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The hand of beauty is a disciplined one, for arch-magnificence is the geometrical achievement of a dedicated heart.
There is in the world today a spirit of carelessness. We would replace it with the spirit of carefulness, for the Architects of the Spirit themselves have, in measured cadences, made their own novitiates in times past. Because of gross mortal misunderstanding and the deliberate machinations of the sons of darkness, there occurred a great distortion of Christian dogma as well as of all religious offerings. The logic behind this is apparent in the face of the destroyer who does not come manifesting destructivity, leaving that to his marplots; rather, he comes with the face of "an angel of light."1
Thus, manipulation did distort dogma and the Eternal Father was portrayed as one who is a tyrant. The visiting of the sins of the fathers upon the children to the third or fourth generation is a partial statement of cosmic law; for at a later time the Eternal repudiated the concept as it had been interpreted in eras of less enlightenment. Let all perceive that the Scriptures must be rightly interpreted. When they are, the airy vaults of the lesser heavens recede from view and the Infinite appears more the Infinite, his opportunities more noble and grand, and smallness shrinks into its own shell.2
From time to time, we come out of the vaults of cosmic innocence into the world to examine with the eye of cosmic justice the doings of mankind. This is a prerogative of the Karmic Board and one which is presently necessary. We long for the hour when the devotees, being altogether upon the Path, will number all among mankind. Then all things will be a matter of moving from glory unto glory, as the Spirit of the Lord literally propels men toward the destiny of immortality.3
Without God realization and true happiness, what would be the meaning of life? The ego that is extinguished or blown out in nirvana is not the Real, for who can extinguish the eternal flame which is representative of all that God destined for man? The lesser ego is the mask of imperfection; it is the changing personality which must be transmuted from its base of unreality to the reality of the Divine Ego.
Man, the manifestation, stands with awe awaiting the dawn of eternal purpose. One would think that the purposes of God, in all of their lofty majesty, would be clearly perceived by men and that there would be no need for wayshowers; but the moldering dust of centuries of deliberately darkening concepts has shrouded the glorious identity of man. "But for too long," we have often said, as we have longed to impart freedom unto all.
Now in this time when the world has brought upon itself the seeds of great destruction and unrest, we set about fashioning in the hearts of the devotees a new order of the ages. Whilst the ashes of destruction eddy around a decaying society, the magnificent cosmic creation is already being blueprinted. And how glorious it is! It conceives not only of the current renovation of humanity, but also of a future time when every little child will at birth begin the process of initiation.
In reality, Birth herself is an initiation, for it is in that moment when the breath of life is renewed that the Cosmic Mother begins the process of tutoring her children. When there is gross interference on the part of the old world order, it is always an attempt to stultify the vigor of the Spirit and to sunder the holy thread of contact between the realm of the immortals and those who tarry in the dusty world. We propose that the grand design of the Lord of the World be made known to many more potential disciples this year. While the lamentations of the prophets of doom would invoke a destruction that is already a matter of karmic record, we who understand the mysteries of the Spirit prepare for hours of courage and strength - for a time of building, not destroying.
The struggle has waxed hot amongst the vainglorious apostles of orthodoxy who do not see how the Keystone was knocked out of the arch of reality. They suppose themselves to be doing God's service in their archaic meanderings. We condemn them not, but regret their decisive indecisiveness. It is fear of personal loss that provides the incentive for their rigor mortis. We encourage freedom from the vain ideas they have sought to implement. Watching while the world weeps and destroys herself, they sometimes even rejoice in the destruction.
We, who come from immortal realms to give our all to all, rejoice only in the constructive spires that unfold the latent divinity of all men. The uninformed suppose that in our ancient record rooms, our vaults and depositories, we are concerned with outer treasure. They suppose us to be in league with the dark ones. They know not that they themselves are the victims of perpetrations from destructive astral realms.
Now we begin, through the student body and through the principles of illumination, to knock the scales from the eyes of men4 and to show forth as never before the inner esoteric processes whereby the living Christ is unfolded within each and every man. It is to the Spirit of Resurrection that we dedicate ourselves. For the Spirit of Resurrection is a living flame. It is a holy principle that brings to man a vital awareness of God in every living cell. Life tingles with anticipation and hope, and a renewal of faith in the potential of the individual is vouchsafed to everyone who accepts it.
God is love and his love excludes only those who exclude themselves.5 God is reality and his reality enfolds all who will thrust aside the unreality of the darkness. God is immortality and immortality springs forth out of mortality. Purpose is fulfilled, and the eyes are gladdened by a vision of the new day. The Brotherhood is one. It has many avenues but all are not united, as we would have them, with the Spirit of Unity. Now the fires of revelation descend and a new order of prophecy begins. It shall invoke the honest facing of truth by the individual soul. He must unfold because he sees, and he must see because he unfolds.
Man is born of God; and to God he must return not as a recoil from life's opportunity but as a going forth that he may once again establish upon earth that kingdom of God for which every mystic and true spiritual seeker has always longed.
Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one God!6