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Life is very dear to us, and so we look to preserve the many facets of its expression. But we find that time, as man judges it, is meaningless as the preserver of life unless it be qualified with the virtues of life. Therefore, we would teach men how to preserve life through the proper qualification of time and energy.
Throughout history many among men have had great pity for my son in the crucifixion he bore. They sorrowed for him even as he carried his cross to Golgotha. But he answered them and said, "Weep not for me, ye daughters of Jerusalem, but weep for yourselves and for your children."1 Nevertheless, the world continues in great sorrow, pursuing the via dolorosa instead of rejoicing in the promise of the resurrection for every son of God.
In order to create a spirit of God-delight in men and to transfer to them our personal feeling of God-happiness, we of the ascended hosts would show all, especially the dear youth of the world, the great noonday fires of reality, the great tides of God-happiness.
When life is lived according to the higher example, it does not produce the seeds of ugliness and despair, but rather the fruit of outreaching compassion for those who have not yet been reborn in the divine image. Therefore, know that over the cable of our concern for each heart flow the energies of our love, our wisdom, and even our power; for a triune effort on behalf of mankind is always being made by the Brotherhood.
Misunderstanding has clouded so many issues that the dark ones, following the psychology of the human consciousness and working upon the subtleties of the mind, find it easy to brainwash humanity almost en masse. Human beings are trained to react like Pavlov's dog to programmed stimuli. Thus, those who would defraud mankind of the Christ consciousness, knowing that their reactions can be plotted on a graph and predicted in advance, can with precise timing introduce a negative spiral of fear or self-condemnation and thereby reduce the behavioral patterns of the masses to the level of the common herd. Suddenly, it becomes popular to belittle the kingdom of God; and those who once worshiped the light, now fallen to the depths of self-degradation, cry out in the presence of the Christ: "What have we to do with thee?"2
How mothers and fathers must renew their efforts in holy prayer! How the members of our sacred orders, in keeping with the true spirit of Christ awareness, must envision the renaissance of the Christ consciousness in the heart of each flaming monad!
Beloved ones, the results of mass controls can be seen in the lives of many. These find themselves caught up in such a turmoil of conflicting dimensions that the poor creatures are divided mentally, emotionally, and spiritually and can scarcely comprehend the thrust of life. Through ineptness in spiritual things and a lack of discernment, men are often turned from the radiance of the Eternal into myriad channels which afford temporal diversion but no gathering together of the many facets of being into the formation of a useful instrument.
To prevent the scattering of the divine seed - the seed that God has implanted in every heart - into byways of utter uselessness, we forward herewith this message from the entire hierarchy. And whereas they have chosen me, as a representative of the Cosmic Mother, to speak for them, I do so in memory of the tender years of my son, Jesus.
I saw him in infancy, when the holy gleam of mission brought forth a radiance of unperceived wonder in his tiny eyes. I watched as through the years the flame of illumination and the communion ray from the heart of God changed that look into the maturity and confidence of a master of men and, above all, of himself. I saw the rude multitudes utter blasphemies against his purpose. I watched from time to time with, I must confess, some trepidation as threats were made against his life, as they sought to stone him or to push him over the side of a cliff.
Lest some of you think it unbefitting that I should confess my concern, let me recall for you that this was a period of great testing prior to my ascension. It was a time when I was both a devotee of some spiritual attainment and a mother of a living son, issued forth from my own womb. I cite this instance not to weaken your faith in my efforts in the name of God, but that you may no longer chide yourselves for those human weaknesses which are so much a part of the struggle. For one day these, too, shall cease as your hearts are finally schooled in the mastery of the aggressive suggestions of the world as well as in the mastery of yourselves.
Perhaps, then, as you meditate on the plight of unascended souls striving for perfection, you will learn to be more kind to those on the Path who have not yet mastered every solitary moment. In the lives of the saints whom I have observed through the years, there have been moments prior to their victory when they have manifested some remnant of their human consciousness. Won't you learn, then, out of the charity of your souls, to be tolerant of one another's strivings and to receive thereby divine merit? For those who walk among you may be far along on the spiritual path, and whereas God judges them through the centuries, man judges them by fragmentary moments.
We plead for the knitting together of the spiritual body; but we warn that the releases of the true hierarchy through the true messengers of the Great White Brotherhood have a vibrational quality that has never been excelled, albeit some among humanity have sought to cast down the brilliant contact with us over which flow so much divine love and wisdom to the children of God. But, whereas we ourselves may honor the communication, in the final analysis, the fruits of victory for the individual student is the prize we seek. Will you then recognize that as you seek in hierarchical cooperation to implement the will of God and the essence of the teachings, as you absorb the love that we are and seek to be that love in action, so the kingdom of the Son of God will manifest more quickly in your being and in the world you influence?
Now, if this be undesirable, beloved ones, then continue in the dullness and the repetitiveness of the world's shadowed half-truths. But if your souls are unsatisfied with negativity, if you have not unraveled the mysteries of nature, if you stand yet as a seeker for illumination's flame, for the holy Word, the lost chord that vibrates within yourself, then I believe that the bond with our hierarchy that is being placed before you each week in our releases will become more and more dear to you.
I believe that you will study to show yourself approved unto God3 and that you will harness the mighty influence of light and love that are being sent to you. Then you shall see that, whereas the meaning of life may not have been wholly revealed, what has appeared is in truth worthy of your attention. And I believe that you shall also see that the radiant purposes of God which are being made known unto you are not an impossible hurdle, but goals that you must begin to pursue with greater diligence.
I hear yet the careful words spoken by my son, Jesus, at the age of twelve: "Wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business?"4 And as I contemplate the greatness in each one of you, I long to see the moment, no matter what your chronological age or spiritual evolution may be, when you can defy the fiats of the world that have kept you bound, when you can turn to anyone who may be standing in the way of your destiny - even to your own outer self - and say, "Wist you not that I must be about my Father's business?"
Thus shall more and more sons and daughters come into the forcefield of our existence and share in the responsibilities of our love. Taking upon themselves the burden of light, they shall be exalted and they shall exalt. For mankind are looking for the recovery of their balance, for the lost impetus of the Spirit, and for their restoration to the golden age when cosmic power is balanced by cosmic wisdom and cosmic love - for the love of the Divine Mother is also the love for the Father of all.
Tenderly in his name, I AM simply