter of divine principle in an infallible way. Human fallibility is often not admitted; and because specific concepts do not fall within the circle of man's already accepted concepts, they are often rejected as untrue or even as bordering on insanity. The present modes of life upon the planet Earth are indeed a far cry from the great God-happiness which the ascended masters would universally bestow. There is a very wide acceptance of the idea that religion is cloistered - that true saints are domiciled in a monastic court where the stranger cometh not. Religion and God are often identified with severe austerity, and the concept that self-denial is inherent in true piety is scattered through the world. In our state we often feel that those who deny themselves the most are they who feed at the trough of the mundane swineherders and eat the husks of mortal reason, thought, and feeling, complacently abiding like the dumb oxen in a sickly weed patch whereas the green pastures of God are just around the bend of mankind's failures, waiting to be partaken of so that the soul may wax fat in divine abundance. Having this in mind, I urge all men to rediscover a life of spiritual dedication. The dried tree of stolid, unprogressive orthodoxy fit for the burning has a counterpart nigh at hand - a green tree, whose perennial branches pointing toward God are imbued with a holiness, dwelling not in temples made with hands nor in the swinish fodder of mortal argument and senseless dissension.{183} People who would be communicants to the body of Christ must behold now the peace-making Lamb of God. The sea of glass upon which the company of saints do stand and whereupon the Lamb of God is ministered unto before the throne of God signifies transparency of thought and feeling which permits the penetration of the unfailing light of Truth and withal the tangible light of the immortal Presence of God.{184} You know, precious ones, it is perhaps a trite saying but nonetheless it is true at the present moment that there is nothing so certain as death and taxes for mortals, cast as they are in the steadily fading image of twentieth-century man. I think, then, of the writings of Luke concerning the birth of Jesus and the decree of Caesar Augustus "that all the world should be taxed."{185} I think of the words of the Master Jesus, "Render unto Caesar the things which be Caesar's, and unto God the things which be God's,"{186} and I know full well that this generation has more diligently rendered their substance unto Caesar than they have even thought of providing materially for the establishment of God's kingdom upon earth. Rendering unto God those things which are God's does not appear to most men to be a karmic necessity. We stand, then, with the company of saints as ministrants to mankind, awaiting the moment when the riches of heaven can be bestowed upon the accepting ones. There are those who would rise in defense of the youth of the world today without realizing that it is never the youth or the aged or men themselves who are wholly to blame for that which is happening in the world. It is the spirit that uses mankind that is to blame; therefore purity of spirit, stemming wholly from determined God-seeking, is the crying need of this hour. Many teach the divine pursuit but withal cage men with such dogma as to make them enemies of other pilgrims upon the Path. This is not the divine way, nor is it the way of peace. We seek, as one who plays a lute, to run the fingers of our affection over the strings of man's resonant consciousness and bring forth a melody of soul harmony in human affairs. Your parks and streets and cities ought to be places of safety. The gaze of a man cast upon another man ought to be free from hate, from suspicion, and from curiosity. The gaze itself ought to function as the beholding eye of God, and men ought to send forth a penetrating ray of light charged with love, wisdom, and power to bless and heal the wounds of other men whom they meet. Now, then, because so little of the Law is practiced, the world reeks with the stench of abomination. The free press has become controlled by those bigots of religion who see to it that advertising for a "competitive religion" is denied access to their publications. The heavy hand of control reaches out to cage men in, as the masters of men would have them kept. Human thought is molded by policy-makers and the pure, fresh air of freedom passes over the stench pots of ancient tradition. Now, then, comes the Christ into the marts of men - invisible, incorporeal, and yet tangibly felt by those who know him. Beholding the abominations of men, the Christ weeps over this civilization also, as he did over Jerusalem of old. For the luminous Presence of Jesus and the luminous Presence of every ascended master would long ago have manifested to many; but these have not relaxed the tensions generated by human reason, rather have they persisted in accepting the doubts and tumult of the times. I come, then, with new hope this harvest season, and I bear to those Summiteers who have long served this light in pursuit of the divine image on high a hand of fervent faith in divine charity which, when pursued, wins victory for all. You see, now that I have flung down my glove, my naked hand shall clasp the hand of those friends of freedom who are willing to see that the philosophy of action is needed today, and I will assist them in every way I can. The track of time moves on. We would spill out the old burdens that have vainly weighed men down and let them feel the buoyancy of present possibility. Your beloved Morya has counseled us often and said, "I think a strike for the light is needed." And, as in olden days of human battle when the din rose high, we must today strike for God and his light and win a continued series of victories ere the final one shall dawn. We have so much to offer you and our hearts are full indeed, but we advocate withal a preparedness and readiness to receive that which we have to give. Do not be wholly content with all that you have understood. To truly study does not mean merely to gloss over our words by the mere scan of your attention's scantiness, but to ponder the contact that is Freedom's bond! The will of God is rising as a flood and sweeping over the earth. Simply because some choose to ignore it or to go on in an old, familiar pattern does not mean that it shall not now gather enough energy until its effect cannot be denied. Freedom is more than a word Freedom is a flame Freedom is more than a sword Freedom is a game Of liberation And the might of light, Of Truth-telling by the power of right, And of Love's laws delight. Delight thyself in the law of God And thou shalt be merry indeed; Delight thyself in the law of God And plant each day a divine seed. Delight thyself in the law of God And measure take by heaven's reed; Fulfill it all and thus recall To do so by God's speed! Affectionately, Saint Germain ****** Chapter 40 Saint Germain - October 3, 1965 ****** Vol. 8 No. 40 - Saint Germain - October 3, 1965 FOR THE HOLY CAUSE OF FREEDOM IV Avert Disaster, Cataclysm, and Prediction by Right Action, Dynamic Decrees, and Change in Thinking Blessed Souls Who Respond to the Truth of My Message: The nature of divine love is such as to ever make provision for the fulfillment of God's precepts and plans. If it is the way of the infinite ocean to sweep through a finite causeway in order to recall a large stone from the shore back into the sea, it may be that the force of the water required to move the stone will cause the tiny rocks and splinters to be scattered hither and thither. The smaller crystals are more easily dislodged and tossed about by the cosmic tides. Human speculation about God has evolved its own theology. The future of the planet has been the object of much speculation, and the possibility of its destruction by either water or fire has become a part of man's theology.{187} Thus the threat of total or partial world cataclysm is not unfamiliar to the consciousness of many. Gazing upon the evil conditions in society, men will often admit that if they were to be given their just reward, they would deserve to be destroyed; for they know that their deeds are evil.{188} Yet it has been well pointed out that scattered among the evil ones are any number of blessed souls together with the so-called wholly innocent. However, past history has not proven that the earthshaking powers of nature have necessarily saved the innocent while destroying the guilty. The former statements which I have made are not so much statements of ascended master law as they are commentary on that which has manifested. Putting the pieces together, blessed ones, I would like to make both further commentary and prognostication of possibility. Life has provided the means to change and to avert disaster; and therefore, predictions can fail or be altered. The only predictions that cannot fail are the cosmic ones which foretell the ultimate end of a civilization through its elevation into the divine plan. This is the ultima Thule of civilization. Many vain individuals have desired to profit by dire predictions and to be thought wise by lesser men or to cast themselves in the role of a seer. Still others who have prophesied destruction have been tools of the sinister force which desires to raise the level of fear upon the planet in order that an increase of evil action may ride upon the wave of mankind's dire forebodings. As was declared of old, "The thing which I greatly feared is come upon me!" {189} Now that you may have a better understanding of the problems of prophecy, I wish to admit that at this specific time in the history of man (1965-66 forward) cataclysmic action upon earth is a strong possibility, particularly for some parts of the seacoast areas of America. I wish also to declare that these conditions can be averted (1) by right action, (2) by decrees, and (3) by changes in the thinking of selfish individuals so that they might move with the cosmic tides rather than against them. The elementals are no longer willing to be the instruments of mankind's discord. Too long have they been subject to the depredations of mortals; thus those who continue to do evil and to ignore their responsibility to the great law will, under the proper exposure and circumstance, find themselves literally swept away by a whirlwind of natural force. Freedom is on the move; and those who will not move with its tide will be left behind, high and dry upon the shoals of human consciousness, apart from the great ocean of infinite love and light for which they shall one day certainly thirst. Separation from God is the original sin, and it is the sin against the Holy Ghost for which there is no forgiveness;{190} for so long as the separation remains, there cannot be forgiveness. Only when the separation is ended by man's self-determined reunion with God can the great givingness of God once again bestow upon man his own rightfully earned and divinely decreed just portion. I have no intention of creating an atmosphere of fear or torment for any, but I wish to amplify the need for extending the power of freedom over the earth. Surely if you open your eyes you can see that all of human cleverness is now arrayed in a determined and concentrated effort to battle for the minds of men. World chaos is amplified in every greed-motivated deed perpetrated by those who would unabashedly rob mankind of their birthright. The Great Divine Director's wisdom in releasing "The Mechanization Concept" is now seen in even clearer perspective as men take note of human aspirations in the current series on the "Control of Life" in Life magazine.{191} Now, some men seek to explain the origins of life as an accident of the physical sciences, and in the current Life series there is portrayed to the eyes of the youth and the people of the world those ideas that science would have them hold about the transient destiny of human life. Under such an acceptable concept of material evolution, men are made to feel that their uncertain and short life-span is in no way controlled by a moral code or impulse to decency other than humanism or state-oriented social codes. Robbed of any hope in genuine immortality, men are made to feel that only in striving for perfection through the evolutionary process in man and the social order can they find "reality." The social gospel has been made to replace the gospel of Jesus the Christ, and true faith is on the wane. Such chaos in reason, denying the Great Source Origin of Life, is a part of the diabolical plan conceived by the sinister force and the emissaries of darkness. It is the veritable enemy of freedom. The fall of Babylon depicted in the Book of Revelation{192} signifies the ultimate destruction of the material concept and the victory of Spirit over flesh. For has not the flesh of man been declared to be as the grass of the field?{193} Now, American and English jurisprudence and the common law of the world is much concerned, both on land and in maritime law, with the rights of man to possess; and ownership of property and the transfer thereof is a weighty matter in law. We do not deny the right of man to possess under the bonds of freedom, but we know that the flame of Life, which is God - which flashes forth in the heart of every true son - would bestow upon man the immortal freedom to pursue happiness and the universal wisdom to possess God alone, who is everything even as he is everywhere. We do not intend to abrogate property rights but to point out that these are transitory. Eternal possession must be earned, and those who would pioneer in the clearing of a divine claim must not only stake their claim but also follow the precepts of the divine homestead laws which require them to live in a consecrated manner, carrying out that particular facet of service to life which they have elected to exemplify and do. This brings forth in man the genius of perfection and victory and makes for a manifestation par excellence rather than a service that is but mediocre. After all, blessed ones, the earth and all that it is today is not possessed by man but rather does it possess him; nevertheless, many will sell their personal pound of flesh for a handful of clay. The shallowness of human thought and reason is nowhere more obvious than in the manner in which men pursue the kingdom of God. Looking to find someone else who will vicariously stretch his limbs upon the cross between God and man and make sacrifice for them, they remain "free" to do as they will. This so-called freedom is merely a postponement of the day of reckoning when all things are brought to account according to the cosmic record. No theology nor social doctrine can alter the balance of the true scales of divine justice; and every man shall indeed receive the reward for that which he shall do, whether it be good or evil.{194} This is cosmic law, and I tell you, no one can ever alter it. If there is ever any escape from it, it lies in casting oneself wholly into the heart of the Divine Being and from that position in God, through consecration, acting in their own behalf and on behalf of mankind as a "friend at court," an advocate to plead the cause of righteousness. Then, as was said of Abraham, the Friend of God,{195} "God did not impute unrighteousness unto him." God does not impute unrighteousness unto himself; and therefore, the rock of the Christ, the beloved Son of God, is indeed the Saviour of the World. It is up to each individual to cast himself upon this Rock and be broken (to break the back and yoke of his own human ego), not to wait for the rock (of karma) to fall upon him to grind him to powder.{196} The time of the fall of Babylon is very near at hand, and the cycle is nigh completion: "Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity."{197} If this civilization continues on its present course, it shall literally tear itself apart and nature shall prepare for a new cycle to begin. This will be a quaking to those who witness its occurrence, and their hearts will indeed fail them for fear.{198} Yet I tell you clearly: This need not be! If men and women of vision will accept the victory and will but give equal portion to the power of light that they have bestowed upon the shadows of mortality, they will provide a way of escape. You see, precious ones, the voice of God speaks in the dimness of mortal consciousness. Because men's senses are dull, God's voice does not compete with the glamour or raucous voices of the world. This is why an outer voice is needed to dissuade man from his present madness until such time as the way can be made plain through spiritual culture and spiritual education; then the divine theology, which stands behind every religion in some shining luster, can be made clearer still so that the universal thread from which is spun the garment of the Lord may be wholly revealed. I hope I have bestowed a measure of clarity upon the whole in my somewhat rambling discourse. Let it be clear that I have intended to ramble; for as I touch point after point with light, the respondent chords in yourself, if they exist in the domain of your world, will orchestrate the sound of the trumpet and the mighty call to attention. If the response is not there and you do not now hear the truth of my message, I hope that you will call for its revelation within you. For God is the Great Giver of every good and perfect gift,{199} even unto the end of the age. Lovingly, I AM Saint Germain ****** Chapter 41 Saint Germain - October 10, 1965 ****** Vol. 8 No. 41 - Saint Germain - October 10, 1965 FOR THE HOLY CAUSE OF FREEDOM V Assert God Freedom with Every Fiber of Your Being Fair Innocence, how lightly she trips along the hill With early dawn our souls to thrill, The glow of Truth upon her youth Shines forth anew, sweet challenge, too, To hold her hope in daily walk - Her noble ideals in daily talk. Contemplate, then, the way of life That passes torch from age to youth, A continuous challenge and a proof That life is real and earnest when God's plan exalts the souls of men. Gracious Ones, As the harvest of this year brings forth its abundance, the terrifying challenges of the times clearly reveal that the youth of the world have become the target of the purveyors of mortal goods. The coffers of the merchants of the world are filled to overflowing with the income from the selfish investments they have made in the world's works. Through false advertising, they have lured the youth into every snare of degeneracy and vice imaginable, and their sole contribution to society in return for their gains is the casual yet insidious debauchery of the age. Clearly they reap exactly as they sow. {200} The former Surgeon General of the United States has documented the suspected dangers in cigarette smoking. When the rate of cancer incidents proven to have been the direct cause of smoking was shown to members of the tobacco industry, they did not seriously consider the possibility of turning the capital investment of their companies to avenues of service to mankind; on the contrary, they chose to suppress the desired warning notices in their advertisements by bringing pressure to bear upon the executive and legislative branches of the government of the United States. Rather than reveal the truth to the younger generation, they have chosen to engage in a new and hypnotic advertising campaign to sell their wares. I do not say here that good men, insofar as the world measures men, are not among them. I do not imply that they do not rationalize their conduct as being wholly correct. But I refuse to believe that they are as innocent babes in the woods, and I believe that the thrust of the Law shall one day jerk them all quite suddenly to their feet. There is a personal and world karma involved in this action, and it must fall upon them - one and all. In their new campaign they seek to identify objects of beauty and nature - a human figure and form, alluring images of the opposite sex, cool and tranquil waters and drifting clouds, even the free atmosphere of the planet - with their noxious products which do such wanton destruction within the body temple of man. The liquor industry has fallen somewhat short of the intensive campaign waged by the cigarette industry, but it records a close second in their achievements. The jungled rhythms and wild contortions, the public orgies and displays of sexual energy engaged in by the youth are also conveyed at great expense through the media of the television screen, and such distorted images reach even the incoming children cradled by a generation of parental guardians who themselves have been led astray; and they know not either what they do or what to do! I must dramatize these effects before your eyes in order to awaken those more mature individuals among my readers who have enlightenment to the responsibilities of life upon earth in the present hour. It is not enough to believe in God-freedom, you must assert that freedom with every fiber of your being! If you do not want to be brought under the power of psychic influences, you must determine to repel those influences from your world and to have no part of them. If you wish to assist others to find their freedom, you must first determine to be free yourself from those influences which enslave others. I do not expect you to believe that any of us found our freedom without struggle and without overcoming, for it has ever been thus. The prize is of unquestioned worth. I do not think it just that the children of this generation who came into a world with the hope of higher spheres should find such selfish inattention or lack of concern on the part of those individuals who today are illumined in a higher way and who have understanding of the sacred mysteries of life. I think it is now the time for all of the spiritual powers of the world - and I refer here to every religious faith: Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Zoroastrianism, Confucianism, Taoism, and all of the many smaller sects and groups who have faith in God - to join hands together to put down these ruthless attacks against the youth of our world. Ponder what they could do, if they would, united for the sake of God and man! Every educator should summon from his own gnosis of culture and cultural appreciation that understanding which will clearly delineate for him how the seeds of destruction have spiraled other civilizations downward - such as ancient Greece and Rome - making mad and thereby destroying those to whom the torch of Life was passed. These same forces are at work today to take from mankind the precious opportunities which the future holds in store. I think at this harvest time - when divine abundance is spread as a feast before the consciousness of man, when the wonders of the electronic age with its great power of free communication, free transportation, and free control of energy in the removal of drudgery are at the beck and call of mankind - that men should seriously ponder how the advertising media, currently used to disseminate programs for gain to the vested commercial interests, may be effectively used to further golden-age progress and the spreading abroad of the divine truth that will make men free. I do not care what the cost, for all is lost without it! The wanton disregard of the youth of the world for an acceptable moral standard and the lack of respect which they hold for their elders, while it may not be new, is another sign in the sky. As I have said before, it is not the pleasure of the ascended masters to dwell upon man's foibles; yet a hands-off policy on our part would not arouse an indignant world community as they ought to be aroused to take some forthright action! Someone has arisen while I am speaking to say, "Would you propose, insomuch as you are the Guardian of Freedom, that we suppress the rights of the youth to do as they will?" I say, in heaven's name, no. But at the present hour the power of virtue has been suppressed; and I would but give it at least equal time, knowing that the divine steed in this great race before the consciousness of man would soon outdistance the mortal one. "Something for nothing" is the byword of this age, for the old and honest effort of the past has been sidetracked in part because of mechanization. When a boy went to the back woodshed with ax in hand to split the firewood for the evening fire, his energies were directed in rewarding service to honor father and mother that his days might be long upon the land which the Lord God gave unto him!{201} Today, the mechanization of the world has created a cult of hedonism; and the pleasures of table, of the eye, and of body materialism are first while the mind itself is left to feast on the chaff of human philosophy. I do not imply here that what I am doing in these current series is in the form of a complaint, except it be before a cosmic court. I AM the Advocate of Freedom, but not that freedom which is the license to do that which is iniquitous. Before the flood of Noah, the world did function according to the current pattern, and I am certain that destruction must follow destructive acts. That the hand of the Lords of Karma has been stayed for so long is a tribute to the mercy of God. But by a like token, the hand of Nature and Nature's God will surely rise in course of time and no shades of night will men be able to pull down before their eyes to conceal the brightness of that glare. It is sad but true that many of the innocent among mankind stand bewildered when the hand of Nature reaches forth. Then they are without understanding, yet there was a time when the hand of Understanding did give them a morsel of divine delight to eat. For "my delight is in the law of the Lord"{202} is a wise adage. Those who partake of any divine food, whether it be a morsel or a feast, are eternally rewarded; but those who refuse to eat at the Lord's table must always find that one day, through their ignorance of (disregard for or rejection of) the proffered gift from the hand of God, they shall remain in ignorance. This is the meaning of the word "to ignore." Hence the children of innocence are also they who have within them the inn-o-cence, or the "inward sense" of sweet delight in purity, nobility, honor, freedom, justice, and that Electronic Reality that is behind each Word as a manifest part of the body of God (the Word that became flesh{203} - i.e., substance). Let us persevere together, for as a commander in battle I know when we must remain fixed, when we must retreat, and when we must advance. We are on the move forward! We shall not retreat! I AM your Knight Commander, Saint Germain ****** Chapter 42 Vaivasvata Manu - October 17, 1965 ****** Vol. 8 No. 42 - Vaivasvata Manu - October 17, 1965 Goals Must Start and Stop with True Religion Grateful Hearts of the Faithful: The equation of goals with reality is valuable in setting a social as well as a personal course. It has become virtually impossible today for man to insulate himself from the impact of psychological and sociological influences and mortal opinions. Thus the strongest in point of will have often found themselves yielding to undesirable influences simply because of their waning desire to resist that which seems to be overpowering. What is needed is cosmic vision, for the most overpowering aspect of life is Life itself. The cosmic drama of the invisible world - those portions of Reality yet hidden from the consciousness of men - is most vital and essential to the preservation of eternal values. The search for understanding and for wisdom in the employment of truth must go on in the life circuits of man. To neglect attuning with invisible influences of the highest order is to deny Reality. Because men have not seen they do not believe, yet a multitude of influences do exist in their worlds which they accept as fact without having seen. Now, the wonders of faith are nowhere more apparent than in the utter dedication of the saints and sages of past and present, for the influence of the true followers of God upon the planetary body is very great. I have seen again and again where the mere presence of one of these individuals in a vehicle of transport or in a city or a portion thereof has prevented a serious catastrophe from occurring. I have watched the silent, spiritual love emanating from such a one successfully combat the furies of darkness, stirred up in some cases by millions of individuals yet held in check as by the little boy who placed his finger in the dike to hold back the sea. Gratitude should pour forth from the hearts of the faithful for each such manifestation of infinite protection in the world at large and for the infinite protection which God gives without fail to his followers during both waking and sleeping hours. I AM aware that some individuals who have suffered seeming calamity or loss are tempted to cry out that God has forsaken them, and at times they even attempt reproof of the Deity because it appears to them that Life has been unkind. Men little note or realize the weight of blessing and the weight of glory which rest upon their lives through the infinite mercies of God. The solemn responsibility to express gratitude which all should feel and share is a simple means whereby the floodgates of heaven may be opened to pour out upon all the wonders of grace from the cornucopia of divine abundance. These showers of blessings are only withheld or dammed up by an impure consciousness as men crystallize their feelings and thoughts into hardness of heart toward one another, to any part of life, or to the Deity himself. It is a mute but nevertheless irrefutable testimony to the law of Life that the karmic record stands as men have made it. All who express faith, abundance, joy, grace, and the upcast eye toward heaven saying, "The Lord liveth," shall not go empty; for each such glance is a stirring in the great cosmic realms of light. Just as men read the signs in the sky seeking to forecast the weather, so men ought to hold fast to the firm standards which God bears in his universal tidings of love and joy which are to all people. The inadequacy of world goodwill, of spiritual love upon earth, can be amply supplied from the bounties of heaven. Goodwill must be invoked and called forth; shattering human experiences must be used as stepping-stones toward cosmic heights; the schoolrooms of life must be used for the acquisition of right knowledge. No greater enemy exists anywhere to any man than the enemy of the lesser self, the untransmuted stains of darkness stemming from old and poorly cut records of energy uses. Men's personal goals as well as the goals of the age must start and stop with true religion. Only in the search for God can tomorrow be truly found. And today is the hour of decision! For Holy Truth, I AM Vaivasvata Manu ****** Chapter 43 Jesus the Christ - October 24, 1965 ****** Vol. 8 No. 43 - Jesus the Christ - October 24, 1965 The Husbandman - Guardian of the Energies of Life My Starry Brothers upon Earth: Ye have heard it said, "Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?" {204} I must point out that the true vine (the Christ) is ever the connection to the Father-Source, and that each man (or manifestation of God) is a husbandman - a guardian of the energies conveyed through the stalk of Life. {205} Mankind have speculated about the mysteries of life and of the strange statements which were dictated to John the Beloved upon the Isle of Patmos and set forth in the Book of Revelation. However, that which shall be revealed in eternity is often concealed in time; and therefore, I think that the total manifestation of mortality must be regarded as "the beast that was, and is not, and yet is."{206} Men earnestly pursue a vague reality. They seek that which is unreal and know it not from the Real. In themselves the dusty destiny of mortality relentlessly carries them upon the back of a karmic tiger, the beast that was, the old memory of a more primitive state of a lustily evolved, conceptual relation between the unknown God and man - of sin stain and dim brain and dull record fane. The vanity of mortal sense, long lost in records deeply tangled, comes now for redemption and harvest to the beast that is, the struggling one who seeks to extricate himself from that side of his being which would feign devour his life and its opportunities as they constantly appear. The beast that is to come is the residue of karma unredeemed and of banal influences from the past and present age. And this is indeed the number of a man{207} as shown in the six-pointed star of manifestation, as above so below, in spirit, in thought, and in crystallized form. Men do not gather grapes of thistles; and therefore, the good fruit must stem from the spiritual vine, and as Vaivasvata Manu pointed out in his Pearl last week, the good harvest must come from true and undefiled religion before God and the Father.{208} How preferable it is for men while they yet live to consciously, willingly die to the old, decadent forces of shadow and defeat that have caused them such pain for so long in order that in this self-evoked judgment, this harvest of the fruit of being, men may honestly do for themselves that which their Higher Selves would do with certitude in the final trial of their souls before the crown of Life is imparted to them. Would it not be an act, then, of greater wisdom for those who have embarked upon a spiritual career to release their hold and grip upon those transient and enervating factors of life which stem from human discord? Would it not be a wise act now for individuals to determine that they are going to be the victors, not the vanquished, in the great battle of life? Would it not be a blessing to all life if individuals would agree to take in hand their outer selves, even as they would a small child, and say, "I AM the Father of truth and not of error, and I will show thee how to live"? As it is today, mankind permit their souls to be the small child, the untaught and untutored; and the careful preservation in their world of old mortal stains continues unabated - cause, effect, record, and memory - save in the few who are my starry brothers upon earth. To those few I address myself: You are the savants of Immortal Life. You are the children of the one Father. Your eyes have been kindled with the vision of his rapture. His supremacy and authority reigns in your being. You speak and the powers of shadow tremble. You are Lords of life and death. The intrepid counsels of your hearts commune with Celestial Deity. You are employers of the flame of peace, and the very powers of nature shall consult with you. Let the Manchild rule,{209} for surely we move forward together toward planetary victory. I AM your elder brother, Jesus ****** Chapter 44 Lord Gautama - October 31, 1965 ****** Vol. 8 No. 44 - Lord Gautama - October 31, 1965 The Mantle of God Gracious Mankind of Earth, The true elegance of the spirit, the gift of divine grace, is every man's portion. But senseless delays, little understood by embodied mankind, have interspersed themselves between the great Source-Giver and the child-man recipient upon whom God would shower his bounty in a liberal fashion. We come with tenderness now to evoke ancient memory in the minds of the many who are devoted to keeping the flame of the sacred light of soul relationship to the Father-Source both active and directive in all lesser affairs. The Greater always contains the lesser and would convey the power and the glory of eternal Reality to the lesser. This becomes possible when the sometimes feebly flickering flame of Reality is awakened enough in the individual consciousness to emit its auric light around the precincts of being. For only then do men distinguish the Presence of God in action in the outer world of form as the hand of Holy Reason and righteous concern, who would bestow liberally of himself and his wonders upon those creatures of his heart here below in the world of form. Crown, then, thy being with awareness of his Reality and make that Reality thine own. For only by so doing can the counsels of God become more real to thee than the strident voices of mankind who shout not so much that they might be heard as to drown out the still small voice of conscience and of eternal utterance{210} which has been placed within them, whether they know it or know it not. There is no need for the children of the sun to hide in the den of the cockatrice or to run from the forces that seek to lay them waste. Neither these forces nor those who employ them or permit themselves to be employed by them shall endure; surely the day shall come when they shall be no more, but the Lord liveth forever. Upon the Golden Throne of his Lotus Presence, he sends his sweet flame of illumination throughout the cosmos and quickens the hearts of all who will receive him with the golden-pink joy of a permanent dawn. Have you ever wished, precious ones, that you could hold and retain the day itself from moving forward? Have you wished to stop a precious moment so that it would not flee away? Ponder, then, the great possibility of capturing the infinite joy of the Infinite One within the jeweled casket of thy being in order that the pearl of great price,{211} of holy wisdom - iridescent and symmetrical, pure and lustrous, shining out its treasure of true knowledge - might repose upon the silken lining of this jeweled coffer of thy being. Feel the tenderness of the Father's love that has created thee to behold this pearl of Reality! Thine is not the portion of the beggar's son but of the prince come to awareness to claim the treasure that is thine now and has been always thine. Let no man take from thee thy crown; let not the leeches of the world who would drain thee of thy whole energy steal one farthing of the gleam of that golden disc of true knowing. To thee it is given to know, to dare, to do, and to be silent. But to thee it is also given that knowing which is action and, therefore, both doing and daring to oppose when the opposition would create peace of soul but not necessarily outer peace. Use caution and be thy brother's keeper when thou canst. Be silent of that which thou hast accomplished; for so shalt thy record speak before the throne of the Most High, not dissipated by thy voice or world reclaim to fame. And it is so, as true as the laws of heaven are written: those who have their reward now cannot expect that it shall be theirs in the days to come. The Christ has verily said, "They have their reward."{212} Yet I think, as we contemplate together the wonders of God and his ever-present now, the heaven of pure being, we can see that the aura of the dawn is with us perpetually in thought and we are never separated from it. This is a harvest of the Divine Presence, a fascinating display of the aurora borealis within the inner plane of consciousness. God flashes forth his peace, and it is not without power nor is it without love nor is it without intelligence. Current trends of the world's thought, of the world's discord, of the world's vanity which have brought distress to many of the sincere through the years must not permanently trouble your hearts. You have heard the Master's promise "Where I AM, there ye may be also,"{213} and I think that all of the hierarchy upon the planet contemplate with ever-new joy the prospect of new souls coming to understand, one by one, the fragrance of the Divine appearing. Men, then, are caught up, one by one, into higher understanding; and so the harvest in the manifold segments of the world is not so much the happening of one day but of the brilliance of the eternal day seeping its way, yearning its way, glowing its way fervently into the minds and hearts of men until they can steal away from the fashion of the world with joy and with rapture to find their peace in God - who is ever not only peace but love, actively engaged in bringing forth freedom and accomplishment for mankind. For the Lord, blessed ones, is the Great Doer, and no greater doer has ever been or will ever be. This Lord of the Universe that beats your heart, that is your shield in time of sorrow, is also your buckler in time of rejoicing;{214} for even as the time of rejoicing is the moment to be on guard, so the moment of sorrow is the moment to prepare for God-tidings. Albeit the world has drunk the dregs of sorrow through many a day of sadness and chaos, the hopes of God are scattered on the fields of the earth as newly cut wheat at harvest, ripe and mellow, awaiting the threshing. The grains of great goodness, the manna of cosmic purpose, the lusty cry of the young manchild - all are heard and all are seen and all are helped by manifestation, by visualization, by realization! Separations which men imagine do not exist. The great proximity of every man to God must be sought and acquired and when it is found, blessed ones, it must be the treasure of every man's being. Without the harvest of the fruit of sowing, men could not gather into the granaries of memory the precious birth of new ability, the precious strengthening of the right arm, the precious inflaming of the fires of the heart, the priceless reality of the infinite way of God. They are all yours, they are mine, they are ours to share. Shall we raise the banner of Shamballa over the earth? Then let no part of the world be separated from the influence of our banner. The peace of God that keepeth every heart in stability is conveyed to you in this epistle from my heart, as from the loving Christ Presence seated beside me; for this day on my right hand is the abundant Christ, and on my left is the great Lord Maitreya. We are seated here upon the Golden Lotus Throne which God has provided us with here at Shamballa. We honor the Holy Trinity of Being - the great triune expression of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit - those Three in One which agree in all. May the mantle of God enfold the earth. May the mantle of God enfold thy heart. I AM Gautama Buddha ****** Chapter 45 Saint Germain - November 7, 1965 ****** Vol. 8 No. 45 - Saint Germain - November 7, 1965 A Cosmic Diplomatic Corps For Those Who Expound a Philosophy of Action: The capacity of man to understand God requires perseverance in application and an unwavering discipline of the mind. Let it not be implied here that the Infinite One can be known in his fullness by mere outer intelligence. After all, a teacup cannot contain the ocean; but the cup of man's consciousness can expand to retain a great deal more of the Divine Law and God-realization than ordinarily thought possible. One of the great problems in the world today is that feeling of complacent satisfaction which often comes even to our students of long years' standing whereby an individual imputes to himself a quality of comprehension and a state of spiritual progress which in reality he does not possess. This unfortunate attitude of mind could rightly be called a "closed door" consciousness. As I expose to you these words, I am well aware of the razor's edge upon which we walk here in thought. Certainly it is right (and we have advocated it) that men should enter into their own closet of being and shut the door against intruding conditions.{215} But this does not mean to imply that men should bask in the sun of their own intellects or indulge in the human tendency to self-praise. The grace of God is always given to the humble; therefore, the razor's edge must also be applied to false humility which robs men of the confidence they need to rightly play the game of life. Godly balance is most effective in bringing into perspective the personal self. Human tendencies to bring into focus the misfortunes of others while sweeping under the rug personal inadequacies do not provide the clarity of vision which will give to the advancing chela the attunement with us which he seeks. I think many of the chelas would be amazed if the truth were told to them about the erroneous concepts which some of the disciples have had at various times. Precious ones, the ascended masters do not function according to a pattern of whimsy. We base our responses to the calls of mankind upon sincerity of heart, upon true devotion and service; and the karmic record of a lifestream is always considered. Even when we are willing to render our services of assistance to those who call upon us, it must always be taken into account that we live in an orderly universe and that the record of life which you have made is always your strongest support and advocate in securing help from God or man. I know full well that many do not like to gaze upon their own record, but it is upon that record that they will stand or fall. If this were not true, then the endowments of heaven would indeed be dispensed as a pattern of notion and favors at court would be sought in the human manner. Divine dispensations are based on cosmic law and they are inviolate. Of course I think it goes without saying, and most of the chelas will understand the dignity of this statement, that the mercies of God and the justice of God always take into account the depth of a man's fervor and the intent of his heart; yet the record itself is made from the actions of mankind rather than from their intents. Hence, if a man's intent were ninety percent benign and his actions were ten percent benign, the ninety percent weight of wrong action certainly could not be balanced by the ninety percent good intentions which were not carried out. The philosophy of action, then, in regard to the kingdom of God, must be expounded upon today. Thus, as I begin to assemble upon the planetary body, together with El Morya, certain ones destined to function in the Cosmic Diplomatic Corps, it is desirable to train these individuals to think in terms of cosmic righteousness rather than human ideas of mortal favor. The favor of heaven is based upon the contents of mind and heart, upon holy intent, and upon the synthesis of the foregoing with action and pure realization of the wholeness of the divine plan. If men consider that the Deity is unfair or unjust or that cosmic law can be manipulated, how can they expect to do aught but attempt such conduct themselves. As we approach the season of the year when the advent of the descending Christ consciousness brightens the being of man over the entire planet, it is our intention this year to stress the valor of cosmic integrity. Self-deceit is so prevalent upon earth, precious ones, that we must make further attempt to dispel it. It is much easier to justify one's being simply by pulling the wool over one's eyes, so to speak, whereas to take corrective measures within the framework of identity requires not only energy and foresight but also dedication and holy prayer. The temple of identity must be purified and the heart altar swept clean of all human debris such as self-pity, vanity, cupidity, and the corollary effects of wrong associations. Because spiritual gifts and graces belong to the so-called invisible emanations of the Soul of God, they are often not properly honored by men nor are they sought by them. Those things that enhance personal prestige in the eyes of men naturally serve as a balm to the ego. Reorientation, then, is needed in the thinking of all true chelas of God. They must seek the approbation of heaven and pursue it. They must recognize the honesty of God and of the cosmic hosts. In the name of heaven, blessed ones, you must understand and accept that we do see clearly that which is acting in your worlds. We are not deceived when individuals are petulant or selfish, when they are careless or thoughtless, when they do not provide inspiration for one another, or when, unfortunately, they tear down or mutilate the Christ image of their brethren. I do not intend to dwell at length on this subject, for I feel that these words to the wise will be sufficient to alter the course of the personal ship of identity for many - to reinforce and to shore up the bulwarks of righteousness and to assure us that our forthcoming and formative Diplomatic Corps, representing the ascended masters to mankind as ambassadors of heaven in the human court below, will be established in large numbers and will serve to strengthen immeasurably the body of God upon earth. The greatness of soul which so many of you have is very dear to our hearts, and we want all of you to know that the fires of eternity are banked in welcome to receive you Home when your victory is won. That we have not always extended to you the unguents and balm of comfort but have often sought to correct and implement your journey out of human misconception is all to the good, I think, and has made of you men and women worthy of the title "Son" and "Daughter" of Light. You represent freedom on earth. When you understand that, your own personal freedom is given renewed impetus. Be grateful for the law of Love. Be grateful for the Christ-intelligence that guides your footsteps below, and remember that we are often listeners to your conversation and observers to the passing thoughts of your hearts. Your obedient brother, Saint Germain ****** Chapter 46 Prince Oromasis - November 14, 1965 ****** Vol. 8 No. 46 - Prince Oromasis - November 14, 1965 The Fire of Divine Memory O Precious Mankind of Earth, The fiery nature of man is but a dim memory of his days with God when the creation danced in the buoyancy of the divine flame. Mortal comprehension of Matter and substance is of but a low degree when it does not take into account the fiery basis of Matter itself. The fire of the electron is the fire of God, and everywhere in nature the manifestation of our blessed salamanders{216} carries out the will of God in the natural order of things. Among the four elements, the fire is deemed the highest and requires the air element to exist in the combustion of material substance. It is quenched by the earth and by water, yet neither could exist without the bathing of the celestial fires or the content of the fiery element in the atomic structure thereof. I am concerned today with fire as it relates to the etheric body - the fire of memory, the fire of the heart. Among mankind today the firm resolution and resolve of the soul should be to reestablish in everyone's life the mighty impetus of victorious Godhood. Forgotten by most men is the fiery crown of the soul, the indwelling Presence of God in the temple of identity and being. Without the soul, man would be no more than a falling leaf or a fading flower. As the grass withereth, as the flower falleth, the being of man would be only a transient manifestation, a tramp concept upon the stage of life. Tribute, then, must be paid to the changeless being of man which works such wondrous change in the footstool kingdom of God and elevates and ennobles all life in the progressive manifestation of transcendence. That being is progressive is a reality; and the tiny elementals and builders of form that so wondrously serve to hold together the form elements of man's being must be taken into account in their offering unto life. They epitomize the givingness of God, and all of us yearn to render proper service to both angels and men. Few realize that their own physical bodies are draped with a covering of the four elements. The cotton fibers and yarns which come from the earth are no different than those which come from the back of a sheep or a yak. The former, coming forth directly from the growing kingdom of the world, is from a kingdom more closely related to the mineral elements of the earth; the latter is a product of a simple consciousness and the outer garment of that consciousness, derived also from the fruit of the earth which passes through the biological system of the animal to become the wool or product of the skin. Neither one could exist without the fires of the sun, without the descent of the moisture from the water element, without the nourishment and support of the mineral crystals in the ground. Thus earth, air, fire, and water correlate the spinning and weaving of the clothes that you wear upon nature's looms. And truly the mind is enriched by fire itself, thriving upon the vital electronic essence released through the subtleties of nature to the individual body of man and to the body of the planet. Of all the fabrics which hold together identity and being, memory is the greatest. This is the etheric level of identity, charged with the fire of divine memory. Banked often upon the shores of identity, the divine memory requires the stimulus of the Holy Spirit to burst forth into action in the identity of man. Then the cloven tongues descending upon man signify the descent of the fiery element and the new birth into the consciousness of God. {217} God is indeed a consuming fire,{218} but one which consumes but the dross of life, the refuse, the unfit, the rejects, and that which requires transmutation. The fire is the servant of all, and yet God himself has chosen to honor it. As the Prince of the Fiery Element, I am content to rest our case in the bonds of love and service to all. Graciously, I AM Oromasis ****** Chapter 47 El Morya - November 21, 1965 ****** Vol. 8 No. 47 - El Morya - November 21, 1965 Proof! Children of the Heart of God: "Proof!" they demand of the existence of God, and I say, "Let them prove the existence of themselves and they shall thereby establish the existence of the Eternal One in themselves." For without him could nothing exist, and with him all things that exist do draw forth energy and use it for either good or ill. In a season when good will ought to expand and intensify, I am concerned that every one of our chelas render the maximum service to life of which he is capable. To deny oneself the flow of opportunity is sad indeed, for as it was poetically expressed, "Of all sad words of tongue or pen,/ The saddest are these: `It might have been!' "{219} And so it is unfortunate that those who could be saints and would be saints do not recognize and seize the opportunity to be so. We who witness the parade of lives coming out from the night side of life into physical birth, we who see the flight of the soul as a straight arrow and true move toward planetary manifestation, we who see the tired, the oppressed, the ill and the blessed all go forth to sweet release from mortal distress - we are well aware of the vicissitudes of the valley of shadow. We know that each lifestream who enters there, when coming to full waking consciousness and awareness of the greater opportunities which life has yielded, is often in great remorse for lost opportunity, for neglected graces which life may have afforded. Born of their regret, there is often established for the reembodying one fibers of determination that set the sail of the life that is to come in a very definitive manner, simply because of the intensity of the remorse which they feel for lost opportunities their previous existence did not bring to fruition. I cannot, then, stress enough today, when Christ good will ought to be so adored, the great blessings that can be bestowed upon men who do not cry, "I have nothing to do," but who affirm and declare, "I have a great deal to do, and I will do it." Can you imagine, blessed ones, that any number of our students at times become bored with existence itself simply because they do not have anything to do? Well, I say, with the world going as it has now for many a year, I should think that the education of mankind itself could afford enough for teachers and would-be teachers to do for ten thousand embodiments, let alone for a few paltry hours in this one. Now in addition to the service of teaching, there is the office of holy prayer; and intercession is certainly needed, especially that type of intercession which is free from the commercialization of the Deity whereby mankind seek to enlist the aid of God on their side for the purpose of attaining worldly success. What is needed is that prayer which seeks to exemplify the great abundance of the cosmic law of Life and its release of holy intelligence into a man's being for the correction of all fleshly ills and the establishment of the golden age of righteousness and enlightenment upon the planet! Men say they have nothing to do. Well, I say, have nothing to do with those who have nothing to do, for I think they make a great to-do about nothing; and I think also that it is time, don't you, that they ought to make a to-do about something! Now, that which is not is that which is nothing, and that which is is that which is something, and that which is is God and his kingdom! Therefore, it would seem obvious that there is a definite need to expand not only the power aspect of God but the intelligence of God and the love of God in the mysterious fount of true being. Let the identity of the soul rise up within you, then, as this holy season comes to fruition. The earth is bursting with joy, and the moldy crust of mankind's old infections continues to hold that joy down, to repress and to distress him so unnecessarily. Let us heal afflictions and let us seal mankind in mountains of light and light substance, in Christ consciousness and freedom, in peace and progress. Some of you may wonder why I am so fiery in this release. Well, I think, after perusing your own beloved Prince Oromasis' release of last week, that I have perhaps added to my own already fiery nature just a bit more of the coals of heaven; yet I have no intent of raking you over the coals, save for a worthy purpose: the establishment of a more efficient use of life by all. Now, if you succeed in deriving benefit from the energy which I am releasing with this discourse and you find your souls feasting upon the good will of God in greater portion, I hope that any gratitude you feel for me will be given to him, for to him belongs the glory and the honor and the power and the majesty of all that is. His givingness exceeds all gettingness, and as the greatest giver he deserves our allegiance and our praise. Without him we would all be nothing, but through him we shall all together become something very noble, very wonderful, very beautiful. Remember, precious ones, the kingdom of God must be received as a little child.{220} In my release today, I am speaking as child heart to child heart. For manifestation of God, I AM El Morya ****** Chapter 48 The Lord Maha Chohan - November 28, 1965 ****** Vol. 8 No. 48 - The Lord Maha Chohan - November 28, 1965 Fourfold Christhood Precious Ones, The holy breath which God has released to every child-man cometh into the infant Messiah for the redemption of all substance and energy that has ever been released to that one since the first magnificent fire-spark creation went forth from the being of God. The Infinite One has bent the bow of his identity and, as the Infinite Archer, he has sent forth the arrow's individuality not to fall upon the earth but to rise in cosmic works and achievement as children of his heart robed in his splendor and consecrated to his ideals. The breath of God, the holy breath, makes the body and mind to stand up. It provides the starch of being which gives to it and to substance the sheen of Life. Without the Spirit, man would truly be dead indeed, devoid of Life, invested only with the memory of that which has been. Infused with the Spirit, man becomes a being of hope and the promise fulfilled as in the manifestation of the 'only begotten' of the Father. The hope of the Christ was lavishly bestowed upon man when the first going forth from his heart occurred and the first paeans of praise returned to God for the reality of Being. When the Creator issued forth the first and 'only begotten' of his heart, the very words of infinite Being were uttered and the Son, turning to the full-orbed face of the Father, declared: "I AM." The name of God, the sweetest name, was thus uttered as an affirmation of identity, and the Son was enfolded with the mantle of the I AM Presence of the Being of the First Cause, of the transcendence of God; and the Son, acting in the Father's name, did perforce become the agent of creation, co-creator with the Holy Spirit and infuser of all life with the triune quality of the threefold flame of love, of wisdom, and of power. Unparalleled beauty is in this concept; and as it is the story of every man, it makes the story of Christ nativity of double, of triune, of infinitely squared meaning, directly proportionate to the God-realization of the individual. Now then, with the advent of the approaching holy festivities, I anxiously await the release of a more intense action of the Christ consciousness to infiltrate the mind and being of man with a more potent release than ever before of that sacred charge of identity which is the Being of the Father. I know full well that men approach these seemingly abstract concepts (which ought to be so dear to the heart) with some awe, with some trepidation, with some concern. But I say, as the representative of the Holy Spirit: Let them approach the Father with holy gratitude held in hand, let them approach with joy, let them approach with no sense of terror; for he is the Light, and if men ought to fear at all, it is to fear the darkness in themselves. If men ought to retreat at all, it is to retreat from the terrors they have created and spewed out upon one another. If they are to flee at all, it is from the wrath that is to come upon those unchaste attitudes of mind which, in the wretchedly human sense of false justice, corrupt one another and defraud one another of the immortal birthright while denying the Lord who has brought them every gracious gift. Let them then turn to God with such gratitude and let them turn from human shadows with such shame that they shall nestle closely to the heart of divine perfection and Christ-awareness and absorb from that perfection enough of the power of transmutation to serve as a liberating factor in the present now of man's being. As your minds and hearts turn toward the drama of the Holy Family, as the meaning of the words "a little child shall lead them"{221} becomes more apparent to you, I pray that each one of you will understand that this little child is the Christ within, that the Christ within is yet in the infant stage in most men - still lying, with all of his wondrous powers of regeneration, in the manger of their hearts and still retaining his tiny child state and the baby's low cry. Only the few have grown up in Christ magnificence. Only the few in every age have felt a measure of the fullness of Christ stature. Only the few have been resurrected and raised on high from the mortality of dead works. Only the few have ascended from the mountaintops of the world, from the summits of their being, and only the few on this planet, by comparison to the many, have passed through the narrow gate that leads to emancipation and freedom. The rest, through the mercies of God which endure forever, have suffered the pangs of birth and death again and again, and they have felt the surge of Life through their beings again and again without ever becoming 'the quick'.{222} These have remained in the devoid state of lacking enough divine grace, enough of the essence of the Holy Spirit, to give them the body and substance of soul which would drive them toward God with such a mighty heart-thrust as to set them free from the dust of self-extinction whereby men play out their roles and their tiny flames upon the wanton dissipation of name or fame without ever laying claim to that wondrous glory of supreme identity, the Christ majesty of the Son of God. The way of the cross, the meaning of the cross, is not made known to them. They have fabricated it into the cement of a religious theology and they have not translated it into the upsweep of the ascended majesty of a Christ in service, a Christ in action, a Christ in resurgence from the tomb of mortality, and a Christ ascended. It was to this fourfold majesty of service and progress that the angels sang and the "Peace on earth, good will toward men" expressed in his aura then, as he lay but a babe enfolded in the glory of heaven. For the Christ was worth the journey of the three kings of the East, he was worth the journey of the shepherds to his dwelling place, he was worth the journey of the angels to behold him - born King of all that is real in life. Hail! O incarnate Word! Hail! O majestic Spirit of the Lord! Hail! O mighty two-edged sword! Hail! O Good Report, for all who have believed thee shall indeed have the mysteries of eternal Life revealed to them! Grateful for opportunity to serve you, I AM The Lord Maha Chohan ****** Chapter 49 Archangel Gabriel - December 5, 1965 ****** Vol. 8 No. 49 - Archangel Gabriel - December 5, 1965 Offspring of the Cosmic Mother Precious Soul of Love, How great the charge of love and light I brought unto Mary. How great the charge of divine majesty I portrayed unto her and communicated to her soul in the Annunciation.{223} There is a thought that should permeate the being of every man. To put it simply, it refers to the Cosmic Mother to whom an archangel from the heart of God did long ago wing the living Word and did declare: "Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee. ..." And so the Cosmic Christ was conceived, and so the Cosmic Christ was born.{224} The annunciation of heaven has always been given as a part of the divine drama. For although mankind today do sometimes suffer from banal feelings of unreality when Life does not seem to them to be wholly real, I am certain that they must acknowledge, if they will tenderly contemplate the mysteries and blessings of being, that there is a mounting sense of reality which hides behind the appearance world and signifies the intent of God to glorify the creation of his heart which becomes vested with cosmic worth. The gifts of God must be appropriated, beloved ones, and the heart of Mary and the heart of the Cosmic Mother were both receptive to the Annunciation. Man, then, in order to receive the divine plan, the seed of grace, the seed of God, must keep open the fallowness of soul that will nourish and nurture the living Word and become the Word incarnate. It is not enough merely to appropriate the simple flow of life in the body, the simple flow of intelligence and sensory grasp in mind and nerve, but man must also expand and nourish the senses of soul. He must heal ingratitude and doubt and fear and that which would thrust him down into the dark and cover over the precious sparkling flood of opportunity which God lavishes upon those whom he loves. The love of God, the fire of God, the purity of God are real. To us who behold him face to face, his beauty is incomparable and indescribable. In wordless adoration we pour out unuttered feelings of joy. But we admonish you upon the planet Earth whose hearts yearn to be fruitfully employed in divine service to recognize your great cosmic birth, the birth of the soul, the birth of identity, the birth of Christ-awareness in the gentle folds of divine Selfhood; for the mantle of God is over thee when thou wilt accept the incarnate Word. And whether thou manifest in masculine or feminine form, service can be rendered through thy vehicle and the solitary vehicle of thy consecrated life. There is no higher office, there is no loftier way than the way of expanding the kingdom of God upon earth. In an age of materialism, when the bulwarks and bastions of the world are determined to keep active an entrenched system which has again and again exhibited the fallacies of humanity and the attendant failures of those fallacies, it is needful for many sons to come to a state of captivity to the mind of God not as slaves but as willing son-servants of his beauty and his kingdom. It is needful that ambassadors be appointed by heaven from amongst mankind presently in embodiment. It is as great a boon today, as it always has been in the eyes of the ascended hosts for an individual to receive from the Cosmic Mother the gift of Life, the borned of her annunciation, that moves with swiftness from the heart of God into Christ manifestation in an individual's being. You cannot deny this reality; you can but affirm it with every action of your life, with every feeling of your mind, with every fiber of your being! I infuse you this day with the annunciation that I gave to Mary of old: Hail! Thou that are highly favoured of God! The Lord is with thee and with thy spirit. Blessed art thou, offspring of the Cosmic Mother. Gratefully, I AM Gabriel ****** Chapter 50 Zarathustra - December 12, 1965 ****** Vol. 8 No. 50 - Zarathustra - December 12, 1965 A Fiery Action of the Expanded Christ Consciousness Most Blessed Devotees of the Mighty Threefold Flame of Life, I come to you this holy season bearing glad tidings from the hierarchy. The Brotherhood in white, the Great White Brotherhood, has long recognized the aspirations of those who would be both good and holy in emulation of the strength of the Father. The deterrent factors in life have often held in check the noble aspirations that flow from the fountain of God's flame within the hearts of men. Ambitions of a spiritual nature have remained unfulfilled. Wishful thinking has permeated the body politic of the religions of the planet, and the few have expressed the yearnings of the Spirit which should be forthcoming from the many. It is the will of your beloved Jesus and the will of your beloved Saint Germain, it is the will of beloved Mother Mary, of the angelic hosts, of your beloved El Morya, Djwal Kul, and all who have to do with the release of the sacred fire to mankind to intensify in this coming year of crisis a fiery action of the expanded Christ consciousness for all. It is not enough to leave mankind to bask (so to speak) in the flame of self-effort, but we must somehow manage to convey more of the fire of heaven through to the individual's consciousness so that inspiration will come forth as a well within the fount of individual identity. To that end we provide herewith a prayer, charged with our radiance, and for the purpose of accomplishment in God's name: O mighty threefold flame of life, Thou gift of God so pure, Take my thoughts and energy And make them all secure. Under bond of brotherhood And understanding fair, Send thee forth unto my soul The gift of holy prayer. Communication's strands of love, How they woo by heaven's law A tender blessing for the good, Releasing holy awe That draws me near the throne of grace To now behold thy sacred face And without fear dispense aright The passions of pure God-delight Which set me free from all that's been The sinful nature of all men. Christ, raise me to self-mastery, The living passion of the free. Determination, now arise And lift me ever to the skies! I AM, I AM, I AM Enfolding life and being all With the God-command "Amen!" that shatters human pall. I AM, I AM, I AM The free - no bondage holds me back; I AM the fullness of love's law Supplying every lack, And consecration in full measure Is my will and God's own pleasure. Saint Germain and Jesus dear, Hold my hand with Morya's here And let the love of Mary then Be the wings to raise all men. Until they all unite in love To serve that purpose from above That comes to earth at any hour Responding to the call of power; Send thy shining wisdom then That is God's love Expanded for all men. I thank thee and I accept this done right now with full power. I AM this done right now with full power. This is the full manifestation of the law of Love that raises me to my eternal victory, now and forever! Precious ones, use this prayer three times each day without fail, if you will; for the hierarchy has determined to charge into it a great God-release of assistance to all who will so do with sincerity. Lovingly I AM, in the service of the living Christ, Zarathustra ****** Chapter 51 Jesus the Christ - December 19, 1965 ****** Vol. 8 No. 51 - Jesus the Christ - December 19, 1965 An Infusion of Christ Love Precious Family of God upon Earth, Younger Brothers of My Heart and Sisters of Mercy, The qualification of the flame of Life is so important today that never before have we felt, even in our octave, such determination to assist our brothers below in untangling the web of discordant circumstances that is the affliction of the natural karmic order which they themselves have established. To breathe free from the oppressing cloak of misqualified energy which has spread its snare before the soul is as important to the soul itself as it is to the great flame of Life within, which yearns to surge forth in the bonds of infinite freedom. I am certain that from time to time your flesh forms have felt the elements of fatigue which the planetary body itself does at times manifest because of the disconcerting habits of mankind. The buildup of human oppression, stemming from the fear of one man and the apprehensions of another man for fear of what the first may do, are very great upon earth; and the family of nations is no different, for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.{225} Yet I come this Christmas season to breathe anew into the planetary body an infusion of Christ love, those transfusing elements of the celestial octaves that are the requirements of God for the survival of the planetary body. I know that the world at large, even the great orthodox religious world, has in the security of its own doctrine continued to feel that the earth abideth forever, that all things continue as they are from the first. Yet they reckon not with the fashion of karma or with the scale of cosmic realization. Therefore, they know not the great planetary need for a continual renewing of the body of the earth and of all elements with the great flame of resurrection and the great flame of the ascension. Progress is needed in nature even as it is required in man, and man is a channel through which love is intended to flow from the heart of God to the natural elements themselves. Therefore, the thorns and thistles of life, the difficulties that have manifested in the nature kingdom, have come through mankind, and the prophecy spoken of old in Genesis has been fulfilled as the result of man's misappropriation of energy: "Cursed is the ground for thy sake ... thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee ... In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground. ..."{226} Not only must heaven take renewed hope for man, but man must also take renewed hope for himself now, and all must behold the cosmic possibility that the little child of his Christ-identity may become the Manchild to rule the nations with the rod of the law of Love: "Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them."{227} Charging forth, then, this thought of mortal victory being swallowed up in immortal victory, I am constantly moving into action with the legions of light to quicken the planetary body and to contact those individuals upon the planet who are willing to devote their attention to God, as I did, and let the meditations of their hearts and minds be acceptable in his sight. We are brethren of light, unseparated in reality by the mortal veil but ever united in a continuing service to the planet and its evolutions. Neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature shall be able to separate you from that love which is in me.{228} And Hilarion himself,{229} who is with me, testifieth also to the truth of these things, for the Brotherhood upon the planetary body is one. Albeit men themselves may accent their different origins, although they may recognize the positioning of their karmic dispositions which makes them manifest and express differently, there is one goal for all with many facets of service which give the variety and richness of immortality to life. Individual identity in the eyes of God is a jewel set in a crown of indescribable wonder; therefore, I chasten none in this my release but breathe forth only the essence of a holy prayer that the mass of Christ light, flooding forth from all hearts, will gladden the world as never before in the face of all adversity, that men will behold the tranquilizing effects of spirituality not as an enervating force to rob them of vitality but as a force of quiet victory surging ever upward. Lovingly, Jesus ****** Chapter 52 Hilarion - December 26, 1965 ****** Vol. 8 No. 52 - Hilarion - December 26, 1965 You Must Determine ... Gracious Ones Who Respect the Law of God, The loving Christ has kindly referred to me in his concluding Pearl of Wisdom for this year, and I wish to give support to the nobleness of his heart which compels no one but enhances all with the fervor of his greatness of soul. Yet we all do seek the same element of completion that he sought and manifested, and it is our hope that men will not degrade themselves by selling short their life in the eyes of God. The Father recognizes full well that the son was born in his own heart and idea, while the son has accepted the world's mess of pottage and gone prodigallike, wandering in the densities of animal creation. The Father has magnetized and drawn from among men great lights who shine in the firmament of spirituality, showing forth the divine intent of pure example upon the screen of religious history for all to behold. But the contemporary and continuing flow of life upon the planet requires that each age shall shew forth its avatars and victors. The goal of God is the victory of every man; and therefore, none should shun the divine path simply because they seem to lack the essential qualities of intellect, of love, or of will. Recognize that any evidence of imbalance in the manifestation of these qualities is testimony to the fact that some aspect of the threefold flame of love, wisdom, and power is lacking in individual manifestation. This imbalance can be healed and corrected. Man can resolve here and now to change. You can mend the flaw! The propensity and possibility of change for the better is an opportunity which can be realized by everyone. The measure of that opportunity may or may not exceed the aspiration. It may or may not measure up to the aspiration; yet without the effort, without the acceptance of the individual, how can change be wrought? God requires acceptance and desire in order to manifest his likeness and perfection in man. You must determine, then, with the fullness of divine measure, to be that which God holds in his heart as the image of yourself in action. You must determine that the human deterrents of karmic conditions will be temporarily set aside by your great and noble aspiration and that transmutation will occur fervently in your soul. You must determine that nothing shall be as important as your spiritual goal and yet withal that you will honor and favor mercy and understanding unto life. You must comprehend the meaning of honoring the covenants and contracts made between God and man. There are some contracts between man and man which must also be fulfilled, at least in part, according to the measure of divine justice. Yet, God holds all responsible for their attunement with his law and the law of love and mercy, and it is not so important that you understand how to manage the lives of others as it is that you shall understand how to manage your own life. For this purpose God has drawn forth a great pari-mutuel opportunity for the universe and for yourself. You abide not in a lonely, unpeopled universe but in one filled with a variety of human types. Yet in the ascended realm the many facets of opportunity and of evolvement have given character to heaven itself and the joyous challenges of life, even beyond the veil, are unspeakable to be uttered. I hasten to advise you, then, that because life is so precious and so charged with the radiance of the rose of the Soul of God, you must so regard your own life. For it is not just your own but it is his life which you are using, and the requirements of his law are that you seek freedom from all that is confusing and find the answer to your problems in this universe by invocation to his law of mercy and love and comprehension. You must comprehend that which you do not now know. You must constantly move forward. The law of Life does not permit men to stand still. They cannot remain forever fixed to human ideas, for the law of Life will break those ideas quite naturally in order that men may move forward. Those who do not wait for life to do the breaking Will themselves their own destiny be making And find it rises then on to mountain view - A firmly shaped doorway for the few Who, as the surge mounts up, become the many Cherishing each opportunity, if any show its smiling face, And seeking to behold somewhere in life their rightful place Will smile forth in joyful anticipation That releases Life's grace in circulation And knows that unity is victory without cessation. For cosmic victory to all, For cosmic victory to our Brotherhood, For cosmic service, For increased awareness, For purification, For the wondrous power of change, I AM calling forth now the unlimited merry joy Of the endless cycles that progress through The avenue of the years. Graciously for eternal brotherhood, I AM Hilarion Ŕ =============================================================================== **** Footnotes: **** {1} Acts 17:26 {2} Heb. 12:6; Rev. 3:19 {3} Gen. 4 {4} Rev. 2:17 {5} Transylvania: plateau region in central Romania, bordered by the Carpathian Mountains and Transylvanian Alps. Prior to the sinking of Atlantis, the master Saint Germain (high priest on Atlantis) and other chosen initiates transported a certain 'focus' of the flame of freedom to a place of safety in the Carpathian foothills of Transylvania. In a succeeding incarnation, Saint Germain assisted the Master R. in establishing a retreat in Transylvania and in founding the royal House of Rakoczy, which brought Transylvania to a golden age during the seventeenth century. {6} Rom. 7:18-23. {7} Matt. 10:34. {8} Gen. 1:26-28. {9} I John 2:18; 4:3. {10} Heb. 12:1. {11} Matt. 9:16, 17. {12} Gen. 1:2. {13} Pss. 139:14. {14} Gen. 6:5. {15} John 10:10. {16} Matt. 18:3, 4. {17} Isa. 11:6. {18} Matt. 7:13, 14. {19} Rev. 6:11; 21:6. {20} Luke 2:49. {21} Eph. 6:11. {22} Prov. 14:12. {23} John 16:24. {24} Job 22:28. {25} Matt. 7:13, 14. {26} Matt. 7:15. {27} Luke 16:8. {28} I Cor. 3:10. {29} Pss. 23:4. {30} Matt. 14:22-33. {31} I Cor. 9:26. {32} Luke 16:1, 2. {33} The Great White Brotherhood: a spiritual order of Western "saints" and Eastern "masters" who have transcended the cycles of karma and rebirth and ascended (accelerated) into that higher reality which is the eternal abode of the soul. The 'ascended' masters of the Great White Brotherhood have risen from every culture and religion to inspire creative achievement in education, the arts and sciences, government and the economy. The word "white" refers not to race but to the aura (halo) of white light surrounding members of the Brotherhood. {34} Luke 16:8. {35} Rev. 6:10. {36} II Pet. 3:8. {37} Rom. 3:8. {38} Luke 6:26. {39} John 10:1-30. {40} violet flame: concentrated energy of the Holy Spirit; a tangible emanation of spiritual fire. Through prayer, meditation, and the science of the spoken Word, the violet flame can be applied to the accumulation of karma in the subconscious. The flame - intelligent, luminous, directed by the mind of God - strips atoms and molecules of the dense overlay that results from our past misuse of the sacred fire. The violet flame is therefore called the flame of mercy and forgiveness. {41} Mark 2:27. {42} Matt. 28:18. {43} James 1:12; Rev. 2:10. {44} Matt. 25:14-30. {45} II Kings 2:11. {46} Acts 1:9. {47} Rev. 21:4, 23; 22:5. {48} I Cor. 15:50. {49} Ella Wheeler Wilcox, "Secret Thoughts," stanza 1, line 1. {50} Matt. 6:23. {51} Matt. 11:12. {52} Matt. 7:1. {53} Matt. 25:40. {54} Matt. 10:33. {55} Matt. 10:32. {56} Gen. 1:31. {57} Matt. 7:2. {58} Ezek. 33:11. {59} Rom. 8:38, 39. {60} Luke 24:13-35. {61} Acts 16:31. {62} Heb. 11:8, 9, 17. {63} James 2:17, 18. {64} John 12:38. {65} Eph. 5:1. {66} Heb. 11:1. {67} Matt. 21:17-22. {68} Matt. 3:10. {69} Mark 2:27, 28. {70} Gen. 3:5. {71} Prov. 1:7. {72} Gen. 4:21, 22. {73} Gen. 3:23, 24. {74} Gen. 5:27. {75} Gen. 1:31. {76} Matt. 13:24-30; 36-43. {77} I John 5:19. {78} I Cor. 3:13, 15. {79} "Je pense, donc je suis [Cogito, ergo sum]" (René Descartes, Discourse on the Method for Properly Guiding the Reason and Finding Truth in the Sciences, 1637). {80} I AM Presence: the I AM THAT I AM (Exod. 3:13-15); the individualized Presence of God; the Permanent Self; the origin of the soul focused in the planes of Spirit just above the physical form. {81} I Cor. 15:41, 42. {82} I John 2:15. {83} Matt. 6:19-21. {84} Luke 9:24. {85} I Cor. 15:50. {86} James 1:17. {87} Gen. 6-8. {88} Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Vril: The Power of the Coming Race (Blauvelt, N.Y.: Rudolf Steiner Publications, 1972). {89} Keepers of the Flame Fraternity: founded in 1961 by the ascended master Saint Germain; an organization which supports the activities of the Great White Brotherhood and the dissemination of their teachings. Members receive graded lessons in cosmic law dictated by the ascended masters through their messengers Mark and Elizabeth Prophet. {90} Matt. 13:24-30; 36-43. {91} Matt. 12:34; 23:33. {92} Matt. 22:18; 23:13-39. {93} John 8:44. {94} Eph. 6:10-18. {95} Luke 3:7-18. {96} Matt. 7:15. {97} James 3:17. {98} Rev. 12:10, 11. {99} John 8:32. {100} Matt. 7:29. {101} II Cor. 6:2. {102} John 14:18. {103} Pss. 35:5. Editor's note: For a fuller description of "the wicked" and their relations with the children of God, read Pss. 34-37. {104} II Tim. 2:15. {105} I John 4:1. {106} Matt. 7:21. {107} Acts 20:35. {108} Luke 2:49. {109} John 8:32. {110} John 3:19; 10:3-5; Matt. 19:28. {111} Hab. 1:13. {112} Titus 1:15. {113} I Cor. 13:9, 10. {114} Luke 24:50, 51. {115} Matt. 24:40, 41. {116} Matt. 19:17. {117} Prov. 14:12. {118} Ezek. 33:11. {119} I Pet. 3:11. {120} John 16:24; Matt. 7:7, 8. {121} John 18:38. {122} Gen. 2:7. {123} Matt. 7:12. {124} Mark 8:36. {125} Luke 21:26. {126} From the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. {127} Mark 11:15-19. {128} Rom. 3:8. {129} Luke 22:31, 32. {130} I Pet. 5:8. {131} II Cor. 11:13-15. {132} John 21:15-17. {133} John 10:1-5. {134} John 10:16. {135} Luke 10:37. {136} Exod. 13:21, 22. {137} John 1:3. {138} John 8:58. {139} Matt. 19:26. {140} El Morya, Encyclical on World Good Will: A Report to the Earth (Los Angeles: The Summit Lighthouse, 1975). {141} Ezek. 37. {142} Dan. 4:35. {143} Deut. 33:25. {144} Isa. 40:31. {145} Gen. 1:27. {146} Pss. 8:5. {147} Eccles. 12:1. {148} Heb. 12:6. {149} Matt. 27:54. {150} Prov. 29:18. {151} Pss. 91:4. {152} "God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb [Dieu mesure le froid ŕ la brebis tondue]." Henri Estienne, Les Prémices (1594), quoted in John Bartlett, comp., and Emily Morison Beck, ed., Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature, 14th ed., rev. and enl. (Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1968). p. 188. {153} Matt. 7:21-23. {154} John 20:22, 23. {155} Matt. 10:8. {156} Exod. 7:10-12. {157} I Cor. 15:50. {158} Matt. 6:24-34. {159} Hos. 11:1; Matt. 2:15. {160} Pss. 91:3. {161} Emma Lazarus, "The New Colossus," lines 10-14.. {162} Pss. 24:1; I Cor. 10:26, 28. {163} Rev. 21.. {164} Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," pt. 2, st. 9 (1798) {165} John 21:15-17 {166} Luke 10:2-4 {167} Mark 14:58; Acts 7:48-50; II Cor. 5:1; Heb. 9-11 {168} John 5:14; 8:11 {169} Gal. 6:7 {170} Luke 6:26 {171} Luke 23:34 {172} Matt. 25:14-30 {173} James 3:17. {174} I Cor. 3:16, 17; 6:19, 20. {175} Matt. 5:6 {176} John 21:25 {177} John 14:12 {178} Matt. 27:51 {179} Rev. 16-18 {180} Mark 5:9 {181} Mark 10:29, 30 {182} Matt. 25:35-40 {183} Luke 23:31; Acts 7:48; 17:24, II Chron. 2:6. {184} Rev. 15:2. {185} Luke 2:1. {186} Luke 20:25. {187} II Pet. 3:5-7. {188} Ezra 9:13. {189} Job 3:25. {190} Matt, 12:31, 32. {191} See "Control of Life," in Life: "Exploration of Prenativity," 10 September 1965, pp. 59-79; "Gift of Life from the Dead," 17 September 1965, pp. 78-88; "Rebuilt People," 24 September 1965, pp. 66-84A; and Albert Rosenfeld, "The New Man," 1 October 1965, pp. 94-111. {192} Rev. 16-18. {193} I Pet. 1:24. {194} Matt. 12:33-37. {195} In the Old Testament, the term friend was given to the king's confidential advisor or a high court official; hence, the title given to Abraham denotes his intimate association with God. See Pss. 32:1, 2; Rom, 4:1-8; James 2:17-24. {196} Matt, 21:44. {197} Matt, 7:22, 23. {198} Luke 21:25, 26. {199} James 1:17. {200} Gal. 6:7, {201} Exod. 20:12. {202} Pss. 1:2. {203} John 1:1-14. {204} Matt. 7:16-20 {205} John 15 {206} Rev. 17:8 {207} Rev. 13:18 {208} James 1:27 {209} Rev. 12 {210} Kings 19:11, 12 {211} Matt. 13:45, 46 {212} Matt. 6 {213} John 14:3 {214} Pss. 91:4 {215} Matt. 6:6 {216} Fire elementals - nature spirits who serve the fire element {217} Acts 2:1-4 {218} Deut. 4:24; Heb. 12:29 {219} John Greenleaf Whittier, "Maud Muller," stanza 53 (1854). {220} Matt. 18:1-6; Mark 10:13-16. {221} Isa. 11:6 {222} II Tim. 4:1 {223} Luke 1:28-33 {224} Luke 1:26-35 {225} Rom. 3:23 {226} Gen. 3:17-19 {227} Rev. 12:5; Matt. 7:12 {228} Rom. 8:38, 39 {229} The Apostle Paul