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To Those Who Look Upward to Behold the Son of Man:
The disciples who beheld the ascension of Jesus were accosted by two men who stood by them in white apparel and said, "Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven."1
And so upon the occasion of the ascension of our Messenger Mark L. Prophet, I say to each and every one of you that when a son of God returns to the Heart of God through the ritual of the ascension, by the law of cycles he must also return to the field of battle and to the world whence he came and over which he achieved the victory, there to bring the glad tidings of the Light of victory to all who walked with him on the homeward Path.
Jesus' promise to his disciples who would believe upon him was the accomplishment of greater works "because I go unto my Father."2 Understand the Law and be satisfied thereby. The Light which lighteth every man that cometh into the world3 is the Light that he must expand through the Flame within the heart in order to achieve that glorious reunion of the soul with the Spirit that is known as the marriage of the Lamb.4
I say then to you, one and all, those who grieve the loss of a dear friend and teacher and those of you who are able to rejoice in his glorious attainment, that because he has gone to the Father, he can add the momentum of his Causal Body to your own that you also might do those greater works which were promised to the disciples of Jesus. Each time a son or a daughter of God ascends, those who are ready to receive it are blessed by the presence of the Holy Spirit, the descent of the Paraclete; and the communion cup of Hierarchy is shared once again with the children of God who yet dwell in the valley of becoming.
The parting words of the avatar to those who gather round to receive the mantle of his victory must always be "It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send Him unto you."5 Simultaneously, as the flame that is man rises to become one with the Flame that is God, there is showered upon those who understand the Law and who pursue its spirit, the contents of the cup of the Holy Grail. The Comforter is the essence of Life, of the Holy Spirit, that fulfills the prayer of Jesus "Father, make them one even as we are one."6
I exhort you, O chelas of the will of God, to realize that the door to heaven stands wide open because your Messenger and mine has opened it, not only for himself, but for you and for all mankind. If he had but given the last energies of his life to the teaching and to the publication thereof, aye, that would have been enough to open the door; but by earning his victory through dauntless service and unquenchable love for God and man, he paved the pathway before you that you too might ascend into the very Presence of God.
How can there be sadness upon earth when there is rejoicing in heaven? There is sadness because men consider themselves to be alone and do not realize that aloneness is all-one-ness. Never before in this embodiment have you had such an opportunity to pursue the Flame, to feel its heat upon your brow and in your hand. For the cascading tides of Life from the Heart of the God Presence, fro the heart of every Ascended Master now flow into your world over the pathway that he has trod before you.
Mighty footprints in the sands of life has our Messenger left, and all who are wise will seek them out and place their feet in that unmistakable, clearly marked pathway which he has shown. The glory of the Piscean Age initiated by Jesus was fulfilled in him. He walked the solitary Path, and he walked the Path of union with the hearts of all mankind. He bore his brother's burden, and he counted not the cost of giving his all to all who came for counsel, for comfort, for convincing in the Law.
As we sat at the Darjeeling Council table last evening, I said to Saint Germain: "What a triumph in the midst of darkness! How our Light has shone! As the lightning that cometh out of the East and shineth even unto the West, so has been the coming of this son of God to the earth."7
And Saint Germain smiled at me with a smile that encompassed the whole world, and he said: "I knew that he would fulfill the plan. I knew that there was a man who would not fail our Cause. And standing by his side also, shrinking not from the battlefield of life, is the Mother chosen of old to nurture the children of mankind and a planet that yearns for the succor of the Divine Mother. You trained them well, my friend, and they have borne witness to the Truth in this generation."
As jesus spoke to the ruler of the Jews who came to him by night, so I say to you in the true Spirit of the Christ, "That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit."8 The best way that I can convey to you the meaning of the ascension is to liken it unto the birth of a tiny babe into its fleshly form, for the ascension is the birth into the Spirit. As man comes forth and bears the image of the earthy, so he returns to God to bear the image of the heavenly.9 The ascension day of every man is the birthday of his immortal reunion with God, the day that commemorates the hour of victory when he becomes a pillar (of fire) in the temple of God, nevermore to go out10 into physical form to bear the burden of the sin of the world within his four lower bodies.
The wind bloweth where it listeth,
And thou hearest the sound thereof,
But canst not tell whence it cometh
And whither it goeth:
So is every one that is born of the Spirit.11
To be born of the Spirit
Is to be borne of the Spirit.
And so is every Ascended Being,
The company of saints,
The hosts that are camped
Upon the hillsides of the world.
Among them standing tall,
Clothed in robe of white
And sash of brilliant sapphire blue,
Is the Messenger of the Great White Brotherhood
Who proclaims to you still
The message of the Sacred Word,
The oft-repeated sound of harmonies,
Mantras, invocations spoken by angels
That come tumbling down the corridor
That echoes with a fateful sound,
"I AM free, I AM free,
I AM free forevermore!
We are one, we are one,
We are one forevermore!
There is no death, no parting, no sorrow,
But all-oneness, all-oneness,
And tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow."
The crystal cord has risen
To carry a heart of fire
Back to its Source
While the blessed elementals,
Oromasis and Diana
Have taken that noble form
And returned it to the Eternal Bourn.
From Light to Light, from glory unto glory12 -
This is the word -
Not dust to dust!13
For the Son of man shall come again
With healing in his wings14
To raise each heart and to impart
The comfort from on high
"I will not leave you comfortless:
I will come to you.
Yet a little while,
And the world seeth me no more;
But ye see me:
Because I live, ye shall live also."15
The promise of the ages is fulfilled.
The promise that God willed,
The promise of man to God
And God to man,
Is the covenant instilled
In every heart and mind,
The stain of centuries to bind
And to unleash the lightning
Of creativity sublime.
The brothers and sisters of the Diamond Heart and the entire Darjeeling Council assembled salute you in the Spirit of the ascension flame. We beckon you onward, and we offer it to you, a cup of Light in his name.
May I introduce to you then the Ascended Master Lanello, to whom you may now call and whom you may address, knowing well that the friend whose hand you shook, whose smile greeted you once, will greet you again in the eternal embrace of Love's victory won.
Note: El Morya was embodied as Melchior, one of the three Magi. As an Ascended Being, he holds the position of Chohan (Lord) of the First Ray of God's Will. He is Chief of the Darjeeling Council of the Great White Brotherhood, and his Retreat of God's Will is located on the etheric plane above Darjeeling, India.