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To All Who Love Freedom and Would Preserve It,
Now, all will admit that tensions are generated on earth. What is the source of tension? Surely not your mighty I AM God Presence. Human miscreation and the neglect of spiritual study have propelled men into a decisionless valley. There they are becalmed in a state of vacillation between two evils without even the thought of deliverance in their hearts. Millions live in this manner. Selfishness is rampant. The world wallows in deceit.
The children of the light have a most awesome responsibility. Theirs is to portray the universal divine life. They are expected to provide the power of a better example. The crafty world often sees the students of the light as though they, too, were crafty. Hence there is a tendency on the part of the world to suspect everyone who is engaged in spiritual deliverance.
I think it well that the chelas of the light understand that they cannot please the world nor can they prevent the world from false judgment. It should be borne in mind that albeit men have left the field of divinity and denied their reality, they are still utilizing divine power to perform their darkened work. When they pass false judgment upon the sons of the light, the white-fire core of the energy which they use obediently follows the pattern that has been imposed upon it (in this case false judgment), thereby creating arrows of outrageous fortune which are slung1 at the children of the light. In addition, this activity of criticism, even when unspoken, depletes the supply of light of the ones so engaged; for the flow of the mind is also the flow of God's energy which is thus channeled through the attention into a dangerous and unworthy matrix for which they must one day give account.2
The protection of your tube of light, vigilance in consciousness, adherence to the laws of true being, and faithfulness in all things will help you to expand the flame of freedom in your being and to obtain your victory over human deceit and misjudgment. The children of the light must not fear the children of the dark. The energy which they use is of this world. The great Master Jesus came up against this very thing in his discourse with Pilate. When Pilate reminded him that he had the power to release him or to retain him, the Christ said unto him, "Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above."3
The children of the light should rejoice in their own great God Presence and in the freedom which this Presence brings to them. They must not dissipate the energies of their freedom in overconcern with the antics of the disparaging ones. Neither should the true follower of God allow himself to be cast aside from the spiritual path by a wayward brother who may appear to be a child of light but whose actions may be questionable.4 Remember, blessed ones, until you are ascended and free it is still possible for you in an unguarded moment to make mistakes in your human self. While the Presence of God who lives in every son of heaven always knows the correct and perfect thing to do, unfortunately many of the chelas of the light neglect to make their application and to hold that attunement with their Presence which would give them their freedom.
The flame of freedom is always attained by right action. Oh, if only the students would understand that each time they make the mistake of not calling first to the Presence before they decide on a certain course of action (because they think that they can make a go of life on their own), they reap the consequences of untutored acts. If only the students would recognize in time that right action, God-directed action, is always the course of freedom. If only the students would keep the faith during the times of their greatest tests, they would soon be winning their victory over the baneful "junta" of negative karma and human miscreation.
Temptations and desires that rise from subconscious levels create a net of delusions which is thrown over the conscious mind of the student. Old failures, frustrations, and fears regurgitated from within present their appearances upon the Path with stones of stumbling. The violet transmuting flame, which is both beautiful and powerful, can give you advanced deliverance from these conditions. Yet some individuals feel that it is childish and ridiculous to sit for hours or even for a half hour invoking the violet transmuting flame. They do not understand that cosmic law functions within its own framework, and very soundly indeed. The violet transmuting flame is God's gift to man, but it must be invoked by each individual. If you would have your freedom, you must put your attention upon the laws that will give it to you.
Down through the centuries we have observed that human opinion and a sense of personal righteousness have deterred individuals from the spiritual path. What difference does it make, blessed ones, if individuals think that you are funny or just a little bit foolish? Suppose they consider that you have been duped by erroneous concepts? Does it really matter what they think, seeing that most of them are changing their minds all of the time and are themselves scarcely free from some form of error? The fact of the matter is that most of the beginning students on the Path have a far greater measure of freedom than do those who have never used the blessed flame of freedom or submitted themselves to ascended master instruction. You are indeed a most fortunate people, and nothing can prevent the realization of your freedom if you will only make your application.
Some students have come to the quarterly classes over a period of many years. They sit at our feet and receive our instruction, but they go right out into the world and, in their hours of bitterness and darkness when their own karma encloses them as a shroud, they immediately think in terms of assistance from the outer world. When they have exhausted themselves in the search and have not found an answer, then they are willing to try the ascended masters' way. If it works immediately, fine; if it doesn't work for them immediately, then it is not so fine and they are quick to say that the masters do not exist or that the teachings do not work.
Well, seeing we have obtained our own freedom by using the selfsame instruction which we are giving to you, it is hardly possible that we can be swayed in our opinion of cosmic law. For cosmic law is far more than opinion having, as it does, the solid manifestation of an already recognized grace.
We urge everyone - beginner as well as advanced student on the Path - to reexamine our first instructions from time to time, to take them to heart, and to try to understand that it is the human mind with its penchant for sudden boredom or doubt that deprives the individual of his ascension.
Don't you see, blessed ones, that the sinister force is always broadcasting into the ethers the concept that the laws of God do not work or that they are not rooted in reality? If individuals are going to be so quick to pick up these negative vibrations and to accept them as truth, they will be a long time in passing over the Red Sea. For the walls of water may close in upon them, as they did upon the Egyptians, and they will be inundated by human emotion. Others will go on to their freedom and they will utilize the power of God to illumine their minds, to inspire their hearts, and to supply their bodies with every necessity including energy and strength.
God is not mocked. Whatsoever you sow, that you shall reap.5 In the case of the blessed violet fire, the benefits of the fire are permanent; for when application is made by the student to the heart of his divine Presence for the protection of his great tube of light and the assistance of the violet transmuting flame, with each application there are removed layers of misqualified substance from his world.
It is difficult for individuals to see how these layers are built up; therefore, they cannot always expect that they are going to see how they are stripped away. But one by one they will be and, after a few months of practice in the correct use of decrees, it is amazing how much spiritual development takes place in the individual. This is brought about because by the process of transmutation - which is happening right while he decrees - he is effectively removing the densities in his world that have formed the 'Great Wall' between himself and God.6 As this wall is removed, the inner light can shine forth and make contact with all that is beautiful and good in the universe.
Just as the sinister force broadcasts its negations into the world which so many of the students have picked up (and sometimes amplified), the students must always bear in mind that the ascended masters and the angelic hosts are constantly broadcasting their vibrations into the higher realms of light and thus the students can receive the benefit of this outflow on behalf of freedom (and amplify it).
Each individual, destined by God to attain the heights of God realization and God manifestation, should be constantly alert to attune his consciousness with these inspiring feelings that uplift the soul. Likewise should he be alert to detect the nature of the negative manifestations before they can act in his world or intrude themselves upon his consciousness. If the students would quickly identify these ideas for what they are - negative releases - they would not be nearly so apt to accept them.
Long ago Saint Paul said that men should believe a lie and be damned.7 The meaning of the word damned is condemned; therefore, the end result of individuals believing a lie about others or themselves is ultimate condemnation all the way around. For whatever is held in consciousness about life - any part of it - or one's associates is eventually outpictured in one's own world. This is the law, blessed ones. It functions unerringly and no one is excluded, for the law is impersonal. God is no respecter of persons.8
Your freedom comes not by criticism, condemnation, or judgment nor does it come by exalting yourselves above your fellowmen by your own personal opinions. Your freedom comes by humble recognition of the Magnificat - "He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree."9
For your freedom and victory, I remain your brother on the spiritual path,