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To All Who Love the Flame of Mercy, Greetings and Peace!
It has been said, "The darker the night, the brighter the day." But during the hours of vigil, the consolation of hope at times seems inadequate to assuage the feelings of frustration that are intensified by the night. In moments of gaiety, time seems like a babbling brook, bubbling with unceasing joy.
The star of comprehension, representing a configuration of the drama of life, is not always visible to the eyes of man; and because he sees a piece of the mosaic rather than the pattern of the whole, his concerns may rise to the point of danger. Let me here and now, then - for humanity, for the individual, for religious expression upon the planet - remind you that this generation shall pass, its mistakes and its errors shall become part of the history of mankind's experience, but the Lord of Life and the great cosmic flame of mercy shall endure forever. Would it not be wisdom, then, to identify with the enduring side of life rather than with the passing, fanciful fragments of the moment?
At a recent conference held in Darjeeling with the beloved Ascended Master El Morya, we discussed the fickleness of man's density. The great master said unto me, "Precious Kuan Yin, heart of light, when we gaze at the splendid snows of Kinchinjunga, we see the loneliness of the summit and we know that the farther one climbs up the slope the fewer trees one finds, and beyond the timberline there is a thinning out until one sees only a few tall trees upon the mountain heights.
"These are the symbols that can be the life mode for every man, for each tree is itself a symbol of all life. The lower boughs droop toward the earth; but as one follows the branches, there is a steady rise of the angle until, with the tall sentinel of the central branch, one and all point skyward, the corollaries around it braced as cups to serve a central purpose. Thus, the higher branches are remote from the lower ones, yet all are part of the same tree.
"Midst the struggles of the masses for recognition of one form or another, they seldom recognize the mobility of the self. Enmeshed as they are in the maya of delusion, they run with the herd or, as we would put it, they merge with the branches below, often losing the perspective of their lives and a sense of total purpose. Sometimes all that is necessary to bring about their reorientation is a pause and a steadied gaze upward along the central shaft of the pine, a gaze toward the snowy peaks in the midst of the skyey vigil they keep. For theirs is the way of purity and the way of loneliness that understands that union with God must be sought with one's entire being to the exclusion of all else.
"Yet if the masses continue to compress themselves downward toward their lowest common denominator as the current trend would indicate, the individual will fade into insignificance and his departure from creative purpose will be the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place where it ought not.1 If this trend were to continue, the masses of the world then would soon degenerate into a chaotic protoplasmic mass of purposeless substance.
"All hope is in The Summit concept. All hope is in the resurrection of universal purpose for every man. All hope looks toward the master's configuration, the star of the advent of reality that manifests in the Divine Ego. Let men look up and live."
And then with a merry twinkle in his beautiful eyes, the master said to me, "Kuan Yin, we must not fail."
It is with this sense of God realization, then, that I come to each individual who pursues the path of individuality, and I remind that there are two goals that ought to be considered by every man: (1) the goal of singular service to self, excluding all others, and (2) the goal of service to others, excluding the self. Quite frankly, both of these are extremes not adhered to even by the greatest masters; for what is needed is neither total self-sacrificing service nor total sacrificing to self, but a balance of universal love that perceives that the individual's mission is enhanced by reasonable service to others, to God, and to cosmos. I come, therefore, to remind each one that he serves others best who serves self wisely.
And thus, the purification of motive is called to your attention. I recommend that before the close of the year you write down the goals you have for the coming year and for the balance of your life. Examine your motives for having these goals; then, see if you can draw a line through those that are vain and foolish, through those which will consume your time and energy without helping your family, your group, or your society to evolve. See if you can draw a line through those that will consume your time and energy with small returns and little development of the God within.
As you examine all of these things, try to find out the "why" of the motivation behind each goal. The motivations behind some goals whose end is just may seem rooted in selfishness. These can be reinfused with purity by prayer and attunement with cosmic purpose whereas other goals will be clearly seen as a drain upon the total man.
Remember that God helps those who help themselves.2 Remember that it is an act of mercy toward yourself and toward humanity that bids you to seek to know his will for you. And above all, remember that the words "Not my will, but thine, be done"3 are words of healing mercy and healing love.
As man ceases to struggle and lets God's mercy flame free him from the sense of struggle and from the sense of blame, he is able to make greater progress in whatever his goals may be - whether they be complete or fragmentary of a whole not yet seen. There are no goals so small or so great that God will not inhabit them when he is invited, for it is his mercy and his intent to flow into the consciousness that bids him welcome.
Be aware, then, of his mercy for you; and, as it infuses your soul, realize that to you it is also given to express genuine compassion and mercy for others. The mercy of forgiveness that latches on to a fragment of hope for tomorrow for every soul is far superior to the consciousness that lashes out at everyone with feelings of resentment.
How gentle is the ascended master consciousness, yet how firm! How tender, yet how highly resolved! The riches of the wisdom of God, as they flow into the test tube of the individual in the laboratory of nature, reveal their stress and strength nowhere more beautifully than in the soul as it reacts, under the pressures of living, to the various experiences of life and ultimately triumphs.
Will you hold with me then - for this organization, for this tall pine upon the mountain with ever deepening trunk and widening branches - the greatest of hopes for expansion, that its boughs might cover the earth and point each one to the star of his Presence? Will you be ever mindful of El Morya's thoughts for the world as they flow with mine into Saint Germain's and Mother Mary's as bulwarks to protect the human family against the depredations it has performed against itself? Will you realize the great strength that there is in this union of devotees who serve under the aegis of the Great White Brotherhood to nurture the best gifts in so many among humanity?
Will you help to increase its scope in your life and in the lives of others? Will you help to enrich its aims by whatever contribution of energy you are able to give? For all are needed according to their capacities to unfold the plan of God. Therefore, as you think of this beautiful world turning in space and as you consider the minute portion of reality that you have made your own (as compared with the infinite potential that is available to individual man), recognize the man or the woman that you can become with God's help.
And above all, mindful of our joint endeavors together for humanity, will you remember the fire in the master's eye and the hope in his heart as he said, "Kuan Yin, we must not fail"?
Devotedly, in the name of mercy,
The Dark Cycle of the return of mankind's karma began on April 23, 1969, following the "half a time" announced by Gautama Buddha on December 31, 1968 (see Prologue to 1969 Pearls). The Dark Cycle is a period when mankind's misqualified energy, held in abeyance for many centuries, is being released for balance in this period of transition from the Piscean age into the Aquarian cycle. With the dispensation of Jesus Christ, the Piscean Conqueror, came the setting aside of a vast quantity of human karma. By his sacrifice and victory, the entire planetary weight of human misqualification was lifted, giving the evolutions of earth the opportunity to realize the fullness of their own Christ-reality. As this two-thousand-year cycle draws to a close, the 'sins' of the world borne by the Saviour Jesus Christ - world karma held in abeyance by the grace and mercy of the Law - are being returned to mankind that they may also be overcomers of sin, disease, and death. Bearing their own burden of personal and planetary karma, they now have the opportunity to apply the teachings of the ascended masters in redeeming those energies misused in past cycles and to fulfill the requirements of the ascension on the path of discipleship under Jesus Christ, who said: "He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father." (John 14:12)
"Yet it is not the will of God or the ascended masters to permit the downfall of society or of the world of form, but we want you to know that the accumulation and accretion has risen higher than ever before in history. In fact, it was only seventy-five percent this high when the decision was made to overthrow in the time of Noah the civilizations then existing. ...
"Conditions in the world today have reached a point where the Karmic Board has withdrawn all restraint from the beings of the elements. This means that the mankind of earth today do not know from one minute to the next just what the elementals will do. At first this may seem to you to be a very strange activity, but it is a decision that is based upon the preservation of eternal values as weighed against temporal values which have themselves decayed.
"I shall clarify. The life of mankind, the temporal life, must be laid down. The reason for its tenure, en toto, is that men should find God. Men are so immersed in materialism and in the pursuit of darkness that they are not finding God. The calls and prayers of the students of light to protect the coastal region of this land and to protect Europe and to protect other parts of the world have been heeded by the cosmic Karmic Board, and mankind have actually been benefited by the calls of the righteous men upon this planet.
"But now has come the time, precious ones, when they man call and the Board cannot answer. For a certain period of time a dispensation has been granted at the request, the righteous request, of both the Darjeeling and Indian Council for the will of God to be made known. And the will of God has clearly delineated that if the present course is to be pursued, the entire planet would of necessity be blotted out of the planetary chain and those righteous individuals who are here be removed to other evolutions. Inasmuch as there remains one shred of hope for mankind (that when the forces of elemental life are unleashed, and when certain destructive elements in mankind are released and unleashed without restraint), that mankind may then awaken and decide for themselves that they will cancel out the product of their own corrupted imaginations, we have recommended that this shall occur for the sake of mankind and for the preservation of their immortal soul and the preservation of immortal value.
"Therefore, we sound forth tonight the edict that unless mankind shall change and correct and mend some of the terrible flaws now existent in society, certainly the elementals will be unable to hold back the tide of human creation which now stands behind them, held in the name of cosmic mercy. Do not be surprised nor affrighted by that which comes forth, then, upon the earth; and if you wish to give your energies to try to stop it, that is your privilege, but I think that what the Karmic Board would like to have you do shall now be made known to you.
"We desire that those who have formerly given their energies for the protection of mankind and for the holding back of cataclysmic action shall now turn their total attention upon the masquerades which mankind have put around themselves, the human creation which they have builded around themselves to protect themselves against spiritual power. We desire that you shall call for the walls of Jericho of human creation to fall down. We desire that you shall call for mankind to become illumined to the spiritual power that is now rising today to great cosmic heights upon this planet and is responsible for many conditions which mankind do not understand. Because mankind are not accepting that spiritual power but are rejecting it, it is breaking out in all sorts of disturbances upon this planet.
"When you call therefore solemnly to Almighty God for a removal of the cause and core of mankind's recalcitrant and rebellious attitude to the Spirit of Almighty God, you will be doing the specific thing which we have decided now should be done. It is not essential to stop the action of cataclysm or world disturbances; it is rather to call for an awakening of mankind (which is really putting the horse before the cart, blessed ones) and will produce, if mankind will accept it, their deliverance from the karmic retribution which otherwise will descend upon them. This is inevitable; you cannot stop it! The only way you can stop it is by mankind's acceptance of the law. It is the law of Love. ...
"Did not the Word sound forth of old, 'Remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth when thy years fail not?' (Ecclesiastes 12:1) Then know that the power of the Karmic Board is a wise decision. I personally voted for it, and I would vote for it again. And we have the backing not only of the mankind upon this planet, but of other systems of worlds that we have consulted. And great cosmic emissaries of light have come out to us from the Pleiades; and a petition was presented to Alpha and Omega by Helios and Vesta which demanded action because of mankind's ignorance of the law. ...
"This is a solemn moment, and I am calling this to your attention so that you will recognize that there is something that you can do, and that is to continue to call for the awakening of mankind. Let these signs appear! Let these signs manifest! Do not try to stop them! Let them come because they represent hope to the world! They represent hope for mankind's awakening.
"All of the evolutions of the earth now in embodiment, blessed ones, would in less than one hundred years have practically disappeared from the screen of life. Therefore, you see what is really important on this great cosmic cusp, when the age of Aquarius is breaking forth into the world of form, is to have a spiritual awakening as never before sweep across this planet. We have tried it by divine love. We have poured divine love from our octave in such measure as you will never know until you are ascended, yet that love has not been received to stir but a small segment of the population.
"What then are we to do, to permit this generation to perish? To permit its progeny to worsen? To permit corruption to increase? To permit distortion to expand? I think not."
"And we today say to you with this clear note of warning from the very center of the flame of golden illumination here at Lake Titicaca in which we see the reflection of the whole world order, that unless contemporary man within one year shall make some great attempt to harness the forces of heaven which we pledge to do - letting you know today that we will engage by the teeth of our intentions the teeth of your intentions - unless men shall heed this warning, the Dark Cycle shall begin January 18, 1969."
"We are determined - the ladies of heaven, the Karmic Board, and the angelic hosts - as we stand by mankind, to give every assistance possible before the approach of the time when it may be possible that the Dark Cycle shall descend upon mankind. This may not be necessary if mankind turn and face the light. But if they do not, we are ready and we are preparing for the time when you individually will be held accountable to hold the balance for this planet. This time is coming soon and, as in the parable of the wise virgins, keep your lamps trimmed, beloved ones; for you will need every erg of energy that is given unto you; you will need it in that time."
"I want you to know, then, that the International Resource Conference is planned to be an enormous activity of light for this planet to prevent the Dark Cycle from beginning. ..."
"Whereas we have said that the Dark Cycle will start on January 18, 1969, unless mankind does something to reverse it, we are this day mindful of the tremendous gift of your love that you have given throughout this class and we are hopeful that something can be done to stay the hand of that activity of destructivity and to replace it by a constructive momentum that will sweep the world with the torch of God's love."
For text references to the Dark Cycle, see Prologue to 1969 Pearls of Wisdom; Pearls dated January 19 and February 16; and letter from Mark and Elizabeth Clare Prophet dated August 20, 1969.