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To Those Who Would Embrace the Miraculous Sense of Victory, I say,
Miraculous expectations often produce miraculous manifestations. Never before in the history of the earth has humanity, and thus the individual, had such a great need to know the truth. What we may call the force of human error, winding its way through many areas of life, has created a network of opaquing hindrances over the screen of man's mind and heart. Thus, true understanding and pure feelings often do not flow into the channels supplying the needs of humanity.
But, take heart. Heaven never sleeps, and heaven is never idle. Now, at the beginning of this decade, behind the screen of the appearance world, vital forces are preparing to reveal glorious new truths that will have far-reaching effects upon humanity and that will assist them out of their dilemma. Certainly, there must be acceptance in the hearts of the people if we are to succeed in these projects; and since the acceptance of things not seen is not always forthcoming, the old statement, "In your patience possess ye your souls,"1 has never been more appropriate. For it has been our observation that the deeper humanity become entangled in the nets and wiles of the princes of darkness, the more they require assistance from our octaves of light and the more that assistance should be invoked.
I write this Pearl of Wisdom because Lord Gautama and the spiritual hierarchy have asked me, in the name of the Lord Christ, to set forth the initial impetus not only for the year but also for the decade.
I stood as a silent observer at the recent magnificent conclave of the Class of the Golden Cycle in Colorado Springs. I witnessed the lowering of the thought form for the year 1970 from Sanat Kumara into the hands of Lord Gautama at the gathering of the Brotherhood at the Royal Teton on New Year's Eve, and I know the expectations of the sincere and the illumined seekers for truth.
As I write I am reminded of the fact that during the conference the statement was made and approved by the Lords of Karma that among the embodied humanity of earth there are many who have had no formal religious training, yet who have in their hearts not only an inward respect for the great complexities of nature but also a silent outreach toward an invisible God whose power and handiwork they see and acknowledge manifest around them.
As a result of their deliberations, the hierarchy has appointed a special branch of cosmic workers who have been delegated to serve the needs of this group. Therefore, the fulfillment of the ancient prophecy, "If these [referring to those who count themselves among the religious] will hold their peace, then the very stones [those who have not been moved by organized religion] will cry out."2 It is our studied opinion that those whose minds are not clogged by an accumulation of mingled error and truth are often able to make greater progress in developing an awareness of God and serving with the ascended hosts than those who are in continual religious conflict within their own minds and with one another. Therefore, you should witness in the days ahead the fulfillment of the prophecy:" ... many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first."3
We urge all, therefore, to recognize that the power of the Word, of the Logos, in the beginning formed all things. All things were made by him,4 the Logoic Christ, the Only Begotten of the Father. This initial extension of the Deity from the realm of Spirit into the creative manifestation called life was brought about by the fullness of the grace and truth of God resident within the heart of the Logos or the Christ; and so the life of God in manifest form continues to the present hour.
Now, the letter killeth; but the Spirit giveth life.5 All can understand, if they will, that ignorant men through the centuries have tampered with the sacred writings, and by their alterations of scriptural texts they have produced a number of dogmas which were intended, by the dark powers who used these ignorant ones, to divide men against one another and to prevent the manifestation of Christ peace in their hearts. If the world were truly free to know the truth, and if the foundations of all civilization, which were laid by the servant-sons of God, had not been tampered with by thieves in the night, then the power of the Logos inherent in manifest form would have provided for the continual renewal of the currents of peace, right knowledge, and perfect wholeness of mind, body, and soul in all men.
Unfortunately, the powers of darkness that seek to enslave the minds of men have succeeded for centuries in turning the children of the light against one another; and thus they have prevented the manifestation of that harmony for which men call. The call, however, does compel the answer! Although men may sometimes feel that it is a slow answer and that heaven delays in producing the miracles of Christ-love for which they call, let me hasten to assure you that from the vantage point of our octave of light it is a blessing indeed that we are even permitted to answer the calls of embodied men.
Please understand that when we consider the mountainous accumulation of humanity's vile feelings directed against one another and even against heaven and against the purposes of life itself, we are content to accept the fact that it is a literal miracle of cosmic mercy that has permitted us to sweep the earth clean each day of much of the grossness of human thought and feeling. Without the assistance of the angelic hosts, whose ministrations are ordained by the power of the spoken Word, this accumulation of mankind's misqualified energies would long ago have produced great destruction upon earth according to the decree of men's own minds and hearts and the ill will which they have exhibited to one another through the centuries.
The angelic hosts, unheralded and unsung, believed in only by the few, remain the best servants to mankind. We guard them against conditions of which many know nothing. We hold the matrix of right thought for embodied men and women when they themselves are unable to do so. Again and again, we have turned the tide from defeat to victory for the children of God. I plead, therefore, for a recognition of the powers of the invisible world by all men in order that we might enter into greater cooperation with those who have already espoused the causes of heaven but who have thus far failed to enlist our aid. We look forward to the awakening of millions by an intensification of the flame of faith in the hearts of men as even now some of your greatest scientists are turning toward the powers of the light and are recognizing in the intricacies of nature the invisible hand of an all-wise Creator.
Looking at the curricula of the secondary schools and universities, we remark at how lopsided the studies of humanity have become. Almost ninety-five percent of the young people's energies goes into the study of the physical sciences and the visible world around them, the remainder being directed, usually as an extracurricular activity, toward metaphysical questions and the potential of revelation from on high. God has never ceased to reveal himself to man; therefore, progressive revelation continues even during the ages of scientific discovery. To close the door to revelation would be to withhold progress in any age.
The coming decade can be one of the greatest periods of spiritual enlightenment which humanity have ever known; but, in order to achieve that end, men and women must turn willingly to the spiritual side of life as never before, in the understanding that they will never receive even an intellectual satisfaction, much less a spiritual fulfillment, from outer conditions. However, when the inner powers of victory and wisdom join hands with the power of truth, even the outer aspects of life will be enrichened immeasurably by the living Presence of the Spirit of God - by the Word that became flesh and dwelt among us.6
As I gaze upon the program of instruction for the coming year and the subject matter which the masters of wisdom will deal with through the Pearls of Wisdom; as I overhear what you might call the buzzing of ascended master conversation around the council tables, as they prepare to release great assistance to humanity through the power of the spoken Word, my own being throbs with the hush of expectancy.
You have heard it said, "Stand still and see the salvation of the Lord."7 I, Michael, tell you once again that the power of truth to penetrate error is being intensified in the world of form, that the power of the light to disperse the darkness is being increased, and that the implementation of the required assistance which mankind seek is forthcoming.
Therefore, the one condition we would create in all hearts is that miraculous attitude of expectancy that catches the vision and captures the divine plan while fulfilling the responsibilities of daily living. For all must understand the role that each one is expected to play in the forthcoming activities of the heavenly hosts. Whatever blessing you receive from on high must be considered an anointing made possible by your acceptance of His grace. As you put into practice the revealed precepts, there will unfold the spiritual blueprint of an arc of triumph in the world symbolizing, and at the same time magnetizing, a new and living way for all to conquer through the incorporeal body of the universal Christ; this is the way that will immortalize millions who shall accept it.
Religion and science, as they are currently being taught, have splintered the creative oneness of the Christ; much of religion has become a diatribe of selfish confusion, elevating lies to the position of truth, while science has probed the material universe and disregarded, for the most part, the realm of First Cause. Now, as the great sifting period of the sixties has passed, the councils of the great masters, acting under the direction of Almighty God, seek to bind up the wounds of mankind. They seek ways of helping each one to understand his role in accepting the universal energy; teaching men of science and religion to implement the things of the Spirit, they would open the eyes of men, blinded by myopia, to those cosmic realities that will replace fear with the blessed courage that is needed to carve out of the richness of life a universal image of perfection.
Without hope, without faith, and without love, men can do nothing. With these blessed aspects of the Deity, the great triunity of life can play upon the many aspects thereof until the thought form of the Golden Pyramid8 shall draw men toward God and the fulfillment of the universal life plan for all. The curtain goes up; and soon the vital wisdom will be flowing, a great river of golden light, a crystal fiery radiance of transcendental glory moving ever forward.
In the fullness of Faith, I AM