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To Every Leader in the Lord's Domain
To All Who Would Lead and Also Follow,
I address myself now to the fishers of men,1 to the shepherds who seek to follow the admonishment of the Christ "Feed my sheep."2
The so-called thankless task - the task of unified service, of seeking to evoke from the multitudes a response to the Hidden One - is difficult indeed, and yet the need for those who would dedicate themselves to this calling has never been greater. Paul said: "We know not what we should pray for as we ought"3 which confirms Jesus' statement "They that are whole need not a physician, but they that are sick."4 The spiritually infirm know it not and walk in darkness as though it were noonday. The truism "You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make him drink"5 is applicable to mankind upon this rebel planet.
When, as Moses, I led the children of Israel across the great Sinai Desert, it was an unforgettable experience which engraved upon my heart an understanding of the differences in people - all made by the same God, all fashioned for the same purpose yet some learning slowly, others quickly, and the many in varying states in between. Yet the Lord has commanded saying, "Go forth and gather my people."6
The remnant who respond - those who hear his voice today and desire to serve his cause - are the vanguard of the golden age. These have a crown of righteousness eternal in the heavens, yet their lives have been committed unto God who has also returned varying degrees of responsibility to each man. In many cases the Father of all has returned, as he did to me, a responsibility for a great people - for a multitude.
Some may think that it is as easy to lead a vast multitude as it is to lead a few. I say, not so. For the larger the group, the greater the tribes. And the more tribes there are under one's direction, the more difficult it is to mobilize the people, for thoughts are things and the pressures of living can be enormous.
Some of you will recall that when my strength waned, Aaron and Hur held up my arms.7 For every leader in the spiritual vanguard of perfection, there must be those who will hold up the arms of the devotee and the servant of God. In the darker hours, the lighted torch must be passed and the glory of the Spirit translated into reality for another soul.8
Just as a babe having descended into form comes to consciousness, breathes its first breath, and takes embodiment in the field of the world, so does the soul experience its own cycle of birth when it passes from death unto life. Then the things of the world that seemed so utterly important no longer matter, and the things of the Spirit that once seemed so far away and to matter so little now mean everything.
In order to survive spiritually, man must do an about-face. For the cloak of materialism is a shroud; it swallows up spiritual ambition and leads the children of men into states of indolence and pleasure seeking. Here they have such a "good time" that all too often they are unwilling to ponder the sobering realities of life that are all around them or to recognize their own spiritual needs.
How then can you, blessed ones, be asked to do for mankind that which he cannot and will not do for himself? I am persuaded that heaven must extend to the world the banner of hope and truth through the medium of strong leadership. It is not enough for failing, recalcitrant men to be surrounded by the eternal verities that are self-evident throughout nature. They are blind to them. Their ears are stopped. They do not hear the great tones of universal law resounding through cosmos. But when the law gathers enough momentum in human affairs to cut through human recalcitrance and to reduce man, by the circumstances of his own karma fully fair, to a position where he will accept the truth, it is often too late for him to alter his course significantly.
What shall we do, then? Shall we strike fear and terror into the hearts of men or into the leaders who seek to convey truth to them? I think neither. We shall request of heaven a strengthening of the bond of service. We shall request of heaven a more ripened perfection for the servant of universal law. We shall pray that all who are willing be endowed with a greater portion of the Lord's majesty.
When Elisha, son of Shaphat, asked of his guru, Elijah, a double portion of his spirit, the reply he was given placed a condition upon the response: "If thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee. ..." And because his eyes were opened and he saw Elijah ascend into heaven, the noble Elisha received the mantle of Elijah which he sought.9
Above all, I say to every leader in the Lord's domain and to all who would lead or lend a helping hand to promote the plan of expanding the light, be not discouraged or affected by mankind's perfidy, by their immersion in self-deluding concepts. Many are called but few choose.10 As it was said long ago, "For every one thousand people, only one seeks me. For every one thousand who seek me, one finds me."
There has been some extension of hope toward the planet in the dark hours of this year, for America is considered in the graphs of the ascended masters as the great wilderness land. Tamed now by the sophistry of civilization, the world rises to new disorders and, like unto the children of Israel, her people continue to worship the golden calf and to run riot against the order of universal law.11
Now is the time when all who are able must recognize the need to cast to the winds all deterrent forces and to respond to the summoning of the banner of creative love. Men dare not spend their time and energy upon self-pursuit, upon hobbying to personal enjoyment. Those who understand the needs of this hour will see that they cannot wait any longer to act. Those who do so will be milled out in the great era of cosmic threshing when the harvest of good works is gathered into barns. At that moment, the children of the righteous shall shine forth as the sun12 and the children of iniquity shall cry out to the rocks and the mountains to fall upon them.13
We await the dawn of peace even in the hours of man's striving, for we see that peace is worth striving for. The peace of the Spirit is the reality of foreverness. The people of this land must be caught up into the glories of spiritual reality. They must be taught the meaning of love and the exercise of the divine prerogative in man.
There are many who wait. There are many who must be led. As a spokesman for hierarchy and for the Divine Mother, I add my voice to the admonishments of the day to feed the divine sheep in embodied form the living Word. This counsel, as universal wisdom, I lift up in the wilderness. Now the Son of man, the universal Christ Spirit, must be lifted up into full view that every eye may see him.14
Error was made to be broken, bands of bondage to be sundered, and all things to be overcome. The Promised Land awaits you.
Part the Red Sea
Open the way
Freedom must be
Each one's today.
All can aspire
To be now free
Truly on fire
Canaan to see.
All that I AM
Comes from on high
Let none condemn
Freedom is nigh.
Light from above
Claims now its own
Heaven's great love
Radiance full blown.
I AM thy son
Child of thy heart
Victorious ones
Thy grace impart.
Help me right now
To see my way
To God I bow
For strength I pray.
Take me right through
Master, I love you
Hold me by light
Guide me aright.