Pearls of Wisdom - Year 1966 Inspired in Mark L. Prophet and Elizabeth Clare Prophet ****** Contents ****** 0 Beloved Gautama Buddha - PROLOGUE 1 Beloved Kuthumi - January 2, 1966 2 Beloved Paul the Venetian - January 9, 1966 3 Beloved Fun Wey - January 16, 1966 4 Beloved Mighty Victory - January 23, 1966 5 Beloved Saint Germain - January 30, 1966 6 Beloved Archangel Michael - February 6, 1966 7 Beloved God Meru - February 13, 1966 8 Beloved Saint Germain - February 20, 1966 9 Beloved Lord Gautama - February 27, 1966 10 Beloved Archangel Michael - March 6, 1966 11 Beloved El Morya - March 13, 1966 12 Beloved Mother Mary - March 20, 1966 13 Beloved Goddess of Liberty - March 27, 1966 14 The Cosmic Being Faith - April 3, 1966 15 Beloved Jesus - April 10, 1966 16 Beloved Kuthumi - April 17, 1966 17 Beloved Kuthumi - April 24, 1966 18 Beloved Mother Mary - May 1, 1966 19 Beloved Master Jesus - May 8, 1966 20 Beloved Saint Germain - May 15, 1966 21 Beloved Mighty Arcturus - May 22, 1966 22 John the Beloved - May 29, 1966 23 Beloved K-17 - June 5, 1966 24 The Beloved Maha Chohan - June 12, 1966 25 Beloved Pallas Athena, The Goddess of Truth - June 19, 1966 26 Beloved Lord Gautama - June 26, 1966 27 Beloved Maha Chohan - July 3, 1966 28 Beloved Maha Chohan - July 10, 1966 29 Beloved Maha Chohan - July 17, 1966 30 Beloved Maha Chohan - July 24, 1966 31 Beloved Maha Chohan - July 31, 1966 32 Beloved Maha Chohan - August 7, 1966 33 Beloved Maha Chohan - August 14, 1966 34 Beloved Maha Chohan - August 21, 1966 35 Beloved Maha Chohan - August 28, 1966 36 Beloved Maha Chohan - September 4, 1966 37 Beloved El Morya - September 11, 1966 38 Beloved Saint Germain - September 18, 1966 39 Beloved Fortuna, Goddess of Supply - September 25, 1966 40 Great Divine Director - October 2, 1966 41 Beloved Great Divine Director - October 9, 1966 42 Beloved Kuan Yin, The Goddess of Mercy - October 16, 1966 43 Beloved Ascended Master Cuzco - October 23, 1966 44 Beloved Jesus the Christ - October 30, 1966 45 Beloved Chananda - November 6, 1966 46 Beloved Goddess of Liberty - November 13, 1966 47 Beloved Jesus the Christ - November 20, 1966 48 Beloved Kuthumi - November 27, 1966 49 Beloved Mother Mary - December 4, 1966 50 Beloved God Meru - December 11, 1966 51 Beloved Archangel Gabriel - December 18, 1966 52 Beloved Jesus the Christ - December 25, 1966 ****** Chapter 0 Beloved Gautama Buddha - PROLOGUE ****** Vol. 9 - Beloved Gautama Buddha - PROLOGUE PROLOGUE New Year's Address January 1, 1966 by Gautama Buddha, Lord of the World Release of the Thought Form for the Year 1966 They come from the East and the West. They come hungry of heart with burdens to lay down. They come seeking to win a starry crown. O, Gracious Ones, the hours of Peace, fresh from the Hand of God, pour over the earth as an oil of anointing, and Our Being is illumined from levels of Cosmic Illumination to new levels by His expanding Mind and by the buoyancy of His Peace. The Peace of God knows no limitation. The Peace of God is an expansive condition of Cosmos, of the Radiant Spheres of other worlds, of systems beyond light years incomprehensible, charged with the admission of the Sacred Fire Victory and waves of compassion from the Heart of God that has seen the struggled starts of the disciples of Light and has assisted them. Beams through the night glow with greater brilliance than beams through the day, and it is the strange contradistinction of Light and shadow that enables the devotees of Truth to appreciate the waves of Divine Bliss as they contrast those conditions with the world's confusion and abuses of Holy Law. I come this night, then, from the Portals of Shamballa. The ivory Throne upon which I sit tonight is especially builded in order to convey to the hearts of those who are with Me the Great Love of God for all things both great and small. Our ivory is not composed of animal substance but of the Power of Light, creating by Transmutation's Ray and by Precipitation's Flame the desires of Our Heart. And yet, We are not without appreciation for the great lumbering beasts that serve the people of India and the Far East and render unto them relief from many heavy loads and burdens. Elemental life, precious ones, must always be considered, for the things that are formed and the things that were formed are not themselves guilty in particle or principle of having rendered harm unto any except the reflection of that unnatural discord which mankind have imposed upon animal life, and also upon flora as well. The world will some day master the challenges that now beset them upon the Path when they tire of the wheel of mortal reverberation, when they tire of the battle of the senses. This oxcart pace cannot satisfy Cosmic exigencies; it cannot satisfy the deliberations of our Councils; it cannot satisfy the waves of Peace from the Heart of God that would assuage the tears of mankind, shed for all the warrings which go on among the members of the body of God upon the planet. Within religious movements, within the family of nations, within the households of men, the din is great, and the Lord has ridden forth upon a chariot of golden substance to penetrate the illusions and facades of men and to show that the waves of Peace must be made known. I would like, tonight, to chide those among mankind who will not acknowledge the presence of Peace and the need to teach it. The simplest conditions which are not appropriated by men, which are of virtue, must be taught, and mankind must be made to know what is virtue and value. The diamond, precious ones, is esteemed for its value. Were it to be devaluated in the marts of men you would find, O, gracious ones, that this rare gem would suddenly become plentiful, and the mines would open up and the markets would be flooded with diamonds because it would take many to make up the value of one. Today, there is a certain value in the minds of men to holding back on the sale of these jewels in order to keep the price up in the market. Understand, then, that a value must be placed upon Peace and a value must be placed upon spiritual bread and upon the necessities of spiritual Life. The world today is anhungered; and they shall be fed, and teachers shall go forth to assuage their thirst with the water of life and to satisfy and gratify their hunger with the bread of life. Not in an opulence of mortal, intelligent substance shall the battle be won, but by an outpouring of spiritual treasures. The Radiance of the East has gone forth. The enigmas held fast through the centuries have traveled unto the ends of the earth. And how safe they are from prying eyes, for who can understand them? Who can appreciate them? Who can take from them the resident spiritual power? Only the elect. As a nut with a shell so hard it resists all cracking, so the spiritual gems of Truth have been locked in metaphor, in symbol, in enigma, in mystery, and within the heart of Life. And Peace has not been known by men, for they are more concerned with the paltry matters which generate wars than they are with the treasures of God which engender the ways of Peace. The ways of Peace they have not known indeed. Yet, ere the year shall complete her cycle and her turning in space, and ere the twisting of this age shall be deciphered, events shall come to mankind which shall awaken many. We bring and bear no bitter prophecy, only the fruit of hope and desire for a better world, for a purer heart among the children of men. Now I would speak of a heart that like a Flame burns within. I would speak of a heart whose soft glow has been suffused into the world with a penetrability of the Radiance of Peace. I would speak of a feeling that causes men to desire Victory. I would speak of a yearning for Truth that will not be denied the Tablets of God's Law. I will speak of little hearts made great by basking in His brightness. I will speak of great hearts magnified into Cosmic Beings because of the vastness of their hope and determination. And I will say to the years, O, years, you are shining pathways of Light down which the pilgrims travel to the eternal abode, there to find security and rest for weariness of heart and mind. There is no way of such delight As the Way of Peace. There is no way of such delight as to permit strife to cease. There is no way of such delight that ends all woe, As to find that Hope so bright, whose holy Glow Will pass the portals of the mind and heart And let the soul of Man make fresh start In overcoming all that ought never to have been, To accept God Freedom for all men And see the way made plain In Faith that wipes out fear, In Presence of the Light when I AM here. O, come, and now, rejoice! Make bold your hearts tonight, For God's Great Glow has filled the night with hope And Music sounds Her great delight As bowers fragrant with the Peace of hearts Surround us all with God's own Hands of Love Securing now and every hour Some new triumph by His Flaming Power Over dust and mud and slime, The Flame of God makes all sublime. I come in Peace, I come in Love I charge your hearts with Comfort's Dove. I AM Gautama from Shamballa afar, The door is oped, the gate's ajar. We wait your coming here tonight, To feel our Flame of God Delight, To keep and make you robes all white, By Faith and Love and Hope's delight And Charity that frees us all And makes the world a new place, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Thundering, then, down all the cycled realms of time, With Victory's Voice: I AM DIVINE. Shatter matrices of evil, old And let our Life emblazon bold Upon the pages pure before you, then, Keep Faith, keep Heart, keep Love Within your mind, a guardian of the Way. I know no higher word of praise than "Faithful servant of the Lord" He is so blest, adored By all the Cosmic Hosts, By all the sons of Heaven Our lives are changed and fashioned by His leaven, Secure, one load, one Eucharist of Light I AM a fragrant, fragment, scintillating White, Radiant sunburst, splendor, shining fair, I come, tonight, to make a Holy Prayer Before The Great White Brotherhood at Teton Grand I come! I come! All stand! And rejoice! rejoice! rejoice! For God has said, "I shall make all things new, instead. Why wipe them out! Why destruct! When I AM nigh to ever make a new construct, A rightful act, a Purity that comes To make and keep the world all free." O, thank you for your Love, so shining in your hearts, O, thank you for the Hope that spans to start A new resolution for the right. Perhaps this year you'll win the fight And if you are denied the total Triumph Keep right on and know that where I AM I'll make a little prayer for you, each one and all, That step by step His Hand you'll hold And up the stairway glistening gold To wear the triumph crown that fair Upon a silken pillow lies Woven of strands of God's own hair. His Love Rays saturate it all, They are so nigh, thy feet are shod with Holy Call, The Call that will not be denied, The Call that triumphs at your side, For where you are, there God is, too Together, you shall win. And few who triumph in each day Must become the many, This, I pray! O, Brothers of Almighty God, Beloved Sanat Kumara, Most August Lady Master Venus, Members of the Great Cosmic Hierarchy and Heavenly Emissaries, Our Hearts rejoice at your Presence here, the Glory of your rejoicing before His Face. We welcome each tiny elemental form, each Angel Being borne. We welcome men, one and all. We welcome those who love. We welcome those who wish to learn to love. We welcome all the sons of men, for we have vowed to defend the Faith this year as never before. Brothers, there is a waning in the world of men of Faith. There is a waning in the world of men of Hope, and there is a condition abroad upon the whole earth which has brought about spiritual famine, manifesting even as material famine in Our own India. Mankind have denied their God. They have denied Reality. They have denied Purity. They have denied all that God is, and in their denial, echoing down the halls of Life, has come the wake of frightful apparitions threatening to engulf vast areas of life with catastrophic conditions. Now, then, Our Brothers, We call to Thee for a release of great assistance for the sake of those remnants of our spiritual Brotherhood who have gone forth as spiritual teachers to the children of men. We ask that they be secured this night and given a special Protection from all harm and destructivity. We must, above all, keep alive and fan the Flame of Hope upon this planet in this awful and terrible hour. We cannot permit losses to occur in our own bands of devotees or chelas who are devoted to right action. We must do all to intensify these children of the Light, now embodied in mortal form, so that they will gain spiritual stature and not lose that wonderful Opportunity which has been given unto them. This is a moment of decision when Heaven must decide to render assistance, Our Brothers, beyond the merit of mankind or even many among our teaching bands who have been caught and snared from time to time by the mortal strands of unholy delusion. We must not permit that they shall then be denied the solace of Heaven this hour; and therefore, we plead with all of You who have this Great God Flame within you, burning upon you own Hearts' Altar, to this night give great assistance to mankind in their hours of peril and roll back the tides of predictability, those conditions which are so plainly revealed to the eyes of the discerning in order that they might also recognize that there now has come a moment of the turning when God shall wipe away tears from the eyes of men through the Power of great Love. And, therefore, I ask you, Beloved Holy Ones upon Venus, to lower the Great Chalice that contains the Thought Form for the year. (Pause of three minutes) THE THOUGHT FORM FOR THE YEAR IS A HAND, A RIGHT HAND, FROM ABOVE, HOLDING A GOLDEN KEY WITH THREE NOTCHES IN THE KEY AND ON THE SIDE OF THE KEY THE LETTERS L-O-V-E -LOVE. FROM ON HIGH, GOD'S HAND HOLDS THE KEY WHICH IS LOVE BY WHICH ALL DOORS MAY BE OPENED TO EVERY DEVOTEE OF THE MOST HIGH. Love is the Key that opens every door, and if the doors of the hearts of men are to respond to God, it must be by a great outpouring of Divine Love this year. And this is the attitude of Wisdom. Let him who hath an ear to hear, hear what the Spirit sayeth unto all men. Love seeks not herself, but to bestow upon the beloved every gracious gift, and the simplicity of love in the childlike way is the key to mankind's Victory, to mankind's victory that can open every door. Therefore, the three notches are defined as making this Key capable of opening the doors below, in the realm of the material, the doors of mind, and the doors of memory to all that Love can bestow, and all that Love is, and all that God would make mankind to be. These simple statements are charged with the Essence of Man's Freedom. Without these statements in action, mankind can but come to naught, and with these statements in action, Love then becomes the Key that bestows the Grace of Heaven upon earth in every age. This is Our Will, Our Brothers, This symbol form from 'on High' for this year Is a Message old and strong, A Message that casts out fear. This, Our Message, charges all With Power to win, to raise us all, For those below and those above Are children of the Heart of Love. They came from God, they go to Him, They are His Hope, His future aim. Upon the sky where God does write, There is a Ray of Mighty Light. Love is written in the air Love is written in Our Prayer Love is written full of Hope Love is written, let none mope Love confines not, Love is free Love is beauty, 'tis the key! Anchor, then, within your souls Love's Great Flame, to make you whole. I AM the Power that charges Light Through the darkness of the night! I AM the Flame, the lantern high, I AM the Peace from Shamballa's sky. I came in Love, I leave in Love, I came to give, I came to live. I come tonight to make you right, To make you light; Purify your souls tonight. Accept the challenge of this hour, Accept the gift of Heaven's Power. Accept the Key the way to be, I AM, I AM FOREVER FREE! In Peace, in Love, in Courage rare, I say go forth and conquer there For you in Summit realm tonight, I say, are chosen of the Light. To Colorado you would go To hold His Banner - let it glow. It matters not if you've been frail, The Power of Light shall never fail - I AM is God in you, I think! I AM the nectar, quaff that drink! And watch the soul expand within, 'Twill break the iron bands of sin And change you in a twinkling eye To Victors in that beauteous sky Where souls like stars do twinkle bold, Where souls like stars are shining gold. We all are one in that Great Light, His Star is beaming bright tonight. Sanat Kumara, Lord of Flame, We see you go in Victory's Name. This meeting was a wondrous one, It spoke of Grace from out the Sun, Of days of old when only Light existed And the Power of Right. And now we go to win the world, A mighty Banner I unfurled. Shamballa rules the earth today In God's own Name and God's own Way. We say to all the hordes of dark, Depart! Depart! this very park! For God is here and here to stay, I AM GAUTAMA, PEACE IS MY WAY! I thank you and I accept your Love, and I love you still and I always will. Blessings from Shamballa to all the children of The Great White Brotherhood everywhere this 1966, Year of Decision, when the Christ-manifestation of the Golden Key of Love is given to Man as the challenge of Faith in action. Thank you. Beacon's Head, Vienna, Virginia 1:00 a.m., E.S.T. January 1, 1966 ****** Chapter 1 Beloved Kuthumi - January 2, 1966 ****** Vol. 9 No. 1 - Beloved Kuthumi - January 2, 1966 To purge or not to purge, that is the question. "For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth." The pruning of the tree of individual life is accomplished, most gracious ones, that greater fruit may be manifest. It is difficult, however, for mankind, balanced as they are in time, to hold at a given moment perspective of the entire spectrum of being. The aperture through which men behold the frail stream of mortal life is too narrow to permit full viewing. And thus, men should not expect too much of themselves, even when they pursue the path Godward, until they have expanded their spiritual faculties beyond the dimension of their own opinioned progress to where the voice of God can clearly be heard saying, "Come up higher!" Men often do not distinguish between karmic law, acting to return to them for balance `ancient sendings' misqualified with imperfection and those pruning `tests' whereby God seeks to expand the qualities of the soul. As a new year is now beginning for all in the vast cycles of mortal life, it is the wish of the Brotherhood to show forth the fact that men are often overly concerned with that to which they ought to give but partial concern or merely a fragmentary glimpse, whereas the important directional concepts of life which mold and shape destiny and bring life into consonance with the divine pattern are often neglected for some temporary personal advantage. Having ourselves been embodied upon the planet for many a year, we are well able to understand such trends of human experience and we can view with compassion the turmoil generated by men who, while pursuing God, are also haply pursued by their own emotional menagerie. We do not expect an immediate reform overnight, although I am certain you will grant us that, if this were possible, it would be quite desirable from your standpoint as well as from our own. Now, the question usually arises with the breaking of the yearly cycle as to whether or not vows are in order, and then the question becomes "To vow or not to vow." There is a certain value, of course, in a worthy, determinate effort stemming from the heart and its natural desire to serve the will of God. A proposed idea, when examined in the light of illumination's flame, will be better understood in terms of the individual's capacity to incorporate it into daily experience. If an individual knows in advance that the vow he is making cannot be affirmed by right action but will almost certainly be broken, then it is perhaps best not to make it at all but rather to make an alternate vow, one to consult with God and with the ascended masters in holy prayer and communion for further assistance in amplifying faith, determination, the will to do, and the qualities which will overthrow undesirable habit patterns. Then, when the enemy is on the run, perhaps a vow is in order. This is like training to pole-vault over a high hurdle. Men would not enter such a contest before trial and error, but once the limbs are tested, the nerve firmly secured, and the skill manifested through a number of experiments, there is far less hesitation to enter the lists and to emerge victorious. We would like to point out that to attempt the scaling of the stars when men are unable to overcome small conflicts within their own domain often focuses energy and attention away from the direction of greatest need. Therefore, the wise and the foolish of the world would both do well, if they truly seek expansion of the soul, to accept the teaching that encompasses areas of human problems rather than those of curious and questionable phenomena. Seek to liquidate those debts, which will enable you to tackle higher responsibilities and thus not only hold your ground but also move forward in the light. Some among mankind seem to regard honest appraisal as denying them access to higher ways of attainment. Not so, precious ones, for as Saint Paul long ago declared, "If any man build upon the foundation of Christ gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; 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 abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire." The portal of this year is one of acute need for planetary assistance. The problems of the world are multiplied both within from an invisible standpoint and without. The complexities of this generation and the strands of entanglement have created aspects of both mass and personal confusion. Mere escapism will not suffice to solve these problems, neither will involvement in fear of the future. Past victories serve to move mankind forward; but the world itself, having obtained crucifixion upon the cross of Matter, needs to experience release from the agonies of imperfection which plague the social order and man's relationship with man. Those who perceive clearly, recognize that the many upon this planet are positioned in different strata of attainment. Some teach that none ever sink backward, yet this is not wholly true. The law of man's being indicates that passivity and self-interest wedded to inertia and the desire to attain the greatest personal advantage with the least expenditure of time and energy cannot be expected to produce the same yield as that of an ordered mind and heart that in full faith perceives the goodness of God, extending to all generations and giving to every man the fruit of his own labor, and to each and all the opportunity to let that labor become team work with Almighty God and the heavenly host. Inasmuch as many new souls will be coming into an awareness of the spiritual hierarchy this year, to understand that God alone does not minister from the realm of potentate, but makes of spiritual men and women who ascend joint-heirs and rulers with him in his kingdom, to assist the mankind of earth to find their freedom, to work with the forces of nature and the elements - to harmonize, to heal, to purify, to bless - so, then, men will begin to understand that while all of heaven is one, it is the fold to which the many servants of God, ascended, are joined. Those who seek a `living master' will find in the ascended realm a goodly number of living masters who serve the commonweal of spiritual ministration and, as teachers of good faith, bring to the feet of all the treasures of the Christ. Bring, now, to every heart the balm of more lustrous knowing, the essence and fragrance of those flowers which adorn the bowers of life, which blunt the thorns that misguided effort has planted on the human byways. Our gratitude flows forth this year, as always, to all of our chelas. The Buddha and the Christ amplify with your beloved Saint Germain the flame of freedom, the pulsation of liberty. Now, let us be up and doing. Let us be about our Father's business. Let us run and not faint. Let us go forward and not be weary. Let us know that our strength is in God who is the keeper of all that Is real. By his stripes, by his symbol, by his reality, we are healed of all that which is not real, and established forever in that which shall make all men free! Lovingly, I AM for an adventurous year of progress, KUTHUMI ****** Chapter 2 Beloved Paul the Venetian - January 9, 1966 ****** Vol. 9 No. 2 - Beloved Paul the Venetian - January 9, 1966 Gracious ones who respond to the heartbeat of God in majestic nature, pause to reflect for a moment, for the hungers of men's hearts are never truly satisfied, except by their own inward stance of spiritual beauty and its appreciation. Mounting world distress creates a sense of the desolate in men, especially in the more sensitive; and so, as though they were upon hot desert sands, athirst and without water, they long for an oasis of peace or the journey's end, where the accouterments of civilization will once again assuage their thirst and bring them that release which they seek. Now, purity of concept is essential in both material and spiritual victory. For if men were to obtain outward respect or stature by vapid or cruel means, the karmic debt would exceed the recompense attained. In spiritual matters it is impossible for men to acquire by wrong means, for the soul is always set back by the employment of wrong method. It is most difficult, precious ones, for the ascended masters to reach mankind when their own souls are unable to do so! Have you thought, then, gracious ones, of the hunger of your own soul, made in the image of God, for the beautiful image of the heavenly world and of the Higher Self? Do you know what it means to satisfy the longings of the soul by setting your feet upon a pathway worthy of eternal pursuit? There are so many byways, so many diversions, so much that is confusion in the world that a moment's thought will reveal to the honest heart of man or woman who will take stock of himself and of his aims and aspirations that vain and repetitive events, even of mortal achievement, cause the human mind to soar to dizzying heights from whence the tired eagle must ultimately drop into the great abyss of unreality and experience the termination of personal aspiration. Unquestionably, each individual soul would act as self-teacher, if its voice could be heard by the outer consciousness, if the sensitizing and purifying action would occur naturally or be encouraged enough so that it would understand the message of the eternal mysteries imparted by the soul. Now we must face the problem encountered by the ascended hosts in their outreach to mankind via the spoken or printed Word sent forth in your day for your edification and upliftment. Unless you shall treasure our words as God intends, we cannot assist you, anymore than can your own soul, in attaining that development of right action and right reaction which is our intent and God's as well. We must direct our concepts to those of many stations, providing nourishment for all, evolving all, assisting all, and attempting to reach all. Yet, the few who find the meat of spiritual sustenance within our words, dearly appreciate them and treasure them, one and all, whereas those who have no sense of the value of our radiation and contact unwittingly pass by a great release of love and light, which is in truth the sheen of the soul, the living treasure of their own being, shining through from the `inner lantern.' Come with me, then, to the garden of your heart, raise the latch of your attention, watch the great golden gate swing inward; see the peaceful, winding pathway, the verdant, protective hedges, the trellised roses of love, the lacy fern of form symmetry, the statuary of masterful achievement, the tinkle of falling water from the fountain of God-purity, the hush of reverence in angel minds, the sense of prescience, and the peace engendered by this retreat from the worldly sense. In this garden come apart, in this garden find your heart - in this garden is liberty, hear the anthem of the free! Be brave when all the world's in fear I AM God Presence ever near There is no failure in his plan Of liberty for every man. I AM eternal gratitude For opportunities so good, The very Presence of the light Hangs in the air so sweet and bright. As angel faces peep right through From sunlight shaft of glory's hue, I see the ladder of the Lord, The law of love now so adored, Increase the attitude of right That pens the law of sacred might And holds me close to God's embrace, Exalting the courage of his grace. I move mid cycles of the years As Beauty's hand wipes 'way all tears I see the shining realm of light From whence I came descending bright, As God's own hope for victory Singing the anthem of the free, "I go to do thy will, in thee," A sunbeam ray from higher towers To utilize thy finest hours By inspiration's mighty power. Every precious day I see As welcome opportunity To dwell in garden fair within Where God does triumph over sin, And find the way that leads me Home And keeps me seated on the throne Of oneness with thy purpose rare, This is my heart's great daily prayer - "Father, I thank thee for beauty, and more than all For the beauty that now and always is within me." Lovingly, I AM PAUL THE VENETIAN ****** Chapter 3 Beloved Fun Wey - January 16, 1966 ****** Vol. 9 No. 3 - Beloved Fun Wey - January 16, 1966 Gracious ones, the mystery of races is in part one of variety, but in other aspects it is one of opportunities misused. God has created the soul of man in his own image. Dogma and confusion have surrounded this image with manifold religious and philosophical expressions. In order to find happiness, men need to understand the law of their own being in a more direct manner. They will then realize that all external manifestations stem from the use or misuse of internal energy, the energy of the soul and of the universal being of God, functioning through nature without and being within. To misqualify energy at any time, from the soul's first going forth from God's heart to the present hour, creates the need for rebalance in the law. Men must not, then, rebel against the opportunity to make things right. On the contrary, men must welcome opportunity if they are to make progress. Victory is often won in little ways, while errors both great and small often intervene to affect mighty aspects of being in those areas of greatest import, and many times such error originates in very minor deviations of the law. The subtle shadings of the being of man, superimposed upon the soul, masquerade as reality, but only the soul is real. So important has the facade become to many upon earth, that to please the outer manifestation, they are willing to sell their own birthright - their right to expand the soul - and become castaways from the supreme purpose. This would not be if they could see the supreme purpose in manifestation, but imperfect vision has cast this pall betwixt their own minds and the mind of Christ, "and if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch." The veil that hangs between the Holy of Holies and the holy place in man must be torn asunder by noble and determined attention. Man must press forward into the kingdom of heaven. He cannot expect, with all that God has done to provide man opportunity, and with all that man has done to ignore this opportunity, that the pinions of happiness will automatically manifest in a raising action, unless the pursuit be determined and the effort be sufficiently made on man's part. Blessed ones, here is a very subtle reality in manifestation: Men must not delude themselves with the concept that they are acting to secure their own freedom and progress, they must hold with absolute fervor to the idea that God is acting through them to confer the greatest benefits upon them; they must yield to his will and honor it. Our reason for making this simple statement is to clarify here and now, for the profound as well as for those who are less illumined, that midst all the varieties of life's experiences and mirrored expressions lies the great mystery of being which all must unravel for themselves, that they may know true God-happiness both in themselves and in their search. I love you! FUN WEY ****** Chapter 4 Beloved Mighty Victory - January 23, 1966 ****** Vol. 9 No. 4 - Beloved Mighty Victory - January 23, 1966 I AM the golden victorious light, the full-orbed flame of illumination from the heart of God that refuses to accept any concept of limitation concerning my eternal reason for being, here and now made manifest in the chalice of the present hour! I AM the radiation of that victory which sweeps across the face of the earth, removing barriers by the power of faith that will not be denied its immortal birthright! I AM the flame of illumination that sweeps all continents, awakening peoples of every walk of life from the lethargy and sleep of the ages to a vital, breathing awareness of the wisdom that transcends dogma, sense consciousness, and personality functions - threading the eye of the needle with the thread of light-determination whose sewings upon the garments of the Lord of Creation produce elevation, consummation, radiation, purification, and freedom for every man, woman, and child upon this planet! O world, awake! Your dusty selves now shake; Purify and rectify, New ways of thought to make! The dignity of man has long been sold cheaply and, midst spirals of scientific achievement, the involved aspects of civilization have stymied the evolvement of his consciousness. Victory is at hand! The wages of sin is the death of right aspiration, motivation, and exaltation. Who shall give destructive instruments unto a child? Yet an infant humanity, having recognized variations in its own stature, ability, and consciousness, has ignored the need for personal integrity concerning those acts which it has committed in secret. Modern detection devices now coming into manifestation and use upon the planet Earth make it almost impossible for individuals to talk, communicate, or even think without detection by some prying surveillance of their fellowmen. These new modes of scientific listening devices now posing legal problems for the courts of the world are hailed as invaders of the privacy of mankind, yet they are but simple, mechanical, form-externalized methods of employing in the physical octave the all-seeing omniscience and omnipresence of God, now seized as right by the hand of man. Fulfillment has been made, then, of the biblical prophecy concerning that which is done in secret; for it shall be shouted from the housetops! The increasing use of such electronic devices will afford mankind less and less privacy, and as the governments of the world seek to employ them in their own interest and for the protection of freedom, so the enemies of freedom will also use the same devices on their own behalf. When men are boxed in from beneath, to the right, to the left, before, and behind, there is only one way to go, and that is up or remain boxed in below. Man's free will has not been interfered with by God, for he has generously given unto the hand of man the right to both progress and self-direction. But mankind's misappropriation of energy, his misuse of power, and his greed-motivated acts have denied to him his victory. Now cometh salvation and strength and the glory of God into manifestation, as the hearts of men, failing them for fear, seek to consult with one another and with heavenly emissaries concerning the reality of God. The waning interest in organized religion reported from some sources is but indicative of mortal weariness with platitudes, palliation, and human dogma. The victory of God declares that the soul hunger of man, the yearning, gnawing, burning search within his heart for reality shall, when men more fully recognize this need for fulfillment, bring the many upon the planet to a breathing awareness of the need to seek for a reality beyond dogma, form, creed, or exclusive organization. The Great White Brotherhood is now ready to release the greatest knowledge to the planet that has ever been given in any past age for the advancement of all mankind. We but wait for the true devotees of spiritual law to honorably uphold hands, hearts, and heads of virtue as chalices of purity, free from motivated calumny and unbridled by overly cautious mortal restraint in the great cosmic search for the manifest yet hidden wonders of universal love. I AM come, then, to charge the Earth with my flame of God-victory, a victory such as never before has manifested upon Earth! I am determined, as are all the great ones, that though the Earth may reel from the recoil of its own karma, the remnants of the righteous, who keep faith with their God Presence, entertaining concepts of victory for all, and acting to hinder no man, but only to unify the bands of the elect, shall find themselves about God's business twenty-four hours a day, waking or sleeping. The consciousness of soaring victory shall be theirs; like unto the Father, they shall not fail! They are the salt of the earth and the light of the world. They are the brothers of illumination. For the full manifestation of cosmic illumination and golden-age victory, I AM MIGHTY VICTORY! ****** Chapter 5 Beloved Saint Germain - January 30, 1966 ****** Vol. 9 No. 5 - Beloved Saint Germain - January 30, 1966 A detached view of life's situations can be most helpful in finding the key to solving both personal and world problems. Personal involvement frequently creates hidden tension, which is not recognized even by the most astute; this tension acts to prevent the full play of infinite grace within the individual and the development of his capacity to understand and amend erroneous conditions within his world. The admonishment, "Physician, heal thyself," would almost be satirical were it not for the fact that man can work changes of attitude and action right within his own world in order to appropriate for himself the glowing fervor of God's own healing rays. All may safely conclude that the Great Physician, the Lord Christ, the immaculate concept of God, the eternal Counsellor, the Wonderful Prince of Peace, the Star of Hope (also known as the Star of David), is the only begotten Son of the Father, the Light of Christ-intelligence which sheds its beams across the pages of the ages right into the personal domain of every man and woman who can and will open the doorway to his own heart of being and receive the light of the Infinite One through the inscribed "Christ arc of the eternal covenant." Enigma may be observed in the divine manifestation, but not in the divine intent. It is indeed the "Father's good pleasure" to give man the kingdom, for the allness of the eternal purpose is intended to be made known! Much of the inherent mystery in self and cosmos is either protective or interlocked, and sometimes it manifests as a combination of both. In my use of the word protective, I reference the secrets of the universe which can only be imparted to the individual who is a safe depository for the immortal secrets, one who would not use the power of universal knowledge to harm his fellowman or to divert the purposes of God from their full manifestation. The "interlocked" secrets of the universe resemble mighty historical and scientific works which are adroitly placed within the libraries of life. It is true that some wisdom is needed to search them out, and thus they are inherently interlocked within the fabric of time and space, available for the great adventure of discovery which is every man's right. Men ought not to be overly concerned with those secrets of the universe which are under the protective custody of God and the heavenly hosts, but those who would demonstrate wisdom in her many facets ought to be willing to devote some time to introspection and examination of their own motives so that they can clearly see those which are selfish and divest themselves of these hindrances to spiritual progress. Strange as it may seem, selfish motivation acts to call a halt to progress at a certain point in the game of life. There is only one way to escape from such stultification, and that is to remove the obstacle by removing selfish motivation from consciousness. Without introspection, individuals may often move on in the great stream of life and time, perpetuating their own errors and wandering in the wilderness of self-delusion and self-desolation. The Promised Land, abundant with fruit and flower, is one in which the verdure is developed from the great eternal springs of Christly manifestation. Each man on earth is intended to be one for whom the desert will bloom as the rose. It is ever unfortunate, when individuals become so shortsighted as to fail to recognize that they are the keepers of their own gate to progress. Thus, the accent on cosmic illumination for this year must be understood as cosmic necessity for all who would progress in the light. The sacred gift of freedom, which is the right of every man, must be esteemed as being appropriate sauce for the gander as it is for the goose. Frequently, people offer to others a different set of rules than they desire to have used for themselves. The golden rule for the new age is one of inviolate tenderness which affords every part of life the just heartbeat of divine opportunity. No shallow-pan consciousness is the ascended masters' realm. Our stresses and amplifications revealed herewith are for the admonishment of those who seek to come out daily from the pits of error into the light of a new day, reserved not for themselves alone - yet certainly not denied to themselves - but intended to manifest as a radiant cosmic unity for all the earth. Be not dismayed or affrighted, then, at the portal of any day, for the divine intent stretches forth to cover them all and the bastions of freedom have never been permanently breached, nor indeed can they! We stand with you in your resurgent desire never to capitulate, but ever to conquer victoriously all that deters you from the full manifestation of the victorious law of your being, the law of eternal life. For light, for power, for love, in freedom I stand! Lovingly, SAINT GERMAIN ****** Chapter 6 Beloved Archangel Michael - February 6, 1966 ****** Vol. 9 No. 6 - Beloved Archangel Michael - February 6, 1966 Blessed ones, faith stands as a shield, as an armor behind which the righteous and the unrighteous alike can afford themselves some measure of protection against mortal vulnerabilities. As God maketh the sun to shine upon the just and the unjust, so his gift of faith has been equally appropriated by some who suppose that by reason of their manifestation of some quality of God, some quality of faith, some quality of healing, they have also earned the right to cosmic virtue. Let me say for the eternal record that an act of faith, as it was intended to be from the beginning, is an act of faith in the right use of the eternal principles of God; it is an act of faith in his manifest goodness, in his righteousness expressed, in the exaltation of all of his purposes into loveliness outpictured. The outer manifestation by any man or woman of a condition that is less than the total overcoming of a condition of pain, of sickness, or of calamity, does not necessarily indicate that such a one is forsaken of God, neither does it necessarily indicate, because men are free from these conditions, that they are in very deed ministers of righteousness. Each man is truly judged according to his own work; the energies of his life are inscribed upon the pages of his own record, revealing cause, effect, intent, and motive of every thought, word, and deed he has ever committed. The mask of self-deceit does not, then, hide any man from the Eternal One, and only by great openness of motive, of intent to purity, to Godlikeness, can men wholly escape from the nets and snares they do weave and have woven in the past. Those who would trick others, must first be tricked by themselves. Thus, in this age of unfolding righteousness, the hand of the Infinite One extends to his ministers and plenipotentiaries who bear on winged hand and heart a message of faith and love, conveying absolute cosmic integrity. Unless men can summon faith in Almighty God and the tomes of his laws, they cannot help but be orientated around lesser objects of affection. To effect a faith in the invincible integrity of God is to attune with it; to live according to that design is to manifest it, and thus does faith carry man to the portals of hope, but a hope that is not rooted in faith in God's own integrity is no hope at all. Moral dogmas are no substitute for the feeling of almighty life that surges within the heart and declares that "the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof ..." from one end of infinity to the other, from the beginning of each cycle unto the end thereof. I come, then, this day to infuse you at the portal of this yearly cycle with the need to summon that faith which is the supreme good of every man. Remember, "Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. ..." Every age has seen its Trojan horses, and the ringing declaration of the Christ, "Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do," is to the present hour a revelation of mortal ignorance of the divine law. Let all ignorance be healed by faith in God's purposes, for this is our simple plea made manifest as heavenly thought and feeling, centered in divine faith. Make straight the ways of the Lord, make straight paths for your feet, for many shall run in the hollowed contours of those paths, and in the wake of your own karmic walk, you may yet leave footprints in the sands of eternal illumination for those who follow after eternal values. I AM faith in action, in the virtue of God's mind within you! ARCHANGEL MICHAEL ****** Chapter 7 Beloved God Meru - February 13, 1966 ****** Vol. 9 No. 7 - Beloved God Meru - February 13, 1966 The spirit of adventure is almost a thirst in the hearts of men. It drives them to mountains, to separation from the familiar and from home, to the rigors of arduous journey where the rewards seem few. Fossiled remains, questionable yields of assembled material, untold hardship, and multiplied peril are often the reward of those who seek to unravel, through archaeology and exploration, the buried civilizations of the past or the remote and relatively inaccessible landed areas of the earth. In the search for the discovery of reality, there are some who pursue the subcontinental levels of the mind and spirit of man. Through psychiatric and clinical procedures, through the weighty keeping of records and thought probings of human motives, the denizens of mortal thought and feeling are questionably raised to the surface where they are further examined by mankind. The finite span of mortal years has not afforded men the opportunity to properly evaluate this phenomenon; nevertheless, those who proclaim this method as the panacea for human ill remain dauntless in their search for "the answers." The mystics of the world have often been scorned and scoffed at, as have been the arbiters of science and alchemy - those who have sought to discover in little-known or understood phenomena the internal reaches of man's being and the domain of his destiny. As civilized man stands above savage minds, so the luminosity of the teachings of the Christ, of the Buddha, of the high lords of the Incas, of the mysterious initiates of past and present, remain above men's current devices to discern destiny, a star of shining hope to a world awaiting the dawn of a new age. Self-created barriers are often ignored in the search, and when the expected yield does not manifest after lengthy pursuit, there may be an inclination to abandon or to join a new caravan. At times this may mean returning to old and outworn theories or dogmas, yet the lure of the spirit of adventure at times drives men haplessly from one caravan to another. The Goddess Meru and I have consorted as to how we may this very hour poignantly and unforgettably call to your attention the need for individuals to evaluate themselves and to recognize the fact that their own lives and consciousness resemble an altar, an holy place where God is intended to abide. Because God is all qualities of eternal value, he is the soul of holy illumination, the sun source of strength and wisdom, possessing the power to connect all the shining rays of identity, form density, concept, ideology, and purpose. It is an essential ingredient of the victorious life that those who seem to be wise in the world should abandon their haughty sense of superior wisdom and become childlike in the search, and that those who are basically ignorant of much should abandon their sense of lack and substitute it with a hopeful feeling of imminent revelation, moment by moment. So, then, all should have a sense of happy resignation to the superior qualities of the Godhead which already are potentially manifesting upon the altar of their own being. Precious ones, there is such a gnawing sense of frustration abroad in the world today which seeks to criticize every manifestation of new hope that we release, thereby robbing men of security and faith in those ordained teachers of righteousness who in every age seek to raise the level of men's consciousness. The greatest safety for all lies in the understanding of consciousness as the doorway of penetrability into the domain of divine mystery as well as into all mysteries of self. In ancient initiations conferred here at Lake Titicaca upon the candidates for illumination, we frequently dramatized cosmic truth in an almost unforgettable manner in order to inscribe upon the consciousness of the seeker advance appreciation of the simple but necessary facts of life. The ignoring of these facts, by the seeker who considers more complex and advanced theories of greater importance, results in an unwariness, permitting minute snares to bring down the mighty from their seats. And thus has the truth been affirmed, "How are the mighty fallen!" The children of the sun are those who are bathed spiritually with the wisdom flame. A probing sophistry may say, "What is a wisdom flame?" We who know and understand can reply, as the earth can pass through the tail of a cosmic comet with impunity, so the soul of man can pass through the flame of cosmic illumination and receive the impartation of cosmic knowledge upon contact. The burning bush witnessed by Moses upon Mount Horeb, revealed that "the flame" did not necessarily consume the bush. The wisdom of God is of such splendid strength and shining that if it were not for the inherent quality of mercy within it and in the Divine One who has tempered the flame of wisdom to the shorn lamb of man's thought and feeling, mankind would not be able to appropriate his fiery wisdom; on the contrary, he would be consumed thereby! There is a gentle imparting, then, inherent within the flame of illumination, which meets the requirements of each hour as gradual and progressive unfoldment. There are many who are not content to be pampered, even by the Deity. These insist upon a more accelerated rate of progress and they often receive it. The caravan in pursuit of higher knowledge contains those who, with shaded eye against the brightness of the sun, look to the mountains with hope, riding ever onward, scanning the heavens for each sign of the appearance of the Christ. Others play in their tents during periods of rest and talk of the Promised Land. None in the caravan should despise the other, for each child and man can but manifest at a given point in time those hopes which he alone has externalized on the altars of his consciousness. One cannot be another, but all can become one. The great cosmic merge is not only accomplished in the divine aspects of power and wisdom, but also is it achieved through infinite love. Love is the key to the use and misuse of one's life and energies. Thus, reins must be established to hold in check unbridled manifestation. An undeveloped faith that mounts up like Icarus of old may find the tempered heat of the sun too much for the waxen wings of premature aspiration, and the chariot of consciousness may rush into the sun while the driver, unaware, falls to the earth, a broken and defeated spirit. Cherish well, then, the need to rule your faith and to establish it sufficiently for the ends which each hour requires. Project ahead the needs of the future for faith, as you would plan wisely for supply, and learn to concentrate your faith upon the path of the near future. Reins are also needed over the aspects of wisdom. Be not consumed in the search, for practicality will prove to make an arc of light and safety round the use of knowledge. The reins of love must also be bridled when dealing with both God and man, for while men ought to love the Lord their God with all their hearts, and their neighbor as themselves, they must seek to understand that which they should truly love, else in truth their love would be but idolatry. The command, "Thou shalt have no other gods before me," in higher manifestation, reveals to the advanced disciple that the altar of God is the domain of the True Self, where revelation and understanding go hand in hand into the kingdom of the sun, and thus, God is born individually upon the altar of the dawn within the heart of the golden flame of cosmic identity. The golden dawn in the Temple of Incal is the beginning of the newness of eternity and of life in infinity. Graciously, I AM MERU ****** Chapter 8 Beloved Saint Germain - February 20, 1966 ****** Vol. 9 No. 8 - Beloved Saint Germain - February 20, 1966 As we consider the practical meaning of a purified heart, we must conclude that the universal manifestation of purity of heart would solve most of the problems of the individual and the world collectively. Our gift, then, this year, at this season, when the word "sweetheart" is on many lips, is allegiance to the power of love as opposed to the opposite pole, that of hatred or mild dislike. We cannot doubt that in this world of form, mortal thought and feeling may, from time to time, bear certain justifiable disgust with the trends of the times and with attitudes prevalent to those whose lives are not orientated around divine ideals. However, we must be consistent in our reverence for energy and its economy and bear in mind that each moment indulged in the subtle or obvious manifestations of criticism is a waste of the economy of life, for out of imperfection one cannot give birth to perfection. The understanding of holy wisdom permits men to undertake certain measurements of the fruits of selfhood without portraying sordid images by acting out the part of unwanted conditions. Purification of the basic structure of life is essential. Although perfection and the divine ideal are ever present within man in the flame of Life that beats his heart, the Great Law requires the conscious direction of the will so that subconscious imagings which might otherwise turn consciousness downward are stripped of their sheaths of impurity and transformed into shafts of light to raise the individual, the planetary body, and all life thereon. If freedom has meaning, then it must be embodied by all. Justice requires that freedom be honored, but freedom requires a recompense for justice. So frequently, blessed ones, we find that individuals indulge in a criticism of others in order to exonerate themselves from the same or a similar offense. Now, whether we deal with the laity or the spiritual priesthood, it must be with a view to raising the level of Christly manifestation in all. Through the centuries the almost anemic manifestation of spiritual ideals by those who again and again have tasted and spurned cosmic opportunity has been contrasted by the ruddy expansion of all that serves the ever-fattening human ego. The sharp dangers of the ever-present hour surround mankind today with the fleeting ghosts of their own past errors. If we are ever to transmute these errors and to raise men into the wonders of the golden age, it must be by reason of man's hidden spiritual hungers satisfied. So long as spiritual brothers, so-called, wage war against those supposedly pursuing the same ideal, we cannot expect that the bond of unity which the Brotherhood requires shall fashion for them a vessel for the containment of the one right essence which will effectively communicate to all the perennial need to end spiritual and mortal pride, raising the heart as a beautiful chalice to the great white throne of God, there to partake of his essential humility who, in the manifest Christ, being found in fashion as a man, humbled himself and became obedient, even unto death. There are those whom men feel deserve to die, but we would raise all unto life that none of those in whom the Father has vested the mighty threefold flame of life should ever be lost. Take hope, then, for the spiritual forces of the planet are marshaling themselves as never before to rally around our banner of complete freedom from every oppression, self-imposed or projected from the ignorant, who "know not what they do." The hour is at hand when the Christ must, as the great Comforter, unite hearts and hands in a thrust to end all thrusts and struggle. "Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain." Can Babylon be transformed to become the New Jerusalem? Can the sinner become the saint? Can freedom flourish? We shall see as to what response we evoke. Lovingly, I AM SAINT GERMAIN ****** Chapter 9 Beloved Lord Gautama - February 27, 1966 ****** Vol. 9 No. 9 - Beloved Lord Gautama - February 27, 1966 As the physical sun of this system of worlds shines on both just and unjust, who bask in its benefits, so is every individual facet of the Godhead a sun of radiant splendor which is intended to convey a blessing of lesser magnitude - one which is beneficial as well as necessary to the advancing soul who must be content with little splinters of God until he is able to demonstrate the ability to assimilate more of the Infinite Sun. This spiritual light, which is often ignored by the multitudes, so surfeited in mortal doings, is earnestly sought by an ever-increasing few who one day will engulf those presently engaged in materialistic seeking, as the golden age of spiritual adventure is more fully launched. It has been our thought to quicken the pulse of the youth of the world as the first step in preparation for the giving of greater opportunity extended over a longer period of time in order that the challenge of life might become a spiritual one. Yet, those who walk in darkness that they might commercialize the credulous have thought otherwise. They prefer to ensnare the youth of the world with all the glitter and glamour of the physical world made available through modern science. Merely to make match with them by purveying religious teachings cloaked with glamour is not the answer. Rather, it is necessary, by contrast, to sustain great individual islands, focuses of the mighty threefold flame resident within individual lives in manifestation - great pools of devotion upon whose banks many may sit and receive the silent benediction of higher octaves. Thus we can, by the power of right example, enable men to shed egocentricity and act to teach from the purest motives. We can indeed assist many in all age groups to purify their worlds until the inner teacher shining through will be able to guide the hungry ones to the feet of their own God Presence where heart and soul are indeed filled with the bread of the angels. Nothing else will suffice. Whereas we may, from time to time, utilize material engines, whose patterns were derived from the wisdom of God, it is to the inward attunement and realization of God, individually, that we turn for the salvation of every man. The barriers separating East and West have lessened, it is true, but mounting conflicts continue between nations, threatening to stay the sweet cherub hand of opportunity as souls wend their way towards Shamballa. A city of hope is perceived behind the dream of each precious seeker who desires to leave behind him, as a heritage for all mankind, some striking resemblance to the Creator's image. City and state architects of past and present have not all been lacking in humility and the desire truly to serve, for there is more virtue in the world expressed by men and women in avenues of public service than the average person is aware of. Leaders in all fields are often criticized and condemned when people scarcely know what they are really like or what they seek honestly to do. I think we could well say, and rightly so, that multitudes have unwittingly sought to outpicture God and to follow him in the error of their own ways. There is a way that seemeth right unto man, and the end thereof are the ways of death. True understanding of the Creator is but glimpsed by the few, and many there are who are the confused children of his heart. Many have listened to the voices of discord and debate, seeking to turn postulation against postulation until negation and stagnation of mind and spirit result in spiritual desolation and broken spirits. Thus do the blind lead the blind and both fall by the wayside. The strands of our compassion are daily binding up the splintering world. The many needless fractures of personal and national friendships shattered by greed, misunderstanding, and ignorance, must be repaired and the old boundaries of the Ancient of Days restored. Thus measurement becomes commeasurement - a cosmic impetus - and true judgment is rendered by a careful sifting of fact and gracious attunement. Crumbling temples, long-dead antiquities may challenge the archaelogist's mind, and even seem a clever gambit to the curious, but our wish is for the old, profitable harmony, in its pristine purity, to be rediscovered as faith and goodwill to all. The field of the Lord, planted in a consciousness of pure beauty and compassion is ready for the harvest. The golden fruit of hearts dwelling in pure harmony is ripe. The peal of freedom's bells ought to be heard in all lands. The true meaning of life, of God, and of religion should be sought, understood, and cherished. The intellectual men and women of today so frequently confuse themselves with a myopic theology that they cannot convey even a portion of truth to others. The perfect image of the divine plan remains undeciphered; and since men cannot read the hieroglyphs of divinity they cannot impart knowledge of reality to others. As we muse on this seeming dilemma here in Shamballa, more confusing than the war in Vietnam do we find the war-torn battleground of the human psyche. The struggle to rise out of trespass and sin into the resurrection and the life of God occurs daily among the masses in the religious community. I am grateful to say that at times hope does invade the hearts even of the most callous, including those who have said, "There is no God." Many of these, fallen in battle, at the scene of their passing, reach up with sudden tears to embrace the Creator. Thus, life goes on, fashioned from the sun, to spin, day by day, new and beautiful garments over the world. The Lord God is the Lord of the whole earth, and all religions that have truly sought to provide a pathway to his heart have striven to manifest the blessed assistance which the seeking heart requires. Discipleship has always required dedication, and today the need remains great. We say, let no one lay down his life in vain, but let all seek that holy wisdom that is like a patina of gold upon the mountain's summit. Let the purple hue, transmutation's balm, glow and emanate the message of our Brotherhood, both near and far. Infinite mercy and understanding open the heart's door to the talisman of ever-present love toward all. In the bond of the heart's expanding love, I enfold all who stand ready to embrace peace and diligently pursue the means to sustain it everywhere with honor. I AM GAUTAMA ****** Chapter 10 Beloved Archangel Michael - March 6, 1966 ****** Vol. 9 No. 10 - Beloved Archangel Michael - March 6, 1966 I speak to men and women caught in the delusory web of time and circumstance. Gods in the making are you, though your feet and hands, like four-footed beasts, are often upon the ground and you do not see the power of faith in action. Men are content to repose in the masterful energy of the Godhead, knowing that in the battle between light and darkness, light will triumph. Let the horns of Victory peal forth a triumphant note, and let all who can stand, face, and conquer, who believe the words, "I AM thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward," understand the meaning of faith and how it is generated. It is enough to recall that purity of motive is a mighty requisite in the calling forth of faith. Countless among mankind selfishly seek ends within themselves, denying the total purposes of life, thereby depriving themselves of the fruits of victory. Their expectations of fulfillment are often embodied in petitions made to the Deity; if these were all granted, they would eventuate in thorns on the pathway which would one day pierce their hearts and cause them great pain and suffering. In the great mercy of the law of life, God seeks to prevent these negative manifestations, and tenderly guide the petitioner into a more worthy desire. Thus character is molded and faith is developed by submission to the will of God and the desire to know it. There must never be a careless drift whereby the individual not only desires God to make his choices for him, but also expects the Most High to carry them out. In the name of divine reason, ladies and gentlemen of faith and men of goodwill, understand that God has given individuality unto you in order to enable you to think and act for yourselves. This does not mean that you cannot implore the Divine One to make his will known, nor does it mean that you cannot ask for his loving assistance so readily given. To lean upon the arm of the Lord does not mean to make of it a crutch, but to enter into a partnership whereby patterns, as they are found, inspire the individual to execute artistically new spirals of thought in keeping with the divine ideals. Individual action, where holy zeal is rightfully tempered by divine wisdom and grace, makes of man a God in action. No desecration is to be found in the right employment of faith, but only the exhilarating thought of perfection in paradise. The revelatory glimpses of John the Beloved are scarcely understood save by the few. The exposal of emotional ills of mind and being, projected against the seekers draw parallels in Pilgrim's Progress and Dante's Inferno. Yet, a world steeped in dogma will often reject progressive revelation and the voice of God speaking in all ages through holy prophets. I AM an advocate of faith. This faith must be versed in God and his universal desire for perfection. Beauty and radiant life - the desire which he has permitted to permeate the universe and which is the fullness of his first gracious manifestation - imparts to man, as birthright, the selfsame privileges enjoyed by God himself. God is very near in the thought of faith which pervades the idea of reward for right action. Theologians of the world, in their contemplations, have often pondered the existence of good and evil. Those who are orientated to the highest path understand only the existence of the total permeation of good. They seek to dip in the ocean of its majesty with the cup of their consciousness, and to fill that consciousness with this good which I AM. Faith is, indeed, "the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen" as yet. But it will never be denied by Holy Writ or by cosmic truth, written in letters of fire, that this substance is perceived by those who pursue the Path further along the way. The reality of an ardent faith, translated and made manifest, transforms man from lesser images unto greater. When the predominant manifestation is God-orientation, there is a natural sloughing off of the elements of earth as transmutation's fires, invoked by God-command, uttered within the mind and being of an individualized soul, are called into action. Faith mounts up and transmutation increases. Thus the influence of old energy patterns which emerge from the psyche of man, out of the elements of his confusion and darkness, is mitigated and finally overcome. The power of faith constructs from the dead ashes of the phoenix, not a trace, a mere atom of human imagination, but a tangible, manifest, living reality that has the potential to frame its own world. You are not dust and ashes. You are not mortal substance, mechanistic social beings, but in the great, cheerful heart of reality, you are becoming like unto God. You can never deny the power of faith and win. You must take the first step and all subsequent steps required until your aloneness becomes "all oneness." One of the greatest assists that any lifestream can ever have or develop is awareness of the invisible One, the Lord Christ, the beloved Saint Germain, the revered Holy Mother Mary, and the blessed angels who every day assist mankind in countless ways, of which they are scarcely aware. Through developing faith in our ministration, you are able to intensify our pattern until our reality becomes your own, and we are able to know you as you really are, as God created you. In this faith of our knowing, as you accept the image of immortality and victory, you become like us, for you also see us as we are. Countless millions mock and scoff, knowing not what they do, accepting the reality of the senses and rejecting the great matrices of scientific God-perfection that have made form and substance possible of manifestation. Be not afraid, the archangels and the angels, the great cosmic beings, the Lords of Life, and your own divine soul stand as a pillar of fire in the night and a cloud of witness by day. In your moments of upliftment and the unfortunate moments of doubtings and meanderings, the Star of the Presence is ever above you. Faith holds you in the hands of God. Expand the faith! Expand the faith! Expand the faith! for right where you are, I AM. Grace, peace, and blessings be multiplied in your mounting faith in the goodness of Almighty God. ARCHANGEL MICHAEL ****** Chapter 11 Beloved El Morya - March 13, 1966 ****** Vol. 9 No. 11 - Beloved El Morya - March 13, 1966 The winnowing of the soul may present elements of uncomfortability to the aspirant, but the rewards exceed by such a weight of glory all slight inconveniences and delays that men should prepare for a resurrection from dead works as a mother anticipates with joy an incoming child. The effect of unconscious moods must be studied. The mind in a groove or a rut may adopt itself to a mode of complacency, thus ignoring the need to change the mind. The pull from the Great Magnet, the pull of the ascension, which commences the moment the descent is complete, ought to be consciously implemented by right thought and action so that individual life experiences may be woven into the fabric of the ascending current. Thus, orientation is completely divine, and the overconcern for the ego and its future is minimized. When this action of cutting the soul loose from the bonds of earth is complete, even the earthly pattern will reflect a greater manifestation of peace. Struggle is always misfortune when its end is downward. But struggle, itself, if the sense of struggle be shed, will produce the fruit of striving in manifestation for all who will apply themselves diligently to spiritual ends as they have to material gains. Men are often caught in the downdraft of another's descent, and the palpitations of their vacillations at this moment distress not only the near ones, who love them, but also do they scratch the fine grains of the mind to their own discomfort. The dark ones continally seek to involve mankind in overconcern for externalities - political, personal, social, private - and in preconceived notions about the future of man or the future itself. These overconcerns often prevent man from taking the precise action which would free him from entanglements. Yet, the dark ones weave their net most skillfully, and their snares have caught many unawares. But if the world be full of darkness, there is more light in the universe than all of the darkness of the world multiplied by the nothingness that it is. Those who, as insects, live out a cycle that in the cosmos is of less concern than a katydid, will find that all of their seemingly great ideas come to naught. Purity of motive will assist the brothers in bringing in the golden age. All that which serves the needs of cosmos is great. All that which serves selfish desires of individual segments of society can be the approach of darkness and despair. What, then, shall a man do to be saved? Commitment to the pristine ideas of God is a right step, and when love develops sufficiently to cognize the allness of God as of greater purpose than the turbulence of men and the spasms of self-seeking, the blessedness of freedom will come. Our abode is nigh, but seems afar to those who gaze myopically upon the grains of sand in the urn. Pursue the vastness of the infinite arrow! The Christ has not fled afar into the heavens, but gazes in overseeing love to those who know that the tangible garments of the Lord's appearance are at hand. In the flash of the lightning, in Saint Elmo's Fire, in the explosions of atomic energy, and in the course of effective cellular change, as the body prepares for the resurrection, is to be seen the beginnings of the immortalizing process. Men seek, indeed, to gather grapes of thistles. They eat not the masters' words, but consider themselves wiser than the God-intent. In the minds of these, as in dens of iniquity, are conceived the products of idleness, which serve the segments of moments without purpose, and are sliced as cheese with fine knives to be dispensed on the markets as reality. The substance we seek is the strength of the immortal character of God, like strong trees upon the hillsides, and the vastness of mountain heights, the quiet solitude of nature unfolding, and the stone rolled away from the tomb, this sacred essence symbolizes the triumph of the mighty, yet quiet grace of God, expanding in the consciousness of those who listen and learn the wiseness of the Holy One. Of old, these have been masters of destiny; children of God and of the Son of his righteousness are they. Theirs is no turning but always a returning; theirs is not to be turned aside to gaze upon the saltless salt of Sodom, but to adhere to the Path rightly and know that the end thereof is the triumph of Christ-magnificence within their own souls. Those whom God loves he may chasten, but each glistening moment of that chastening is for the whiteness of his appearing in the victory of overcoming. Ours is not the action or the attitude of a moment, but it is the great summoning which calls hearts Home and perceives each lifetime as a moment and each moment as a lifetime in which to strive in prayer without ceasing that the perfection of the Divine Presence above manifest below in the confines of individuality. Our brothers join you in the mighty search for a resurrection here and now, waiting not the pains, so-called, of death, but sensing the overcoming of that which God has so mightily loved as to say, "Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." So, go, and do likewise. So recall how Abraham sought to please God, how Enoch walked with him, how to Christ he was Father, that in the new sense of "greater works shall `I' do," you, too, shall serve to expand the knowledge of his kingdom and give the water of life to the thirsty ones. I love you, and I love His cause. In divine union, I AM one with the will of God, EL MORYA ****** Chapter 12 Beloved Mother Mary - March 20, 1966 ****** Vol. 9 No. 12 - Beloved Mother Mary - March 20, 1966 As the dancing light in the eyes of a child speaks of realms other than those of this earth, so do highlights often glimmer in the young men and women of the world when, in unspoiled freshness of heart and mind, they unfold the joyous expectancy of hope for life at hand. In the quietness of a garden, and in the contemplation of nature bursting into bud, do the strands of hope, ever and eternally renewed, come year after year into manifestation. As a mother watches a young child expand his tiny limbs until together with mind and consciousness they seem to aspire afar, so does the great inner flame of God within gaze upon each one as Father, Mother-Spirit, most holy, hoping against hope that each tiny child, returned to manifestation in the world of form to renew old associations, right old wrongs, and win new victories, will be successful in the carrying out of the divine aims implanted within. That these beautiful aims and lovely ideas of God and his holy angels seem too faint to be sensed by the aspiring consciousness, so as to be clearly understood, may seem a pity to many. However, let this feeling of sadness concerning the still, small voice of God be not held, let it not rule in your heart, for as we gaze upon the records of the lives of mankind individually, and by comparison assess the world situation against that which it was in days of old, we are aware that, regardless of appearances, there are more souls today who can clearly discern the voice of God than there were in the olden days! Men and women who have perpetrated crimes against individuals, society, and even against the Deity, those who have desecrated their own souls, are "the many" whose shortened life-spans are the result of their dissipations of God's holy energy, which practice has produced for them scarcely any of the fruits of happiness whereas the men and women of great vision who have served in the known world and realized only in smaller segments the hand of opportunity, extending as immortal life in the realm of God, have derived therefrom incomprehensible happiness. This happiness floods the world today and inhabits a strata within the atmosphere and within the heart and consciousness of mankind. As a bird in flight hovers, in most cases, near the earth, a friendly tree, and a verdant terrain, so those who are able to go apart in quiet consciousness and commune with God can live in these wonders of his being and Presence right while the most sordid manifestations exist all around them. I do not mean to imply that it is not advantageous to seek a quiet place away from the multitudes and a place of communion where the templed atmosphere may draw one closer to heaven and God, but what I wish to convey that is of particular note is that no circumstance in the outer world of form is permanent, nor can it forever delay the perfect manifestation of the divine plan for you. In olden days it was my joy to contemplate the mastery of my son Jesus. Today, all of the children of the world are regarded by me as my own. And when one of them reaches up heart, head, or hand, in divine seeking or yearning to serve the kingdom cause, I cannot fail to respond to that one if I am called upon. But for those who have restrictions in their consciousness and prefer to follow certain aspects of the Reformation - which were the result of an overcompensation for the ills of the then current religious dogma - for those who still conceive of my being as a lesser idol, I withdraw in gentle love into the folds of heaven's grace and from afar pray for that soul. But for those who wish to draw nigh unto God, by embracing the compassion of my heart which belongs so completely unto him, I will impart my love and the grace that God has given to me as an assistance to those precious lifestreams. So it is with all those who have gone on before, those who have attained, and in bliss eternal do enjoy the felicity of heaven. They, too, are willing to respond to those devotees who elect to call upon them. This is never a matter of idolatry, or a tearing away of the heart from God. It is simply an assimilation of the divine hands of friendship in a more personal manner to those who yet require a personal touch from God. There is never desecration in this if the motive be pure and if dedication to the eternal Father be the goal of the soul. Did not Our Lord say, "Love one another"? How can true love, then, desecrate the object of its affection? Purity and right motive of soul are so determinate in blending the aspirations of men with realization. Beauty and strength go hand in hand, and the sense of beauty is so resolute in developing true beauty and true strength. To ready oneself for a Gethsemane, for a Golgotha, for a resurrection, or for the final victory and triumph of the ascension has high requirements; unyielding faith is a prerequisite to completion. To sense that you are not alone, by being bereft either of friends or companions along the way, is helpful, but to understand that the spiritual forerunners of past ages are watching your progress still, and are not so far removed from you by time or by the concepts of the contemporary world, is a great blessing to those who can accept it. We are your contemporaries today, more so than many of those ephemeral ones who walk beside you in the marketplace. They often seek their own gains or to tear from you some beautiful softness of soul which they, themselves, cannot accept and would but desecrate in order to feel a moment of mortal triumph. We would restore to you the great communion of hearts that makes one wide world and one beautiful cosmos. The kingdom of God is within you - that is to say, the key is there. You must place it in the golden door, as did my son, Jesus, and accept the reality of heaven that is all around you. The emptiness of atheism and the travesty of agnosticism are both symbols of the incomplete. Men and women who have mastered language, art, science, and worldly learning, according to its finite possibilities, are often most lacking in their understanding of cosmic adventure. They live but a moment upon the wind and then they are scattered to a new seed time. But the Lord abideth forever, and those who love the great magnetism of his heart of love will tremble in joy and anticipation to fulfill his holy will. As my son, and as your beloved Saint Germain, they will seek freedom's star, both near and far. They will triumph, and they will win. I love you always, MOTHER MARY ****** Chapter 13 Beloved Goddess of Liberty - March 27, 1966 ****** Vol. 9 No. 13 - Beloved Goddess of Liberty - March 27, 1966 Men and women who seek freedom for your posterity as for yourselves, pause to consider the mastery of your beloved Jesus over life and over death. His triumph was one which occurred within the individual domain and is possible for you to achieve today. As the world marches down the pathway of destructive materialism - that seeks to rob the very foundations of freedom and liberty by involving men in ceaseless processes unnatural in their very origins - let us ask ourselves these questions, "What can we do for the youth of this age and for the future of mankind? How can we stop the onslaught of a blatant materialism that casts its coils around the balance of life and honors the golden calf as the be-all and end-all of mortal existence?" The acquisition of gold, of substance, of material gain, and of status is set before the youth today as the standard by which the abundant life is measured. This type of example has far too great an influence upon society to be ignored, for the contamination of the age has been its result. Beautiful forces of light, strands of infinite holiness, that beyond the stars themselves extend the glory of God in infinite realms, as plan, p-l-a-n, are also at work in the world today; yet it is the juxtaposition of opposing materialistic forces that would seek to impugn man in matter and substance and rob him of his immortal birthright. I say, then, in the name of Almighty God, the great accomplishment of the Lord Christ in the resurrection is today desecrated by those who proclaim it on the one hand as a feast of holy days and yet, throughout the balance of the year, ignore the wonders of this immaculate concept of triumph locked within the heart and soul of man as God made him. Let us, then, highly resolve that those men and women of good faith who have lived in past ages shall not be ignored and their lives rendered ineffectual today. Let us determine that a renaissance of spiritual culture and of the treasures of the heart shall flourish in this land of America and be spread throughout the world as never before. Value and sense of value ought to be reconsidered until, by application to the divine pattern, the unfolding of cosmic possibility is recognized and the scale of cosmic values is understood by men and women who today are bound in a round of mortal circumstance and circumscription. You ask for freedom and liberty. You long in your hearts to feel and be as the wind, to ride upon the clouds, as in an idyllic dream, and to be as you once were - a mighty Spirit who could summon vehicle of manifestation at will, and consort with "the spirits of just men made perfect" by love. Today the lost arts of the ascended masters - arts lost to mankind, that is - have been almost forgotten, and substitutions of the material forces are replacing them in the memory of man. As we contemplate the meaning of the resurrection this year, it is to refortify those who are holding the torch of God upon this earth with great might and power and the sustenance of the Holy Spirit; and it is also to kindle the light and knowledge of the mighty I AM Presence in the hearts of those who yet sit in the dark, awaiting the manifestation of the greater light of their religious faith or of the great revelation of progress made from on high in this day as in ages past. Try to understand, beloved ones, that no matter what has been, the Lord God liveth, and his Spirit breatheth out energy upon the world daily. The conversion of this energy and its appropriation in right channels will make the golden age of wonder and cosmic beauty possible now, and the entering into that golden age through the utilization of modern technology to spread abroad the sacred Word from on high throughout the land and throughout all lands. This great achievement shall come about as a natural generosity from the hearts of the people who will determine that no sacrifice made on behalf of the incoming golden age is too great; for Life itself requires that the surfeiting of mortal experiences of the past decades must be halted, with all of their downward trends, and that the beauty of freedom, democracy in truth, and universal law must be amplified. The United Nations must become an avenue of right and virtue. Some have expressed concern because Communist nations are seated in this body. Let all recognize that all nations represent people, and the world itself represents all people. In the larger sense, then, it must be understood that it is the people, themselves, who are seated in the position of their delegates; the acceptance of these people and of their delegates is tantamount to providing a forum for the expression of goodwill or ill, as the case may be, for all mankind. Better far that these sentiments be expressed in words and a possible solution be sought than for these forces, which will act anyway, to continue unabated until they erupt as a destructive storm of mortal conflict. Let us, then, again and again, resolve to understand that mortal politics in all of its delusory activities are often penetrated by a shaft of the sunlight of God's own wisdom. It is the human acceptance or nonacceptance of divine ideas that creates the sometimes unwholesome aspects of mortal organization. Even chaos may express a relative state of order, for on earth divine law is often set aside and mortal feeling holds sway. You have a saying that "Rome was not built in a day." Let me tell you that this may be true, but the spirals of the Spirit must be constructed now, before the complete turning of mankind into a decadent entombment in Matter which will require centuries and even aeons if men do not soon heed the call that seeks to lift them individually out of this ever deepening groove of imperfection. Let us now highly resolve that the Christ shall not have died in vain. Let us highly resolve that his Resurrection Spirit of good works shall sweep the world as never before and bring forth this day and throughout this year - spiraling into the coming decade and throughout the coming age - the beauty of ascending hearts, individuals who have faith in God and his power to resurrect mankind, regardless of appearances, and who will put their shoulders to the wheel to uphold his spiritual ideals and the ideals of God in the family of nations. This is not the time to drag your feet, to be concerned with the littleness of your finite self or your finite plans, often hatched in the delusion of the personal self. Now is the hour when those who believe in the transcendence of God and in the surmounting power of faith will themselves ride in that caravan, serve that cause, pray for that society and world, and see that now is the time as Christ himself said to "Go (ye) into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature." So must you also do and continue to do. You cannot let down. You cannot say to the world, "You must paddle your own canoe." If you have a desire to assist your fellowmen, it must be implemented by right action today. We who know what is at stake make our plea, renewed from time to time, and intensified to greater strength as the years roll by, that we may counteract the intensification of recalcitrance itself which accepts social pressures and excess taxation in a complacent manner, saying, "There is nothing we can do about it." Ladies and gentlemen, there is something you can do about it. You can pray! You can ask for wisdom! You can receive wisdom! You can be guided as to how to act and the world can be changed! It is not too late if you will act now. It may be too late for you tomorrow, and you may lose your opportunity if you do not see this today. I AM for a renewed Resurrection Spirit that sweeps the years right through and is liberty in action! I AM your Cosmic Mother, THE GODDESS OF LIBERTY ****** Chapter 14 The Cosmic Being Faith - April 3, 1966 ****** Vol. 9 No. 14 - The Cosmic Being Faith - April 3, 1966 The power of faith has "framed the world" and the power of faith to alter a way of life for a nation, a state, or an individual continues to be "the spark that God begot," the spark of cosmic confidence that knows no bounds to possibility wedded to effort. Miracles are called for by mankind, yet the sense of the miraculous is often absent from their consciousness. The confining stakes that stretch forth the extent of the human claim are often a far cry from the mighty revelation of possibility which springs from the mind of God as the strength to accomplish, by the power of vision in action, born of hope and nurtured by charity. We aspire today, as cosmic beings, (referencing here Faith, Hope, and Charity) to symbolize in action the mighty threefold flame of Life: love, wisdom, and power - love as charity, wisdom as a fount of hope, and faith as the power to create and sustain an endeavor. Again and again we hear the mankind of Earth utter the words of limitation, the words that circumscribe them to an appointed round of normalcy. I ask you, now, in the name of divine reason, what is really normal, save that which is referenced in a framework of relativity? Does not your own history show forth numerous changes in the acceptability of scientific facts? Does not every era reflect significant changes as earmarks of progress upon the scale of mankind's advancement? Even the humanities reflect a supposed rate of progress. Yet, there are remnants of the past - relics of human discord and achievement, symbols of age-old frustrations - which exist side by side with the invisible, invincible, inherent power to mount up as on eagle wings and to overcome. Yet, the inscriptions of the past and the sense of far-off worlds, of future activity, blend admirably with the strands of men's present weavings and the integration of cosmic desire into their consciousness. The ingredient of spiritual longing, passed through many hands of light, embodied upon the terrestial globe you call Earth, will make light work of the task at hand, the appointed destiny of mankind to overturn the lords of war, to overturn the bonds of prejudice and entrenched mortal authority - by recreating within the framework of the existing world authority newness of life and changes of right - to shatter the matrices that have outlived their usefulness, and that bind men and women to paths of continuing frustration and terror. Remember, then, O mankind of Earth, even as the puzzlements of men concerning visitors from other planets, concerning sightings of that which you have called "flying saucers," and concerning universal destiny continues - remember, then and now, the words of the Master Jesus are applicable, "O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?" Think ye not that men of little faith in ancient Babylonian civilizations, dwelling in the beauty and splendor of the hanging gardens, and men and women of ancient Egypt seeing the grandeur of the Ptolemy dynasty and the mighty glory of ancient Egypt did not also witness miracles of nature and stand puzzled concerning the origin of life. The injunction "Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you" applies more to the present day than even to the past. Although the knowledge of man has broadened, his spiritual understanding is very narrow to the present hour. While the ascended masters and your own beloved Saint Germain continue to serve with beloved Jesus and the mighty hierarchy of life, it is a fact that the planet is overrun with lifestreams who selfishly pursue their own ends. Knowing the imminence of death and destruction all around them, and understanding some measure of nature's power, they are still unwilling to depart from the realm of the "normal" and the mass intelligence that seeks to conquer the universe. They are unwilling even to attempt to understand the mighty miracle Presence of Life that is within them and the need to harness cooperatively the God-power as a means of unification and brotherhood. The message of the resurrection, of the living Christ, is a radiant one for all to pursue. It is the culmination of a faith spanning the centuries of the grandeur of a noble heart that of old said, "I will lift up mine eyes to the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth." The despair of death must be overcome And out of the catacombs of life The true devotees must emerge Into the radiant, golden stairs of the sun To climb those stairs, one by one To see the radiance of that substance there As wings of mighty, holy prayer. Flash right through, O Faith, so bold! Let not the pains of death now hold The soul and aspiration dear That seeks each pathway now to clear And fetters break, the earth to shake To make the dusty world awake And work more wonders, God has taught - The mighty golden light, he brought Illumination's flame to be A measure of immortality. O golden age, now dawning long Let Earth now hear her cosmic song And rising in the arms of Faith A blessed tribute now to make As hearts in union, now do beat We hear those blessed pilgrim feet Keeping on and keeping on 'Til sun is high and victory won. To Faith we pay our tribute In Hope we now rejoice The miracle love of Charity - Our choice. I AM your sister of eternal unity sustaining for all mankind in the name of Almighty God, the blessing of the strands of holy faith. I AM forever yours, FAITH ****** Chapter 15 Beloved Jesus - April 10, 1966 ****** Vol. 9 No. 15 - Beloved Jesus - April 10, 1966 Error stalks the streets of the world and its victims are the youth who should be leaders of the future. Wisdom would do her perfect work, but the artificial stoppages inherent within modern society have denied to the present generation the benefits of hard-won blessings striven for by spiritual men and women who in their day left a heritage for those to come. Mankind's disappointments cannot be attributed to heaven but only to their own ignorance and unrighteousness. While their emotions are constantly being stirred in the direction of egoistic complexities, they continue to seek name and fame without application to cosmic law and the grand search for a measure of the understanding of truth. Where will all this lead mankind in the future? Where, indeed, for as I spake long ago, men do not gather grapes of thistles. The consciousness that wanders in search of the curious - searching for the approval of mankind - hides itself from the face of God. As in olden days, they who sow the wind shall reap the whirlwind. But what direction shall we exhort men to take in order to reverse these currents that destroy in consciousness the pure purposes of life? Is it not within the realm of education? Yet is not education controlled by a curricula more rigid than the strata of the rock? Entrenched within mankind's minds are their firm concepts of right, evolved in ignorance of spiritual law, for the purpose of satisfying their greed for the wealth of the world and the attainment of recognition by men. These blessed ones, these tender grapes upon the vine of life, have so many needs to be supplied, and thousands of hands are extended to them, offering them the goods of the world. They lack discrimination; they know not verily what they do. Yet, the angelic hosts seek to minister to such as these, for "of such is the kingdom of heaven." When their consciousness clings yet to their mother's knee and they are not corrupted by the viciousness of the world, they are sweet, innocent, and loving. As the toils of treachery and the false values of civilization are inculcated into their consciousness, they are divided in twain, one half going to the right and the other to the left. Multiple neuroses shake the land, and in this atmosphere there emerge lifestreams whom you have called "juvenile delinquents." These are the fathers and mothers of tomorrow, those to whom the torch has been passed that they should perpetuate a divine vision of the future.{1} Yet, where is the vision without which the people must surely perish? Is it any wonder, then, that mankind are asking themselves many questions and that they abide on the planes of confusion and dwell in the tents of darkness? It is one thing to decry the mode of the world and another to offer a panacea to correct these ills. Salvation has often been construed by mankind to be wholly within the domain of individuality, and self-preservation has become the cry in the land. Even those who seek to bring men the good news of God's love for man are often prone to stress aspects of personal salvation and attainment. We do not deny that out of each person's consciousness there must be born an awareness of God and communion with him; on the other hand, we cannot approve a mere social gospel which leads men to become totally immersed in the betterment of man without seeking attunement with the one God. The Middle Way is the way of attainment wherein men seek to understand themselves and to hold consort with the Deity - to rent in twain the veil that divides them from the Infinite One - in order that they may better serve mankind and provide helping hands that are blessed with the powers of light. We urge all at every age, then, to understand the need to serve or pray - and prayer is not without virtue - for the many must serve the needs of the many, and hands of light must stretch forth to the supplicants who cry, "How long, O God?" We must not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn, for the need of mankind is very great and continuing. Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. Oh, how I love these little ones of mine! Gratefully, I AM JESUS ****** Chapter 16 Beloved Kuthumi - April 17, 1966 ****** Vol. 9 No. 16 - Beloved Kuthumi - April 17, 1966 There are many among you who entertain thoughts of journeying to our focus at Shigatse, of sitting at our feet. Let me tell you, blessed ones, that while the rigors of the journey are lessened today by modern methods of travel, the spiritual benefits would be no greater upon arriving than that which you can obtain so easily by merely lifting your thoughts to your Divine God Self and asking to be taken to our retreat, there to be taught the plan of hierarchy. There have been many instructors for the seeker upon the planet down through the ages, but no mentor has greater power to bestow than your Divine Christ Self. Mankind have become so accustomed to statements of truth that they are somewhat recalcitrant in their thought and feeling worlds; they fail to be moved by the divine impulse that is inherent within the grains of truth we release. This is indeed a pity. For the sake of the individual so asleep, I desire today to bid mankind to awaken to the great golden flame of Christ-illumination that is within themselves. A meaning that is merely accepted and not assimilated cannot produce the genius touch of God's intent so vitally alive in nature and myriad cosmic manifestations, of which mankind are scarcely aware. When, as Saint Francis, I communed with the wind, with the tiny creatures of nature, both great and small; when I let my love, like a billowing wave, pour forth into nature to saturate all life with the fire of God within my own soul, I was never without the blessing of a return current from nature herself. I always had tangible proof that the blessed tiny beings who serve the needs of mankind as well as the cosmic will do manifest the creative intent, and do sustain the bowers of beauty upon this planet in all of their grandeur and wonder. So little is really known today by mankind concerning the spiritual revelations imparted by your beloved Jesus during the thirty-three years of his Galilean embodiment in which he obtained his victory. Thus it seems good to me, to lift the veil occasionally from some of the inner happenings which he has imparted to us at inner levels and which we have read with wonder in the akashic records. I desire, therefore, on this occasion to impart to you some knowledge of his communion with nature which was instrumental in his control and command of natural forces. Jesus was a friend to nature and sensitive to the travail of the beings of the elements. He knew that erratic human thought and feeling, contaminated with the vibratory action of mortal hate and frustration, could so easily be picked up by the tiny elemental beings and then, becoming amplified by mass effluvia, cast a pall of darkness over the otherwise blithe and gay spirits of nature. Darkening skies often were the result of the feelings of the tiny beings of the elements and their yearning to throw off the heavy vibratory action of mankind's gross feelings. After such a release, which might seem natural to mankind and as nothing but a passing summer shower, the beings of the elements would peep forth their heads once again, lifting them up straight and true to the sun to feel the wonder and joy of freedom. This feeling often permeated the atmosphere of the planet, as it still does, and was picked up even by the more insensitive among mankind who, to this day, rejoice after a passing storm to behold tranquility and perhaps a rainbow in the sky - symbolical to those who know the eternal promises of the light itself and the seven rays of manifestation comprising the march of triumph that the rainbow is. As a result of his attunement with these tiny beings, Jesus often did pray for them and did extend into the substance of nature a flame of transmutation and release which enabled the beings of the elements to feel the great power of God's freedom, functioning through their electronic nature. As a wounded animal may rejoice to have a thorn pulled from its flesh, and as a hungry child with thankful eyes expresses gratitude of soul to his benefactor, so nature, indebted to Jesus as he walked upon the planet, did obey him with joy and sought, in the great friendship of his heart, to raise themselves in their own sphere to a higher way. In this connection, let me hasten to communicate to you the fact that all of life is on the rise save those portions which are in conscious rebellion and those individuals who unwittingly mimic the rebellious forces of life by ignorantly outpicturing feelings of unhappiness and frustration. You are the very being of God in essential manifestation when you understand that his highest desire is to impart to you the same masterful control of all life and dominion over the earth which Jesus manifested. There is never a conflict involved with such a gift bestowed upon the Son, beloved of the Father, but only a harmonious, beautiful, eternal manifestation that is Life itself, coursing through your veins and through the great cosmic arteries that are the larger body of God - yourself in action in higher manifestation. Seldom do men pause to realize the greatness of themselves, for much attention has been focused upon the outer manifestation and upon the psyche of man, with all of the weights of human effluvia which send men to the psychiatric couches of the world. If they would but behold the healing power inherent within themselves, as beloved Jesus did, they would be able, not only to cure many of their own seemingly serious ailments, but also to extend the boon of love triumphant to other hearts who would but touch the hem of their garment. The secrets of the Master Jesus were secrets of givingness, but not a givingness without control or the ability to read and write the record of another. Jesus did not heal every individual who came to him, for some, because of unbelief and ignorance or karmic recompense, could not at that given moment respond to his ministrations in a proper manner so as to receive the benefit of the healing sun of his being. Men must understand that they ought not to condemn another because of the inability to heal, for the greatest masters are governed by law, and law is actually the bond or bounds of life which reflect the higher intelligence of God. If every prayer which mankind asked were to be granted, the conflict resultant therefrom would bring about a destructive influence upon the earth and upon mankind. Healing love is cosmic law in manifestation, presenting the masterful hands of opportunity to those who are sensitive to the internal harmony of the universe, for it is this which God seeks to reflect outwardly, in the social order of things and in the interrelationship of mankind with one another and then with the universe. The hierarchy seeks to impart higher understanding of life and of the way of the apostles of light to mankind. This we will do as time permits and as the windows of your soul are opened wide, not to everyone who saith "Lord, Lord," but to those whose attunement obviates human reason and establishes attunement within. Lovingly, I AM KUTHUMI ****** Chapter 17 Beloved Kuthumi - April 24, 1966 ****** Vol. 9 No. 17 - Beloved Kuthumi - April 24, 1966 Continuing now with our thoughts begun last week about the Master Jesus, I wish to emphasize that the teachings of Jesus and the teachings of the Lord Buddha are not incompatible, for truth is one and the way of peace which the Master Jesus epitomized and taught remains to the present hour an example for all ages to come. The Lord Buddha taught his disciples the way of peace through detachment from the human ego. This way was mightily symbolized in the statement of John the Baptist concerning the Christ. He said "There cometh one after me whose shoelaces I am not worthy to unloose." He also said, "He must increase, but I must decrease." Of him, Jesus said, "Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he." This blessed one, who was the Prophet Elijah come again, did bring to mankind, as the forerunner of beloved Jesus' ministry, a more complete understanding of the way of peace through detachment and purification. Unfortunately for mankind today, there are many who do not accept the necessity for detachment from self, of letting the self decrease that the Christ within might increase. It is often fear of loss of life, personality, or consciousness that prevents mankind from letting go of the old and familiar patterns which they have come to call their own. These patterns, many of which do bring about feelings of unhappiness and frustration, are fed by mankind's continual attention upon them. Some men honestly admit that they are their own worst enemies, but almost in a masochistic manner, they continue to flog themselves with the inconsistencies of mortal reason. Inanities and absurdities of thought and feeling are enthroned and enshrined, whereas the mighty treasures of heaven lie untouched within the subterranean vaults of the depths of soul within man. To "mine" the treasures of heaven is to draw forth the jewels of God's perfection from the consciousness of God that is within man and then to raise them up as Jesus taught, not to be hidden under a bushel but to be a city set upon an hill that cannot be hid. Mankind today often lift up the beggardry of their consciousness and the sinister deeds which they do in secret, thereby finding favor with the crowd which approves and applauds their every evil act. In my early years, when embodied as Saint Francis, I ran riot with many of them and found, in the surfeiting of my being with mortal desire, no satisfaction for my soul but a continual gnawing of incompleteness. So it is with mankind today. They can never find their freedom through the intellect, through the attainment of name or fame, or through attachment to the self, for in truth, as our Master taught, "He who seeks to save his life shall lose it." The false statement of the serpent, "Thou shalt not surely die" to this day lulls many to sleep, for it proposes various excuses as to why mankind should continue in the same patterns as their fathers did of old, or as they have entered upon in this generation. The Buddha and the Christ both taught detachment from the self, knowing that this is the way of emancipation. It is a means of placing oneself upon the altar of change whereby the Holy Spirit, as the intermediary of God's transcendent power and virtue, can purify mankind and wash his robes white in the life of God. Men have been immersed in mortal existence, in the false sense of values that have kept the soul in bondage. But in this age, this twentieth century, when the cries mount up unto God with such depth of imploration for the freedom of man, when Christian, as well as Buddhist, when Jew as well as Gentile, are all asking themselves, "How can this civilization survive, and what will be its end?" the great need is apparent for all to awaken and to cognize that through understanding and loving care the youth of the world, as Jesus has recently pointed out, can find the assistance that is so necessary if the world is to be preserved as an ascendant civilization and is to hold that measure of progress which it deems so dear. Precious ones, material values cannot be held if the spiritual undergirdings of any society are not maintained. To live in the outer reaches of mortal consciousness is to live in the ephemeral breath, the exhaled carbon dioxide upon the windowpane which vanishes at the first penetration of the sun's rays. The tests of life cannot be won through a service to Christ that is carried out by merely reading his words or attending some form of religious service or worship. Men must follow him in the regeneration. The present order seeks to establish generation without regeneration. Hierarchy is mindful of all the great needs of mankind; above all stands the towering image of the Christ and the need to relate this masterful image to the way of peace, for if men do not have peace with God, they can have no peace anywhere. Only through the harmony of nature and God, only through the purification of the sacred fire, through understanding of the full measure of life's opportunity, can men take the full advantage thereof. As children, men in different parts of the earth are taught doctrines that often differ in their meaning and interpretation. The energy that men throw against one another has never been released to them by God for this purpose, but it is diverted by the sinister force through demoniac riptides of mortal confusion, spilling over from the astral world to create rifts between hearts that need not a rent garment but a mended one. Wholeness of soul is needed by all men. Inasmuch as each pilgrim belongs unto God, men ought not to judge one another. Strange as it may seem to some of you who love our services so well, there are some who have studied our material released in the Pearls of Wisdom for years and agree mightily with it, yet, all they need is one word that seems to differ with themselves to cast it all down and say, "Take me off your list." The lists of God require the fullness of dedication and a willingness to pursue understanding without rancor or bitterness. Personality does not enter in, stature does not enter in, wealth does not enter in, but only God and God's truth must be taken into account. As you pursue the way of the Christ it must be through a relinquishment of self and the full faith that one day God will return the reins of authority to those who have given so willingly to him, when they shall have been more completely taught by God. The Holy Christ Self is the victor of every man. Through the mighty love ray from God's heart, men are changed and the soul is purified. The feeling that comes to a man who has achieved his victory is beyond price, beyond all telling. My love continues without limit to all who love God. KUTHUMI ****** Chapter 18 Beloved Mother Mary - May 1, 1966 ****** Vol. 9 No. 18 - Beloved Mother Mary - May 1, 1966 Blessed children of my heart, children of the white-fire light which descends as a mighty flame from the heart of creation, know ye not that the Father who gavest thou life and being and allness hath established thy purpose from everlasting unto everlasting? O sacred fire, descend now I pray this day upon all those who read these words that they may know that the Motherhood of God is vested within me, that they may know the Fatherhood of God as it was manifested by my son, the Christ, the Holy One who has become one with the Father and serves upon the cosmic ray of infinite Christhood on behalf of all mankind evolving upon this blessed orb. Blessed ones, it is time to think upon immortal destiny and the origin of that destiny. Can you not realize that because you have come forth from the great Source of all life, your destiny is preempted and preordained by the very nature of that origin. Life is not hopeless, life is not without direction, without cause or purpose, or being, or salvation. The very one who gave you breath has also created and framed and fashioned the worlds, and he has created an ultimate goal for each and every manchild who is in the process of becoming one with the Father. During this holy season which commemorates those days when the beloved Jesus walked once again among his disciples in his refined body of light, preparatory to his ascension, I would remind you of the great wisdom which can be gleaned from the Christ each year during the period following his victory over death and the cross. Life in all of its immaculate stillness breathed forth into that blessed one the fullness of heaven while he yet walked among mankind, and Jesus did appear, then, in the closed room and did teach, not only to the disciples who had followed him, but also to the holy women who had prayed and assisted him throughout his ministry. The teachings of the risen Christ are transcendent, indeed, and far in advance of those recorded in the Scripture which he gave in parable to the multitudes. Today, the Great White Brotherhood would impart to mankind the fullness of those teachings, and we stand ready, at the portal of humanity, to impart the knowledge which he gained after that final triumph when the world could no longer touch him, for he remained a part of the world and yet he had overcome this world. Not even the force of gravity could hold his body earthbound, but by conscious will he remained to give his final service to the evolutions of Earth. Beloved ones, do you know the great meaning and the great sacrifice that it was for him to remain with the disciples after his resurrection, and also to descend into the astral planes, the level which mankind call "hades" where those souls slept who had not been reborn since the Atlantean days due to their extreme infringements of the Great Law? Do you know what it meant for the Christ to remain to teach, to give the very ultimate of his being before his ascension and then, having said all, having given all, to walk up the hill, Bethany's hill, to stand in that place, marked by the sacred fire with a blazing white cross, to stand in the center of that cross and to feel the mighty ascension ray pulsating, pulsating, pulsating, until it took complete control within his lower bodies and raised him into the final glory of reunion with the Holy One, the mighty I AM Presence of all life? Those final hours of deliverance to the captives are recorded in akasha, and the teachings are there for all who can approach the Spirit of the Resurrection Flame, for all who can become one with the mission of Christhood which is the joy and privilege of every man, woman, and child who has gone forth from the heart of the Father. Blessed ones, I am calling today for a conscious reunion with the Spirit of Christhood that you might enter into the Holy of Holies, to that place where the fullness of the divine teachings may flow from your own Christ Presence into the very cells of your brains to awaken you to the knowledge of life without end, life without beginning. I come to you this day to inspire you to search the meaning of all things that pertain to the fullness of your own Christ-identity with its transcendent possibilities. Realize, then, that the Father who gave you life and birth could not have done so without imparting unto you the seed containing all that which you shall ultimately be as you discover your Divine Selfhood which was created and is sustained in his image and likeness; the fullness of your divine potential, then, is already a part of your true being. You have but to claim it, to commune with it, to adore it, to be one with the Presence of the Lord of Hosts. Strive daily, then, to be children of the one God, followers of the high calling, as Christs and sons of the Most High. Little by little, as the sand falls in the hourglass, so the knowledge of divine union will descend into your lower self and enable you to have that reunion, which you so desire, with the great wisdom of your Higher Mind. Nothing is impossible to him who believes in the promise and the fulfillment of the Christ for every man; for, indeed, the Christ did give himself for the sins of mankind - not that mankind throughout all ages shall be exonerated for wrongdoing because he died - no, but because he lived, they, too, can find the glory of the resurrection and know the fullness of their own Christ Self. Jesus did not place himself upon the cross to atone for your sins, precious ones, only you can do that; but the Christ offered himself that you might realize that you, too, can be an overcomer of all things through him. The footsteps of the cross are not sorrowful ones, precious children, they are the footsteps of the overcomer; they are the steps of initiation which each one must pass. But because my son manifested them for you, the pathway is made easier for your lifestream. The Christ would not deprive any one of God's children from the great joys upon the path of overcoming. God would not confine salvation to one son when all must find the fullness of his Presence here on earth in order to rise into the heavenly bliss which comes from fulfillment and from self-mastery. Beloved ones, the path of the Christ is not one to be shunned; it is one to be embraced. Give yourself wholeheartedly, then, to the pursuit of this high calling, for no greater joy exists. You think that in the pleasures of the world there is happiness, that in the indulgences of the senses you will find true oneness and happiness. How false are mankind's conceptions of bliss, for joy is found only in the Presence of the Joyous One. Absence from the Lord is not life; on the contrary, it is nonexistence; it is separation, incompleteness, a cutting off from the Divine Source which can only result in unhappiness, fruitlessness, and death. I AM the resurrection, and the life! So simple is this statement of the Christ before them and to which all nature attests. O mankind, reverse the flow, reestablish the patterns of divine unity, and you will find the joy of the Lord in his Presence. I, Mother Mary, wish to reaffirm to you this day our solemn union with all those upon earth who are struggling to see, with those who walk in darkness and yearn to see the great light. I declare to you this day that we who have gone on before you are never absent from you in your hours of trial, when the advocates of sin would tempt you with all manner of folly and deceit; and when you vanquish the invisible forces which oppose the Christ, we are there to applaud your victory, to give you our hand and to say, "Come up higher! Well done! Thou hast been faithful over a few things. Continue in the fight and you will win the full crown to become ruler over many." The joy of that crown, the joy of victory, the joy of freedom in the heart of God is worth all giving and all giving up of the earth. Beloved ones, you can enjoy the beauties of this world which are the beauties of God without being overcome by the world. We are not here to advocate extreme austerity and a bed of nails as the key to salvation. Nay, we are here to tell you that the embracing of life and of love in all creation is reunion with the Father. To praise God in all men is to know the true I AM,{2} for he is in you all, and all men are fashioned of his supreme essence and light. All else is naught; shun it then. Divest yourselves of that which would impede the flow of light within you and create burdens too dense to be taken to the summit height. O starry night Flood forth the light Let mankind know that high Within those infinite orbs The might and right And light of infinite hands Hath sparked in the manifestation, man So much light - So much fire of his heart - That the entire universe may behold The glory of those who have overcome. Be ye therefore overcomers The Christ way is the only way Follow his footsteps through the night Learn the power when truth is right Within your heart, ne'er to depart 'Till all have come to know the way. The day of reckoning is at hand Let every heart throughout the land Be receptive to the Christ within Forever shun the bane of sin. Mankind must rise this hour Lest the victory be postponed to a latter day For if ye do not seize this hour - The mighty I AM, its strength, its power - The cosmic cycle will have turned And ye know not when opportunity shall return. This is the cosmic hour This is the appointed time Now is come salvation, now is come the Lord Receive him - receive him now To his Light and love all bow. For glory and honor and peace are His No more shall mankind be deceived The time is here, the Christ doth appear In the hearts of all who have the courage bold To lift the banner: To have, to hold. No man can take from another the Flame of Life It is in your hands - there is no strife For God is nigh, and he has said, "The light shall expand, the darkness has fled! Go forth, ye sons, go forth, tonight! Bear the power of victory's might Conquer, then, in Christ's own name Conquer, then, by Christ's own flame." Do not fear to tread the Path It has been paved for you to win at last: You will win this very day If you heed the call From those who point the way For God on high is ever nigh And will not let one go astray If he will watch and wait and pray. I AM the Cosmic Mother I stand within God's flame My hand is offered unto all Who will look to me and make the call You are the children of my heart I have given my all that you may start Upon the Homeward path of light Where angels guard all through the night. You are the chosen ones so blest Stand steadfast, God will do the rest Never let your faith be replaced By clouds of darkness and disgrace For none can challenge the light of Christ None can disillusion the children of light I AM here, I AM near To guide and guard you all the way. Lovingly in the name of the ascended Christ, I AM your Mother Mary ****** Chapter 19 Beloved Master Jesus - May 8, 1966 ****** Vol. 9 No. 19 - Beloved Master Jesus - May 8, 1966 The tides of life run on and the cycles repeat the outworn concerns of humanity while the expansion of consciousness occurs at an unprecedented rate in the octaves of light. Fear rules the night and hope rules the day. Let those who can, relinquish their hold upon tedious patterns of fear and hopelessness, of defeat and of doubt. Let courage mount, and in this age let the yoke of tyranny be thrown off by hearts that can meet life with joy and the clasp of eternal friendship! Precious ones, the beauty of universal Love is beyond the mind of man to know. But you may touch it, yea, you may rest upon it, as you fashion your acts in accordance with that which a master would do. There are those who chastise in ignorance the followers of our light to the farthest outreaches of mortal comprehension. These know not what they do. They trample upon their own skin and disgrace their own future opportunity. The dogmatism of the world, then, is a frightful thing which sets brother against brother and destroys comprehension for those who could otherwise have the blessedness of being led into a country of deliverance where our love shines forth as the sun in all her splendor. Who are those who cry, saying, "We faint not, nor are we weary"? When the first fling of test is made and the arrows search out the shield of their faith, these hide behind every thin tree. Now has come the hour of deliverance, when men in facing themselves assess the strength of their own honor. Such as these brave the infinite. They are not compelled by a lack of any good thing, whether it be understanding or the supply of mortal substance. Such as these pin their faith in the grace of God which passeth all human understanding but hold steady course toward the port of peace. Men think that I am afar when I am nigh. Men think that my passage from the screen of visible life has placed me outside the arena of help and interest. Yea, I say unto you, in the error of their thought they have deemed heaven afar off. Yet, we are all nigh and we surround you with our love. During those moments of your greatest distress, when hope sometimes seems to have flown out the window, we are there giving courage which enables you to pass the test and emerge victorious. Ours is not the action and loyalty of a moment, but of eternity. Through following us in the regeneration, you shall find your souls restored. The healing light shall emerge from the shroud of mortal reason and the fog that surrounds man with the densities of the vicious "who know not what they do." Yours is the opportunity of service, to serve with me in the regeneration, to gird yourselves round about, as masters do, and understand that when men speak well of you, so often did they of the false prophets. Therefore, fear not when men speak evil of you, for each blow struck for God, as for God and Gideon of old, does but break the crack in human recalcitrance so that the light of each man may shine through and provide the star of his own future victory. We are not contaminated by the hopeless attitudes of mankind, nor are we afrighted by the terrors which men produce. Ours is the calm knowing that the victory is God's and that although all contemporary men were to pass in an instant from the screen of life, all could be transplanted and wave as flowers in a new field as "in the twinkling of an eye." In God, past, present, and future do yield themselves to the bliss of his consciousness, and that consciousness, as a line stretching from the farthest star on to the nearest, provides the impetus of continual friendship expanded without limit. I cannot brush off lightly the calls made to me by the mankind of earth which are mounting with ever-new crescendos in these days, nor can I lightly dismiss the fact that the coming days may bring forth even more calls for assistance. I can enlist the aid of all who understand the need to "watch with me" during the hours of mankind's peril and to provide for them avenues of comfort, an ever-present succor in hours of distress that will hold their hand in the night hour and teach them the way of peace and love. True though it be that not all who say unto me "Lord, Lord" shall enter into my kingdom, yet, those who come with humble heart and the will to serve shall not be turned away empty-handed. Truth is stronger than error, and the strands of truth that are woven into the soul, with each movement of the loom of life, will ready for mankind the seamless garment that can provide the quality of hardiness, when necessary, and the softness of gentility when that is the requirement of the hour. To be all things to all people is to come to a rapport with Divine Reason which would deliver all men from evil and bring to all the happiness which God yearns to give. The hunger of the Father's heart is little understood by mankind and his will to bestow of himself and his bounty. Yet, he has said, "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." It was the Father who spake through me and continues to speak to the present hour, through all who serve his cause, words of assistance, eternal words of value, that shall not pass away. Anchor, then, thy faith in the love of heaven and in the love of the ascended beings who serve without ceasing and live in the eternalness of God, driving forth day by day mighty flashes of energy and devotion to the holy principles of God so that even the blind may see the light that does not fail. Lovingly I AM your elder brother, JESUS ****** Chapter 20 Beloved Saint Germain - May 15, 1966 ****** Vol. 9 No. 20 - Beloved Saint Germain - May 15, 1966 Gracious ones, the fact that mankind have imputed power to evil has scheduled many a mishap which could have easily been avoided had they recognized the instantaneous power of God as being always at hand, ready to deliver men from every form of evil. There is no need to establish a reservoir of negative energy in order to balance positive energy, precious ones, for the world abounds in sources of misqualification that have been humanly created. The requirement of the hour is always the positive attitude of victory over all that is less than the perfection of Almighty God. Affirmations, when properly used, have their effect even when individuals are not aware of the internal bulwark of protection which they are building. Your own mediator between God and man is your Holy Christ Self, who ever stands by your side to reinforce the action of your Divine God Presence as its mighty light rays flow down the silver cord of cosmic energy, beating your heart and supplying your body with the sustaining power of Life itself. Not only in body but also in mind and soul is the impetus of the light seeking to shake you loose from all that is not of the light. When mankind place their attention upon evil forces, whether they are aware of it or not, they always suffer as the result of this acknowledgment, for where one's attention is, there one's energy goes and if it be upon conditions of misqualification, then these are brought into the individual's world in proportion to the intensity and duration of the attention span. I cannot stress enough the need to understand the purposes of life through right action. The Holy Spirit has provided mankind with the energy of action which, when supercharged with divine qualities, is the means of establishing for all time a garment of light substance which will serve to deflect all arrows of mortal hostility sent against the armor of the righteous. However, beloved ones, do not think that complacency can become your lot, and that you will automatically walk through the pearly gates, simply because you desire to escape from the machinations of the world. There must be a consistent application of self-effort, as well as application made on behalf of your brothers, in order to make you worthy of receiving the benefits of the karmic reservoir of spiritual protection which has been long established at inner levels for all those who serve the light. It is needful for mankind to examine themselves from time to time, most particularly their propelling motives. It does not take long for you to say to yourself, "Why is it that I desire this particular thing?" If it does not conform to the pattern of the Divine One of your mighty God Self, it is far better for you to discard that desire before it has taken root and attained, through the accretion of energy, a stature that is very difficult to ignore. Pain and heartbreak can often be ended before they begin simply by the use of that Christly discrimination which God has given to you in the interest of self-purification and God-attainment. It is never easy, from the human level, to cast aside the many alluring trinkets and baubles which the flesh has fallen heir to, but through internal commitment to God and a readiness to do his will, mankind will often find that the substitutions of heaven, in the form of blessings descending most unexpectedly, are far superior to the little traps which they often so unwittingly set for themselves. In the name of your freedom, precious ones, we urge all, in this day and age, who would establish the pattern of Christ discipleship for themselves, to understand that the law is most exact in its demands. Individuals are often prone to excuse themselves for their lack of discrimination, but expect to find in others a wealth of this Christly quality. The fair attitude of mind that recognizes that evil is no real part of any man will assist you, one and all, in honestly appraising what is acting in your worlds at any given moment. Thus, through the establishment of internal fortitude by honesty of heart and purpose, mankind will acquire the discrimination to assist themselves in any matter, as well as the wisdom to assist their brothers and sisters in finding escape from the treacheries of sense consciousness. It is most difficult for those whose minds are fastened upon human ideals and the historical sense, being frequently almost completely wedded to name and person, to relinquish the many facets of mortal intelligence in favor of that which may seem to them to be quite frequently a mere mist of obscure thought. Men who seek the bounties of heaven and to unravel the mysteries of life must be patient with themselves that they do not destroy the gentle, spiritual aspirations which give rise, at first, to a multitude of questions to which there seems to be no answer satisfying to the soul or person. As in taking a journey to a far country, men cannot expect to receive the full reward of the journey during the more arduous efforts of travel. They must understand that only in the city of the blessed does the full reality of the reward at last come home with its harvest for all effort. The Great White Brotherhood cannot stress enough the need, then, for those who embark upon the spiritual path to be not discouraged in well doing and in interior correction, for the weight of glory of the cause of freedom is beyond the span of mere mortal life. Yet, its rewards are not erstwhile, but frequently come, as I stated before, in moments of such beauty as to shatter the shell of mortality for man and give him glimpses beyond himself of that which God has prepared for all those who love him. We who espouse the cause of liberty for all men would offer ourselves even beneath the feet of mankind as carpets upon which they might walk if it would satisfactorily convey them to the place where their own freedom would manifest. The Great Law has not required this, and yet we have offered our energy through the ages, as a solid foundation in the cause of holy freedom, not only to the family of nations, but also to individuals of distinction and to the humble as well. Our Brotherhood seeks only the blessedness of progress for all who would penetrate the veil of mystery that surrounds life and its purposes. We will never forsake those friends of freedom who have stood with us, "through thick and thin," as you might say. And if at times we seem lacking in the sophistry of the world, just know that in the cause of spiritual diplomacy we have written at times in the vernacular of the plain and common man, and then again in the most stylized, diplomatic form. It is not the form of the release that is most important, precious ones, but it is the form of mankind's acceptance, for those who receive the vibratory action of the ascended masters of light, those who feel the great tides of our love and the assistance we steadfastly pour out, will find, as they gather more and more of the invisible substance of higher octaves, that mighty doorways of light open to them and reveal to the waiting heart the most precious little mysteries which are stepping stones to the greatest mysteries of life. As your friend of freedom and in the holy cause, I admonish you, then, to stand fast and see the salvation of God which shall surely come to pass as the many place their shoulders to the wheel and the Great Law fulfills the release of the mightiest efforts for the cause of freedom that the world and rolling centuries have ever beheld. In freedom's name, I AM SAINT GERMAIN ****** Chapter 21 Beloved Mighty Arcturus - May 22, 1966 ****** Vol. 9 No. 21 - Beloved Mighty Arcturus - May 22, 1966 As the rain forms above the heads of men and cannot be stayed in its descent, so the mighty plan of God was formed before the foundation of the earth and will continue to descend as mighty cosmic rays upon the planets and system of worlds everywhere for the accomplishment of the divine intent. The resistance of men to conformity with the will of heaven, albeit the will of heaven has given to the hand of man the freedom to choose, is ever a force which deteriorates the majesty of life for individuals and brings to them the empty husks of dissatisfaction. When the love of God is examined by those who know it through experience, when the love of God is examined by those who have won their freedom through its use, there is never the slightest bit of criticism of the holy purposes of immortality, but only a humble, burning gratitude that determines to in some way, through all the cycles of eternity, give honor and glory to the precious purposes conceived in the mind of God and passed through the cycles of life into form and manifestation. The tragedies of human experience lie not within the realm of heaven but are manifestations of human choice, most specifically those choices which are made in the bane of error and without honoring righteousness among mankind. How well we know, precious ones, how unjust many of life's circumstances seem to be to those whose limited vision can only perceive effects; but when causes are witnessed and brought to the table for examination, there is never a flaw to be found in the execution of justice, or a method discovered that could exceed the wisdom of heaven in its immeasurable desire to communicate to the foundling cosmic child an awareness of the love of the Father for that orphaned one who knows not the love of Cosmic Father and Cosmic Mother. We cherish each opportunity to perpetuate divine ideals among men and to espouse those sacred causes which have, in aeons gone by, produced so much perfection on other systems of worlds. Our philosophy is the philosophy of God. It is not an untried system, nor are its methods lacking in eternal calculation. They are the safest and most loving means whereby the soul can expand its seemingly frail faculties until, on wings of infinite love, man can attain those heights of cosmic identity which will show him the way to go and the best methods of assisting all below. The release of God's energy to mankind through the centuries, as many of you know, has been deliberately subjected to limitation in order to prevent mankind from utterly destroying himself by a waste in the wrong direction. As time moves on in the individualized cycle of man's existence, and as he exhibits acceptance of the wisdom of God in a greater measure, there will naturally occur a stepped-up release of the internal tides of cosmic energy which will enable men to serve, not in a languid manner, but in the grand and towering figure of Christhood upon the hills of the world, dedicated to cosmic service. There is a flaw in mankind's thought which seeks to defer all accomplishment or attainment unto the end of an embodiment or an era, but the long, upward pull requires pure energy for each day of the journey in order that noble effort may have its cyclic reward in the minute, hourly, and daily girding for service. Even contemplation of higher ideals is a means of garnering energy into the storehouse of one's being; and therefore, those who would emulate the Christ in serving the needs of their fellowmen and becoming their "brother's keeper" must understand the methods of heaven. We take no halfway measures; we permit no dalliance that is not devoted to the expansion of some Godly quality. Take, for instance, the full measure of cosmic joy. So great is the very throb of heavenly joy that it would be a destructive manifestation to one who was not wholly God-concentrated. Therefore, the manifold treasures of God's own joy are released in a series of wavelike upliftments which bring transitory delight to mankind, whose sensitivities to spiritual radiation stem from the opening of the cosmic centers of being in man. As greater service and devotion further schools and develops the inner man, there is often a step-up in such delight until internal ecstasy is achieved. Those who behold men in such states of heavenly bliss, as in the case of saints long since passed to their reward, are frequently puzzled as to what the sustaining momentum might be, as to what the contemporary reward is that seems to come to those who so serve, contrary to the ideas of popular opinion concerning that which constitutes a perfect or a whole man. Let those who would examine these factors in a more intimate manner understand that self-experience cannot be substituted for by the merely vicarious observations of another. Ever and anon, men are seeking, but the greatest tragedy of it all is that many who do find, know not that they have found and therefore pass bitterly and emptily on their way to "more fertile fields." There is, then, as Saint Paul long ago declared, great gain in "godliness with contentment" and I stress to all not the contentment of complacency, but the contentment of the spark of the Spirit which arises because men have offered themselves in cosmic service and without reserve. If men and women only knew the great benefits conveyed through devotion without reserve, I am certain that the number of devotees on the cosmic path would increase immeasurably, and thus the days of service be shortened for all because the ranks of the faithful were swelled. Now is the hour to accept your opportunities, to make your determinations, to set your courses, and to realize that the blessedness of consciousness, which you so lightly call your own, was given to you that you might "choose this day whom ye will serve" and enter in to the joy of his service. Thus, as Saint Germain has long told you, you will find your freedom just around the corner - the right-angle turn - for your determinations are not made in the line of self-return but in the angle that pursues and seeks God and his kingdom. First, foremost, and forever in unswerving devotion to the cause of infinite Good, I AM ARCTURUS ****** Chapter 22 John the Beloved - May 29, 1966 ****** Vol. 9 No. 22 - John the Beloved - May 29, 1966 Gracious ones, God himself is born out of Love and his nature exudes this quality throughout space and beyond time. The law of the eternal cycles' ever flowing grace manifests by the power of Love, and it is this power which has framed the world. An age of reason bereft of love is not reason. The tenderness of the reality of God is more genuine than the deepest friendships which the world could ever create or which is ever possible unto men and unto women. Yet, as in the case of Damon and Phintias,{3} great love and friendship have existed upon earth, but it is our knowledge, and we convey it unto you, that each noble example of love does exist because mankind have tapped the love of Infinity. That which seems to be so concrete unto mankind is abstracted in higher realms. Like wispy smoke, rising from far distant hills, it conveys but does not interpret. The Father's love is not so; it is ever present and nigh. At the very door of man's heart does the hand of God knock, but the opening thereof is reserved for mankind as he abides within the house of individuality. As we observe the weaving of strands of human tenderness, we long to see the development by mankind of the realization of divine tenderness, for there is great lack on earth of benign faith, of absolute faith in the integrity of God and the universe. Many, unfortunately, believe simply because they are driven to accept the idea of a greater reality outside themselves. And this is similar to the thoughts of Thomas who would not believe unless he were to see for himself. To him the Master said, "Be not faithless, but believing." This admonishment goeth out today into the world and is the means whereby mankind might salvage out of the shipwreck of personal self-seeking the strands of holy reality which, when more fully evaluated, will be treasured above all things in the world of form as beyond price. The plaudits of action beckon men onward to move their lives by the impulse of love. Love is not empty of reality. Love is not empty of friendship. Love is not empty of God, for God is there, and the breathing reality which he brings to all who sincerely seek him will pull mankind through the darkest night to where the dawn is reverenced with the same delight as the first dawn ever created by God when he spoke the eternal fiat, "Let there be light: and there was light." How unfortunate it is for those who enter into the consciousness of mortality that extinguishes for them the unfailing light. As has been noted, "The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God". Simply because they have not experienced the inflow of divine love and of God, simply because they have covered themselves over with a facade of intelligence, so-called, and because they have nailed up the windows of their beings, through which the immortal light of eternal knowing would shine from within the dark recesses of themselves, they grope and stumble, they fall and tumble. Even in their darkness, men seek unknowingly for the light, all the while denying that which they seek and its reality. To all who understand even a little of divine love I say, let us gather more of this priceless quality, this immortal blessing - this reality which is the divine sense of knowing that there is flowing into reality, through the tides of life, the precious sense of the Father's love and that this reality is greater than all that which entertains or muddies or muddles the mind of man. How can men attempt to grasp infinity with the finite sense? How can they grasp the great span of immortal Love by human reason? Yet, how can men dare to imagine that divine love is lacking in intelligent comprehension? Did not Love fashion all things that are? And is not Love the track of eternity upon which the train of life must ride? Love is also the sacred keeper of individuality, for God has sought to preserve the beloved son from the pains of death and to bring resurrection to all, that never again shall they experience darkness but bask in the immortal light of the Eternal Presence. When life is understood correctly, when truth is apprehended at last by each one and that which is out of focus is brought into focus, men behold the sole reality of life as love and as God. It is the strands of hope that knit together heart to heart and keep the sense of security active for all. Truly, "he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep," and the hand of God's love is ever active, known or unknown, in all human affairs to lead men from darkness unto light. Let none despise the simplicity of the action of God as pure love, for in this simplicity is the key that opens the door to the greatest reality in all the cosmos by which all things are made truly real to each one. I remain your elder brother in the light of the infinite Christ, JOHN the Beloved ****** Chapter 23 Beloved K-17 - June 5, 1966 ****** Vol. 9 No. 23 - Beloved K-17 - June 5, 1966 The far-flung cosmic empire would stagger the imagination of the greatest scientist upon the planet, yet, there is not the slightest difficulty in keeping track of every iota of substance by the Great Master of Life. To survey the wondrous Holy Christ Self of mankind is to exalt the soul. Those who must keep watch over the natural aspects of man - that which God hath placed in man's keeping - are often valiant, indeed, even when unascended; for it must be understood that the "rock 'n' roll" concept of mankind, which is the prevalent craze of the youth of the world by nefarious design, is only a reflection of the careless attitudes of past decades and centuries. As the Goddess of Liberty spoke recently in her mighty fiat of hope to the earth, which will be released one day soon in printed form to the student body, "They have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind!" We, however, are not so much concerned with alarming mankind as we are in securing from the faithful those energetic currents of hope that call forth from the heart of God for recalcitrant mankind the assistance which they do not even know they require. As we peer behind the scenes and examine the factors which attempt to govern mankind and seem to be presently in control of political and social standards, we find that the forces which marshal opposite sides of the same issue can often be traced to the same elements of psychic control. Again and again we perceive how the invisible and subtle manipulations and machinations of consciousness go undetected by those upon whom they are practiced; and yet, there is grave danger in permitting the mind to become a funnel for every negative concept attributed to mankind and a channel for those few who, by a relative sense, do hold in one hand the strings which control both the right and the left extremes of human behavior. It is good, precious ones, to be delivered from concern about that which you cannot change through human means. It is good to be free to imbibe the pure air of cosmos and to hold as relevant those sacred standards of life which involve Christ consciousness and God-awareness. Those who are polarized by the vibrations of fear of that which is coming upon the earth are often caught unawares when it comes to those standards of life which by cosmic law require enforcement by the individual himself. It is so easy to divert the attention from the walk with God to overconcern for mankind. Now let it be clear that I do not plead for a head-in-the-sand attitude, whereby all human measures and responsibility to society and world politics are ignored. But there must be balance, blessed ones, in the lifestream so that a radical departure from the ordinary holy feelings of mind, such as the ascended masters hold, does not occur within the individual unascended who already has, in most cases, more to handle than that which he is capable of handling. It is ever so wise, then, to be practical and to understand the great power of spiritual influences to reach up into the highest circles and - through karmic circumstances discharged by the Karmic Board and those qualified to make a correct assessment - to invoke from the hand of God the divine justice which will restore to the earth and the environs thereof the rightful God-dominion which will make every man a king and every woman a queen of virtue and service, so that happiness can rule in the hearts of man. I may be called a frightful idealist by those who have lost faith in the dignity of present-day man and who seem to feel, because of the world trends downward, that there is no virtue left alive on earth. Just as some of the theologians have stooped to such a low state of consciousness as to declare that God is dead, so men must understand that others will assume that virtue is dead, and this is tantamount to declaring the death of Almighty God. Let it be clear, then, that there live upon the planet to the present hour any number of blessed chelas and disciples of the Lord Christ and of others of the ascended masters, and many who know not even an allegiance of consciousness, yet who still maintain a code of honor and service which is worthy of note. From time to time individuals will get "off base" in their assessment of life; they seem to feel that the most important thing in the world is the discovery of curious and strange objects or the current state of world affairs. We can understand the meaning of this to hearts who love God and to those of scientific inclination who rejoice in the wonder of newness. Yet, we must caution mankind again and again not to forget the role of the Self which is the doorway to the heart of reality. It is good to observe the accomplishments of others and to assist in a joint venture of cooperative love and service, but you can never afford to do aught else than to give yourself completely away to God who, in most cases, will return some element of control to you that your responsibilities may be increased and your intelligence wax stronger in cosmic achievement. The very gift of life, precious ones, was intended to make mankind masters of their world. Concerning the war situation in Vietnam, which now occupies the center of attention among many of mankind, and the terrific turmoil in the world as the battle communism, while embroiled internally within its own orbit, also seeks to attack the so-called capitalistic world: Fear has mounted concerning that which could well come upon the earth, and many have felt that the fulfillment of prophecies were nigh at hand. Let me remind you that the Master's statement also included these choice words, "All these things shall be, but the end is not yet." In the eschatological sense, a great oppression has come into the religious world which seeks to extinguish the power of mankind's hope for tomorrow by amplifying fear. Again and again, we have assured you from our level that, regardless of mankind's destructive intent, the great spiritual overseers would indeed act as shepherds of the souls of mankind if they should, through accident or destructive intent which was not stayed, succeed in wreaking havoc upon the world as you know it. It is our hope that mankind will secure enough common sense and spiritual understanding whereby it will not be necessary for the Masters of Wisdom to so act, but we give you the blessed assurance that you ought not to fear those who have the power to kill but the body. Recognize the need to exalt the soul and see that your real strength is indeed in the bolstering up of spiritual power! We have recently detected a number of new threats, but I see no advantage in pinpointing these at this time so that some among mankind, as frightened hares, might seek to rush into some place of security. The Karmic Board has so often stressed to the Darjeeling Council the importance that mankind, above all their getting, receive the understanding that will enable them to balance the life processes in the consciousness of the disciple. All must one day come to understand that the world has no power to permanently thwart the plan of God, but can exert only temporal pressure upon various facets of the world order so as to disturb and affright mankind and take away their sense of balance which they need and require in order to deploy all of their energies in the right direction. Avant-garde! Hear our call! Be neither affrighted nor moved by the perils of the world, but be alert to make your calls and know that we are on the job twenty-four hours a day protecting America and the free world and reaching behind all curtains of darkness to protect all mankind even against themselves. This we will continue to do, but we cannot stay the karmic hammer that mankind have themselves released. We can mitigate; we can hope; we can assist; we can pray with you; we can stand by you. ... In the Cosmic Secret Service I AM and I remain K-17 ****** Chapter 24 The Beloved Maha Chohan - June 12, 1966 ****** Vol. 9 No. 24 - The Beloved Maha Chohan - June 12, 1966 Blessed ones, I desire to enlist your aid in counteracting certain forces from the negative side of life and the astral or emotional world of man so that greater freedom can prevail among the elements and the forces of nature. The care of God for his creation in all of the far reaches of the cosmos is not excelled anywhere by that which manifests upon earth. Yet, this loving care is often counteracted by the irresponsible and careless energies of mankind which they have accepted as a natural part of life. Storms and violence, blessed ones, are not the tides of nature. These are against the natural processes, for in earlier years, before contamination occurred through human thought and feeling, the sweetness of God did water the fruit and the growing things upon earth by a gentle dew which came forth in the morning with such a strength as to saturate leaf and root with the required portion of daily moisture. The justice of God is nowhere more apparent than in the great cyclic balances of nature. The ebb and flow of tides are rhythms; the cycles of the year are rhythms; and everywhere in the natural processes does the rhythm of God appear. Creative wonder, saturated with divine intent, manifests for man but passes unnoticed because of the great toll of human discord which has interfered with natural processes both in the body of man and without. The frightening toll of tired bodies that is taken today by synthetic treatment of the food and natural elements is part of the mass hysteria of life. Those whose bodies function with fatigue, denied the blessings that the tiny elementals bring, simply because mankind have chosen for commercial reasons to denude their food of the vital essences of life, often gravitate into mental breakdown. This is a great tragedy which brings forth the bane of unclear thoughts as the very cells of the brain and the cortex thereof are affected by the poisonous substances sprayed and generated by mankind into the marts of commerce and thence to the marts of life. The interference by commercial interests with the natural outflow of the rhythmic cycles of God's grace in food and substance is a source of great destruction in this present time. The overabundant consumption of carbonated substance interferes with the natural digestive juices which, when left alone, function to manifest beautiful body temples to house the Spirit of the living God. We cannot fail, then, to acknowledge that the power of human interference has affected man. To prevent the spoilage of goods upon the marketplaces mankind kill the soul of the food and leave the husks behind for the hungry bellies of the world. Is it any wonder, then, that the Babylon of human experience must fall and that the cycles of longevity which have been so long interfered with must be returned to those diligent ones who will seek perfect balance of body, mind, and soul? In the natural order of cosmos, in the magnetic flux of the sun around the planet itself, there is extended the boon of divine grace to balance the harmonic cycle of nature in all hemispheres and to produce the fullness of abundance everywhere. Little do the leaders of nations realize, who are saturated with doubt and fear concerning their future existence and the needs of their people, that thoughts of hatred against larger nations and against those who have a greater abundance of this world's goods can affect the very elements of nature itself within the borders of their own nation. There is a silent, invisible justice in the world and a sovereign responsibility by every part of life to return good for evil and to seek to spread abroad the climate of good will everywhere. Man was not destined to live upon this planet in bestiality or in a sense of gnawing injustice. All were intended to find the balance of divine justice for themselves and for all the children of men. The law of harmony should be embodied in the constitution and code of all great nations; for the tiniest nation upon the planet which holds to the principles of liberality, justice, and truth will export these commodities of the Spirit to bring the blessings of natural return that shall linger long after the original blessing is sent and given. How characteristic it is of human nature, blessed ones, to practice upon one another, in the name of God and in the name of the manifold religions of the world, those deceits which they then justify as being the will of God, returning evil for imaginary evil, and often, by their speculations, scattering the dust of discord into the very air. The elements and the elemental parts of life came forth from God in order to oversee the perfect creation and to take dominion over that creation as servants unto God and man. Thus, nature is the servant of man, but through interference, mankind have become the servant to a false god of nature. They have created monsters out of mass pollutions of the four elements. The belching smoke from the factories of the world penetrates and pollutes the atmosphere. The refuse of the teeming multitudes of the world pollutes the streams. The earth is desecrated with decaying bodies, when the blessedness of natural return to the fire element would, as in olden time, assure mankind freedom from personal pollution, as well as pollution of the earth. In the departments of conservation and the departments of interior of the countries of the world, there is vast opportunity to reclaim the purity of nature and thus better serve the needs of God and man. As the Representative of the Holy Spirit, I remind all of these words, "Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?" How just, then, it is that as man gathers the harvest of life's opportunities, he should recall that the cycles of nature, untended by man, provided food and substance for all long before many of the so-called current reforms and chemical stabilizations were known unto men. It is not that we are against that which is just. It is simply that we wish to illumine all with the need to watch, not only the food of the soul that you consume through eye and ear and the physical senses, but also the food for the mind and body. Out of balance, let harmony come forth, and by harmony observe that an end to flood and storm can occur as the Lord Christ, the master of the elements - through the development of the Christ nature of every man - can bring his peace to a world in need of more light. Devotedly, I AM keeping the high watch for you, THE MAHA CHOHAN ****** Chapter 25 Beloved Pallas Athena, The Goddess of Truth - June 19, 1966 ****** Vol. 9 No. 25 - Beloved Pallas Athena, The Goddess of Truth - June 19, 1966 "Let God be true, but every man a liar." In breaking the sacred bread of the Scripture let all understand the duality of self, that the true meaning of salvation may dawn in every consciousness, absolving none of personal responsibility but giving to all the reins of the great heart of the Real Self of man so that the will of God may be multiplied in the domain of the mind and consciousness and that God be glorified. I make a plea, then, this day, for the great blessings of pure truth. The world is filled with subtlety and deceit, and often the consciousness of man crawls upon its belly and by sinuous and devious ways seeks even to subvert the morality of self-honesty and self-appraisal. None should search themselves for the purpose of condemnation, but all should be willing to acknowledge the streaks of discord that have discolored their worlds. You can be ever mindful of the oft-told master tale concerning the young disciple who was admonished on the subject of the coming into his mind of wrong thoughts and his dwelling upon them. His teacher counseled him in these words, "You cannot always prevent a bird from alighting upon your head, but you need not let him build a nest in your hair." The great tragedy of life, when it is carelessly lived, is that men are prone to accept a subtle statement, calculated to spread doubt, discord, or negative reflection upon another. Thus do untruths, calumny, and viciousness spread among men and nations, disturbing the balance of harmony and causing many sleepless nights. You know, blessed ones, that if you find the conduct of another person reprehensible in your own eyes, there is very little that you can do about it but pray, in many cases; for men are often in a strong tower of their own thoughts and feelings and their rightness therein. Each challenge of their thought often evokes a strengthening of the wrong thought in that person - yet some men must be challenged and in some matters you cannot afford to sit idly by. The Spirit of Truth is ever to be desired and supported; and those who are prone to deceive and who seek to deceive others do but deceive themselves, and they are their first and worst victims, for they not only receive the calumny they had sought to pass on to others but they also have accountable to their own soul the responsibility for having generated this feeling and sent it forth into the universe. When the Great Law of God is better understood by men, they will more closely watch their words, even as they will watch their thoughts that should precede their words, but sometimes do not, as the spoken word comes forth directly from the tumult of upset emotions. The Christ mind is a canopy of great strength, but as the sky itself seems to uphold the pillars of the heavens and gives guidance to all beneath, so the energies of man when first coming forth from God are pure, but it is the qualification or misqualification by man's thought and feeling that is determinate in the manifest quality of the stream of energy emanated by each lifestream into the world. The effects of others' thoughts and feelings upon yourselves must be considered, and if you would know greater freedom, you must determine that human lies, human misconceptions must not supplant the great truth of God about the immortal created Self that God saw and called "good." Throughout Christendom a theological warp persists that was spawned by angels of light who do the work of Satan; seeking to absolve mankind of a sense of responsibility by vicariously transferring all responsibility for salvation to one single individual whom mankind have once nailed upon a cross. Yet, the magnificence of His ministry, the great laws of being that He sought to uphold and did, have been again and again maligned and distorted by sincere people. He said, "I AM the way" and "the way ye know," noting to those who were intimately associated with Him that through His teachings they were able to find "the way" to the heart of God and the heart of their own divinity. Later He submitted to them these words, "The things that I do shall ye do also; and greater things than these shall ye do; because I go unto my Father." Let none, then, deny the divinity of Christ within themselves and let all who will, become surefooted in the doctrine of eternal being, seeking not to condemn the world, as the Son of man did not, but rather to bring to the world the great light that is already the light of men, which is also already within them. This light is reactivated with the first breath, through conscious knowledge of the power of God and through the acceptance of the reality of his power within the individual soul. A renewing by the Holy Spirit of the goodness of God can then rush in and raise the consciousness of man to the divine level. As it has been said, "Out of thy belly shall flow rivers of living water." The life of God is the life of the individual, and this is the truth. God is the sustainer and preserver of all life, and his purposes are not to destroy but to preserve. In giving dominion over the earth into the hands of men, God hath already given the mightiest stream of his consciousness to exalt those of low degree and to help the humble to rise in stature, through God-directed, intelligent self-effort, to the full stature of the Christ-man. There are many great servants upon earth who do, out of the sincerity of a good heart but with a warped theology, seek to serve the eternal purpose. These men are often the source of the perpetuation of error, for other men point their finger to them and say, "Can you tell me that this good man, who believes thus and thus, is wrong, seeing that his life is filled with virtue?" O blessed ones, when it comes to the true mysteries of God and of salvation, it requires more than mere human goodness, but the determinant longing to know the whole truth that you may be wholly free. This truth can only come from the source - God who is ever true. Men do not mean to err; they are simply deluded by the long, historical conspiracy that has sought to make out of religion itself (the means, supposedly, of binding men unto God) a charade - a game between the virtuous and the sinful. There is upon earth, and has been for centuries, a conspiracy of invisible forces which dwell in high places and seek to distort the truth so that lesser men will, in ignorance, continue to do wrong. I cannot today do aught but pray that God will take the blindfold away from all among mankind who can accept the truth, and let them see this gleam of pure Christ-truth shining not only in the life of beloved Jesus and other great world saviours, but also, and above all, today in the world of the individual who seeks to follow the gleam through all outer disturbances and find deliverance from error by the mercies of God. Let me hasten to assure you that the Brotherhood, by the flame of illumination in these documents released week after week, seeks to raise the veil, little by little for all, until all shall know all that is. Graciously, I remain, PALLAS ATHENA ****** Chapter 26 Beloved Lord Gautama - June 26, 1966 ****** Vol. 9 No. 26 - Beloved Lord Gautama - June 26, 1966 To keep a tryst with God is to abide in the secret place of the Most High. While the jar of riot stirs the cities of the world and unrest moves among men as a vile plague, the bonds of peace must be sustained within the hearts of the faithful; for it is in peace that men can summon the vital, intelligent energies of God to mitigate wrong, to spread understanding, and to quiet the stress of age-old moral turpitude. My beloved Coserver of light, the blessed Master Jesus, said long ago, "Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God." I say unto you today, in eternal verity, that the war in the world is in reality the struggle between light and darkness. Those who would be masters of the world, surveying mankind as serfs to their power, desire the continued subjugation of men and nations to a ruthless design which through the ages has sent surges of fear willy-nilly into the heart of the planet and its blessed people. Nature has reflected the banality of continued aggression, and human viciousness is at no low ebb tide in this generation. There would be little question, even now, of the immediate outcome if the benign of the world could marshal their forces and, by universal demand, assert for and on behalf of the cause of peace the vital choices of their lives. Unfortunately, disunity and inharmony in the ranks of the spiritual forces of the world lead men and women into byways of stagnation and inaction. Men sit idly by without aiding even the causes which they themselves have espoused in the past. Through ingratitude and neglect, there occurs a festering of old wounds which long ago should have been healed. As we survey this struggle from the realms of Spirit, it is a sad commentary for the holy cause of opportunity that so many have neglected for so long the causes to which they ought to have given their whole hearts. Returning to the thought of the battle between light and darkness, let us hasten to assure all that spiritual peace and the search for divine goals would have brought to the world that equality of action that spreads blessings with the speed of light and with the dispersion of a mighty wind. Those who look with a historical sense at the slow corrections of the centuries and the continuation of old abuses are inclined to ask themselves, "Is it all vanity and vexation of spirit?" The new perspective attained by reunion with the ageless love of God sends forth the radiation of peace into the world as a mighty force to overcome the error of men's vain decisions, made selfishly and for the madness of a moment of power. The most humble man or woman enlisted in the cause and service of the light never really knows when the seed of the Word, reflected in his thought or action and discharged into the universe with the mighty power of love and peace will give inspiration to some soul, or even to the universe itself which hungers and thirsts after God's righteousness to see it manifest everywhere. The acceptance of such thoughts and good deeds by the humble heart enlisted in God's service, who will then react thereto with alacrity, does quicken by a mighty act the preservation of peace and the penetration of divine wisdom into all mortal thought and feeling. The terrors of Vietnam, projected upon the screen of the world mind, create on one hand a frightful recoil from the ravages of war and on the other an awesome fear in the ignorant and superstitious who see with each gnashing of teeth a new and savage end for humanity. We continue to envision from our level mighty pools of spiritual happiness and peace, a tangible radiation of joy that shall be to all people as the advent of the Messiah, as the star of hope to a war-weary world. But we analyze assiduously the causes of continued unrest and see them within the domain of self, originating in a lack of spirituality in the home and in the misbranding of men of one religion by those of another, who seek to rise in their own right by trampling upon the rights of others. Our plea, then, from Shamballa today is for an action of immortal rightness that can well be termed the "dawn of righteousness" in human consciousness. The great treasures of heaven are given so freely to all - the power to honor other lifestreams with the high spirit of loving assistance, the renewal of brightness which is perceived in the waning of selfishness, the sense within of "the eternal secret" which is communion with God in the domain of self, the shunning of evil deeds, and the shrinking of consciousness away from that which destroys both virtue and consciousness. Your consciousness, which is like a mighty river, should abide steadfastly anchored to the eternal principles of the divine life. Men fear death in ignorance and know not that the mortal life which they cling to and call their own but precludes the Divine. which is the source of hope and beauty and of integrity which must be cognized before cosmic integration with the Soul of God and unanimity of the Spirit can take place within the individual. So delicate is the balance of true peace that it is the poise of God-control for each man who chooses to exercise his rights to freedom, that he may thus enhance the opportunities of others while serving the holy cause of his own illumination. "What shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?" can also be phrased "What, though a man seem to possess all the riches and honor of the world, all the fame and fortune of a headstrong and reckless generation, if he shall fail to acquire the strength of soul and character of the Divine Man." Thus shall he see his life seep away as drops fallen upon the sand, until the moment when the empty vessel proclaims, "There is no more of soul substance," and the final bill for expenditure is marked "Paid in full - finis." This is tantamount to the condition called the "second death," blessed ones, for it denotes the waste of almost infinite opportunity and a careless casting away of the fullness of life's mercies until the soul of such a one is literally "spent" and life returns the misqualified substance to the Great Central Sun for repolarization.{4} Thus does man suffer the loss of his soul as the Master Jesus so carefully warned. There is no morbidity in our statement, but the spur of realization which, when fanned by the flame of forthrightness, becomes by the individual's preferred choice the means to reach out and eat of the fruit of the tree of life and live forever in the consciousness of peace, love, joy, and wholeness. There, midst the paradise of divine consciousness the mighty declaration is heard in irrevocable tones, "Lo, I AM the Lord thy God who has this day begotten thee. Thou art my beloved Son and in thy light I AM well pleased." Here is the hope of man, here is the hope of ending war: individual realization, individual comprehension, individualized God-peace. Radiantly I AM, GAUTAMA ****** Chapter 27 Beloved Maha Chohan - July 3, 1966 ****** Vol. 9 No. 27 - Beloved Maha Chohan - July 3, 1966 I The Holy Spirit as the Gift of Illumination To All Who Would Meet the Challenge of the Cycles of Vain Repetitions, in the Total Warfare between Light and Darkness, Welcome to the Indian Council of the Great White Brotherhood! The changes necessary to lift mankind out of the socket of mortal error are often sweeping and intense. The far-reaching and sometimes drastic effects of a valiant spiritual search will frequently cause some individuals to recoil or to desire retreat into a past era of lesser progress. In reality this can never be, for those who have once tasted the gift of illumination, who have reached forth their hand and eaten of the Tree of Life, are never again satisfied with the husks of mortal surfeiting or the limited scope of mortal attainment. It will be noted that the same garment styles come full circle with the passing of the years as the fashion parade of men seeks to adorn the outer self with ever-new glamour which is but the timeworn "fruit" of repetitious human vanity. Let all who have begun the search for the goals of the ascended masters then rejoice and comprehend with a larger measure of cosmic purpose that each passing year can add spiritual stature to those whose investment of time and energy is oriented Godward. The last full measure of devotion which the Great Law may require in order to cut an individual free from entanglement must be exerted if the weary soul is to fly free from its cocoon of ignorance and pain. At the same conference of the Indian Council, the cycle of vain repetitions and its link with the power of binding habit was discussed as a key factor separating man from the harmonizing effects of his communion with nature, thus depriving him of the benefits of the Mother flame. It was pointed out that many unfortunate men and women who presently suffer the ravages of diseases of the mind and body which were caused by contamination of the aura through wrong habit patterns were misled in their early youth by irresponsible parents who themselves were victims of an earnest malpractice of other decades. One who serves with K-17's legions remarked that mankind are prone to react most strenuously to defend their own position when that position is challenged by a son of light. Beloved Morya stated to those assembled that this was but a surge of rebellion in defense of an ego which already knew that it was, in the vernacular of mankind, "off the beam." He pointed out that oftentimes people feel that because they are defending a position which is their own, they can in some way justify it, even though it is in error. This, of course, is pulling the wool over one's eyes, as the perceptive will admit. Someone asked what could be done about it; he was reminded that it had been suggested many times that countermeasures of a spiritual nature were most effective in assisting those who willingly responded to spiritual ministrations, but that these measures carried little weight with those whose faith was yet pinned upon mortal opinion. This, blessed ones, is the reason it is necessary to meet the enemy on his own ground and to battle for the minds of men by the use of certain subtleties from a cosmic level. The present age is one of total warfare wherein the battle between light and darkness continually rages and the valiant know no rest save that which God gives to the spiritual soldiers who, weary from service to mankind, reach a point of near exhaustion. I would not for one moment imply that men cannot mount up with wings as eagles and renew their strength. They have done so again and again, and they shall continue to do so; but there are times in the life of the most devoted when the weight of the cross is staggering. It is then that the succor of the Divine Mother is poured out in a more than ordinary measure. In connection with the solving of the problems of a misguided humanity, it was noted that many individuals who were spiritually hungry [who, though they knew it not, yearned to drink in the Mother flame] were often being fed misleading material which did not satisfy their souls. Beloved Brother Chananda, who presided at this session of the Indian Council, informed us that the crux of this problem was the lack of discernment which those beginning to understand God's law often felt in the face of the many signs and sign-bearers, each pointing a different way. He also said that many of those beginning to understand the real truth about life did not yet have their spiritual centers quickened. Therefore they could not discern the Lord's body; that is, they could not feel the radiation of the light of the masters in the printed text. Because of this inability, they were often subject to the trickery of malevolent forces which function in the invisible but unascended state, assisting both embodied and disembodied black magicians who work from many levels to deceive and enslave the mind and being of man. A brother whom we do not choose to name rose from the audience and queried, "Under these circumstances just what can be done?" We felt the earnest desire of that one to assist the council in evoking some satisfactory solution to the problem of humanity's lack of discernment; and after due deliberation it became apparent to all that our intercession on behalf of mankind must be continued and intensified. Some of the great masters who have rendered intense cosmic service for many centuries referred to the degree of their own involvement with humanity which came about through their ministrations in the name of the Divine Mother that had continually flooded forth to illumine mankind. The cosmic beings from Venus who were attending the council sessions were called upon to give of their light and opinion upon the subject. One of them spoke for all, and these in essence were his words: "Variation will come wherever there is a lack of understanding or of total dedication. In the case of a lack of understanding, man does not always know whether he is doing right or wrong. In the case of a lack of dedication, there is a tendency to substitute a smattering of attainment for the full manifestation of mastery. This could rightly be considered the result of mental laziness and physical sluggishness, both of which can be cured in part, if not altogether, by total involvement in the golden-rule ethic of being "my brother's keeper" and by renewed consecration to the causes of the Brotherhood. This must start with the will. Men must will to do good. They must will to woo eternal principles and to hold them in esteem. They must forsake the banal influences of the past and determine to work for right change in the future, which will most assuredly become the now!" Devotedly I AM, THE MAHA CHOHAN (The Representative of the Holy Spirit) ****** Chapter 28 Beloved Maha Chohan - July 10, 1966 ****** Vol. 9 No. 28 - Beloved Maha Chohan - July 10, 1966 II Hidden Mysteries and Hidden Powers of the Holy Spirit To All Who Would Contact an Intense Concentration of the Christ Consciousness, Be Imbued with the Power of the Holy Spirit, and Act as a Point of Contact with the Brotherhood to Counteract World Negation "It was suggested by an unascended earthly brother of considerable advancement who was permitted to attend this session that some form of curative device, such as that which was used upon ancient Atlantis for the removal of criminal tendencies from the brain, should be released again, together with the proper technique for its operation, to the scientists of this age. This, our brothers, was vetoed by the Karmic Board as an interference with the free will of man. It was also indicated that some crude forms of this practice are already being used in prefrontal lobotomies performed by the medical profession in this time. "We particularly wish to call to your attention the fact that light - and I refer herein to spiritual light and most specifically to the emanation of the Christ consciousness - when it is accepted and received into an individual's forcefield and invited to abide therein, will, in transmuting wrong tendencies, produce a most marvelous cauterizing effect. We cite the records of some men of earth in past and present ages whose spiritual prowess was almost nil and whose intellectual capacity was very crude. These individuals, upon contacting an intense concentration of the Christ consciousness, were so imbued with the power of the Holy Spirit [through the intercession of the World Mother] that earthly densities passed from their consciousness and all things became new in divine dimension. "The coloring of these conditions by the heavenly light is most invaluable in curing depression and melancholia. Many forms of insanity now plaguing the mankind of earth can likewise be cured by genuine spiritual experience; for it is our opinion, based upon the records of this solar system, which involve many planetary bodies, that common conditions produce common problems and that the best solution - the simplest, the quickest, and the most economical for all men - is to contact the mighty radiation of the Son of God, the emanation of the Christ consciousness that becomes the common property of every man who will receive him. "Theologians and their followers on Terra often seem incapable of differentiating between a stepped-down release of the Spirit of God and a higher release of that Spirit. Let them understand their own expression "God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb." The blessedness of Almighty God, his Spirit, and the Spirit of his Sun Radiance, the Christ consciousness, charged with the cosmic illumination of the Divine Mother and her capacity to alter unwanted conditions for mankind, is released from the highest levels of the Godhead and descends into the very heart of the earth to contact the most primitive types, manifesting diversely to each level of awareness in order that everyone might derive the greatest benefits of the Great Law according to his capacity to receive. "Be not entangled with the yoke of bondage which differing religious opinions sometimes brings about. Understand, blessed ones of the planet Earth, that many manifestations of the Father-Mother God are necessary in order to reach the various levels of consciousness of embodied humanity. There is no enmity between one manifestation of God and another. There is only the cosmic outreach from the heart of the Spirit of God intended to save that which is lost in the planes of Matter. The almost total involvement of mankind in flesh-and-blood consciousness has thwarted many of the plans of God for his creation; but all of this is only temporary, and the golden age which has long been in preparation is daily coming closer into manifestation. No one need wait for the golden age in order to externalize its character by engaging in the practice of the golden rule. This will accelerate the coming in of a new era when the old things will indeed have passed away and all things will have become new in the Christ consciousness." These, blessed ones, are some of the statements made by the great emissary from Venus. After considerable comment and exchange of ideas between many among the Brotherhood, a resolution was adopted whereby some of the hidden mysteries and hidden power of past ages (which to the present have been kept from unascended mankind but given in part to certain adepts prior to their ascension) would now be released into the hands of some of the advanced disciples of the ascended masters who have demonstrated balance and a sense of responsibility over a prolonged period of their existence. These individuals are to act as a point of contact with the Great White Brotherhood in establishing certain talismans upon the planet which will serve to counteract the negatively qualified compelling forces that have enslaved the minds of youth and age alike throughout the world. I would like to stress that a sincere and absolute humility must manifest in those to whom these gifts are given; and their use must be guided by the prayer of the righteous which is able to raise mankind to the level of attunement with their own Christ Selves. By August 14 we expect to have completed the necessary arrangements whereby these powers can be restored to those who are ready to receive them. No physical contact will be made with these lifestreams; nevertheless, an internal spiritual activity will take place and a mystical experience will be given them which will ready them for a closer collaboration with the Brotherhood. With these gifts of added power in the service of hierarchy will come the understanding of how to use them. Let those who may be in doubt concerning this calling understand that all who receive the gift will be made aware of it clearly and unmistakably, together with an index of action and a plan of cooperation between the visible and the invisible. Through this dispensation of light granted by the Karmic Board, unascended brethren serving with the ascended masters will be privileged by the grace of God to anchor these powerful focuses in the world of form in the present era. Thus they will be able to help mankind learn how to break the force of vicious habit, whether it be the inordinate use of intoxicants or narcotics, the wrong use of the mind or tongue, a propensity for ego strutting, or the vain use of energy. New clarity of mind will enable many students to maintain a greater measure of attunement with their own God Presence. A sense of personal well-being with God and of universal brotherhood with man will permeate the atmosphere of the planet, making many among mankind more vitally aware of the active participation of the Holy Spirit in human affairs. Through this very present Helper, God has provided the means of delivering the Earth from the perils of past ages, including the intensification of mortal delusion, thereby paving the way for a clarification of the Earth's place in the solar scheme. I shall continue in another release to report on the results of our recent conference and to give my counsel and love to those who love me and keep the commandments of God. Devotedly, I AM THE MAHA CHOHAN (The Representative of the Holy Spirit) ****** Chapter 29 Beloved Maha Chohan - July 17, 1966 ****** Vol. 9 No. 29 - Beloved Maha Chohan - July 17, 1966 III The Era of the Descent of the Holy Spirit To All Who Would Unite with God through the Agency of the Holy Spirit and Know the Transmutation and Integration of the Personal Self into the Unity of the Godhead: The understanding of the agency of the Holy Spirit will bring mankind into a state of personal awareness of the Godhead such as they have never before experienced. The remoteness of the Father Person is, of course, a myth; for God is nigh at hand to all, even unto the unbelieving, but the concept "in the person of the Father" often seems unreal to those who are caught up in the snares of mortal thought and feeling as they identify with the mundane world of form and outer consciousness, so much so that the thoughts of these men and women, of whom there are many, choose to regard God as being remote from the earth and the elements thereof. Studies in astronomy often further enhance the illusion that God is nowhere; whereas in reality, astronomy should only point out to men that God is everywhere, imminently present upon the planet and within themselves, in their consciousness as well as in their form. It is easy, however, for the perceptive to note the strange ideas which men formulate concerning life and its purposes. Certain it is that life was not created, but rather that life itself is the Creator of individualized man. Through the agency of the Son, mankind have come to recognize and to know the meaning of the life-mission of an avatar. They have also perceived their own role as Christ-identifying, which permits the divine mission to be transmitted to the individual and in no way prevents the faithful and those who desire to serve heavenly causes from so doing. They are one and all the beloved Son, "joint-heirs with the Christ," who is the only begotten Son of the Father, full of grace and truth, outpicturing in Jesus and other great masters the fullness of the light and love of the eternal Father, making him real unto men. Now comes the era of the descent of the Holy Spirit, the time of fullness, when the omnipresent God, through the impersonal power of his great Spirit, makes every man to know his role and connection with the Godhead. The reason, blessed ones, that the Holy Spirit was referred to as the Comforter is that it is the power and intent of the Holy Spirit to make every man feel integrated into the heart of the universe. For it is through the Holy Spirit that the currents of Life, the essence of God himself, actually flow through the nervous and cardiovascular systems, the musculoskeletal structure, and every cell and atom of the physical form of man. It is through the Holy Spirit that they flow through his soul consciousness, including the etheric, mental, and emotional vehicles, purifying the internal facets of the mind, integrating all into conscious identification with the Christed individuality of man. As you study the power of the Holy Spirit, you will come into closer contact with this aspect of the Tri-Unity of God, which is always the essential oneness thereof, for the word Trinity is definitive as Tri-unity or the threefold aspect of the one flame of Life. Now, then, the Holy Spirit flows through the consciousness of man in a transmutative release in order to transfer to his world the reality and power of God, effecting thereby an integration of the personal self with the Godhead. Truly this is the uniting agency of God that enables the avatar to affirm, "I and my Father are one." Truly this is the Wind that bloweth where it listeth, seeking to purify the vessel and wash it whiter than snow. ("Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.") The Holy Spirit is often depicted in symbolic lore as a dove descending through the air with the point downward. In reality, blessed ones, this dove of light is the flame shape of the Paraclete and the snowy coloring thereof is actually the intense whiteness of the holy flame of the Holy Spirit as it descends. The brilliancy of the descent is not always visible to all, for certain conditions must be met which make it possible for the optic nerve to respond to the high vibrations of the descending Spirit of the one God. As the Representative of the Holy Spirit for the planet Earth, I wish to say that not all who profess to be so united with God as to have received him in this manner have actually had the experience of receiving the Spirit of God, and not all, if they have had it, have retained the effulgence of the light once vouchsafed unto them. To receive the Spirit of God is to be, in truth, a Son of God; and to be a Son of God is to manifest the character of the Christ in action. There is always the great mercy of the law which renews opportunity to errant sons, so long as they desire this within themselves and are willing to be a friend to God, to place loyalty to him even and always above human friendship. To cast oneself adrift from the mainland of Divinity out into the restless sea of mortal thought and feeling is to shun the Holy Spirit; and this will never satisfy the great purifying light of the Christ that God has sent into the world to bring peace and joy to the multitudes. To identify with God and to identify with his Spirit is an activity of great joy which will always unite all people into the electrifying consciousness of the divine identity, when the soul will proclaim with the depths of a joy almost indescribable, "Why, I AM!" This is to know the Self as it was released from the heart of the Father. This is to know the Self as Enoch, the seventh from Adam, knew God, and to become so identified with this great tide of immortal Reality as to count all else but loss. The question has often been raised, "Are men who have been touched by the Spirit of God useless instruments to mankind and forever but dreamy visionaries whose presence in the world of form is but that of a parasite upon mankind?" Such is not and need not ever be the case, for down through the stream of history many who have contacted God and who have been touched by him with the golden light of his own being have not only served the holy cause of their eternal Father and searched for a renewal of their divine powers, but also have they been the cause of untold benefits to the planet and to the people of the Earth. We know, from studying the consciousness of the blessed as well as the consciousness of those who, through self-condemnation, have taken themselves temporarily out of the field of the Lord, that even those who have little of the divine spark acting in their worlds have a secret inner admiration, which often does not appear outwardly at all, for those who will continue the divine search and the high faith of the invisible, but everywhere-present, Spirit of God. Let grace continue, let grace abide, blessed ones, for the light of the Holy Spirit is everywhere upon the mountain and upon the plain, upon the sea, and upon the dry land. In the air and through the hearts of men flows this God who is everywhere and whose love, with childlike simplicity, is the firmament of every age, holding and bestowing all comfort to all who yearn to know the origin of life and find peace with it. I AM bestowing a continuation of the boundless grace of God upon all who will receive it. THE LORD MAHA CHOHAN (The Representative of the Holy Spirit) ****** Chapter 30 Beloved Maha Chohan - July 24, 1966 ****** Vol. 9 No. 30 - Beloved Maha Chohan - July 24, 1966 IV The Holy Spirit as the Vital Force of God To All Who Would Be Saved by the Washing of Regeneration and Renewing of the Holy Ghost and Be Imbued with the Power of God that is a Sacred Gift in My Hand - That Ye May Truly Be Brethren of the Divine Action The mighty thrust and motor of life is the Spirit of God. Those who are theologians and desire to penetrate the mysteries of the spoken and written word will appreciate my comment, I am certain, concerning the renewing of the Holy Spirit referred to in the Scriptures. "Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost." The Holy Spirit is the ingredient of life which is the fire of cosmos, the germinal power in nature; it is the power that beats the heart and infuses every form of life with the essence of the Father-Mother God. The Holy Spirit is indigenous to every life manifestation, and without the Holy Spirit there can be no manifestation of life. When individuals forsake the light of the Christ and of the Holy Spirit, they become literally devoid of Reality; hence the term "not-person" or "non-person" which has come into use in certain circles. When this happens even the reflected light of life within the person takes on the robes of darkness. This is why Jesus said, "If the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!" The renewing action of the Holy Spirit is a purifying process, a refining action, which must take place if the not-person is to be replaced by the Real Person. For as the soul is instilled and infilled with the fire of the Holy Spirit, it identifies more and more with the Real Person and hence with all life, thereby coming into that oneness to which Jesus referred when he prayed, "Father, make them one even as we are one." I am well aware that dry dogma and mere theological speculation can never be substituted for the vital action of the Holy Spirit in its close contact with individuals who speak such words of welcome unto God as to invite his Spirit to come in and sup with them. The whole consciousness of the Lord Christ, in his manifestation as beloved Jesus of Nazareth, was saturated with the influence of the Holy Spirit; and the alchemy of the divine Sonship was itself a consummation of the reality of God. Therefore, it could well be spoken of him, "The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up." The city of God, the house of God, and the conception of the universe as "the place where the Lord lay" and where God remains are the spiritual antipodes of the "abomination of desolation" standing in the holy place where it ought not spoken of by the Prophet Daniel long ago. Saint Paul said, "Know ye not that your bodies are the temple of God and that the Holy Spirit of God dwelleth in you?" No unclean thing, in either thought or feeling, then, ought to inhabit this body temple, nor any impure substance knowingly be imbibed. Yet, it must not be denied that there exists a power of transmutation, when, for practical reasons, it is essential that men must take into their systems some substance which is contaminated. They should understand that the power of invocation, the power of the light of God that never fails, is always available through the agency of the Holy Spirit to transmute gross substance into the one substance of the light itself. Now, concerning the "abomination of desolation," let all understand that it was and is and shall forever remain the purpose of the Father-Mother God to imbue the creation with their own Spirit; for in that Spirit lie the best gifts and the greatest blessings that life can afford - the completeness, the wholeness, the oneness of Being. No external palliatives could ever equal the great internal consolation of the Lord's Spirit that sweeps man out of the depths of mortal delusion into the heights of immortal Reality - into the sweet sense of eternal life in the Spirit of God which abideth and dwelleth forever in those who have sanctified and exalted his name in the dome of consciousness. When men become conditioned to the ways of the not-self - with its obstinance, pride, sensuality, and spiritual blindness - they are acquiescing to the awful robe of darkness which the prophet Daniel referred to as the abomination of desolation. When men reject their divine opportunity and fail to respond to the knocking of the Spirit of Life upon the door of their hearts, they open themselves up to subtle forms of self-annihilation which, all too late, bring them to their knees before God in a most desolate and helpless state of consciousness. If the energies of life are squandered in riotous living and eternal values are meanly thrown aside for the pauperism of fleshly gain which in a moment is swept away and lost forever, truly what shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world and lose his soul - the only means he has of implementing his spiritual opportunity? Gracious ones, the power of the Holy Spirit is all around you. It is vital, magnetic, compassionate, and eternal. The Holy Spirit is the omnipresence of God; it saturates all space and hallows that space, but it concentrates in greater measure where the call that goes forth to the heart of God compels the answer of the descent of his abiding grace. Those who drink lovingly, almost ravenously, of the Spirit of God are thus opening the doorway for the light of Love to flow from my heart to theirs. As the Representative of the Holy Spirit, I can do no less than abide where the Spirit of God is; and as your Advocate of Completeness, I desire to imbue you with the power that God has placed as a sacred gift in my hand. Whensoever his Spirit cometh upon you and dwelleth in you, then are you truly brethren of the divine action; and the fruit of that action as the joint endeavor of God and man will manifest in your world as the delight of his Law in your heart, as the joy of his Law in your mind, and as the meditation of his Law in the forcefield of your being. These gifts of the Spirit shall then be yours to project as hope to those standing in the shadow of doubt, as healing to those who, lacking wholeness, need a physician, and as the Great Light that shall be seen by all who walk in darkness. Your life will then become a mission on behalf of the Holy Spirit; following in the footsteps of the avatars and elder brothers of the race, you will, by his authority and grace, prepare the way for the great golden age to come into the consciousness of men even as they are transformed and renewed by the Christ mind. Just as there do exist and remain ancient ruins throughout the world which have been the subject of archeological study, some visible and some buried deep in the earth, so the record of those years long past abides in akasha. While it is permissible to decipher and read these ancient hieroglyphs, it is also within the divine gift of God and his Spirit to bestow upon man the handwritings upon the wall of the future. You must, then, teach those who look to you for guidance to look to the Eternal Now as the nexus of the Spirit through which the radiant stream of God's energy is pouring in order that the patterns of thought and feeling akin to the love of God and his Sons might be generated in them by the agency of his Spirit. Unless this come into manifestation, all other mystic lore is in vain. Like old and decaying ruins, these will only satiate the curiosity of man without feeding his soul. The admonishment of the Christ "Feed my lambs," made two thousand years ago to Peter, comes full circle today as you become the instrument for the silent ministrations of the Holy Ghost that touch these little ones - heart, head, and hand. As I have spoken to you to generate in you love and respect for this vital force of God that flows into the family of humankind, wedding all nations and peoples to the Higher Way, it is preparatory to the Second Coming of the Christ. Beloved ones, I enfold you in my love. THE LORD MAHA CHOHAN (The Representative of the Holy Spirit) ****** Chapter 31 Beloved Maha Chohan - July 31, 1966 ****** Vol. 9 No. 31 - Beloved Maha Chohan - July 31, 1966 V The Word of God Sent by the Spirit of God through the Prophets To All Who Would Be Initiated by the Ministrations of the Holy Spirit and Be Caught Up in the Great Holy Arms of God, and the Blessedness of His Vitalized Consciousness: The Word of God which was destined to be a lamp unto the feet of mankind is sent by the Spirit of God through the mighty chain of prophets who through the centuries have been illumined and who have acted as intermediaries between God and man. There is a touchstone of reality within mankind which, when attuned to, will enable men to clearly perceive the reality of that which is truth and to separate themselves from that which is error. The Holy Spirit will always produce the perfection of Almighty God in the consciousness of mankind. Joy and love will abound together with true peace, but all should understand clearly the great mystery of how true peace is achieved through the Spirit of Truth. Men whose deeds are evil often love darkness rather than light; and there is a fruit of darkness, an evolution of darkness, which proceeds from dreary minds damp with rank emotionalism; unsatisfied even with self-adulation, they remain fettered by the conditionings of mortality. The Son of God is not so, and the Spirit of God is not so; for the Spirit of God moves across the margent of the world bestowing at will his gift of Reality to every man. Far above the speculations of the mortal mind that are used to justify a way of life, the Spirit of God transcends human philosophy and replaces it with the divine theosophy. Searching out the vastness of the Divine Self and translating it for the human self, the power of the Word lights man's path that he may clearly see the way to go. Of all the heartrending problems encountered by mankind upon this planet, the one that is most trying to spiritual seekers is the question, Which is the correct or true Path? Many are the innocent lambs of God who know not that there are traps laid for them, nor do they expect to find wolves in sheep's clothing preaching from the pulpits of the world. They have not reckoned with those unregenerate spirits who have spawned a luciferian theology to keep the children of God from finding the true Path. Jesus said, "I AM the way"; but the Sadducees and Pharisees have loudly proclaimed another way and through their sorcery have exercised a hypnotic control over the people. Practicing black magic as blatantly today as they did in the Dark Ages, they bind the faithful to doctrine and personality through their satanic lies of hellfire and damnation. Wise are the disciples of God who will understand, then, that there are abroad in the world false doctrines in large number created out of the whole cloth by men whose consciousness has been contaminated through personality worship with the silt of their own sensual concepts. Those who would know the truth and thus be free must understand that many of these gross figures surround themselves with an aura of sanctity, profundity, and peace, combined with the mystique of veiled prophecy. Thus, those who require the exclusiveness of a personality cult are often sucked into the "hallowed circle" of the false prophets who succeed in playing God by playing upon the credulity of the masses. The Holy Spirit speaks with great plainness and forthrightness; nevertheless, the laws of God, so obvious and so charged with common sense, so apparent in nature and so natural to the heart of man, are often ignored for the dim-witted complexities of intellectual sophistry. Those who rise to positions of prominence in the religious community have no qualms about fabricating a multitude of rationalizations that confuse the people and in some cases even inspire them to espouse noble causes when for a time it suits their ends. In this day when the elect can indeed be deceived, it is necessary that we stimulate among mankind the desire for the correct understanding of the spiritual path. Initiations abound; and the circumstances of initiation, whereby mankind's devotion to truth is tested from day to day, are often brought about through the ministrations of the Holy Spirit coordinated through the office of the Cosmic Christ.{5} When these initiations are passed, the unfolding soul awareness of man is caught up into the arms of God and revitalized in his blessed consciousness of the truth that indeed makes all men free.{6} When men say "peace and safety," often sudden destruction cometh upon them. When men rebel against turmoil and against the confusion of the outer world, turning aside to a realm of separation from their fellowmen, at times great blessing may flow to them. But there must come about an eventual return to contact and association with mankind, for in the world of form, karmic debts have been made through the mingling of the spirit of man with the spirit of man. Retreat and withdrawal are only for the purposes of gaining perspective and gathering spiritual knowledge that will enable men to be useful instruments of the Spirit of the eternal Father, the Holy Spirit. When surrounded by turmoil and the din of that which does not seem to be at peace, men must pursue the pathways of peace and be undisturbed by outer conditions. The law of infinite Love is the supplier of opportunity for balance to every lifestream. When men shy away from their opportunities to balance their debts to life, they are withholding from themselves the opportunity of the hour. Through grace and perfection there flows forth from the heart of God the valiant manifestation of spiritual victory. And thus, while turmoil and conflict may arise, even as men seek to draw closer unto God - when families and friends withdraw or are offended by reason of the chela's devotion to the laws of God and to spiritual service - "rejoice and be glad," yet have no strange concept of antipathy toward thy brothers but only the silent glow of the love from thy heart that refuses to be dismayed or pulled into the maelstrom of human affection. God and his Spirit have desired to draw mankind not away and apart, but upward and together into the realm of spiritual regeneration where the brotherhood of man, uniting with the Fatherhood of God, perceives the bond of the Holy Spirit as the cement of cosmic unity. There is no need, then, for men to fear when the battle for men's minds is bursting all around them; rather should they seek the association of the ascended masters of light, the true and faithful witnesses of the Law, and the sanctity of the Divine Presence that is both above and within. Let your search for the true religion of God be one of diligence and not of discouragement. Did He not say, "Seek, and ye shall find"? Therefore, accept the promise and bid the Spirit of God welcome in your world. If you would make a place in the temple of your being for the Lord's Spirit, you must end feelings of hostility toward all men, toward the self, and even toward the justice of the Law that in exacting its toll may have caused you some distress. Let the love-light of God occupy your eye and heart; and let the flow of his Spirit through you be as the wind from the mountain: a penetrating call to action. As the Lord liveth, his Spirit is the great activator of all that is holy and mighty within you! Men have deceived themselves; but through God they shall be awakened from the darkness of self-deceit, and the hand of mortal error that was laid upon them shall be lifted. Shadows upon the Path are dissipated by the initiatic light, and the bond of true devotion unites hearts as never before. The Brotherhood seeks the practical manifestation of the Spirit as a balm of fervent action that will lift the burdens of mankind. Then shall all be changed in the twinkling of the eye of God, and the veil that hung between the spirit of man and the Spirit of God shall be rent in twain. Then shall man know that he is ready to be fashioned by his Spirit in the divine image; then shall man himself transfer from heaven to earth the perfect pattern for a planet and its evolutions. I REMAIN YOUR ADVOCATE OF COMPLETENESS, THE LORD MAHA CHOHAN (The Representative of the Holy Spirit) ****** Chapter 32 Beloved Maha Chohan - August 7, 1966 ****** Vol. 9 No. 32 - Beloved Maha Chohan - August 7, 1966 VI Serving the Holy Spirit in a Sincere Labor of Love (The Holy Spirit as the Instrument of God, as Wayshower) To All Who Would Fulfill the Law of Karma in the Balance of the Holy Spirit, Invoking the Sacred Fires of the Heart in a Sincere Labor of Love: The intense longing for God which, from time to time, fills the hearts of men often gives rise to feelings of frustration when it is interpreted in the lower vein of human self-seeking. The God-intent, fostered by the ministrations of the Holy Spirit, is ever to produce happiness and peace within the domain of the individual so that progress in the right direction, as well as the divine protection that is necessary for spiritual warfare, can manifest effectively and victoriously. It clearly follows that any frustration in thought and feeling involving the spiritual search should be translated into a spur - a chastisement of the Lord given to those whom he loves that they may gird up the talents of their lifestream in the pursuit of a cosmic purpose and a cosmic identity. Lack of vision and perspective are often the bane of the spiritual seeker who asks himself, "How can I know?" It may be simple, but it is true and often overlooked that there is much within the domain of each individual that can be known and that is applicable to the specific needs of the moment, for God has not left man bereft of reason and of the power of observation. While many yearn for complete seership and the ability to commune with higher expressions of God and to have advanced explanations of cosmic law, men and women must learn to use the simple graces and gifts which they have already received even with the novitiate level of their search. The accretion of neglect in the karmic record is the mark of the unprofitable servant. When men fail to use the talents given unto them, hiding them in the folds of their garments, their creative faculties become dulled through the idling of the flow of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit serves as Wayshower unto those who will let go of their own way, which leads to self-condemnation that is no part of the Divine Self, and embrace the divine Way. Those who turn to God repentant and meek receive the ministrations of his Spirit as long as they pursue the path of righteousness; because he is nigh at hand, even at the very door, they can begin a new era of soul progress in their dealing with the infinite law of Being. Let it be understood that there is no attitude more calculated to turn the heart of man to stone than that of fleeing from karmic responsibilities and from the working-out of circumstances in which the individual finds himself as the result of his previous actions. New stations in life should be sought only when the karmic scales are balanced - when debts with the parties involved have been cleared and past accounts have been settled fairly. As part of the system of initiation evolved by the Brotherhood for the lifewaves of this planet, individuals are often brought together with those who cause them great distress of mind and heart in order that they may work out their karmic patterns through mutual service. The temptation is ever to cast aside the unpleasant responsibility and to find temporary peace by fleeing the chastisement of the Law. This is particularly true within families and organizations where individuals of differing polarities are often thrown together - seemingly piecemeal, but actually by karmic decree - into situations that require adjustment before further progress can be made. There is no doubt in the minds of the Lords of Karma, who have arranged many such situations to exact the highest virtue from the souls of men, that if the individuals were to avoid personality clashes by going their separate ways, a greater measure of personal peace would come. Let it be clear, however, that the avoidance of all conflict and the isolation of oneself in a mountaintop retreat or in a tower of aloneness, whether in the midst of a great city or far from the madding crowd, often creates an atmosphere of synthetic peace and safety which contributes neither to the growth of the soul nor to its freedom from old karmic ties. Debts to Life, in the name of wisdom, must be paid! If men have wronged others, they must undo their wrongs and in the process learn how to do well. Thus in the great citadel of life the spiritual as well as the material needs of man are served through the Holy Spirit. By invocation to its flame the pain of penance is lessened, and lifestreams forced to rub elbow can without pride or rancor roll up their sleeves and enter into a sincere labor of love on behalf of one another and all mankind. You do not know nor can you imagine what a joy it is to the soul to feel free from the pride of person, a disease which has long engaged mankind's energies in the mold of a frightful futility. The strength of the soul is developed through a universal concept of love; but if this universal concept is to justly serve its purpose, it must become personal and practical as men apply the unguents of love to the wounds of those whom they have afflicted in yesteryear. So often men flee the presence of individuals with whom they have karma as though reeling from an old hurt. The reopened wound aggravates the memory of an ancient encounter; the fires of animosity are rekindled; and more negative karma is made than balanced. What a pity when the fire of the heart might well have been invoked to blaze forth and consume all that ever transpired between friends or enemies that was less than God's perfection! How quickly the flames of God respond to the fervent call of the soul for love, for forgiveness, and for balance to manifest! How much easier it is to transmute past wrongs than it is to perpetuate them! How much more advantageous it would be to personal and planetary progress if men would welcome the knock of opportunity upon the door of the heart! Soul redemption is soul freedom, and only the free soul can become one with all life. The strains of the melody from the heart of God "O Love that will not let me go" strengthen man's resolve to not let go until the last farthing of his karma is paid. As God will not let go of man, even in his wayward state, so man must not let go of man; brother must bear the burden of brother - even in his wayward state. And Jacob said to the angel (symbol of the light challenging his karmic densities) at the breaking of the day (the dawn of the Christ within his consciousness), "I will not let thee go, except thou bless me!" Thus, each opportunity for karmic adjustment should be seized as the universal joy of the Holy Spirit floods the consciousness with the rays of the morning, imbuing the soul with the humble desire to be "my brother's keeper." The cooperative industries of nations and people are spurred by their understanding of the purposes of life on earth, not the least of which is the working-out of the cycles of individual and group karma. Through a correct apprehension of the relationship of souls to one another and to the Holy Spirit, mortal involvements are put aside and man joyously pursues the path of discipleship, balancing his karma and entering into such rewarding friendships as are forged in Christ. Unfortunately, as you have observed, much of the turmoil in the world today has been occasioned by the re-creation of old habit patterns of thought and feeling. These enemies of the soul continually trespass upon the race consciousness, disturbing the peace that ought to be the personal property of men and nations. This, of course, they have no right to do; but it is up to each individual to drive them from the sacred ground of his consciousness where he would enshrine the image of the Christ. In reality, precious ones, the Holy Spirit desires to give peace and comfort unto everyone upon the planetary body; but the "peace I leave with you," the "peace I give unto you," can be enjoyed only as the reward for honest labor. Saint Francis, in his prayer "Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace," desired to convey the comforting aspects of the Holy Spirit, realizing that this God Self and not his lower self was the Source of that peace. He knew that by letting God's peace flow through him, like the wind rustling in the trees, he would become one with the Spirit, hence one with all life that proceedeth therefrom. Because his prayer to the Holy Spirit was utterly selfless, it left an indelible imprint upon the consciousness of mankind and elemental life. Consider your life, then, as though it were a giant press imprinting hieroglyphs upon the ages. And then see with what consideration of comfort you can begin to engrave the designs of the Holy Spirit upon the building blocks of creation in man and nature. Erase the defenses of the personal self which are always reacting against the offenses of others. Let them go! For they have never served the cause of comfort. As you become a free agent of the Christ, an activator of cycles of comfort to life, you will begin to move with the great wheel of the law that liberates mankind from the grinding of the karmic millstone. You live in a time when a greater bond betwixt heaven and earth must be forged, when the purposes of true religion must be served, and the old timeworn dogmas replaced by an infusion of life and purposed faith within all mankind. For if the budding truths of the law are to replace the undergrowth of religious error upon the planet, enlightenment must first take place within the people. The sweet sense of the Holy Spirit as the Master Comforter of life is intended to be shared by all. Therefore let none through fear, whether of theology or of theologian, deny themselves the right to receive it as the patent identity of God, with which when men identify, the soul will leap as a joyous hart to produce the fruits of true liberty in action. I remain your friend in the close-knit bond of comfort to the earth, THE LORD MAHA CHOHAN (The Representative of the Holy Spirit) ****** Chapter 33 Beloved Maha Chohan - August 14, 1966 ****** Vol. 9 No. 33 - Beloved Maha Chohan - August 14, 1966 VII The Holy Spirit as the Unifying Principle and Power in All Life To All Who Would Meet the Challenge of Division in the Body of God by Building the Kingdom of God within the Domain of the Receptive Soul and Increasing the Ministration of the Holy Spirit Everywhere on Earth: Now I would speak in a crusade of power concerning the Holy Spirit. At present the body of God upon earth consists of broken fragments which all too often are found warring with one another. The pure Christian traditions have been warped by men's misinterpretations of Christ's theology, which for the most part have resulted from the incomplete record of his teachings available to them.{7} Needless to say, this has created an awful confusion among the brethren. The purposes of God which were destined to unite the hearts of men through the treasures of spiritual law have, through the depredations of men and the false zeal thereof, been turned into a sword of division, piercing humanity's longing for Christ-unity and producing a mounting debt to life. Allying themselves with those of like mind, separating into camps of mutual hostility, individuals steeped in personal delusion do not consider the possibility that their own misinterpretation of truth might be the cause of the attrition of their ranks; thus they fail to recognize that their brother, in whom they see so much wrong, might indeed have correctly apprehended some aspect of God's law. Straining at the gnats of personal perception, they swallow the camel of an almost universal division in their ordered services for the holy cause of God. It is the function of the Holy Spirit to act as the unifying principle in all life; but I ask you, precious ones, when the ministrations of the Spirit are rejected, where is the possibility of continued effort on behalf of unity? The Lords of Karma, who by divine appointment are responsible for the administration of divine justice on earth, have been forced to deny petitions made to them and unto God simply because the Great Law could not grant more energy to be expended in a failing cause. Because of the bigotries and religious hatreds of their followers, often based on an incomplete understanding of the Law, many religious movements have become sterile; meanwhile, individuals continue to bemoan the awful travesty of disunity, failing to see that the power of change lies within their own hands. We have asked the Karmic Board what can be done to meet the challenges of this division. Can we justify further vast expenditures of energy on behalf of those who have pocketed themselves within the cells of their own narrow beliefs and refused to heed aught else? For the record clearly shows that these accomplish little more than the branding of their neighbor as a heretic, in some cases attempting to prevent the publication of his material or his renting of halls for the dissemination of truth, in other cases attacking him directly with cunning and slander. And this in the name of religion! We believe that the answer lies in the building of the kingdom of God within the domain of the receptive soul. Therefore, the Lords of Karma have decided that the greatest justice is to grant the energy of the passed torch to those spiritually advanced movements of the world who will enter into no degree of unbrotherly feeling against other groups who either misunderstand the Law or who refuse to work with those whose concepts may differ from their own. Our intent is to increase the ministration of the Holy Spirit everywhere upon earth. We shall not, then, deny to those who lack true spiritual understanding the blessings which their own level of comprehension allows; but we shall ask for an increase of cosmic energy on behalf of those advanced spiritual teachers who have expounded the laws of God for many a year, who have cleaved unto Good with the fullness of their being, and who, where truth is concerned, have stood ready to receive the revelations of the Holy Spirit even when these challenged their most cherished beliefs. These have extolled the laws of God and reproved within their own consciousness any and all concepts based on a lesser understanding of truth, replacing them on the moment, when the Great Law demanded it, with the expeditious grace of God and his progressive revelation. There are so many manufactured divisions, so many religious persuasions, blessed ones, that it is indeed heartening to see the simplicity of the childlike mind, ready and willing to grasp each amplification of divine grace and knowledge dispensed from God's own hand with the timeliness of cosmic law which spans the ages and is ever expanding through the law of transcendence of its own divine nature. Lovingly, I remain, THE MAHA CHOHAN (The Representative of the Holy Spirit) ****** Chapter 34 Beloved Maha Chohan - August 21, 1966 ****** Vol. 9 No. 34 - Beloved Maha Chohan - August 21, 1966 VIII The Ritual of Attunement with the Holy Spirit in the Temple of Concord To All Who Would Sit at the Feet of God, Perform the Ritual of Purification, Be Possessed of God and the Holy Spirit, and Thereby Express Comfort to Life, Heal Their Sick, Cast Out Demons, and Be a Deliverer in God's Name: Through the ritual of attunement with the Holy Spirit, the hopes of the many are made known to each one. The desire to express comfort to those parts of life requiring it is very great, for there are in the world today a large number of devotees of humanity - such as those of you who have assembled here in our retreat - who yearn to magnetize the glow of the comfort flame on behalf of their brethren. These also desire to mobilize an effective means of contact whereby the individual soul can come to know the needs of others and, by the mystical touch of the Holy Spirit, reach out to aid every part of life. This is magnanimity in the fullest sense of the word; it is the faint echo of perfection within the corridors of memory recalled from the vast halls of learning wherein the mind of God and man do meet. The Temple of Concord is a holy place. Those who have worshiped there, kneeling at the feet of the God Presence, know the measure and worth of the highest devotion that, in forsaking all selfish desire, receives the highest reward. These emerge from their communion with the Holy Spirit ready to translate the strands of immortal opportunity into a great tapestry of Reality. Weaving vestments of hope for all people, they portray the drama of the Second Coming of Christ and illumine a darkening world. We know full well, however, that the theories of theologians, ancient and modern, whose purpose should be to impart a greater sense of God's reality, have often had the opposite effect, causing men to feel far and apart from the heart of their Creator. By contrast, the Holy Spirit has had no other purpose than to draw men closer to God through an enlightened theology - closer to Good and into the great bonds of the universal brotherhood of God and man. Men ask themselves, as you have asked me, how they can unite with children of error. If they would only realize that they do not have to unite with children of error, but with children of God in whom error dwells and from whom error must be expelled! We often wonder at the strange attitude of mortals who stagger and stumble over the fact that other mortals are not manifesting perfection. If they were dwelling in the higher octaves of heaven's beautiful light, they could expect to find immortals manifesting perfection. But as long as they dwell upon earth, where souls are mortifying human error, they must learn to live with the imperfections that temporarily manifest in others and to be unto them as the Holy Spirit is unto all - a deliverer in God's name. Many have no desire to be in attunement with any among mankind, choosing to remain in the consciousness of the not-self outside the circle of God's love. Because man has free will, you cannot always enter into complete rapport with all people; but you can become one with the Christ in all and with the Real Self that is the true Being of man. It would be well if you would contemplate the statement of the Master Jesus concerning the casting-out of demons: "This kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting." This doctrine of Christ-principle is intended to teach mankind that when the forces of negation are deeply entrenched within the mind and heart of man (within the four lower bodies and the personality, for they can never abide within the Real Self), they hold an iron rule over the psyche. Because of long association with their subject and the deeply ingrained habits that he has taken on under their influence, the demons, who actually live off of his energy, violently oppose any attempt of the Christ to enter in and take dominion in the individual consciousness. Possessiveness is ever the quality of the evil one; therefore those who would use the power of the Holy Spirit to cast out demons from others must themselves be free from possession. They must understand the need for faith, hope, and charity, as well as humility, as they garner the energies of the Holy Spirit in readiness for the freeing of the obsessed. Attempting to possess neither the soul nor the demon that has held it bound, they must seek to be possessed of God; for it is the divinity within man that is his authority to cast out all evil forces that prey upon the minds of men. Man's consciousness must be totally possessed of the Holy Spirit{8} if he would have access to the power that effectively purges the darkness of obsession. Being possessed of the Lord's Spirit is not bondage, but a bond of love that makes man the instrument of the Christ, honoring his laws and serving his purposes every hour of the day and night. Possessed of the great flaming balance of God's love, wisdom, and power, you have every right to demand from life an expansion of all divine qualities within your world and to use the energies thereof for the freedom of your fellowmen; but you must bear in mind the need to have a request for assistance either from the one obsessed or from those responsible for him. No matter how zealous your regard of the needs of another, it is dangerous for you to enter in where you have not been invited. Interferences with the lives of others establishes karmic ties and energy cycles that will one day rebound upon the shores of your own being. Such ineptness, often rooted in spiritual pride, will only give you more to handle without necessarily bestowing freedom upon the one who has sought neither the assistance of the Holy Spirit nor your own. When you are asked for help by an individual or by a member of his family who longs to see him free, you must be ready to hold your attunement with the great power of the Holy Spirit and to in faith drawn down that power into the world of the obsessed individual. If you have given your consciousness to God and you maintain a constant attunement with the Holy Spirit, then when you speak to the demon and command him with a loud voice, saying, "In the name of Jesus the Christ, I commmand you to come out of him!" you can expect immediate results. Where the possessing demons are deeply entrenched, prayer and fasting for one to three days will provide the devotee with clarity of mind and an impetus of the Spirit, thereby making him a better instrument for the casting-out of dark forces that have tormented a child of God.{9} Restoration, then, is an action of the Holy Spirit; and in your service to life you must not neglect the restoration of the temple of your own being. We expect those on the spiritual path to understand that the fruit of purification must be sought by them before they attempt to impart it to others. Devotees of God must be unafraid to perform the ritual of self-purification, knowing that the fruits of their devotion can only bring closer attunement with the Holy Spirit and richer blessings to all life. When men begin to study the laws that govern the casting-out of unclean spirits, they will see that they cannot have an excess of holiness; for to be a friend of the Lord and to secure his favor on behalf of those in need, they must be pure and sinless in his sight. In the mainstream of human thought and feeling, there have been generated over the centuries tremendous quantities of negation that hang as a thick pall of effluvia between the souls of men and the Spirit of God, preventing the divine reunion. Because mankind do not see this pollution of the astral, mental, and etheric planes - although the more sensitive feel it - I cannot fail to stress to all upon the planet the need to make contact with the Holy Spirit as the agent of God whose fires will burn a pathway through the night and reestablish man's contact with the I AM Presence. Those who would bow to divine edicts must, above all, adore the ministration of the Holy Spirit as the brightest light in a darkened world and the mightiest hope for humanity's freedom. To those who would increase the tempo of the lovebeat of God within their hearts and sustain an activity of the divine similitude within their consciousness, the Holy Spirit is the Great Energizer of all right motive and conduct and the means whereby the ever mounting tides of the holier way will crest their worlds as the abundance of every good and perfect gift. I remain your advocate of contact with the Infinite, THE LORD MAHA CHOHAN (The Representative of the Holy Spirit) ****** Chapter 35 Beloved Maha Chohan - August 28, 1966 ****** Vol. 9 No. 35 - Beloved Maha Chohan - August 28, 1966 IX The Agency of the Holy Spirit Establishing the Contact of Life To All Who Would Walk and Talk with God as Dearest Friend, Admit the Great Purifying Light Rays of the Holy Spirit, Don the Garment of Forgiveness, and Enter the Joyous Communication between the Spirit of God and the Spirit of Man in an Exchange of Cosmic Transmutation "And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams." The sure Word of prophecy which must come alive within the domain of the individual is a personal bestowal of the law of infinite Love. In the very heart of the self, a man must admit the great purifying light rays of the Holy Spirit. It is so easy for individuals to feel that the needs of others for righteousness exceed the needs of the individual seeker. One with God is indeed a majority, and self-negligence is just as dangerous as is the neglect of the entire flock of God. The power of example in the realm of spiritual attraction is mighty indeed, and we love the devotee who, knowing that error has taken its toll in his world, is willing to accept the comforting balm of God's infinite forgiveness for him, perceiving that forgiveness is a spiritual garment which must be donned by the individual and proudly worn. Those who have walked in darkness and have seen the great light are often greater lovers of the light than those who have fled less far from the center of Infinite Good. Hold fast, then, to the Spirit of God as a dear friend of old who will never leave you nor forsake you so long as you do not leave or forsake him. The qualification of the divine bond is essential, for you dwell in a time when "guarantees" are of such great value to mankind. In the common law a guarantee is but a contract between individuals, and when men and women understand that the Holy Spirit is charged by the law of divine agency with establishing the contract of life with individual man, they will feel that the guarantees of life, which are backed by the eternal promises, deserve to have full representation and no misrepresentation by those who profess to love God and serve his cause. Just as the Almighty guarantees his bond of life with man and backs that bond with eternal promises, so the Lord deserves to have his covenants observed by man. He deserves to have full representation and no misrepresentation by those who profess to love him and to serve his cause. Man must extend comfort to every part of life in whom the eternal Spirit dwells. Just as God will not deny man comfort, so man must not deny comfort to God. The Holy Spirit will often fill the soul with floods of rejoicing, particularly as the individual walks and talks with God in greater measure. To some among mankind, talking with God as with dearest friend may at first seem strange. Yet you must assure them that there is no safer or surer method of getting immediate results, of "getting" the Holy Spirit and feeling a flow of radiant personal comfort in their world, than to practice this ritual of "sensing" the divine tie. The words "My yoke is easy and my burden is light" should be revered in the mind and heart as a certification of the promises of God fulfilled in his creation - a certification of the garment of God's hopes that men may rejoice to wear. While the world burns with regret for errors made and spews out the venom of ignorance and misunderstanding, the Holy Spirit stands as a pillar of strength, upholding virtue and righteousness to both left and right. Every body temple, every home, every place of worship is intended to be a point of contact with the Holy Spirit. "Know ye not that your bodies are the temple of the Holy Ghost" is the admonishment of the saints. A home where love abides is the altar of God, and the products of that home most excellent. Every place of worship, where the Holy Spirit is adored, is a focus of comfort to all who come within its walls. In an age when men pursue that which they esteem to be best for themselves, let the men and women of understanding hold with rejoicing that the best gifts of freedom are in the domain of spiritual progress. The tide of God's love flows in tangible currents to the souls of men through the Holy Spirit, ordained by God as the universal link between heaven and earth. As a bubbling spring, as a fountain of eternal youth uplifting mind and heart, the surge of the Holy Spirit is the resurgence of the Christ consciousness in man. Where the Spirit of the Lord abides, there abides the Spirit of the Son. Where the Holy Spirit dwells, there dwells the Father-Mother God with the Son. The transfiguration of Jesus, wherein Moses and Elijah appeared unto Peter, James and John through their communion with the eternal God made possible by the agency of the Holy Spirit, caused them to exclaim, "It is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles!" This manifestation of the eternal Christ portrays the great boon of heavenly comfort that is bestowed by the Holy Spirit upon all who seek diligently to know God through his emissaries. As the Representative of God's Spirit, I urge all who have read the many words in this current series to understand that it is the Spirit that giveth life and the letter that killeth. As you have read these words and been blessed with the letter of the law, now seek to do greater honor to the Holy Spirit, that this flame of Almighty God may burn in your hearts forever and that in your communion, by the agency of the Holy Spirit, you will be guided into all truth for his name's sake, I AM. The God of Abraham, of Isaac and Jacob, the eternal God of our Fathers, is no myth, but a tangible, breathing, vibrant reality. He can be known as infinitely real, even within the circle of the finite world. He can quickly infill and inspire and animate all things. He can raise the dead and breathe the breath of Life into a newborn babe. He overflows the banks of mortality, enhancing joy in service and the bonds of eternal Reality, so that wherever you live or move or have your being, you know that you are alive within his Spirit and that his Spirit is alive within you. Thus many a moment which might otherwise be surfeited with the boredom of a self-centered ego can become instantaneously productive of the joyous communication established through the eternal tie between the Spirit of God and the spirit of man. When the spirit of man flows into the Spirit of God and the Spirit of God flows into the spirit of man, there is a divine exchange - a cosmic transmutation - and both God and men enjoy the feeling of sharing and of belonging to one another. No longer severed from any part of life, the soul perceives itself a pilgrim among other pilgrims upon the path of progress. The hand of fellowship extended with great expectation from moment to moment imparts the tenderness of that patience which possesses the soul. Thus will God be glorified in you and in all creation; thus in an age destined for freedom - one that has been stretched upon the racks of bondage - will freedom and its flame be the means to the divine end that raises the soul into its great eternal realm of immortal blessedness. Seize the hands of this hour and every hour and know that as Christ has said, so do all the Sons of heaven say, "Lo, I AM with you alway in the bonds of the Holy Spirit into which we all drink as the kingdom of God magnificently expands." I remain forever yours, THE LORD MAHA CHOHAN (The Representative of the Holy Spirit) ****** Chapter 36 Beloved Maha Chohan - September 4, 1966 ****** Vol. 9 No. 36 - Beloved Maha Chohan - September 4, 1966 X The All-Sufficient Power of the Holy Spirit To All Who in Perceiving the Relativity of the Cosmic Hour Will Turn Wholeheartedly to God to Transmute the Rubble of Human Creation by a Valiant Act of Cosmic Service through the All-Sufficient Power of the Holy Spirit: The moving stream of time varies with the consciousness of the individual. Those absorbed in aspects of human happiness often find the passage of time to be swift like the flight of an eagle. For them the sands in the hourglass flow with incalculable speed, whereas those caught in the web of despair find themselves bound by the tediousness of time and a painful awareness of its passage. The relativity of the cosmic hour strikes for all flesh the opportune moment. Some heed the call, while others who have allowed their attention to be diverted in sangsara 1EN do not perceive the destructive trends in man and society until it is too late. Reluctantly, I draw to a close this current series on the Holy Spirit, but in so doing, it is my desire to make a conclusion of the matter referred to early in the series and pertaining to our report on the Indian Council, recently conducted in the month of June and preceding the Grand Teton meeting held early in July. The first item on the agenda was the reading of a report from the Keeper of Records. It was noted that through the prayers, decrees, and faithful service rendered by many devotees of the Holy Spirit on behalf of a misguided humanity, the elemental forces of a ravaged nature had often been deterred from unleashing mankind's destructive momentums, thereby averting both major and minor cataclysm. It was pointed out that in the present day, as in the days of Noah, many warnings have been sounded forth which have passed unnoticed by the masses of mankind and which have been heeded only by the few. It was also pointed out that as the closing days before the Flood passed swiftly by and the remaining hours were dallied away by mankind, almost in defiance of the law of mercy and justice, the mercy of the Law which had withheld the return of mankind's karma was withdrawn, and justice required a recompense. Let me solemnly state, as the Emissary of the Holy Spirit, that men ought to turn wholeheartedly to God and make a forthright determination to let nothing dissuade them from fulfilling the purposes of Divine Love, which begin with compassion toward all and personal spiritual progress to the glory of God and the deliverance of this age. It is never too late - so long as the retributive effects of personal and planetary karma have not been released - for mankind to do all in their power to hold the balance for the earth. Countless prognostications have gone forth. The sounding of a note of warning by the hierarchy was an act of grace intended to create hope for the deliverance of all from every evil condition. We do not act to strike terror in the hearts of men; neither do we attempt to force an unwilling humanity to bow its knees to the great cosmic Source. Rather it is our desire now, as it has been in the past, to assist mankind to read the handwriting on the wall of the age and to forewarn them that the rubble of their human creation will take its toll unless they transmute it by a valiant act of cosmic service and unless those who are presently engaged in selfish endeavors - totally negligent insofar as their great spiritual responsibilities are concerned - reverse the tide of their selfish energies and channel them into the mainstream of the divine will. The Master Saint Germain, together with beloved Jesus and Kuan Yin, appeared before the high tribunal of the Karmic Board, beseeching that august body to consider the great service of the saints of past ages as well as the tremendous effort currently being made by men and women in humble walks of life who seek to avert for the earth and all mankind the release of those destructive forces which they have sown down through the centuries. Great was the response of the Karmic Board in their advisement to the East Indian Council; and while no specific promises were made, the entire assembly was assured that the more response to virtue that would be forthcoming on the part of mankind, the greater would be the possibility of forestalling the rumblings latent within the heart of the earth which during the current year have burst forth periodically as earthquakes, unnatural rainfall, and an imbalance in atmospheric conditions, causing a violent surging in the feelings of mankind. Recommendations were made based on the fact that the power of the Holy Spirit, sufficient to every need, stood ready to be invoked by mankind as they developed a sense of proximity to their own Divine Presence and intensified their yearning for divine grace within the forcefield of their consciousness. The momentums of service which the children of the light have built up over the years must be maintained as they steadily press toward the manifestation of the golden rule. Service to man is service to God; but in his service, man must not neglect the pursuit of divine awareness. For in the higher reaches of the Self are to be found the treasures of God of which the world has great need. Let us then decree that the human prisoner Bound to a senseless round of useless habits Shall go free! Loose him and let him go! Thus has God commanded. Neglect continues - Thus has stubborn human will demanded; Yet in sweet surrender there is born The essence of the cosmic morn, The golden age to be. I remain, THE LORD MAHA CHOHAN (Representative of the Holy Spirit) ****** Chapter 37 Beloved El Morya - September 11, 1966 ****** Vol. 9 No. 37 - Beloved El Morya - September 11, 1966 The rondo of human affairs, without God, is like the chirping of a cricket in a swamp. Repetitious vanity surges and without purpose is reborn, the dismal hum of an insect tortures the ear; yet the melody of our bells is ignored and the great summoning is disregarded for the sake of a gnat. The death knell of the age echoes across the land as a somber shroud. It is heard in the cry of misguided youth, in the jungle drums of dissonant, broken rhythms, in the peepings and mutterings of the psychic effluvia, in the political jockeying to please the multitude which manifests while the orb of the golden age sheds forth infinite beams. Seldom do men realize the effort that noble and dedicated men make in order to produce the tablets of excellence. Minds, fickle and rasping, sordid with contempt and soiled, have no patient ear to hear that for which their souls cry out. Unwilling are they to eat the bread of divine delight, unless it be offered upon a golden platter. Yet where is the gold in their own souls and the clean linen of purity with which they approach the throne of grace? With unreasoning contempt for others, they excuse themselves; and their faulty approaches to the Perfect One pass unnoticed by their consciousness. Shorn of life, where would these stand? Yet, where stand they now? Strands of new hope are woven by the angels of hope, but their song is not heard by the darkened consciousness. Their song is heard as the heart opens its windows and, flying from the tower of individualized focus, merges its thought and feelings in the wondrous creative scheme of natural order. The harmony of the universe, heard by the great Masters of Wisdom, is a cradle hymn for the beginner upon the Path. Yet its solace is not lost upon the adept or the master who, hearing its tones, thinks again of an infinite love, sweeter as each moment passes by. The razor's edge of the discriminating mind and heart must take note of the fashion of the times. The rumblings of discord cannot be ignored. The midnight hour has struck indeed, and the rider and his horse, passing by, sound the alarm and wake the welkin. Like cheesecloth are the sleazy robes of those who have not made themselves ready. Hear, then, the summoning and unloosen the waxened stoppers in the ears, that hearing ye may hear. For if the day be not short for mankind, it is short for thee. And if the day be not short for thee, it is short for mankind. Paths twisted like a pretzel coil themselves around each individual, and the crossing of the paths is for hope. The crossing of the paths is for opportunity. The crossing of the paths is the mark of reproof unto righteousness. That which shatters the pall opes the pearly way of renewed hope to all. The strands of hope, enmeshed in the marble of time, are walked upon by the profane; and their past destiny seems unto them as if it is but a dream that might not have been. Yet, the hour of the Counsellor is at hand. He who has an ear to hear let him hear. The advent of might, envisioned in the sound of imaginary battle, stimulates the attention of the challenged to protect his armor. The armor of the righteous must be polished and ready. Men dwell not in an age of innocence but of vilification and calumny. Around them are woven snares to trap the soul; and the density of hopelessness, of the vacuum of unfruitful longing, of the uncherished cup, speak of self-brutality. Men have within their hands the perfect instrument of their salvation and yet they resort to the spurning tactic. Again and again they have rejected the light of truth, the power of hope, the link with hierarchy; and they have made a deathless union with the gray shadows of nothingness. Now, when the hour of awareness is born, when the consciousness of God ascends, billowing the sails of the little ships, let the captains steer their straight course; let the soundings of the compass be heard; let the renewal of vows occur; and let men by commeasurement perceive the elect way. Swift is the poison of the moth's spread in the destruction of garments. The wary ones will protect themselves. They will spend little time upon the trampoline, for the flexing of the muscles must be for the uplifting of the soul, and the stretching of the hands must be to God, and the strength of the bonds must be given to the Beloved. How shall we cover the chelas with a panacea of the universal cure? All of the ills of men are not equalized, and the plague of one country is not the plague of another. The shafts of virtue, then, are bent upon the strong armor of the unrighteous, and the children of the sun are drenched with the damp, damp dews of the bewitching moon. As Saint Paul said, "O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you ...?" Let every stalwart soul cast aside each enticing mortal nicety; let every twitter of inharmony be disregarded by the ears of the soul; and let the carvings of a straight path before the consciousness of the mind be unwaveringly stretched as an infinite, unbending highway. The goal-fittedness of God has no time for the baying of hounds or the matched or unmatched argument. We pursue where none fleeth, and we flee not when pursued; for all who pass this way are brothers of light. Theirs is the staunchness of a tender heart. Compassion encircles them around about, and the sun disc on the brow bears lifting wings of snowy white. Purity and unwavering constancy fix the eyes of the soul upon the goal, and thence I lead. Ye who would follow must not even gaze upon the sparks of the steeds' hoofs flashing in the dark. The ray of our intensity is upon thee, for the first ray of the chohan thereof extends the bond of unwavering grace to all who will accept it. The will of God is not only good, it is good for you. The will of human effluvia is not only bad, it is bad for you. The accumulation of each uplifting idea saturates the guidance systems of the mind, and so cherish each new day as a hoped-for high road of adventure. The Lord of Life is also the Lord of Death, and it is to life that he dedicates himself. A shower of sparks fly to the sun. The bold ones are there. They are everywhere, for their valor is the conquering influence to mankind. Hide not thy light under a bushel. The day is far spent; the end of all things is the beginning of all things, and thy meditative heart will not scorn the God who has wrought in thee his own handiwork as the perfect occupation for each shining hour and the measurement of a love immeasurable. Vondir! EL MORYA KHAN ****** Chapter 38 Beloved Saint Germain - September 18, 1966 ****** Vol. 9 No. 38 - Beloved Saint Germain - September 18, 1966 Gracious ones, the sheer naivete of mankind concerning the powers rampant within his own world exerts an unhealthy influence over those individuals who unwittingly accept the dictates of their own and others' wrong thoughts and feelings. Would to God that among the students of light there was a greater knowledge of how to prevent the acceptance within the personal world of the negative implications of others, which are constantly sent forth as vilification and calumny of those lifestreams who are wholly dedicated to the raising of this planet into the greatest age that has ever manifested upon Earth. Scarcely are we able to organize and plan for an endeavor before the desultory forces of negativity are at work attacking the lifestream, character, and plan of those who represent us. If I were to expose the many sides of this misadventure, it would raise many eyebrows. I am never anxious to spread abroad detailed accounts of the forces that have in the past destroyed both king and kingdom, but I am anxious to exert a stabilizing influence upon all seekers for light and truth. Be wise, blessed ones, and not gullible to accept every statement that individuals make, either in print or orally. Learn to examine the motives behind human trumpery. Why do you suppose the forces of negation have for so long been able to entrench themselves upon the planet? Is it not in part because of the control they exert upon mankind through the mass media of communication - newspapers, magazines, books, and periodicals - through which they may feed into the domain of the world mind that mass hysteria which enables the manipulators to control individuals? Why do you suppose that we have established through the ascended master press used by The Summit Lighthouse a perfect means of distribution for our words? It is to uphold the concrete examples of ascended master love before mankind and to provide a forum through which we can speak on many specific subjects when our counsel is needed. Because of the tremendous conflict raging in the world of form, we are not always able, due to human limitation, to release all of our ideas and thoughts into manifestation at the precise instant when it is desirable to do so. It is true that we have improved over the years in many of our facilities, and that we are presently engaged in the solidification of these facilities at La Tourelle in the Rocky Mountains. Let it be clear, however, that reserve power is the requirement of this hour. The staff presently engaged in serving our cause there have, quite naturally, experienced limitation from time to time in amassing the necessary supplies for the carrying on of our activity of illumination to the world. We do not wish to have the student body become ostriches with their heads in the sand, and we feel that it is necessary that you know that a greater measure of support from the field is essential if we are to bring forth that God-design which you long for. Provisions for the soldiers in the field are essential in the carrying out of mortal warfare. Spiritual warfare, too, has its requirements; and I hesitate to think what will happen to the world itself if one of our most able voices were to be closed off, simply for lack of enough interest and support. How can individuals have a casual interest in spiritual things which are the very root of their entire life's activities? When our instruments fail to bring forth all that is in our heart, it is seldom attributable to their own weakness but often results from the impediments cast in their pathway by unillumined men and women, quick to turn a deaf ear to the very sure Word of their salvation. Those involved in the salvation of a planet ever find it a risky business to depend upon the world for the wherewithal to carry on; whereas mankind often feel isolated and apart from our endeavors. To foster a sense of unity with all is our aim, but this unity should result in greater freedom from fear, from want, and from unnecessary restraint on the part of those whose labors of love are so acutely needed in this hour. The fount of our energy is poured to the planet so that it may be distributed even as the precious commodity of water is distributed through the land by irrigation systems. To clog the trenches with useless debris, to spend one's energies and assets in fruitless doings for the satisfaction of idle curiosity, is not to be compared with the well-ordained and well-organized plans which stem from the deliberations of our own councils of light, the Darjeeling Council, the Indian Council, and the Council of the Grand Teton - as well as from the magnificent concepts of the Brothers of Illumination at Lake Titicaca. The bonds of the Great White Brotherhood sometimes hang, so to speak, on delicate threads, but when one considers the awful attacks of the black magicians in this very day against our spiritual orders, when one considers the stress and strain upon the four lower bodies of our messengers and devotees, and when the uncertainties of life are brought before the screen of the mind, it is clear that men must make their destiny, rather than be molded by it. May the sheaves and tithes of your gathering be placed in our storehouse, that greater fruit come forth day by day. Remember, the future manifests because preparation is first made and then wisely apportioned by our stewards for the salvation of all in time of greatest need. In consummate gratitude for your service to life, I remain, in the bonds of cosmic service, SAINT GERMAIN ****** Chapter 39 Beloved Fortuna, Goddess of Supply - September 25, 1966 ****** Vol. 9 No. 39 - Beloved Fortuna, Goddess of Supply - September 25, 1966 The consummate skills of the Lords of Karma in weaving the delicate threads that will one day become mighty cables of supply to each lifestream should be noted, for such benefits are invoked through right thought and action by each individual. Those who sit in the sense of idle drift cannot expect, unless they cast their bread upon the waters either in service or in coin of the realm, to uphold those precepts of their own universal life-energy which, by the law of return, will bring the blessings of heaven to each one's doorstep at the precise moment when they are needed. The economic crises currently manifesting upon earth are the result of the ravishing, plundering, and imprudent activities of mankind, who have not recognized that the source of their wealth is God. Through material schemes, men have sought to supply not only their lacks but also to provide for their future without reckoning upon the security of spiritual law. They have sought to receive without giving, and the eventual damming up of the flow of supply into their own lives is the result of this wrong action. Every effect has its cause, and those who would uphold in manifestation in their worlds the law of supply, which is the law of cosmic abundance, must recognize the legitimate needs of others and thus not muzzle the mouth of the ox who treadeth out the corn. The requirement of the hour of the ascended masters is for a greater voice in world affairs, in a forum of action whereby dissemination of their words can be accomplished in greater measure. The patent ideas of freedom from the ascended masters' octave can and will then descend into the hands and use of those many spiritually hungry souls who will thereby win their freedom. Blessed ones, there is no more important business upon the planet than the business of Almighty God to free all of his children from discord and despair, to bring about a unity of action for the brotherhood of man, that they together might pioneer in spiritual adventure and reach out into the great planes of God to make and discover a new golden world. At times, mankind lack the true spirit of pioneering, but there should always be in evidence a great fervor - such as existed in the feverish spirit of the gold rush days - for the mining and panning of the gold of Spirit and of spiritual illumination which is the essence of the golden age. How shall we have greater knowledge to cover the earth except it be released into manifestation? And how shall we release it into manifestation except we build on the foundation stone of Christ-illumination, active within the mind and consciousness of each individual who has prepared himself so as to be able to receive our instruction? All ascended masters are one in Spirit and, in hope, they regenerate the desire to produce good fortune upon earth; yet, we know that our wish alone, like the wish of our heavenly Father, can only extend itself into the domain of mankind as they prove by their actions that they are ready and willing to accept it. There is something about acceptance, precious ones, that is akin to a good climate for growing things. To expand one's spiritual consciousness is to expand the consciousness of prosperity that thou mayest prosper even as thy soul prospereth. The soul substance of men must become self-expanding, for God has placed within the human monad the possibility and potential of such opulent beauty as to defy the imagination. But there are clutching, grabbing forces of fear rampant in the world today that cause men to forget that he who "will save his life shall lose it." The losing of one's life for Christ's sake and for the expansion of his kingdom upon earth is the greatest and most blessed assurance that men can ever know. It is that total immersion in the sea of God being. When we deal in elementary matters such as this, it is solely because it is the need of the hour. In the name of heaven, blessed ones, if your life's breath were to be choked off, regardless of how mighty your physical form, or how strong the flexed muscle, the body would soon lie prone upon the earth. We who serve the cause of freedom have no desire for aught else but the blessing of all mankind. Our total service to life is to see to it that you are supplied with every good thing, with every requirement at the precise hour of need. You are custodians of God's grace, of his light, of his strength, and in the unity of your organized service, there is a strength that transcends the dimensions of the net worth of the individual. You came into manifestation to conquer, to serve life, to fulfill holy vows. Your life, individually, is not important, for the sum total of all the parts upholds the highest within you. That ye may receive, I say, give, and it shall be returned to you, "pressed down, and shaken together, and running over." I AM the law of your supply, FORTUNA ****** Chapter 40 Great Divine Director - October 2, 1966 ****** Vol. 9 No. 40 - Great Divine Director - October 2, 1966 Evaluation by consciousness shows forth the worth of our instruction as shadow after shadow of human nonsense is dissipated by the great power of light and divine illumination which penetrates the illusions of sense consciousness and is the source of each man's freedom when accepted and rightly understood. As we propose to eliminate from the consciousness of mankind the vapid and inferior manifestation accepted by the mortal mind, let it be made clear that the will of man is the prime factor in determining the course of consciousness, whether it shall fall, maintain its status quo, or rise. The will of man is, simply stated, a divine right exercised within a wide latitude of freedom. Men may use the right of the will to create circumstances of bondage just as easily as they may use the right of the will to weave garments of light which will serve them well eternally. The misuse of free will by mankind is the cause of all human problems. Knowing this, the so-called brothers of the shadow prepare many traps into which the neophyte or even the more advanced disciple of the light may easily fall. For some time now we have intended to reveal one of these most dastardly traps which has been sprung by that organization which desires to strip mankind of the full measure of his spiritual protection. As you know, blessed ones, controversy is never our purpose; on the contrary, it is always our intent to further the revelation of divine truth. There are many who feel that we should confine ourselves to issues which are not controversial. This we have refused to do, determined not to leave mankind in the serious position of remaining in the pit of any delusion or illusion, no matter how much comfort it may seem to bring them. Therefore, with this Pearl of Wisdom, I am releasing to the perceptive a complete measure of understanding concerning the correct use of the Ascended Master names: Appellations are as old as the hills, for God himself perceived the fruit of his own radiating Word and saw that which he had made and called it "very good." Adam attached to the various manifestations of the natural world an appellation of his choice. And so with the birth of increased awareness by the manifestation called man, language grew and multiplied. The Word of God, by which the heaven and earth were framed was the eternally resonant voice of the Logos, but in the world of form it became drowned by many human voices and many human words. The ringing statement, "There is no other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved," clearly showed the feeling of the early apostles of the Christian Church with reference to the sacredness attached to the divine name. For many centuries, in many languages, the name "Jesus the Christ" has been called upon by mankind and has evoked the quickness of his loving response which has generated faith for countless manifestations of good, some of which men have chosen to call miracles, while others have denied them as such, proclaiming them to be manifestations of natural law. The rose of his service, the love of his heart, known by any name, is as sweet to mankind; yet the ever increasing power in the use of his name, as in the use of all ascended masters' names, is keyed to a vibratory action to which they respond. Desiring to increase the span of shadows in the darkening world and to bring mankind under bondage, the black brotherhood has tricked individuals and organizations, who believe themselves to be servants of God, and has caused instructions to be issued through them signifying changes in the names and divine offices of many of the great masters. In reality, these names have not been changed, nor have these offices been changed, for the term of the offices has not yet run out. Proclamations have gone forth changing the name of Jesus the Christ from this name to another. Others have said that I myself ought no longer to be called the Great Divine Director, but should be known by another name. This other name is in reality the appellation of an impostor who long desired to usurp my office. Recently an organization sought to change the name of Saint Germain. Another organization has sought to change the names and offices of both the Lord Maha Chohan and beloved Paul the Venetian. Let it be clear that we have no quarrel with the individuals on the physical plane who have released this information, for they know not, in truth, that they have been duped by ambitious and calculating minds. And it goes without saying that we do not speak for the sake of personal vituperation or to harm any part of life. But we do speak with the authority of Almighty God to proclaim the ringing truth that will retain for the true and earnest disciple that contact with the ascended masters' vibration which is always indicated in the correct use of their names. The power of God has for centuries been vested in the names of these ascended masters, and to use other names does not increase the power of God or the power of truth; for if these new names which mankind have tacked on to the ascended masters are called upon, it keys the disciple into the vibratory action of an impostor. Thus, the disciple, without realizing it, is putting the funnel of his attention into a cesspool and mire of jaded consciousness, while at the same time ignorantly denying the power of the Lords of Light whom mankind have been taught to call upon from their mothers' knees, in some cases, and in others from the date of their illumination. Blessed ones, be not deceived, for the Scriptures have clearly stated that there would arise false Christs and false prophets who would show great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they would deceive the very elect. The great power of divine love which is in the ascended masters' octave remains fixed there, and when the key of the correct name of the master is used and the attention flows to that master, it will always return the peace and blessing of that individual Son of God into the world of the seeker. When individuals in ignorance call upon other names and their hearts are pure, it does not always mean that they will experience some negative outpouring of which they are consciously aware; but in reality there is always a diminution of the light flow into their worlds and, in some, there have been awful obsessions created and the infestation of entities into their worlds because they have been thrown off the path of truth by calling upon others who are in reality not masters of light but impostors of the black brotherhood, masquerading as angels of light. ("And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.") Our sole purpose in this revelation is to see that every one of our blessed chelas retains his freedom and his faith, that they be not tied into anything that is unclean or deceitful, and that they keep the way to the Eden of God and eat only of the tree of life that is in the midst of that garden of divine truth. The beloved Master Paul the Venetian remains as the Chohan of the Third Ray of Divine Love, for his service to life is far from finished in that office; and the Lord Maha Chohan remains with all of the divine cosmic honor as simply the Maha Chohan, which means the Great Lord. As his consciousness and power soar in the service of the light and for mankind, the power of his office is not diminished but transcends itself again and again, illumining and bringing release to many among mankind from the pains of wrong thought and feeling. You will never know, blessed ones, how great is the power of the cosmic light to sustain you in every moment when tests do come and your wills adhere to their great God-design, for to forsake the ascended masters by "having other gods before me," whether in ignorance and unbelief or in the search for the curious or the new, will not profit your souls, for great is the Lord, the God of the universe, who has said, "I AM is my Name." In him all beings merge into the great light but retain the new name which they have been given by God and which is in reality the old name which no man knoweth save he who has received it. I AM sustaining the power of infinite truth for you, THE GREAT DIVINE DIRECTOR ****** Chapter 41 Beloved Great Divine Director - October 9, 1966 ****** Vol. 9 No. 41 - Beloved Great Divine Director - October 9, 1966 The spiritual hierarchy, blessed ones, has long been aware of the fact that just as political deceit is practiced upon unsuspecting men and women, so theological deceit will also be spread abroad in the battle for the minds of men. This is why we long ago charged into the world of the students the admonishment, "Call upon your own Divine Presence and wait upon the Word of the Lord. Live closely and identify with the precepts of holy Truth which bring to the doorstep of every man the understanding of the full measure of his responsibility to his brother, made in the image of God, to whom he ought to offer the best that is within himself, owing direct allegiance to his great God being." Where there is a dichotomy between the counsels of that great divine being and those of another individual or group of individuals, the attention should always flow first to the Divine Presence and then to the ascended masters' realm for the resolving of the difficulty. Light always begets light, to nourish and regenerate, whereas, darkness may indeed masquerade as intellectual blindness which refuses to accept the truth of that which it cannot see concretely defined. In my last release I admonished concerning the will of man, and I tell you truly that it is to interfere with mankind's free will that the enemies of cosmic truth do practice and weave their webs of deceit. The image of God is simply not good enough for some among men who seem to feel that their own individuality is the sovereign expression of right and justice. This, in effect, denies compatibility with one's own cosmic creation that "in the beginning" framed man in the divine image. It is not, precious ones, that in the fulfilling of the divine image there is no latitude for individual expression and free will, whether latent or active; it is rather a question as to whether or not men shall owe their highest allegiance to their original divine image or to the fabrication which we call the 'not-self'. Whereas men often choose to revere their "right" to express their own personal idiosyncrasies, God himself has respected man's right to be a cocreator. Thus the laws of the universe have returned to mankind the awesome currents of his own variegated manifestation, patterned after the human image; and a great toll of unhappiness has been brought about upon earth. If in reality men had stood by their own great God Presence as that Presence has stood by them from the foundation of all things, the world would be living in the golden age here and now; sin, sickness, and death would long ago have passed away, and all tears would have been wiped away. The reason mankind require crutches upon which to walk and support for their own sagging ideas that cannot stand in the light of reality is because they have leaned upon the arm of flesh, and the Spirit which is within them has not been acknowledged so as to give them the support that the law would allow, blessing mankind with every divine possibility of which the mind of God could conceive. There is always a natural yearning that fills the souls of men which is not satisfied by all of the masquerading false concepts and therefore, the soul continues to hunger. Our persuasions are not for the glory of some individual, blessed ones, or some organization. They are for the glory of the great spark of immortality which is within you, and in order that the individuality, which you term a free expression of your own will, may become closely identified with the great divine nature of Almighty God; thus mankind will become the personification of cosmic reality and the finiteness of man will be superseded by the infinite, ever unfolding nature of divine grace. Every doctrine which is rooted in sinister strategies and seeks to cater to the mortal mind of man or to pamper his ego, leading him to believe that he is connected with some "outer source" which will keep him informed as to what is happening around the cosmic corner, is simply an activity designed to please the little self and to enlarge the boundaries of that self. Cosmic magnification, which is the fruit of divine sowing, does not seek to embellish the ego or to make the individual to feel that he is above his fellowmen - rather does it seek the identification of the individual with cosmic resources which enlarge the borders of man's perception by the light of divine Truth. In the name of heaven, blessed ones, you cannot increase your spiritual wealth by simply adding to yourself mankind's superficial respect. The world is filled with idols, and the idolatry which men practice does not add one iota to the spiritual stature of man. Your great strength does not lie in personal popularity or in a high self-esteem, but in acts of divine grace which will always uphold the building blocks of truth by which God erects his temple of reality in the world of form and individuality. Little do mankind dream of the vast number of individuals who are deceived by this or that philosophy, and in many cases by a religion which was not so much their choice as it was that of family, friends, and early environment. We do not seek to discourage in men divine worship or any benign quality, nor do we seek necessarily to estrange men from a faith which gives them comfort. Rather, do we seek to activate within their minds and feeling worlds such interest as shall cause them to understand just what is acting in the world around them. It is necessary that men shall learn to penetrate their environment and to understand right motives in others, as well as themselves, in order that they might discern the Lord's body as the consummate action of divine truth, always affinitized with the mighty Word which went forth to create and does sustain the whole creation. The structure of creation is indeed magnificent, and the levels of heaven beyond compare, but as long as men are enamored by outer glamour, they may not understand the full aspects of the great fourth-dimensional world of truth. For it is these spiritual aspects which would enable them to discern reality and to provide for a reeducation of their vision from erroneous and outworn concepts and a certain ineptness of mind which makes them victims of human gullibility. Thus do the blind lead the blind and all fall into the ditch of human error. The ascended masters desire to raise mankind out of every form of human decrepitude or servitude, into the great concept of the "cosmic stretch" wherein the soul can unfold its latent and dormant capacities, and men can become Christs through the dictates of the Holy Spirit, who speaks within themselves in response to their welcome to cosmic purity, and is evoked by the activated yearnings of their souls to know the truth that they may be free. We speak not to condemn, but for the multitudes of the earth who hunger and thirst after righteousness and truth. That they may be filled is our prayer. We understand thoroughly the need for many laborers in the Lord's vineyard. We realize that no man can at a given moment in time express a greater degree of accuracy than that of which he is capable. Truly the reach must exceed the grasp, and yet, great is the need that men remain in one sense unsatisfied by mere platitudes, while lovingly adhering to that which they know within their own souls is acceptable unto God and man. It is sometimes difficult for individuals to understand just how others can be so gullible about spiritual things as to pin their faith on that which is obviously fraudulent. I do not think that the world is full of frauds, as men might imagine, but rather do I know that it is full of individuals who are often manipulated by forces beyond their ken. Therefore, I urge all, who can resurrect the faith that is within their own hearts, to understand that the ascended masters are seeking to expand pure truth for mankind in all that they do. Truly, not everyone who saith, "Lord, Lord," will enter into the kingdom of God, but those who seek above all to do the will of God. This is the treasure of the ages. There are many reasons, blessed ones, why the hierarchy have "winked" at human ignorance in spiritual matters, permitting while not approving the erroneous concepts of devoted souls yet unascended. Thus, all activities and even those we sponsor upon earth will find greater light replacing limited understanding. However, revelation of a progressive nature must strive to accentuate the important phases of truth and gradually refine the lesser understanding of men. In the parable of the wheat and the tares, men perceive the wisdom of not doing excessive uprooting until the time of harvest. In a like manner we have overlooked the most minute correction of a few misconceptions in the names of the hierarchy which we intend one day to resolve. This we have not done previously for a number of sound reasons. When the time is ripe for a greater clarification, be not surprised but grateful, for every point of truth is helpful when the consciousness is receptive. I remain affectionately in the bonds of cosmic revelation, which shall indeed manifest in the heart of each child-man. THE GREAT DIVINE DIRECTOR ****** Chapter 42 Beloved Kuan Yin, The Goddess of Mercy - October 16, 1966 ****** Vol. 9 No. 42 - Beloved Kuan Yin, The Goddess of Mercy - October 16, 1966 Blessed mankind of Earth, As mothers' hearts the world around tremble over the awesome things that happen unto mankind, as concern for the perilous nature of the war in Vietnam mounts, as men ponder on the total world situation, the great ministering lords of the sacred fire and the blessed angelic hosts continue their service, seeking to harvest from among men those souls who have deemed themselves worthy to be the recipients of the mercy of Almighty God. I am particularly concerned that men and women shall understand that all of the mercy which God desires to express to the world does not manifest because the great releases of cosmic mercy are canceled out by the sturdy bearing of karmic law, which is the law of every man's being. You must understand, gracious ones, that God proposes to release the fullness of his great love to mankind - a love that cannot be measured, nor even properly treasured by those who do not yet fully understand the meaning of divine grace. A great deal, if not all, of the misapprehensions of the world are the result of residual fear within men's beings. Early childhood impressions have taken their toll, and when they are not removed from the being of man by divine therapy and by the perfect attunement of the total being of man in all of his varied aspects, there is always the possibility that in an unguarded moment a surge to the surface of some imprudent record will bring distress to life. Again and again I have witnessed how the angels of mercy will rush in to catch up each such spillover from the cup of life and try to create a state of harmony when individuals seem momentarily disturbed. So often mortals are not even aware of the outpouring of divine grace through the angelic hosts, for their eyes are not affinitized with the wavelengths of the "invisible" light radiations of these blessed servants of God. This ignorance of their existence does not stop the blessed angels from continuing to serve, for it seems to me that the less they are acknowledged, the more zealous they are in their attempts to make mankind aware of their presence so that they can bestow a greater measure of their service to life. You do not know, O mankind, what it means to an angelic being who serves, to see a glance of recognition flashed forth from the lower octaves into their own; for they know, then, that there is an open door to divine grace and an opportunity through the mind and being of that individual to further expand the kingdom of heaven and its knowledge to mankind. Yet, I can truly say that they humbly serve even those who deny or even curse their very existence. Unfortunately, some do not understand the fragility of spiritual law. It is so easy to break attunement with that which one cannot see or perceive through the normal channels of the senses. A mortal sneer, a "knowing" laugh, or a slur upon the person, are often all it takes before individuals retreat from a state of spiritual elation into what amounts to one of a rout of consciousness; and then they either enter into the veil of silence or they begin to feel that perhaps they did not, in reality, witness a spiritual manifestation at all. The presence of the physical senses in mankind, their testimony to things visible, and the boisterous cacklings of mortal men, often shatter the tender shoots of spiritual experience and prevent continuous seeing into the invisible world. So frequently with the passing of the years, there comes a strengthening of intellectual bonds tethered to a blind society, and a view in retrospect which weakens the sweet affinity of the child for the heavenly world, once he has become a man and thus put away "childish things." Yet, the sweetness of grace to each soul is ever intensified at any age by true faith in the invisible world and the love of God, which is often so strong in a little child. The world is waiting with patience and hunger for the mighty sunrise that is a burst of cosmic mercy, restoring to each one that marvelous harmony that in childhood made the world to seem the miracle of life abundant. Yet, I know that it shall not come about, simply because men wish it so. Again and again we have called for the manifestation of dedicated action on the part of mankind. The form of this action will spring forth in its own perfect order as it is evoked and nourished by the aspirant to Christhood. The words, "Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of heaven," were not inclined alone to the young in age and tender in years, but to every man and woman who have within themselves the pangs of spiritual hunger, and who yearn to be rid of the austere intellectual vanity which causes them to dip their feet into the pool of God-realization, and then withdraw them because there is a momentary chill experienced within their thought and feeling world, as the limbs of life recoil from the unfamiliar environment. Gracious ones, the soul that now inhabits your body once lived in a realm completely foreign to its present state, but it did not hesitate to take the plunge into your flesh form, as the Angels of Birth beckoned it onward. You, then, should not now, while in embodiment and possessed with faculties to comprehend your immediate environment as well as the great visible and spiritual worlds around you, feel restrained in your desire to learn of that invisible world and its mighty laws which will give you the blessing of your eternal freedom. In a few short years, the cycles of men's existence pass and they are thrust by nature's own compulsion out from the physical plane to varying levels of consciousness. Then as "the wind bloweth where it listeth," so does the spirit of man dash hither and thither unless met by the great Angels of Mercy and guided into schools of ascended master love, where the mighty spiritual teachers, such as your beloved Jesus and others, are able to show the way that will prepare mankind for a more victorious future upon their rebirth in the world of form. How wise it would be if individuals would perceive the schoolrooms of earth as God intended them to be, as places where life experiences can occur, be understood, and the victorious application made. It is always self-seeking and the vanity of the ego that exposes man to the tortures of misunderstanding. Recognize, then, O mankind of earth, who long to raise yourselves into a more opulent state of being, that the golden treasures of heaven are yours for the asking, yet the proffered gifts of God must be accepted as the beauty of Christhood in manifestation. You cannot know the laws of God and then do despite unto your fellowmen; yet you need not be overtrodden by them, for there is in the Christ nature the magnificent example of submission unto the holy will ("Not my will, but thine, be done") which stands as cosmic staunchness to the minds of all men, regardless of their state of consciousness. They may not understand you, blessed ones, but there is much in life that they do not understand, least of all do they understand the mysteries of the kingdom. Be of good cheer, then, and know that the power of example is in itself an act of mercy which to all generations projects the image of infinite freedom upon the screen of life. In the name of justice and mercy, we say, as Diogenes of old, who with his lantern went out in search of an honest man, mankind are looking today for the power of an honest example. Each precious deed of acceptance of cosmic law, each demonstration of divine tenderness, need not place you upon the rack of mankind's vanity or the thumbscrew of injustice, but in Christ-awareness as the power of the mighty example upon the hillsides of life. It is true that the masters have ascended into their perfection, but it is also true there is need upon earth for merciful examples which shall be to all people a witness to the power of God in action in this present day. It is not enough for men to see the record of those who have gone before into the ascension: They are looking for your record today, as exemplary, as ideal, as light for the ages. In the name of cosmic mercy, let justice and mercy prevail in action among contemporary man. I remain and I AM, KUAN YIN The Goddess of Mercy ****** Chapter 43 Beloved Ascended Master Cuzco - October 23, 1966 ****** Vol. 9 No. 43 - Beloved Ascended Master Cuzco - October 23, 1966 I speak to those who are parents and to those who are children. The age is productive, but of what? Is the mask of personal identity one of hope, or of hopelessness? Is the interest manifested by men and women who would sire their own offspring dedicated to an extension of themselves in the inferior ranges of identity or to a sacred trust which will cause them to study to show themselves approved unto God as worthy custodians and stewards of cosmic grace? Or are they dilettantes seeking to perpetuate vanity in the darkness of their own ignorance? Are the children of this age purveyors of the cult of pleasure or recipients of a torch which their fathers passed without full understanding? Is obedience obtained through fear or by the power of love? What rages in the current spirit of rebellion? Is it the work of restoring equilibrium to the world, or is it the senseless surging of an irrepressible and irresponsible mania? The channels of birth are opportunities for both parent and child. The rewards of right stewardship are not offered to parents alone, but also to their children. There is an interlocking cosmic law involved in parental-child relationships which ought to regenerate daily a sense of responsibility that does not trample upon the tender soul of an incoming child, and that will manifest in the children of this age as an echo of love from the corridors of heaven, extending gratitude to parents for a job well done. Often when evasion of responsibility occurs on one side of this relationship there is a tendency to slough off responsibility on the other side. Parents may say, "I deny responsibility for this child," and children will echo these sentiments in return saying, "I can scarecely wait until I am delivered from the charge of my parents." Saint Paul, during the early days of Christendom admonished, saying that individuals would manifest without natural affection. True natural affection is divine grace, regenerating within men and women understanding of their joint responsibilities. It is true, because of the very nature of the soul and the nature of incoming lifestreams, that sometimes individuals are given a very difficult charge. Men often say, "I did not choose my parents," and parents say that they did not choose their children; yet there is an implied consent in immediate family ties which is known at spiritual levels. And when the law is correctly understood, individuals will perceive they have attracted to themselves souls whom they have sought, or with whom they have been in contact in a former existence. In many cases, individuals of great virtue have agreed at inner levels, above and beyond their conscious knowledge, to accept the responsibility for a regressive child or for a rebellious one. The karmic maze is not easy to untangle, and true discrimination is often not the forte of the aspirant to do the holy will of God. Patience has her own reward, and the magnanimity of the acceptance of that which men cannot change is to be found in the tenderness of pure correction wherein are balanced the Godly qualities of both justice and mercy. The desire to flaunt life's experiences, to disgorge from one's world an unwelcome situation by parry and thrust, by disclaiming responsibility, by literally denying oneself and, in effect, severing one's connection with either one's offspring or one's parents can and often does bring about a state of great unhappiness, unless the individual be well balanced and able to comprehend the full portent of his action. The current age of man's manifestation has brought mankind together in many strange relationships, that is to say, strained relationships. The great Lords of Karma have ever sought to break down the middle wall of partition, the forces of division, and that which truly is unnatural to the spiritual nature in man. Associations with families often become difficult because they are designed as opportunities to remove the stains of past injustices and therefore, unless understanding is sought and justice desired, mercy, too, may fly out the window. How well we recognize that at a certain age individuals may desire to go their own way, to try their wings and explore the newness of life. How well we understand that after a number of years of laboring under a certain measure of unhappiness, individuals may feel compelled to sever ties which they believe ought not to have been. Nevertheless, it is always proper before these seemingly drastic measures are taken that examination of practical alternatives shall be made. For it is well worth the search if redemption of life experiences can be accomplished, the ritual of forgiveness practiced, reorganization of communion between individuals established, or perhaps a new approach to old circumstances envisioned. In this way many flaws can be mended which otherwise would go into the dossier of a lifestream as a piece of unfinished business. The great law of karmic relationships stands upon the record of life. Sometime, somewhere, every lifestream who has had an unhappy experience or contact with another must reestablish the harmony of life with that individual. This does not mean that a rebellious soul must be pursued and forced into an unhappy alliance. It does mean that it is wise to consider what proper action may lie in your hands at the present moment to bring about the greatest harmony between yourself and all whom you contact. If after examination there seems to be no way, a call unto light will always be answered. If all possibilities fail, one can then turn to God and the Karmic Board to create the opportunity, sometime, somewhere, whereby all that is misaligned will be divinely reattuned. My plea in this day is that men be not hasty in putting away from their lifestreams parent or child relationships; yet, I counsel all my readers to understand that nothing should ever interfere with one's search for the kingdom of God. Neither husband nor wife, nor child, nor parent, nor any man should be given the right to prevent one's establishment in divine comprehension. The law of man's life must be heard and if a man shall stand in his own light, becoming a shadow of intrusion between divine levels of reality and mortality in its expressions of pleasure, men ought to choose God and the fruits of heaven above all others. As we ready the disciples in this age to pass the acid tests of life, as we assist mankind to establish complete attunement with their great winged God Self, it is for the upliftment not of the individual alone but of the entire human race. Responsibility of the flesh must be understood, for the Christ long ago said, "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me." Yet, wrest not the law out of context, nor permit the bond of an illicit sympathy for human weakness to hold back that self-progress which must assume victorious God-control over every phase of life's relationships if you will to be free. You will recall, although dimly at first, through an ever increasing measure of the piercing of the veil of illusion, cosmic associations of old, the joint framing with the Father of the entire cosmos by the power of his spoken Word. You were there as co-creators, and as creative sons of God you must, then, render the last full measure of devotion. The prayer in Gethsemane, "Not my will, but thine, be done," was a fiat for the ages. As we reminisce upon the virtues of past ages, golden as well as those blackened by despair, we choose to extol that which lifts man toward God; we choose to commend men to that fruit of striving which will not give up the possibility of intimate reunion with the cherished principle that is life in the fullest sense of cosmic magnificence. With all my heart for the coming race and valiant age, I AM CUZCO ****** Chapter 44 Beloved Jesus the Christ - October 30, 1966 ****** Vol. 9 No. 44 - Beloved Jesus the Christ - October 30, 1966 With the fullness of thy might, I AM come to amplify thy praises, O God, to extend thy domain wherever thy light flies, and to regard the children of the sons of illumination as my brothers. So sweet is the enduring Word - Of worth is virtue served, And bright as shining towers The multitudes may lift the hours Until the city of God is seen By those who, following the gleam Of truth's pure shining, Are likewise men who have seen my star. Journeying from afar, they come In the night; they see my sun, Beckoning to all who will Perceive the law in holy awe And the cup obedience fill. "Not mine own but thine be done," Is my plea, for I AM free From the binding blind That shapes the dusty mortal mind, And keeps the soul in prison black Where radiant light is there the lack, And feeds the prodigal consciousness A table of painful unawareness. Now see the truth, I AM in thee! And like my humble selfhood be A Christ to men who need thy light To guide their faltering footsteps right, That many sons to heaven be borne As resurrection's holy morn Reminds each one that where I AM, There God is with strength to pen A mighty law within the soul That makes each one forever whole. Lo, I AM with thee always, Even unto the end of the age. Beckoning through the ages, my life stands as a silent sentinel upon the hill, yet my Word went forth with divine authority. Men misunderstood much but they also apprehended much. They have called me Lawgiver and Judge, yet I spake unto them, saying, "Judge not lest ye be judged," and no stone of stumbling have I sought to lay before the journeying souls of men. Precious ones, men have enough of human poison in the cup of life without one drop of thine own. It matters not that they see not with their eyes The virtue of God in every soul; One day all who progress will not despise One blot that prevents a man from being whole. "How may I lift that burden, raise that load?" Will be the prick their souls to goad Into the plan of righteousness That will unfold, consecration, I confess As measure full of cosmic might That all who use can win the fight Against the foe of haughty dread Who takes the blessed morsel I have fed To every hungry heart, as Eucharist (It is my body now thrice blessed). For Father, Son, and Spirit Holy Raise the standard, love you truly While bleak and black and with despair The phantoms' carrions fill the air, A blight to life and heaven's fair, A transient passing of affair Sic transit gloria mundi, tells the tale That mortal things do not avail With God who, passing judgment on the record bold, Seeks to keep the soul with law of gold. Upon the Path I trod To raise men from the sod, To show them only God - I am and hope to be Forever manifest in thee. O gracious ones, The life I led was an offering of mighty consecration And it is not in a vainglorious expose of my personal self That I seek to lead. ... It is rather that your blessed souls I long to feed With heavenly food, the manna from above That glows with holy rood God's grace, I AM, to free the flow And not to dam as ages roll and storms do come and go - Yet does the mighty stream of life still glow. You cannot doubt its power Or put to flight the beacon of that flame That through the night proclaims A victory for each hour, Attesting to our cosmic power To penetrate the dark with brilliant spark: A flash of flaming gold, A canopy of brilliant blue, A shining panoply of pink. This law is my life, Oh, drink its fullness rare, That seeing ye may see and know that I am there, Where surges love and wisdom's power In balance of the flame each hour, That victory may come to thee Along the Path ye failed one time to see, And show thee footsteps in the sands of life - A hollow for thine own - Where memory does part the dark And seeks with light to crown thy very being bright, As kingdom stands revealed; For lo, I AM thy shield, thy scepter bold, Flashing forth my victory of old as all thine own, For by God's light in thee, thou canst atone For every flaunting of the law And lift mankind from out the jaw of lion's roaring - To attainment, I am soaring! As thou wilt, O Christ, do lead Help my feeble senses now to feed Upon thy revelation sure to win - I AM law, now let's begin The cooperation of heav'n and earth O God, dispense thy blessed worth To brothers here below, That brothers of the flame may be Consecrated now to me As I give myself to thee. Father, dear, I thank thee once again For thy ageless plan for men: Set them free and let them be One with thee and one with me Now and for eternity. In radiant consecration to almighty God on high, I offer these words in this harvest season That all men may know the reason And affinitize with God, Lifting up my name, as flaming yod From the skies descends to free, From the skies makes one with me And blots out purposeless identity, Showing great strength in all to be - A son of God thou art, beloved, even as I am For God hath wrought and to men brought That fullness which mankind have sought But understanding fled their mind And caused them to be, temporal -blind. Now Christ, I AM, and Christ the light, I raise mankind by cosmic might To hold the scepter that I hold And share my joy in law of gold. I AM my brother's keeper bold I know that rallying to the standard I hold Before the vision of the world A chaliced treasure mind will mold And being raised as light to blaze, The sole life purpose will amaze And thus shall pass our title grand As each new brother does command The law to act within his soul That shineth clear, I AM the goal! Precious ones, clear is the channel to my heart that shall make us one in God, our Father, and assist all men upon this earth to obtain rebirth, spiritual integration, and God-victory that can never be denied mankind who will trust and obey that Word of God which I AM today and forevermore. I remain, your elder brother, and the devotee of your unfolding light of cosmic truth. Jesus, the Christ ****** Chapter 45 Beloved Chananda - November 6, 1966 ****** Vol. 9 No. 45 - Beloved Chananda - November 6, 1966 The wisdom of the ancients decayeth not! The timelessness of truth is not always recognized by mankind today. Men fail to understand that the dust of antiquity covering the past does not necessarily affect its usefulness. Learn, then, to equate the valuable antiquities, and with that knowledge, appreciate the value of foretelling. The present is like a seat upon the track of time, where the near past as a shining rail seems the most beneficent, and rust covereth the distant past. To see into the future with accuracy is to smoothen the way for the vehicle of self to propel itself ever onward in a mode of safety. The members of the Indian Council, facing with mankind a series of tragic episodes in the unfolding life of planetary mankind, remind the people of the Earth not to forget the benefits which Almighty God has bestowed upon them. The natural protective functions of nature are redundant and whereas decay and mutation continue to work change, the expansion of the mind is the requirement of the hour. As the population of the planet continues to increase and the demands upon nature mount upward with each increase, men must come to a platform of harmony and consonance, where the wheel of the world will be turned by the law of the One and the law of love among all nations and all people, so that the universal problems of mankind will be resolved with greater speed as the spirit of vain competition is stilled, and the spirit of infinite cooperation replaces the mortal sense that seeks to retard the progress of others as a means of accelerating one's own. Again and again we have watched as the children of men play at the game of damming up the flow of life to other men and other nations. The manipulators sit on top of the pile and laugh, as the children of men do their bidding, which produces for them the fruit of winning, no matter who is doing the sinning. Yet their day of reckoning shall come swiftly. Unfortunately, the masses of mankind do not understand as a rule that the interaction of karma is a thread entangling the whole substance of planetary manifestation. That which harms one harms all: That which benefits one benefits all; likewise, that which benefits the many, benefits the one, and that which harms the many, harms the one. The tares often grow up with the wheat and the Lords of Karma have deferred karma from some so-called keystones, self-appointed, among mankind, whose toppling would have caused the downfall of the multitudes. Yet it shall not always be so, for even now in our recent deliberations we have drawn new patterns whose outpicturing have never before been possible, because the transcendence of God has solved the insolvable and the mercy of God has expanded mercy beyond its own periphery. Precious ones, all of the divine qualities of God are continually expanding in the universe, for they derive from his source consciousness, and as his transcendence reaches ever onward into the infinite, it carries forward the vibratory action of each benign quality. Men cannot keep pace with the magnificence of God's realization when 98 percent of his energy is channeled into the domain of the little self, and 2 percent turned beggingly toward the Infinite for more assistance and greater help, whereas men have not even now appropriated a small portion of that help which has been given. The irresponsible side of mankind is very gross, but by a like token the responsive side is very beautiful. Man must expand his sense of beauty and allow it to include the domain of the education of the youth of the world. Where the profit motive is the constant comment among mankind and the polestar of their being is directed so as to maximize their personal reserves accrued to their earthly account, how can they be expected to understand the heavenly implications of social justices and injustices whose responsibility lies directly at their doorstep. There are many whose very position and state of consciousness make it impossible for them to do aught else except exist. To expect them to grow would almost be expecting the stones to cry out; yet I think, if the law of love demands it, that those whose blessings have fitted them for the positions of responsibility to the world and who continue to deny that responsibility will discover that God will find the way to arouse others to pick up the fallen banner, which they have allowed to slip carelessly from their own hands, and raise it to a position of ultimate victory. The devastation of the former ice ages and the cataclysmic activities of nature are but a dim and unavoidable segment of historical manifestation by comparison to the frightful dissonance and jar of inharmony which is literally tearing asunder contemporary man. The scriptural reference concerning man's fleeing to the mountains is not entirely figurative, for many among mankind today have fled the frightful blight of city life and the large population concentrations to live and dwell in remote and inaccessible regions. We can understand this yearning on the part of mankind to flee from the "madding crowd," but we ask these questions, "Who will educate that crowd? Who will educate the incoming children and youth? Who will stand and not flee but determine to help the world conquer its discord?" We do not propose a mere social gospel for mankind, for the good news lies in the domain of each heart in its application to the Deity for greater understanding and the manifestation of greater light among men. Yet, some men and women must build the cities and maintain them, some must be the wayshowers and exemplars of every age, some must man the shops that supply the physical needs of mankind; but ethics, morality, intelligence, integrity, virtue, kindness, and understanding ought to be the God-qualities of germinal power which these wayshowers scatter as the seeds of the Word among the children of men. The sons of Belial have so occupied the stalls and marketplaces of life that they have all but destroyed the integrity of this age. Children grow up expecting men to cheat and to steal, and that which they see they copy. Emulation of the spiritual is not even deemed respectable in many circles, and many atheists are more highly esteemed than the Christian, Mohammedan, Jew, and Buddhist. In recent sessions our conference has concluded that the crying need of mankind is for the upliftment and unfoldment of divine virtue within the canopy of man's consciousness. "How goodly are thy tents, O, Israel," is a slogan upon which men ought to ponder, for their own personal tabernacle, the aura of the soul, is intended to be the dwelling place of spiritual qualities that will generate and regenerate hope among mankind. Men need hope and they need faith; they need the spiritual gifts that are the basis and remnant of every old culture and that will clear the murky, cloudy glass of future prognostication, bringing into manifestation by natural law, the vision which is outpictured in daily living. This vision, in reality, ought to be imbued with the essence of God-control. Men ought not to faint nor be weary, but to "mount up," as has been said, "as on eagle wings." The view from on high transcends that which men hold below. Let men seek vision, and exalt it, let men seek vision, and receive it, let men uphold faith, and believe it! For the council, lovingly, I AM, CHANANDA ****** Chapter 46 Beloved Goddess of Liberty - November 13, 1966 ****** Vol. 9 No. 46 - Beloved Goddess of Liberty - November 13, 1966 How sweet is the flow of God-reality! What a change can be wrought in an individual's thoughts and feelings when those thoughts and feelings are charged with God-competence, God-confidence, and God-understanding! The marvelous faculties of consciousness, which are so used and misused by mankind today, are often taken for granted by the multitudes of the world who use them as though they were their own rather than "on loan" to mankind until they have won their own victory. Have you ever considered that the purposes of mortal existence are solely for the expansion and education of the individual, and that life's opportunities are given in order that experience may become a molding factor to lift men and women out of mortal degradation into the wonderful sense of victory that is their divine right? The Law of Life, which is the law of every man's being, is a flow of infinite harmony, when that flow is emitted from the great God Source. The perfection of its message is a thrilling experience when viewed from the level of the Divine Source, but when it reaches the world of the individual - because it is often filtered through the mass effluvia of the world and the debris that is accumulated within and around the consciousness of men - it does not always manifest the pristine, sparkling glory with which it originally descended into the world of form. How marvelous it will be then, when men learn to develop the sense of cosmic grace and awareness, whereby they are able to follow back to their source the gleam of the threads of gold that come from their Divine Presence. There they will see and perceive no stain, no dilution, no warp, but only the wonderful sense of God-victory which manifests in the heart of the Divine Presence. Through carelessness mankind have permeated the atmosphere of the planet with the poisonous attitudes of wrong thought and feeling. Many times individuals, without realizing it, are picking up the negative thoughts of others and spewing them out into the universe as if they were their own, and with the clap of their own approval. This makes them partakers of the cup of the betrayer for they do betray themselves in their neglect to serve their own best interests. It is always true, precious ones, that when men and women understand the law and love the law, they will desire to manifest it in all that they do. We cannot stress enough in this time of great testing, when the cosmic scales are weighing every part of life, that individuals should understand that if they are to be awarded by the Karmic Board the protection for which their souls long, their life records will very much need to manifest all of the virtue that they can possibly invoke. Unfortunately, residual substance of a negative type manifests in the subconscious world of mankind's untransmuted reality. From time to time this substance must be brought forth to the surface where it can be transmuted by the violet transmuting flame and the power of true forgiveness from the heart of the Cosmic Christ as it manifests through the individualized Holy Christ Self of every man. You cannot trample upon the law of justice, precious ones, and expect that the Karmic Board is going to be able to wipe away all stains from your record when you continually persist in pursuing the wrong course. You must reverse that course if you would have your victory and you must determine that nothing is going to stand in your way! When this sense is communicated to your own being, and into your feeling and thinking world, it will permeate that world with an entirely new approach to life and even to the gift of consciousness. You will understand, then, just how lucky you really are to have the divine understanding which enables you to sweep away the cobwebs from your mind, and you will understand just how you can draw forth the mighty tangible flames of divine manifestation - the flame of freedom which actually sweeps tangibly through your world - the flame of regeneration - the flame of resurrection - the flame of consecration and the flame of victory, not to speak of the mighty flame of the ascension. These flames are as tangible as the flame from an acetylene welding torch used today throughout the industrial world. You must understand, gracious ones, that these tangible flames are yours for the asking and that they will serve to cut you free from every negative quality until you stand forth, even as we do, as a god and goddess to life in fulfillment of your divine obligation. The Christ declared that he would bring many sons into captivity - that is, that he would "capture" mankind for the Godhead. Men must fulfill their rightful place in the divine scheme; they must consecrate themselves from day to day so that by a renewal of their vows, there is a renewal of the divine sense that will not tolerate human nonsense. You know, precious ones, individuals actually practice deceit against themselves. Therefore, their vision becomes clouded by the intent of mortality to conceal from their view the very things with which they ought to be able to cope and master. Why do you suppose individuals for so long a time, even when they are persistently seeking to find greater God expression, are constantly plagued by the inability to overcome senseless outer habits? Is it not because they have not put their attention upon their God Presence with enough determination to see that their way will be cleared unto their victory? I think so and I think that when you understand this law as we do, you will recognize that you must stand, face, and conquer all that is not of the light and determine that nothing human is going to stand in your way, i.e., in the way of your victory. When mankind perceive and create in consciousness this indomitable attitude of Cosmic Christ victory, they will be taking one of the first steps that will insure them in their own God-given security, the only insurance in the world that is permanent and that will pay off before it is due, when it is due, and after it is due, with a cornucopia of cosmic blessings that will cause you to be forever grateful to God who created you and who will sustain you until such a time as you are able to sustain yourself. There is no intent in the Godhead, precious ones, to keep mankind from the wonders he has so lovingly created for them; it is simply a matter of keeping the child-man from overstepping his bounds, and thus, limitation itself is created until men obtain enough cosmic wisdom to be able to receive cosmic secrets in trust. The light is never mocked and the light is your victory; the light is the power by which you will rise; the light is the power by which you will obey the law of your being and obtain such a sense of oneness with the universe that no part of life will ever really seem to be out of harmony with you. When you then perceive the law of human consciousness acting within the tiny framework of its microcosmic world, it will be as though you were passing down the street and by a busy corner where a child was selling goldfish out of a small bowl. You may glance out of the corner of your eye and perceive that all is not correct in its manifestation, but you will center your attention and your efforts in the larger concerns of life, and with this perspective you will find it easier to avoid strife and the confusion which surrounds the world. Precious ones, you do not know the extent to which the ascended hosts love you; you do not know that the ascended hosts continually work for the emancipation of mankind from every form of bondage. Oh, if you would only permit us to infuse your consciousness with that mighty transcendent joy of God and that determination to win, you would see that everywhere, in every corner of the universe there is an activity of divine grace which seeks to lift mankind out of the awful pall in which he finds himself. We have left no stone unturned to assist all parts of life in finding their God-directed destiny. We shall continue to leave no stone unturned in our efforts to reach mankind and we enlist your aid, for we know that this is the way that is fruitful, enlightening, and happy. Felicitations and grace in the light always, I AM a cosmic mother of your world, THE GODDESS OF LIBERTY ****** Chapter 47 Beloved Jesus the Christ - November 20, 1966 ****** Vol. 9 No. 47 - Beloved Jesus the Christ - November 20, 1966 Hallowed be these concepts which free men from pain! Hallowed be these concepts which generate within the being of man the buoyant feeling of divine love which in actuality permeates the universe! Children of the Most High God, there is no power in evil that can endure, but for a time the power men give to wrong concepts often holds them in the gall of bitterness and the bondage of mortal illusion. Their thoughts and their feelings, when muddled by what appear to be conflicting concepts of a religious or even a secular nature, are manipulated by random and malignant forces in order to prevent them from achieving the glorious freedom and purity of consciousness which God desires to impart to all men. As long as mankind are satisfied to put their attention upon mere mortal sensation, they will not understand the true meaning of love which is the nature of God. It cannot be denied, blessed ones, that the octaves of light do manifest steps in the spiraling stairway of vibratory action, rising from the point of man's present stature through the ascended level and thence to infinite and transcendental God-experiences which are designed to raise the aspirant gradually to that place where his being becomes all light. The process of the ascension itself is begun in the heart of the earth where the Son of man dwelleth for "three days and three nights," preparing for his emergence into the solar resurrection radiance. A little shoot, that has not yet peeped its head from the heart of the warm earth and achieved its flowering, embodies as much of the divine principle in an embryonic state as that which manifests in the highest heavens. The God flame that is the hope of every man, whether recognized by him or not, dwells within the heart, the feeling world, and the Divine Mind of every man, woman, and child. Whereas the fullness of its expression has not yet been made, It is there, unafraid of mortal density - A cosmic prayer bent on holy intensity, A flame of gratitude within the soul, Longing to see each man achieve his goal And find his freedom to be made whole: "I AM the light of the world." It is no mere human sentimentality that prompts us to say, beloved ones, we are not wedded in concept to mortal expectancy, seeking gain from those who love us as brothers of the divine flame. We understand love as God understands it, for to our eyes, both inward and without, have been revealed the hidden destiny and plans that for every man hold these gentle gifts of freedom, liberty, law, love, purity, righteousness, happiness, and God-success. If there be any virtue in the universe, then it belongs unto thee, for God has created all things for his beloved creation, and as the Infinite Father he imparts ever-new opportunity to the seeker for truth. In my warnings sounded to mankind of old, I have continually said, "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing. ... Not every one who saith to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. ... In the last days there shall come forth false prophets, deceiving and being deceived. If possible, these shall deceive the very elect." Precious ones, first of all, let it be understood with thanksgiving unto God that divine love is not a mere sentimental feeling expressed toward people which can be and often is generated within the mind of man, even as power is generated within a power plant and distributed across the land. There is a power of human love and a power of divine love. There exists a concept of that which is right unto man and this is that which seemeth to be right, and of which the end thereof, precious ones, are the ways of death. To "discern the spirits" the heart and being of man must be tethered to Divine Truth and climb the transcendent ladder of light into the higher octaves, measuring his progress by God's own laws and not by those which are man-made. "Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God," and thus flesh and blood must be transmuted and changed "in the twinkling of an eye" when the last trump of your victory shall sound, because you have perceived the need to overcome and attain your own personal victory. Planetary victory and the victory of our endeavor in the world of form occurs by reason of loyalty to the Brotherhood, to spiritual ideals, and even to faith in the servants of God whom we have chosen and who have chosen us. It is not enough for men merely to read our laws or to sense our love; the practice of that love, because it holds the attention upon God, must be a cohesive force that will bind together the threads that compose the garment of his outer self in the world of form. You cannot know the meaning of real love until you have experienced it. Love for the outer self, blessed ones, or the simple generation of a warm feeling for someone, is not necessarily divine love, for the sentiment and the wish to be loved can produce unfortunate attachments that one day will be found to be totally lacking in real meaning. While I have taught "Love ye one another, as I have loved you," men have not emphasized enough the qualification of their love with the compassion of the Christ - with the love that is broad enough to overlook and forgive the shortcomings of others and especially of those who are sincerely trying to do the will of our Father. My love spans the centuries and the flight of the immortal soul. It is beyond person and place, condition or thing. My love is love for truth, and in our Brotherhood each master of wisdom expresses that wholly harmonious love that is always in agreement with itself. I remain, your elder brother, JESUS THE CHRIST ****** Chapter 48 Beloved Kuthumi - November 27, 1966 ****** Vol. 9 No. 48 - Beloved Kuthumi - November 27, 1966 Shatter ye the old matrices! Shatter ye the old matrices! Shatter ye the old matrices and let men uphold the truth! Let men make new a way of life, that, rising phoenixlike from the ashes of the old comfortable nest, may be the flame of earnest golden wisdom, that in the name of God shall evoke in the world arena the greatest good for all men. The cherished gift of holy wisdom seeks to preserve the world from destruction by making a chrysalis of the total world pattern out of which may emerge the construction of the new age without the need to destroy. Let men seek first to transmute and then, failing all, destroy that which needs to be destroyed, and create that which needs to be created. There is no intent in the councils of heaven carelessly to destruct the fruit of the ages, but rather is there a grand design which fosters in the hearts of men a sense of God's love as the measurement of the golden rule. As faith is the substance of things hoped for, it must be administered to mankind as the first step in the alchemical rising. The old matrices of mortal thought and feeling, which now are faded, outworn garments, must first be assessed that men may see their valuelessness. Then they will discard them willingly and they will seek once again to weave by right thought and feeling the garments that will radiantly adorn the soul. There is no trite or unmajestic concept which we hold for men, but an ever-present and eternal desire to fashion in the world community not that which is necessarily popular, but that which ought to be popularized. Religious trappings have become just that and, worse, they have become religious traps into which the nations have fallen. Men seek to preserve religion as a barbed fence behind which human cattle can be controlled, whereas religion is intended to bind men to the grace of an ever-loving God, whose every wish is to bring into manifestation for all upon earth the limitless light of his creative presence. The words "I AM thy shield" indicate the imminence of God as the protective mantle to life. Just as the earth is covered by a great protective mantle, holding back the fires from within and providing a carpet upon which the feet of men may walk, so does God desire to protect and to perfect the divine nature of man in manifestation. So many are deceived by outer circumstances; so many take all things for granted, continuing and perceiving in an unthinking manner to unfold a destiny whose end they scarcely know even in part. Men sit idly by and await the coming of death, while all around them the great heart of Life beats the message of the Cosmic Christ: "I AM come to do God's will" - not for a day or a year but forever. "Peace on earth, good will toward men" - not only today, but forever. Cycles of war have hypnotized the minds of men until they expect that every so many years the bitter fruit, harvested of mortal thoughts and feelings, will spew out upon the earth the destructive elements of a new and awful war. How does this balance with the concepts of the Prince of Peace? How does this balance with the great message of the gentle Nazarene? How does this balance with the great message of the angelic hosts? Can men not see the awful activity of Mars, the god of war, and the corresponding god of death, whose careless fumings have kept the world and civilization from the fruits and peace of the Saviour for thousands of years? Is it not enlightening for men of all races to understand the meaning of living together in peace? How can the swords be beaten into plowshares and the spears into pruninghooks? How can men live in peace unless they not only start with an idea but also begin in action? Confidence begets confidence and fear begets fear. We understand that primitive nations now emerging into greater scientific advancement and the blending of old cultures, such as the many tribal communities that compose China, through their acceptance of the teachings of Karl Marx, continue to seek to fabricate a better world made in total unawareness of the Saviour and of the ascended masters. We cannot condone the philosophies of such nations as these who constantly seek the destruction of what to them seems an activity of foreign warlords bent on tearing down that which they desire to build for humanity; for their foundations are not in Christ but in erroneous concepts which deny the Lord that brought them to the feet of Life. The wedding of these conflicting cultures is presently impossible. East and West indeed cannot meet any more than North and South or black and white seem to be able to find the common meeting ground upon which to base an improved civilization. They know that unless they do, chaos will continue, but they have not yet manifested the stature of soul, the stature of grace, and the tireless search for a solution which the Law requires in this age. The maxim, "Seek, and ye shall find," is descriptive of the quest that is not confined to the Spirit; but it references also the search, never ending, that must go on for every form of altruism. The social kingdom must naturally reflect the kingdom of the Spirit. When men can accept the thundering Christ image in its awful majesty, its overpowering humility, its ocean-cup of givingness, they will both receive and give enough of the substance of divine love to their fellowmen until the world will be transformed. I have not spoken much in this epistle of the need to magnify divine grace, and frankly, some are not aware that it can be magnified, but I tell you truly you can magnify divine grace by increasing the flow and the pressure of that flow so that it penetrates into all hidden recesses of your world and literally saturates you with the substance of divine love. What a victory it will be for the world; what a victory it will be for the Masters of Wisdom, and what a victory it will be for Almighty God when acceptance, not rejection, makes it possible for individuals to believe strongly enough in order that they may weave into the fabric of their own thoughts and feelings daily those God ideas which will change the world! You need not move a mountain of earth. One teaspoonful carried across the line of human thought and feeling into the divine realm will begin the seemingly endless process. Acceleration will come as more and more individuals place their hearts, heads, and hands upon the altar of purposeful service to the light. What a blessing it can be this coming Christmas season, if men and women who know these laws and believe them will capture in greater measure the active image of God and of Christ to enable them not only to shatter the old matrices, but also to build new formulations of the Spirit that shall glow in the firmament of Almighty God as a nova of realized hope. How the gentle being of the Saviour will be scattered in the fields, the fallow fields, of men's imaginations and consciousness to spring up in the miniaturization of the infant Messiah that, when expanded, will give to Christ dominion in your world. As the kingdoms of the world accept the reigning power of universal love, the fruit of God's generosity will be upon the table of all mankind. Come, let us rejoice together; let us make merry and be glad, for the psalm of life and the hope that is to come are being expanded; the gleams of the star are being magnified and I AM thy own brother of light. Your cosmic teacher, KUTHUMI The ascended master Kuthumi was embodied as Saint Francis and won his victory through devotion to the Christ principle in all life. He now serves with beloved Jesus as World Teacher. His retreat at Shigatse is a focus for illumination, healing, and music. The Temple of Illumination over Kashmir is under his direction and is under the ministration of the Brothers of the Golden Robe. Those desiring personal contact with the master may ask their Holy Christ Selves to take them there in the etheric consciousness while their physical bodies sleep at night. DECREE FOR BROTHERHOOD "For the leaves of the tree [of life] shall be for the healing of the nations." In the name of the beloved mighty victorious Presence of God, I AM in me, Holy Christ Selves of all earth's evolutions and beloved Jesus and Kuthumi, I decree: Out of the One Thou, God, hast spun All of the races of men By Thy Great Law Do Thou now draw All to their God Source again. Take away hate By Love abate All mankind's vicious intent Show the Great Pow'r Every hour Of Love and Compassion God sent. I AM, I AM, I AM, Divine Love sending forth The wonderful feeling Of true Divine Healing Unguents of Light now sealing All of the schisms of men. Stop all division By God precision Love is the hallowed Law "key" Ultimate Peace Make all war cease Let the children of men now go Free! Stop mankind's friction All their predictions Tearing bless'd heart from heart By God Direction Produce now Perfection In thy Great Family - One Heart. The above decree on brotherhood was released by beloved Kuthumi in answer to the many prayers of the students for an effective solution to the race problems we are experiencing throughout the world. It is printed with his Pearl that all may use it to magnetize the flames of divine love and illumination for the evolutions of this planet. Many other decrees are available upon request for those who wish to join with students throughout the world who are daily giving their energies in the cause of individual and world freedom in Prayers, Meditations, and Dynamic Decrees for the Coming Revolution in Higher Consciousness, published by The Summit Lighthouse. ****** Chapter 49 Beloved Mother Mary - December 4, 1966 ****** Vol. 9 No. 49 - Beloved Mother Mary - December 4, 1966 There is a most intimate means of communication involving the Heart behind the heart, the attunement of the inner flame with the flame of the Creator in the heart of the Central Sun. Upon establishing intimate personal contact with the God flame in the sun, a pathway of light is woven down the corridors of the years and cycles, producing a unity of self and God. Then the star of the Christ, the inner radiance, that exists both in the Macrocosm and the microcosm, is magnetized and drawn into the world of the disciple, producing Christ-awareness and the ever-new sense of him who has indeed received the white stone and the "new name" which no man knoweth, saving he who has received it. As the cycle of the year draws toward its rhythmic close and the time of solstice, thoughts turn toward my son and his mission with increasing power and definition. Although in actuality he was born in the spring of the year, the decision was made long ago to celebrate his birth in concordance with the time of the winter solstice, the annual darkening phase of humanity's existence being a most propitious time for the appearance of the brighter light. Take heart, then, O men of humanity's level, and comprehend that his mission of hope to the world, with all of its basic simplicity, demands that God be not denied as possible of attainment for every man. His mission was clearly defined as one in which "the Son of man came not into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved;" and "I AM come that ye might have life, and that more abundantly." These two concepts have not been fulfilled by many of the precious souls who have come into embodiment, born in the hope of a greater manifestation of their dawning God Selves. Men have commanded the sun to stand still within the domain of the self in its finite capacity. They have longed to fulfill their purposes in life in a human way, and after the patterns and tangled skeins of mortal weaving. Pain and sorrow have been their lot, whereas glory and peace was the divine intent. Just as the many herald the mission of my son, so there are those who say that he failed to persuade mankind correctly. I am certain that devotees of truth will quickly recognize that the failure was not in my son nor in his mission; and yet, I bear no reverence for his Sonship that I do not also, as a World Mother, transfer in hope to every son of God in whom the star of hope is appearing. Historical modes can never successfully cry, "Halt!" to the Deity. In every past age, in the present hour, and in all time to come, there will always be room in the "inn" of my being for the latent Son of God who seeks to develop the divine qualities of the Eternal One within himself. This is why I suggest, in this hour of mortal trial - when the earth herself is being sorely tried by her sins and inequities, when individuals are meeting personal golgothas, crucifixions on the cross of mortal error, and, in many cases, suffering the pangs of death without acceptance of the hope which floods the world and is not seen by the blind - that men apply their thoughts diligently to acceptance of their individual oneness with God. It is difficult for them to hold awareness of infinite purpose or to realize the God-concern which the eternal Father has for each son of his heart. A sense of separation has kept from mankind the glories of communion and its holy strands; the strident voices of the world seem to dull mankind's senses that would inwardly attune his being to the realm of the great imponderables of eternity. Do men long to commune with God? God longs to commune with man. He who long ago promised unto Abraham, saying, "I will make of thy seed as the stars of the sky, innumerable," did create and send waves of his glory across the heavens, that no part of space should be bereft of the hallowed radiance that comes from the Central Sun. Celestial choirs sing not alone upon the advent of the Christ or at the period of one planet's celebration of a winter solstice, for there is a universal harmony that pervades all and the star of the Christ is the star of hope and of universality that shines twenty-four hours a day and forever. The crown for which each man longs - that some and many seek to win, that the few find, that God would give to all - is first attained by the weaving of strands of holy personal communication between the individual and the Divine Presence. Do men fear? The all-seeing eye does behold all, And from that eye Naught can be concealed. Better that all should cast themselves Upon the lap of God As weary and tired children That his hand, resting upon their brows, Should wipe away all tears from their eyes And point them to celestial skies Where dawns without fear The light of God shining clear The balm of comfort In each earthly mother's heart In cosmic mothers does impart A new birth, a new head start For all who will revere it. Precious ones, the advent of the Cosmic Mother is always made manifest simultaneously with the advent of the Cosmic Christ. And as Cosmic Man is born to fulfill the divine plan, which is uniquely identifiable with each lifestream's release from the imprisoned splendor of God's heart, so does the hour dawn for each individual when he will willingly seek God without ceasing! The finding of God Is no erasing of opportunity, But rather the opening of the Book of Life Upon whose clean, white pages Will be recorded, then, no strife But only the sacred tomes of the sages Who throughout history have seen The advent of the Star of God With brilliance all serene. The quick and the dead ought both to arise And see the glory from the skies, Streaming 'round his tiny head, A new world dawning just ahead. Through cycle of the years Appears, as fragments from afar, Beaming as his star, Choiring might of angelic band. God's peace I bring in my right hand To take dominion o'er the world As law of Life to all unfurls My banner, as the Lamb of God To feed his sheep who 'neath the rod Of holy law the Path do trod To ever-new vistas, whose whitened way Shineth hope for each new day. I AM your Mother of eternal comfort, MARY ****** Chapter 50 Beloved God Meru - December 11, 1966 ****** Vol. 9 No. 50 - Beloved God Meru - December 11, 1966 In this hour when men cry earnestly "Whither? Why? Whence?" The curtain of obscurity ought to rise And illumination's flame to gild the skies With golden hue, Making all things new. Children of the dawn and of the aurora thereof, we hasten, during this sacred season, to bring to mankind's outer attention the timelessness of the Christ message. Scanning the ages, the virtue of his appearing will forever grace the archives of both man and God. Seek to erase them if they will, the impact of the Christ-man, the dimensions of the Cosmic Man flow forth a love-tide which can never be stemmed and cast the magic spell of Christmas through the apertures in men's hearts and minds. The meaning of the Christ Mass was known to the ancients, and in the priesthood of Melchizedek the records of the coming One were made known. The Magi of old who journeyed, because they perceived His star in the heavens, were guided by cosmic precepts which are lost to the world of the present hour where material science and mortal progress are the standard of measure, and the meaning of Christmas becomes more and more a commercial capitalization of the credulous. Yet, it is not our intent to criticize those who lie 'neath the blanket of their own misunderstanding. Rather, let us raise the pall of mortal error and let the pure light of the great God flame, penetrating the centuries-old dogmas of mankind, throw open to all the fresh, clean light of understanding! Those upon the track of time who have not yet recognized the need for a periodic review of self - the need for an individual to peer through the windows of the deep and far past and to examine that which lies behind, in mankind's total records, and then to turn and perceive the shadows of the future which the historical past does cast - are often deluded by the very narrowness of their precepts. Let us, then, bring a new and fresh simplicity into man's conceptions! The eternal creation of the universe sprang fresh from the Great Central Sun which is known wherever illumination's flame pulsates; whereas it is called by mankind "Sirius," the "Dog" Star, it should be translated, "Sirius," the "God" Star! By this simple change, mankind's misconception concerning their God Source could long ago have been clarified. Out from this Central Sun, in a magnificent parade of cycles governed by cycles' law, the whole of creation proceeded to fill the ungrund, or "uncreated," screen of the universe with myriad twinkling lights, diadems of shining worlds. Throughout the universe there are a multiplicity of time segments which do not coordinate the celebration of Christmas upon the planet Earth with the celebration of Christmas upon far-flung worlds. In effect, when the law is rightly understood, it will be seen that the celebration of Christmas is always going on somewhere in the universe and; therefore, somewhere each day and continuing year by year, the celebration of Christmas is an eternal affair of great magnitude. The lost perspective which mankind express as "mortal density" but which produces no joy of fresh revelation, is the result of a combination of circumstances. The intellect, in its bookish implications and codification of knowledge - an activity which was designed to catch in the net of the outer mind the magnificence of divine thought - has become imprisoned by its own rigid forms behind which the appearance of the Christ is scarcely recognized. A new disease is scanned eagerly by the physicians of the world who witness through the microscopic organisms the law of cause and effect, as man's relatively dense perceptions fail utterly to protect him from the ravages of his own wrong thinking. Emotion, too, has become a controlling factor, often swaying the thoughts of men away from the Divine and the Christ star, that is magnificently beaming new hope to the universe. Not so the illumined sage, the illumined mystic, the true seeker for illumination's flame. Basking in that holy flame, but not content with that which he has presently brought into the fore of the mind, he continues to probe, with intense longing and desire, the mysteries of God that do his soul inspire. The pyramids of old are symbols spelling of cosmic research by a scattered humanity. From the Incas of Peru, the Aztecs of Mexico, to the land of Chaldaea and Egypt, unto the heights of Ararat, there are infinite ties denoted by finite arrangements which speak of the mystery of Christ as spanning the ages. The calendar of the present earth civilization is calculated from the approximate "year of Our Lord." All things falling before are "Before Christ," and that which follows is "After Christ," - Anno Domini. But think ye, O contemporary men, that the Christ lived only in that tiny baby form? Therein was the God of the universe, burning with sensations which men have never known, aware not only of that form but also of all the forms throughout the myriad systems of worlds. This infinite, apparently incomprehensible, Deity, manifesting in the infant child, was the hope of that civilization and of all civilizations that preceded him, and of all who shall come after. For this is the seed of God, the star of divine life which is within every man. This is the hope to spur a manifest change in nature back to the original purity and pristine beauty of its God design. In him was the Spirit of the Resurrection, the power that transcended mortal form and all the wonder resplendent within that form. The networks, venal and arterial, the networks of the central and sympathetic nervous system, the total complement of man's physical being with its magnificent tie with the God flame, which is the mainspring of that creation, blazing in the heart as the threefold flame - all spell the wonder of the finite in the infinite. Thus is possibility recognized within the hearts of the faithful, possibility of cosmic achievement, the passing of man over the desert and waste places of life until he comes to the Promised Land. In the Land of Promise man becomes a Christ in manifestation, victor over his own vanquished mortal nature. The rising paeans of praise which swell within his heart and mind, as mute testimony of the God flame within, break forth with singing into the desert and waste places of contemporary man; and there is an occasional flash of virtue manifest here and there upon the landed surface of the earth as some soul becomes "Mahatma," the great one, a devotee, not of the ordinary, but of the extraordinary divinity within himself. "How shall we escape, if we neglect so great a salvation," those words spoken in magnificent gratitude by the Apostle Paul (Hilarion) clearly echo down the centuries bearing witness to his grace, to the greatness of the Son of God. But more important than mere praise is the testimony that is born of this reality as a part of every man. Hence, within the chambers of the heart and the identity of the self there is perceived a connection with the Divine Presence of Life above, and this connection passes through the Holy Christ Self of every man. There, by the great alchemy of God in man, light bursts forth, the aurora borealis, turning the night sky into the day of hallowed redemption; and that day draws nigh to every man as the aurora of the golden age is born again below and gleams ever so brightly in the grandeur of the Father's many mansions. I AM a Brother of Illumination's flame, THE GOD MERU ****** Chapter 51 Beloved Archangel Gabriel - December 18, 1966 ****** Vol. 9 No. 51 - Beloved Archangel Gabriel - December 18, 1966 The unspeakable serenity of God, the calm light that floods the midnight sky with hope, is the joy of the angelic hosts. With the advent of each new season, myriad hands of men are extended toward new hope, defending themselves and the faithful against the tirades of human viciousness and denial, pointed out so clearly in the episode of the innkeeper who, when approached by Joseph, could find neither in his heart, nor in his inn, a place for the infant Messiah. Our acclamation made to Mary penetrates the world today and is intended as an accolade to every mother, in order that she may recognize the quickening of that which is within herself as the son of God. There is room aplenty in the universal heart for those who find no game of charades in the majestic auras of the universe, but rather a definitive law of infinite love which floods forth, not only from the heart of an archangel, but also from all of the cosmic beings and angels, even to the tiny cherubs who surround with majesty every ascending soul - at any state of its evolution - when the heart will open wide the doors thereof to invite and welcome the angelic hosts to assistive communion. It is seldom realized by mankind that we long to serve, but where there is no faith in our existence or in the love which we bear to mankind, there is a fence erected there that prevents the answer to your prayer. See and witness for yourself, then, that in the drama of the Annunciation there is a recognition of the light rays pouring forth from the very citadel of God's heart to form and quicken the souls of men - That their souls are not quickened Is not the fault of the Divine Ideation But it is the fault of man's failure In response to the cosmic adoration - Acknowledgment, and blessing of the angelic hosts As well as the shepherd kings Who watch their spiritual flocks by night Serving, from the ascended masters' octaves, Donors of cosmic immensities, Released with the power and fury of heaven's intensities, Compressing the completion of the drama old That shows not glamour or glitter but the gold Of celestial fires of wisdom's mold. At our level, there is a continual release Of the benign into the world of form, But compassion must be held by man For the efforts of the cosmic ones: And recognition must be paid To the efforts we have made Else far, far away Seems the gleam from heaven's shore As it peers through mortal density Denying man forevermore, forevermore. There is no intent, I say to mankind To hold you either bound or blind For freedom is the hope each hour That chimes from heaven's holy tower The prayer for purity blazes through In star, in firmament, in you: It speaks of doctrine, elders spew{10}- To all that composes mortal will - And shows that in beginning time The mighty mystery all sublime Was caught within the Father's heart And threaded Matter from the start, To weave upon the looms of light The substance of immortal life, The garments men may wear and share Of joy and blessedness right where I AM the flame appearing bright To flash forth through the night And form a star right where you are: Behold I make all things right! Gracious men and women of the planet Earth, There is no service we can render unto you Which we are unwilling to do. There is only the need to reinforce Within your hearts with Godspeed Acceptance of the heavenly message, Filling mankind's need. When the message of the Christ Was received by Mary, And when there flashed forth Across the hill country of Judea The inspiration of the Magnificat, It was a chant, God-inspired Charged with the holy fire of the elder race Which kept them filled with God-desire, The will to keep his pace. In the "elder days of art," then, It came to pass that men Paid heed to the dictums of heaven And the angelic hosts communed Face to face with unascended men Helping them to work out their destiny And be released victoriously From the octaves of mortality To the immortal grace and stature Of the living God. Let me hasten to expand within mankind The one sincere thought That is greatest in its pertinence To mankind's need at any hour: God hath wrought all things And as he designed and purposed man, It was to convey the complete fullness of his plan The kingship of complete enjoyment, Happiness, virtue, and trust in the plan To which man must hold fast Without fail - For through the glimmering gloom of error's strands There gleams a holy light throughout all lands - It is the Christ, the Son, the Holy One, Appearing as a man Clothed with the Sun of righteousness, Whose healing floods all worlds. He plants his banner as a majestic God And raises up in righteousness The blessed law he trod - By love's obedience. In this day, when the straight and narrow path Has been perverted by the blast Of error's stupid sound It seems to men alas That God's law does not abound With the happiness they seek, And thus they reek With stench of foul anthropomorphism - A god made in their image - And know not the beauty of the Law That cries, "It is finished!" To the shadowed self, And raises out of darkened substance The living star of victory. I AM Gabriel from out the Sun I acclaim to everyone To search the firmament of their being That there the selfsame star They must be seeing Will not mar the God-intent Of freeing all who are bound By habit's senseless round To shatter vain opinion's sound, Replacing it by Christ-design magnificent. In time, in eternity, this holy security Will rend the veil of temple grand Proclaiming freedom through the land As Christ is born again in all. Command! Command! Command! Obedience everywhere. There is a meaning, O gracious ones of Earth, To every portion of my verse And when understanding from the heart O'erflows the chaliced self, A part of God's own favorite Son (Thyself when made ready), My annunciation to dear Mary long ago Will be a spark of inspiration's fire now to glow Within the mind of each who hear and see appear The coming Christ of every year Who comes again to cast out fear, To set the faltering steps aright. With the love and greetings Of the seven archangels, I come And as I return to the sky To join angelic choirs from on high, Oh know, each one Whose hearts are set aglow That I AM always nigh. In memory of the Lord Christ, I remain, ARCHANGEL GABRIEL ****** Chapter 52 Beloved Jesus the Christ - December 25, 1966 ****** Vol. 9 No. 52 - Beloved Jesus the Christ - December 25, 1966 As my love flows out once again With its clear purpose of flooding the hearts of men, I AM filled with renewed hope That those who respond to the vibratory action of my love Will hold with their Divine Self, The angelic hosts, and the cosmic masters Through the cycles of the years, Averting where they can All forms of mortal disasters. It is never the purpose of heaven to destroy, but rather to consume mortal substance, mortal density, and mortal error by the fervent glow of God's design, released into his attitude divine and then accepted by each soul as goal -to be mine. The personification of divine ideals, the assumption of those blessed patterns, can only carry the fires of the immortal law into the tablets of men's hearts. Of old the promise of our Father was clear: In thy minds and hearts I will write my laws. As the grass of the field riseth and bloweth in the wind, so do the minions of mortal thought extend their fashion over the transient times, unfurling opportunity's earthly track down the highway of the years. To men and women caught in the net of delusion, confused by the blight of error and the surface disunities which are scattered abroad in the world today, Hope seems yet afar off. But as the chaff before the wild hurricane flies So the whole pack of lies Which the outer self has made, Making men afraid And full of blighted hopes - Let heaven now put to an end! Showering beams of magnificent God-perceptions To the earth as gleams burst forth, Attendant 'round my birth In mortal form and song To fill the world with hope each day-As long as men can pause to pray. In our recent communions With the heart of the Divine One The inquiry was made again and again, "But what of my children On the planet Earth? What has been the measure Of their year's accomplishment, What of worth? Have they added To the treasure of the cosmic light? What beacons shine there now, Penetrating blight of density- Stripes of error thoughts?" And even as we passed From galaxy to galaxy, Meeting bands of wandering angels, Cosmic hosts, and spirits bright with God-delight, The call went out as starlike flowers Were flung around our neck: "When will the Earth itself perfect?" And answers from our heart were always thus: "Mankind seek continuously for us But they know it not And ignorance and a sense of false aright Is the cause behind their present earthly blight." A hopeful nod was given to me From every Son of God Whose hopes are implementing now the road That lies ahead, your little selves to goad, To keep the pace that wins the race And from the record to efface All lesser images and thoughts, Completing, then, in holy purposed plan The great salvation Of our God for every man. Blessed are they whose ears shall hear my words and do them. Blessed are they whose hearts are free from confusion and error. Blessed are they whose thoughts, like birds of cosmic space, fly upward to our God. Blessed are they who feel the loving warmth of the Mother of the World. Blessed are they who identify with the pathway of the free, who are not creed-bound, but eternally receptive to God's mind. I say with faith these all shall find their way back to his heart. Blessed are they who by faith increase their substance and accept the gift that does perfect each thought and movement of expression, for these are active sons whose pure direction comes from God above. Blessed are they who love as God loves, who consecrate themselves unto infinite purposes. Blessed are they who unmask the unrealities of their world, shedding intellectual errors and holding pure perception as the right of man to progress. Blessed are they whose faith in the bonds of heaven causes them to see, to have open eyes, to behold the angelic hosts, the tiny elementals that care for the world, and the Soul of God within each child manifesting here. Blessed are they who, keeping the memory of Christmas as the joy of possibility, retain for themselves a spark of hope which they see in me. Blessed are they who seize every fragment which God has scattered in space as the Sacred Eucharist. Blessed are they who assimilate and those who rise in stature to eternal oneness. Blessed are they who shake the dust of error off their feet as judgment, seeking adjustment of each mortal imperfection that is causative in producing impure direction. Blessed are they who compromise not with the sinister strategies of darkness, but who seek solely the purity of the light. These shall not forever remain in error, but they shall see with the boldness of the free, the light that bathes the world by God-intent. As I have shared with you these thoughts from my heart, and as I have spoken again to the family of God upon the planet, seeking ever to draw men from their varied positions into a harmony of the ways, so glows and goes my radiance over the world in a mighty outburst of splendor that intends to nurture the souls of the earnest seekers. If a little child shall lead them then I am content to be yet a child of outer space, for men find little room within their hearts for all that I am and seek to be to them. My fire is the fragrance of the rose, The light of hope and peace within a child Whose life is yet serene - A glimmer of the countenance mild Of saint and sage, whose sacred dream Commands obedience, purity, to manifest. May all I say each season, now be blest - The fourfold action of the quarter years Is so designed Some facet of God life to hold, The miracle of the centuries that shall mold Each coming year As anthems of the free Echo now down corridors Of progress eternally Commanding: "Lo, I come to do thy will, O God." Lovingly in his service, I remain one Son of the All-Father, JESUS THE CHRIST =============================================================================== **** Footnotes: **** {1} For "A Vision of the Future" see the July 5, 1965 dictation of beloved Leonora in 1965 Freedom Class Dictations pp. 46-52. {2} "I AM" is the affirmation of being which was given to Moses in the episode of the burning bush, "I AM that I AM" (Exod. 3:14) {3} See Encyclopedia Britannica, s.v. "Damon and Phintias." {4} Only when life's substance is entirely spent can the debt be crossed off the record and marked "Paid in full" for there is nothing left for man to hold as "collateral" on another loan of energy from the Godhead. Thus the Great Creditor takes back all he has given to man who, through total recklessness of purpose, has forfeited his trust and his right to soul identity. {5} See chapters 13 and 15, Climb the Highest Mountain. {6} When the Holy Spirit fills the soul gradually through the initiatic process, each gain is permanent because man is first required to master the laws and cycles governing the greater increment of light which he desires to magnetize to his world. On the other hand, when the Holy Spirit comes upon the supplicant suddenly in response to fervent invocation, it is a man's faith rather than his understanding which evokes the response from the Godhead. The energies he receives in this manner will diminish as he once again takes on the vestments of worldly living; for he has not learned how to retain the fires of the Spirit within the cup of consciousness or to make the garment of the Lord his very own. Of these two approaches to "getting" the Holy Spirit, the ascended masters recommend the former as the safer and surer method. {7} See chapter 9, Climb the Highest Mountain {8} Those who would speak in tongues must beware of the forces of Antichrist that impersonate the divine tie, they can produce dangerous tremblings in the psyche which cause the separation of the four lower bodies; moreover, these forces often speak through them - not in tongues of angels, but in the language of demons. And because the aspirant is sincere, he knows not that he has been duped. Wise, then, is he who pursues the mark of the Holy Spirit as the mark of enlightened self-mastery. {9} In connection with fasting, the ascended masters do not recommend that their disciples undertake fasts lasting more than three days unless they are directly under the guidance and protection of the ascended masters through the messenger, inasmuch as prolonged fasting may result in pyschic control and the loss rather than the enhancing of one's spiritual faculties, balance, and discrimination. If you would seek the hierarchy's sponsorship in extended fasting, please address your intent to the Mother of the Flame so that she may hold the balance with you. {10} The doctrine of Truth which was rejected by the elders (scribes and Pharisees)