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A BRIDGE TO FREEDOM PUBLICATION

FIRST EDITION

1965©

THE BRIDGE TO FREEDOM,

Kings Park

Long Island

NEW YORK

11 7 5 4

U.S.A.

CONTENTS.

FOREWORD

DEDICATION

THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN A MASTER

AND HIS CHELA

V THE ILLUMINATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS

VI THE LIGHT OF GOD

VII OUTPICTURING THE CHRIST

VIII MAGNETIC FORCEFIELDS

IX THE ANGELIC KINGDOM

X THE PATTERNS OF LIFE

XII ASSIMILATING TRUTH

REPRESENTATIONS OF DEITY

XIII

ON GROUP ACTIVITIES

XIV

AFFINITY WITH THE MASTERS

INVOCATION OF THE MASTER'S NATURE

XVI

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BALANCE IN SERVICE

XXI

PROMPTINGS AND INSPIRATIONS

XXII

THE SACRED FIRE

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XXIV

ON THE CAUSAL BODY

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FOREWORD

When an individual, in his study of the Higher Lawsr finds that he has reached a certain

place upon the Path of Evolution, to his surprise, the Deity ceases to be an "Abstract Principle" as is usually taught by metaphysicians. Instead, he is now brought into direct contact with specific Cosmic Beings who, through individual merit, have been given the responsibility of assisting in the evolution of the Universe through the authority conferred upon them by Cosmic Law. The Beings referred to are known to us as the Ascended Masters of Love and Wisdom.

At inner levels of consciousness, the student's progress and record is examined, and if he is found mature enough for expanded service, he is brought to the attention of one or more of these Masters who are in charge of the act ivities in line with the student's training and capacity, The individual's service to the Great Cosmic Law then commences even while he still walks the material plane. Usually the outer personality is completely unaware of this initia tion, and this accounts for the disappointment, dissatisfaction, and frustration often encoun tered in the newly awakened neophite.

Many students on the Path erroneously believe that once they have contacted these great Masters, their own individual efforts cease, and that the Masters will practically live their lives for them. When these people find that their lives do not change over night, they become disillusioned and inclined to doubt, and the service to which they have been assigned becomes tiresome and unimportant.

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If the student will learn to trust the Love and Wisdom of the Great Ones in whose care and protection he has so lovingly been placed, he will realize that there is never any intention whatsoever to "discipline" him, but rather a desire to lovingly prepare him for a higher Office in the Father's Kingdom. Then the oppor tunities at hand would be tackled with zeal and enthusiasm, and with the full understanding of the meaning of the words of Jesus in the parable of the talents:

" •••••• thou hast been faithful over a few things; I will make thee ruler over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy Lord."

Matthew 25:23

When unascended beings become vitally in terested in the activity of a virtue, they begin to contemplate that virtue, quality, gift, or service to life, Then, through the mathematical accuracy of the law of attraction, their life streams are drawn toward those particular Beings who are Masters of that Quality, that Virtue, that activity, and that service. That is how candidates come to the various Retreats; how chelas apply to the Guru at inner levels long before the outer mind is even aware of the fact and how spiritual fellowships are set up between Ascended and unascended beings, for the sole purpose of expanding the se:i;vice, the radiation, the quality, and the virtue of the Ascended Being at some point on the Earth's surface for some great service

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Those chelas, then, are conductors. They are channels or impersonal facets through which a God-free Being sees the possibility of expanding His Virtue, His Quality of the Sacred Fire, and His Power. Looking from the inner realms, you would see the Ascended Master as a great Flame of cosmic proportions; a funnel of light pouring down around the chela of His choice; and then the virtue, the color and nature of the quality from the Master pouring down into the chela making a little lotus flower around the physical form.

The Master does this consciously. The chela can do as much or as little as he chooses to w~ave his own life into that virtue and make a larger sphere of influence in the lower atmo sphere. If he is negatively receptive, he is an unconscious conductor, and the Master does all the work. If he is alert, conscious, and desirous of assisting the Master, he takes his own life and breathes it into the virtue and the quality that the Master represents. There is no other reason for a contact .between a God-free Being and a human being than the potential good that can be rendered the whole.

In the pages which follow, the Ascended Master Kuthumi, has prepared answers to questions which might arise within the minds of any person seeking Truth for Truth's sake. The "chela '' is, of course, the student or seeker, while the "GURU" is the teacher or Master as the case may be. The answers to the questions are the Immutable Law of Life, and are designed to assist those sincere enough to follow their directives in attaining individual mastery over both themselves and any conditions which they might, at anytime, find manifesting in their worlds.

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THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN

A MASTER AND HIS CHELA

DEDICATION

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This book is lovingly dedicated to all the children of Earth who seek Truth for Truth's sake and thereby expand their own heart's Light and raise themselves daily in God Consciousness toward that one great

OF GOD THAT NEVER FAILS.

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CHELA: Beloved Master, in my association the Ascended Masters, how may I breaking the first commandment? GURU: Beloved chela, walking on the spiritual path requires the utmost discrimination and balance. The development of this balance is the duty and responsibilityofeach chela. Every TRUE Master will turn the consciousness of the chela BACK toward the God that made them both. When an individual, visible or invisible, tends to encourage the student to lean upon a con sciousness outside of himself - BEWARE! CHELA : Beloved Master, when the curtain has been drawn aside and we are privileged to know a little something of the Perfection and Beauty of the Ascended Masters, it is difficult for us not to worship that expression. GURU: Beloved chela, even the Master Jesus was required to admonish His followers from time to time in the words: "Call not Me good!" and in the further reminder: "It is not I; it is the Father (God) within that doeth the works." It is right and proper to love, reverence, and have faith in one's teacher. It is the proper balance for the instruction and blessings re ceived. The Master, however, must be looked upon as a PATTERN which the student must duplicate, not admire •.

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CHELA: Beloved Master, as You have become that which we desire to be, it is our desire to do that which You would have us do, be what You would have us become, and imitate You in all our ways.

GURU: Beloved chela, the Ascended Master has become ONE with the Will of God. He, there fore, will never desire for you anything but that which your own Holy Christ Self desires to manifest through you. The advantage of the counsel and instruction of the Ascended Master is your pro tection and guidance during the time when you may not yet be able to discern from within your self just exactly what the Christ Self may desire to do through you.

There are two roads open before the chela. He may prefer to rely only upon that contact which he can develop from entering the Silence and communing there with his indwelling Christ - relying upon his intuition and capacity to discern between the Voice of the Silence and the voice of his "many selves"; or he may accept the assist ance of the Ascended Master who already has access to the Christ Mind. This Master may suggest ( when invited) a course of action which will be bene ficial to the Spiritual development of the chela. A REAL MASTER will never order or compel, through superstition or fear, a course of action which a chela should follow. All cooperation with the Great White Brotherhood is voluntary, and proceeds from a desire upon the part of the chela to know how to proceed up the Mount of Attainment more quickly.

The students on the Path may be divided, generally, into two groups -- those who accept

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the assistance and superior wisdom of Guides who have gone the way before, and who, by such acceptance, strike up the mountain; and those who prefer to set their own pace and proceed around the mountain without the assistance of such Volunteers from above. Either course is safe; either is sure; but the bold who grasp the hands of the Master find attainment more quickly, although the arduous climb may sometimes tell on their spirits before they stand on the summit.

CHELA: Beloved Master, we must, then, only worship and love the God that beats Your hearts and our own. We must reverence You for service and example. This is the Law?

GURU: Beloved chela, the pointing of the chela into the Secret Place of the Most High; the developing of the chela's capacity to find and draw forth his own God Nature; the enjoyment of sharing the chela's development of his own Divine Plan through giving him a 'method of application' (but not applying the Law for him); the protecting of the chela, by wise counsel, from the "pitfalls on the Path"; the enfolding of the chela in the substance and radiation of Divine Love which enters the chela' s world through association with the Master in mind and feeling; the constant spurring on of the chela' s endeavors to find the highest expression through his own self-conscious endeavors; the watching and wait ing; the fanning of the spiritual embers by the Presence of Love; the active companionship upon the Path - these are the services of the Ascended Masters.

such association.

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fr0m the womb of time. Thus, the love of the Master is the overshadowing Presence that finally causes the chela to awaken to an interest in a particular Master, to respond to His Name, and o feel a complementary vibration through his

inner bodies when working upon a particular Ray. There are occasions, however, when a bold son or daughter of men proceeds to 'force' an association. By doing good in the name of a Master; by drawing His blessings through the lifestream; by meditating upon Him and touching the hem of His spiritual garments (His aura), such an one draws the Master's attention by the Law of magnetic attraction. An association is then bdrn -- stemming out of the unascended being's ambitions. This is a more difficult association because, like •incubated' flowers, anything forced requires more attention and care than that which develops through natural merit and

momentums. CHELA: Beloved Master, how can we find the par ticular Master wh0 is our sponsor, - our Guide, or our Guru? GURU: Beloved chela, when the pupil is ready, the Master appears. Until this hour, beware of the subtle projections from the 'many selves' which seek to glorify the ego. The natural de velopment of your own spiritual nature will release a warm, pleasant, relaxed 'glow• then you are under the radiation of •your• Master. Be careful that personality is notexalted in the meditations of your heart. The Master will mute self and glorify God. Blessings be upon you, my child.

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CHELA: Beloved Master, how can we, individually, contribute to the Light of the World?

GURU: Blessed disciple, our Lord, Sanat Kumara, has said that light is primarily released through the feeling world (the emotional body). The cultivation of those qualities of feeling which are like unto the Nature of God Himself - Peace, Purity, Harmony, Balance, Love, Tolerance, Kindness, Compassion, Mercy and Understanding, makes your feeling world emit light. The endeavor to transfer and convey your feelings of Hope, Faith, Confidence, and Loyalty to God into the consciousness and feelings of all you contact makes you thus, not only a Light shining in the darkness, but also a Light conductor igniting the souls of men to like endeavor.

CHELA: Beloved Master, How can one control the feelings which rise unbidden from the undisciplined soul and rush forward to add to the shadows of the Earth plane?

GURU: Blessed disciple, there is but ONE POWER by which you can accomplish anything. That i~ the Power of God that flows through your own individualized Presence and gives life to your feeling world. When you return the authority for the qualification of that life to your Presence, and refuse to allow your feeling world the license to which it is accustomed in the seizing and mis qualifying of pure God Life, then that beautiful Presence controls FOR you -- and THROUGH you - your emotions.

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CHELA: Beloved Master, I feel that the emotional body is an enemy to spiritual progress. Like Saint Augustine, I am torn between what I know is right and wha~ I constantly do in the generation of discord -- which is wrong. "The good I would, I do not; and that which I would not, I do." ( Saint Augustine)

GURU: Blessed disciple, this is not a correct attitude. It creates a rebellion in your feeling world. Your emotional body was created by God for a definite purpose. The emotional body was designed to emulate the feelings of God and to expand the qualities of the God Nature in whatever sphere the individual consciousness is functioning. The mental body was designed to create form; the feeling body to nourish that form with qualified life. It is primarily a gift of the Holy Spirit, and when one sins in feeling, he commits the 'sin against the Holy Ghost' which the orthodox world has described as unforgiveable.

CHELA: Beloved Master, is there, then, such a thing as an •unforgiveable' s'i,n of thought, feeJing, or action?

GURU: No, blessed disciple, because only perfec- tion is eternal. Every mistake, no matter how great, is transitory and passing. The very Law of compassion and Mercy, which is the Gift of the Seventh Ray, is the manifest proof that all sins, mistakes, and errors can and will be wiped out when the individual chooses to apply for the way and means to do so. The sins of the feeling natur~, however, are the most difficult to overcome because the emotional body of mankind has ruled the mind and senses for many centuries. The emotional body is also the recipient of over

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eighty percent of the energies of the lifestream released through the Silver Cord into the use and control of the outer consciousness. It is, therefore, the most powerful of the instruments through which the soul seeks expression and ultimate mastery over energy, substance, and vibration. It is a better friend and servant than an adversary. CHELA: Beloved Master, how, then, may I make my emotional body my friend and servant? GURU: Blessed disciple, by understanding that all your bodies --- mental, emotional, physical, and etheric, are the servants of the Holy Presence which made you, and which gives to you life, intelligence, and being. Return, then, the authority for the use of those bodies to that Presence and check your thoughts, feel ings, and actions with what your conscience and heart tells you would be the thoughts, feelings, and actions of your own Christ. Gradually they will be trained in serving Him.

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THE LAW OF CAUSE AND EFFECT

CHELA: Beloved Master, why is it that so many earnest spiritually minded men and women suffer financial lack and physical distresses? Should not these men and women be among the manifest examples of opulence and health? GURU: Beloved chela, truly such indivictuals should be the manifest example of all that is beautiful, good, and perfect, not only for their own happiness, security, and well-being, but because such people represent Us in the world of form. Those who rest smugly and complacen~ly in their own wilful pursuits of pleasure use just such an argument to discredit the earnest ones on the Path. The words "if Thou be the Christ, come down from the cross' have been echoed through the centuries in one form or another by many spiritually sightless sons and daughters of men. One day, in the distant future, such a challenge will echo through their own consciousness as well. To answer completely WHY such apparent contradictions between affirmed faith and works exist would require a volume of written words. However, for the comfort of the dear ones who writhe self-consciously upon their respective crosses and feel self-condemnation for such affirmations of limitation, I shall enumerate a few reasons as follows: (1) Each man who sets his :feet upon the spiritual path must begin just where he is - not where he would like to be. Profession of faith, offers of service, and acceptance of service do not

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change the heritage of personal karma any more than application for a position in the world of form, and acceptance by the employer, change the qualifications of the applicant.

The Master, like the employer, accepts the candidate for service upon reasonable confirma tion that a certain qualified momentum of talent is available for use in a given position. The Master, like the employer, must rely upon the candidate himself to live up to his own greatest light and then, through voluntary study and appli cation, raise himself to greater efficacy in the endeavor at hand.

The candidate for spiritual knowledge is, by the very reason of his present interest in spir itual study, usually one who has devoted a goodly part of his energies through the centuries to developing spiritual powers, ofttimes to the neglect of his physical well-being, as well as his financial security. The law, being wholly impersonal, only releases through the conscious ness that which is held in mind, thought, and feelings. If man has not contemplated beauty, opulence, and the various gifts of plenty in this world, there is no mould, no form, no channel through which primal life may flow to externalize these gifts in his experience. Thus such an one must learn to balance his abstract devotions with practical mastery of the creative process of moulding out of thought beautiful designs and energizing them with feeling, bringing them into form as ways and means of increasing the indiv idual ability to serve the Cause of the Master. Even in Our Octave, We must design and form that which We desire before it is precipitated into Our hands and use.

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( 2) The student upon the Path immediately comes under an accelerated action of the Law of Cause and Effect. The energy returning to each ne (which he has sent out in previous embodi ments as causes of an imperfect nature) must be returned to such an one to be purified, trans muted, and returned to God in the same perfect expression with which it was received from Him. Thus such students have much more to 'handle' as their energies return than mankind at large whose returning energies are held in abeyance, in mercy, until they learn the Law of Transmuta tion (the Violet Transmuting Flame of Mercy and Compassion) • Otherwise they would be overwhelmed by the karmic retribution and no spiritual ad vancement could be made in that Earth life, The Cosmic Law is that no soul can receive more de structive karma back into his experience in one life than his developed consciousness can trans mute and master, Let all who read take heart thereby, for no student is allowed by the Karmic Board to receive into his experience any appear ance which he cannot, by his own light, transmute at the very time it is received, Therefore, in the experiences of life, rejoice that the Law has felt your consciousness developed enough to receive calmly and transmute perfectly any shadows that appear, temporarily, upon the screen of your life,

( 3) Every student is a part of the mass karma of the race, the nation, the planet, and the evolution to which he belongs, The conscious students volunteer to accept the added service of dissolving much of this mass karma along with their own, even as Jesus assumed and transmuted much of the karma of the world through his ex perience at Calvary

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( 4) Further, strong individuals sometimes volun- teer in a Cosmic Moment to stand as a Spiritual Guard around certain dedicated lifestreams - screening out the directed energies, visible and invisible, that would seek to destroy the heart center of such movements. Thus, Beloved Joseph and Blessed Mary assumed much karma acting as a guard around the sensitive energies of the pure consciousness of Jesus. Let no man look at another in judgment, for that one might well be working out the karma that would otherwise weigh heavily upon another soul.

(5) The seeming happine~s, security, and well- being of the individuals in the world is builded on good endeavors in the past - true - but it has no assurance of permanence until the consciousness can create and suslain such con ditions at will. Those born to great affluence or physical perfection have earned that luxury and perfection, but while it is an unconscious enjoyment born of no conscious knowledge of the Law of Precipitation, Healing, and Peace, it is as fleeting as the sunshine that plays on the grateful man but which, as a passing cloud, is gone - the man, unable to re-create the sun, being merely an unconscious receiver of a bene fit - enjoyed - but fleeting.

The individuals who have placed their feet upon the spiritual path will find no security, happiness, or permanent peace in being the un c;onscious recipients of the "gifts of Dame Fortune". They must become conscious of the powers of creation in the mental body, the powers of animation in the feeling body,. and the powers of externalization through the coupling of prac tical, dedicated, channelled physical energies

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through the flesh. Then no outer person, place, c-ondi,tion or circumstance will affect their ranquility, security, and peace. It is such training that ofttimes withholds temporary "sur ease" because the outer consciousness is so oasi.Ly assuaged when it has received its desire, nd unless the law itself is mastered, no further ffort would be forthcoming by the individual until the gift so given was exhausted. Then the consciousness violently begins again the spas modic endeavor to re-create a condition of ease in which to slumber on.

(6) The soul of the average individual spends a good one hundred to one thousand years in the Octaves of Light between embodiments, which allows the individual to gather much reserve energy in the emotional and mental bodies to work out much accumulation of discord in the etheric body, and to return to Earth life "re freshed in spirit." Those who are engaged in the spiritual "push" of the hour have sacrificed this sojourn in the Heavenly Realms and its con sequent reprieve from the vicissitudes of earthly experience, some of them re-embodying within a year after laying down the previous Earth garment. a few even abandoning one body before its disso lution and accepting another. This sacrifice often is apparent in seeming lack of physical energies, as well as nervous tensions. All of these factors are the results of conscious sacri fice upon the part of individuals who are looked upon by the very beneficiaries of their selfless ness with scorn and question. Be unconcerned, for We were so treated before you.

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CHELA: Beloved Master, it is my understanding that the balance we can render to life for the more than ordinary assistance received from the Masters is to spread the understanding of the Spiritual Law to other people. Is this true?

GURU: Blessed Chela, it is truly the just and fair consciousness that realizes that, for blessings received, there must be equal or greater blessings given. It is to be regretted that so many earnest students feel that the very attitude of receptivity to the Master's instructions is cause for commendation. Rather are they the debtors to the Beloved Brothers and Sisters who have foresworn happy freedom in the Higher Realms to remain and invest their energies, their life, their love, in illumining the benighted con sciousness of mankind.

CHELA: Beloved Master, the Members of the Great White Brotherhood volunteer to invest Their momentums of Faith, Wisdom, Love, Healing, etc. in mankind. How can those of us so blessed as to have received Their loving counsel, pro tection and assistance, best spread this under standing - particularly to orthodox~minded in dividuals?

GURU: Blessed chela, many are the ways and means by which each individual chela may voluntarily dedicate a portion of his energies, substance and developed momentum of consciousness to the forwarding of the evolution of the race. It requires, first, extreme honesty in the con-

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sciousness of the chela - who appraises his own worth - spiritually, mentally, emotionally, and physically. Such a chela, upon self-examination, sees wherein he can presently be of practical benefit to the development of interest in the Will of God. Such present talents are lmmediately pressed into the work of the moment. At the same time, the chela determines within himself to develop, through individual application, a more mature, dependable, illumined consciousness and set of vehicles to offer to the Master. He engages upon a course of spiritual self-discipline and self-purification - meanwhile not neglecting the many opportunities at hand to lend his presently ayailable store of energies and substance to the development of the greater good in the current Cosmic Moment. Many good chelas "while away" a lifetim9 awaiting a Cosmic Summons, passing the Golden Door of Opportunity with never a glancR at the practical service this Goddess holds in Her hopeful hands for the present devel opment of the Masters' endeavors.

CHELA: Beloved Master, how can a student wisely determine how much actual service should be rendered to the Brotherhood and how much service to one's own development? How much obli gation to family, etc. should be sacrificed to this end?

GURU: Blessed chela, the chela who accepts the obligation of more than ordinary instruc tion, counsel and assistance from the Great White Brotherhood automatically obligates himself to balance that blessing with a proportionate share of impersonal universal service for the progres sion of the race into greater perfection. No one requires of any man that he apply at the Fount

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of Knowledge, but if he drinks thereof, his obligation to life is to USE the knowledge re ceived for the blessings of the race. He must, in wisdom, adjust his personal affairs and in dividual obligations in an harmonious manner - pursuing the Middle way. However, the chela who reaches out his hand and accepts the friendship and life of the Masters and then returns to use that energy only in the development of his in dividual, personal world, will sooner or later cut himself off from the greater release from above.

CHELA: Beloved Master, Is it then impossible for individuals with family ties to pursue the Spiritual Path as a conscious chela?

GURU: Blessed chela, no; it is not impossible, but the initiations for such an one are more difficult. The chela thus engaged in devel oping a family unit must use that unit as a "working ground" wherein he may establish harmony, peace, purity, love, cooperation, and spiritual illumination within his smaller sphere of influ ence. Then, by reason of this very testing, trying and training, he becomes a powerful force for good in his community, and a conductor through which the Masters, on accasion, may pour Their more than ordinary radiation in times of crises.

CHELA: Beloved Master, How can one best bring the understanding of the Masters into one's family and to the attention of one's friends? Is this accepted as a balance for spiritual instruction?

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GURU: Blessed chela, the bringing of li~ht, harmony, peace, purity and balance into one's home and circle of friends is certainly a partial balance for instruction received. The very best way to do this is by EXAMPLE. Indiv iduals who are close to you notice and respect the silent mastery you achieve in the controlling of the energies of your physical and inner bodies, whereas the catapulting of •words• at them stirs the rebellions of the centuries toward Truth in any guise. I do not counsel propagation of the faith in the family unit through verbal instruc tion until the life lived by the chela invokes inquiry from those who will respond to radiation a~ surely as the flowers respond to the light of the sun.

CHELA: Beloved Master, to spread the understand- ing of the Masters through placing of the literature in auspicious places would seem a service of merit.

GURU: Blessed chela, that is true! Remember, however, that the spiritual applications preceding the distribution of the literature will carry a full eighty percent of th~ efficacy of the seeds thus sown. The blessing of the printed word and the invocation of the Holy Christ Selves of those who should benefit by it to joyously receive and cooperate with such instruction, yields a mighty harvest. Too many students neglect the POWER HOUSE which lies within the invocation of the Presence of God in their endeavor to accomplish works of merit.

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CHELA: Beloved Master, how can we best overcome the prejudices of the orthodox conscious- ness?

GURU: Blessed chela, again - by EXAMPLE. There is no teacher like manifest works. When you have what the world wants, the world will beat a pathway to your door. Proceed to develop the powers of healing, of precipitation, and see the Truth in this statement. I COUNSEL THAT "WITH ALL THY GETTING", however, you call for wisdom, balance, humility, protection, and Herculean strength and energy. You will ne~d them because when the surging tides of mankind, intent upon receiving the gifts and the proceeds of the gifts you draw forth, but not eager to learn the scien tific law by which you attained, seek you out - and seek you out they will - it will require all of your spiritual strengths to stand. by the un written Law that governs the Hierarchy - "the way to enjoy the fruits is to learn how to plant and nourish the tree."

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THE ILLUMINATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS

CHELA: Beloved Master, what, exactly, is indivi dual consciousness?

GURU: Blessed chela, individual consciousness is the awareness of being as an intelligent focus of life - having the use of energy, fac ulties, intelligence and free will by which to create and direct an individual life plan.

CHELA: Beloved Master, from the moment an in- dividual becomes conscious of himself as an intelligent creative focus of God's Divine Consciousness, is he then responsible for what he adds to the original pure realization of Being?

GURU: Blessed chela, yes, because individual- ization is the great gift of God Himse1f, and the awareness of being, experienced by every Intelligence created by Him, precedes any activ ity, motivation, or experimentation with primal life.

CHELA: Beloved Master, is the original conscious- ness of purity and awareness of being referred to often as the consciousness of Adam in the Garden of Eden, the same as the Ascended Master Consciousness to which we all aspire and which you enjoy?

GURU: Blessed chela, definitely no! No more than the innocent consciousness of the infant which becomes aware of his being is the same consciousness as that of the wise Sage who has come to a seemingly similar innocence and

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peace - not by reason of absence of knowledge and experience, but rather by reason of the fullness of experience. CHELA: Beloved Master, we are told that our bodies, worlds, homes, families and affairs reflect our present consciousness. It is our desire to know how we lost that pure conscious ness. How may we return to a consciousness which does perform works in the Name of our Father and the humanity whose karma and bondage we presently share? GURU : Blessed chela, truly everything external- ized in your experiences is projected out of the workshop of your consciousness. Your con sciousness today is the sum total of truth and error accepted through the sense reports and general experimentation with the use of life, the invocation and dissemination of energy, and the creation of vibration, color, sound, and form through fre~ will. Everything the individual thinks, feels, or does sets up a cause and has an ultimate effect. The reactions and impressions resulting from such experimentation with life build certain fears, phobias, antipathies, and concepts of destructive natures which affect the entire course of Earth life. Then, too, construc tively, faith, confidence, security and beauty are builded into the consciousness through experiences where the lifestream, either witnessing the mastery of conditions by· another or himself, develops certain momentums through training, self disciplines, and applications. It is with this conglomerate "mass" of consciousness that the Hierarchy must work in order to fulfill the Divine Plan on Earth.

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CHELA: Beloved Master, did we lose the pure cre- ative consciousness in which no thought existed of the failure of life to obey the direc tives of the God Flame through experimentation with the creative centers of thought and feeling to design patterns not prompted by God? GURU : Blessed chela, truly this is so! Free Will is the blessing of man, but it has also allowed him to weave for himself any number of shadows which frighten, distress and delay his journey toward the fulfillment of the Divine Plan. When man determines within, himself,at last, that he does not like his creation and wishes to remove from his consciousness the cause, effect, record and memories that can externalize as imperfection, he is then ready for Our assistance. CHELA.: Beloved Master, we are then asking for the Ascended Christ Consciousness? GURU: Yes, blessed chela, you are realizing first that the present limitations which exist around you are externalized from your own consciousness. You are willing to call the puri fying powers of the Sacred Fire (the Violet Transmuting Flame of Love and Mercy} through your consciousness and literally have a 'house-clean ing' of all conscious and unconscious bitterness, resentments, fears, phobias, and all mental pictures of limitations of every kind. This in cludes the mass acceptance of age, disintegra tion, and death itself.

The story of Jesus driving the money-changers from the Temple symbolizes this individual puri fication of consciousness. I must warn you, however, for you have lived so long in the com-

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fortable acceptance of error and half-truths that your outer mind is quite apt to refute the suggestion that even such an activity is necess ary. You may measure your world presently extern alized against the perfection of the Kingdom of Heaven and then, in calm, unbiased judgment, decide whether that which is externalized through your own consciousness is the ultimate or all good. If not, the root of your limitations lies in this conglomerate mass of invisible energy.

CHELA.: Beloved Master, what is the A.scended Master Consciousness?

GURU: Blessed chela, it is the self-conscious Intelligence using the creative faculties of thought, feeling, and the spoken word to create ONLY that which is perfect at will. He may sustain his creation as long as he desires, and etherial ize that which is no longer of use at will.Such an one has achieved the A.scended Master Conscious ness.

CHELA.: Beloved Master, what purpose is there in decreeing if consciousness is the creative center of being?

GURU: Beloved chela, the beautiful wisdom of creation has designed certain foci to render specific services. For instance, Nature creates hands to do all the manifold acts which bless the individual and life generally. It creates eyes to see, ears to hear, and feet to walk. Thus the various bodies of man were created for specific purposes. The mental body was de signed to create the mould of perfection; the emotional body to fill the form with life; and the physical body, with all its members and

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faculties, to externalize the perfected design of consciousness in the world of form, One of the most powerful avenues by which thoughts and feelings become things (clothed in the physical atoms of the physical world) is through the power center in the throat - through the spoken word, With the trained, purified, concentrated con sciousness behind the decree, manifestation should express coincident with the decree. It

did for Jesus and all who are masters over energy nd substance. The spoken, or mentally-formed word, becomes the final "step-down transformer" by which the desire for manifestation is lowered into the world of form.

CHELA: Beloved Master, without illumining the consciousness, is decreeing efficacious?

GURU : Blessed chela, for mastery to manifest in the world of the aspirant, individual app l i.cat Lon on purifying and illumining the con sciousness must proceed - together with decreeing.

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THE LIGHT OF GOD

CHELA: Beloved Master, if asked to give a simple definite explanation of the many Flames to one who has never studied the work, I think that I would be found wanting. Could You help me?

GURU: Blessed chela, first comes recognition of the Light itself; then Love of the Light. Later comes a conscious understanding of the Flames as an intelligence. From this under standing comes mastery in the direction and use of the Flame. You remember the statement of the Beloved Master Saint Germain - "as the conscious is to the unconscious, so is the use of the Flame to the recognition of the Light." People who have never studied the work must first enjoy the radiation of the Light itself, bathe in it, be nourished by it, seek its Presence, and generally become acquainted with the peace, the healing, the supply, and the harmony that comes when one lives within it.

CHELA: Beloved Master, what is this Light to which you refer?

GURU: Blessed chela, this Light is the natural radiation of harmoniously qualified life. Life radiates constantly, and the quality charged into life determines the type of radiation it gives forth. The Presence within the heart, the Masters, the Angels, and the Devas all naturally radiate Light and it is a comfortable feeling to those who come into proximity with Their auras. Students also, more than anything else, should create such a comfortable feeling in their own

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uuras that new seekers are soothed, blessed, healed and illumined through contact with that radiating Light. Then, and then only, the seeker will ask how to create for himself such a com fortable, happy personal atmosphere. The seeker will come to the sanctuaries, temples, homes and foci where the Light poured forth from the Pres- nee of God "I AM" and the Perfected Beings/, as well as the students, gives them a surcease from the turmoil and confusions of their daily living. This is the "recognition of the Light." Following this recognition and acceptance comes the indi vidual application to learn how to draw, focus, direct and radiate the Light, and the seeker becomes a student of the Flame activities.

CHELA: Beloved Master, many good people who know nothing of the Spiritual Law are such radiating centers of comfort and peace, even more so than those who affirm a deeper knowledge of the activities of the Flames of God.

GURU: Blessed chela, this is quite true. They are natural channels and conductors of the gifts of God from their own Presence and Causal Body, but are unconscious of how to increase or specifically direct the fullness of the Cosmic Powers of their beings. The students, although their natural radiation may be inferior to many who seem to have no intellectual knowledge of the Spiritual Law, will in time be in conscious control of the powers of the Sacred Fire as Jesus was and presently is, and not like the lovely flowers that radiate beauty, color and perfume but still at the mercy of whatsoever lifestream shall choose to pick them for a bouquet.

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CHELA: Beloved Master, what is the Sacred Fire?

GURU: Blessed chela, the Sacred Fire is merely consciously qualified life. An intelli gence, human or Divine, draws primal life forth for a specific purpose. Primal life is neutral, like water, unformed and seemingly colorless' (although it contains within itself the essence of all color). The Intelligence, using the wand of power in his own feeling world, charges that primal life with peace, purity, healing, love, opulence, strength, or wisdom, and the primal life, consciously charged by the directing in telligence, takes on the color of the quality invoked, and the vibratory rate of that quality. It thus then becomes the Sacred Fire. It is that simple.

CHELA: Beloved Master, is the Sacred Fire the same as the Unfed Flame?

GURU: Blessed chela, the Unfed Flame is the pulsation of the Presence of God within your physical heart. It is one activity of the Sacred Fire. There are countless activities of the Sacred Fire, hundreds of which have never even been mentioned by the Masters to unascended beings. The Flame of Mercy and Compassion is an activity of the Sacred Fire. The Healing Flame of Jesus and Mary is an activity of the Sacred Fire. Do you understand?

CHELA: Yes, beloved Master. Then it is the oppor- tunity of every lifestream to qualify the primal life passing through their own heartbeat with some specific radiating power to bless man kind. Then do we become foci of the Sacred Fire also?

GURU: Blessed chela, this is truly the action of the Law. I would counsel you to specify a particular quality of impersonal radiation that you would like to give to life and stay with that one quality until you have builded a momentum through the energy of your aura. The first time some individual recognizes your Light and speaks to you of it, without your having mentioned your private applications, will be one of the happiest experiences on your road to Mastery. Those who recognize your Light will become applicants for the Law of the Sacred Fire, and thus you are a missionary, even without words, wherever you move.

CHELA: Beloved Master, please show me how to. do this simply in my daily application.

GURU: Beloved chela, thank you for the oppor- tunity. First, in the silence, ask your self what specific blessing you would like to radiate out to mankind without any man knowing of your service. Determine upon peace, love, harmony, healing. The actual gift of radiation will be a spiritual benediction to the race, but the training in conscious qualification will be the gift of yourself, and the choice you make of impersonal blessing to life makes little differ ence in the efficacy of your service. The most important point is your determination to bless life without recognition of self and to learn how to qualify life in a positive manner that can withstand the unbridled energies of others.

Secondly, after you have chosen a quality of radiation, think of some Ascended Master Who is already a Cosmic Sun of that quality. He will help you considerably to get the rhythm of the feeling of that quality into action through your own feeling world. If you have chosen healing,

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OUTPICTURING THE CHRIST

CHELA: Beloved Master, my desire is to create an interest in the current endeavors of the Masters. How may I best do this?

GURU: Blessed chela, thank you for desiring to awaken an interest in Our endeavors.It is gratifying indeed to have members of the human race even accept Us intellectually. When they desire to further Our interests, We are pleased indeed. My answer is BY EXAMPLE shall you become of value to Our Cause.

CHE.LA: Beloved Master, please explain what You mean in the phrase BY EXAMPLE.

GURU: Blessed chela, the world is old. For millions of years has it proceeded, to gether with the other planets, in its rhythmic circling of the sun. In all these years, many, many words have been spoken and written. Some words have entered deeply into the consciousness of men, but these words were spoken or written by those whose individual lives manifested the truth within those words, The Master Jesus is such an EXAMPLE of manifest works which accomp anied His magnificent explanations of the Spir itual Law.

CHELA: Beloved Master, how many of us who do desire to be such an EXAMPLE in Your Names achieve our purpose?

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GURU: Blessed chela, the desire to be such an EXAMPLE is the motivation which will mani fest the truth through your consciousness. The acceptance of the responsibility of giving forth the Law brings the personal obligation to the teacher of becoming embodied proof of that Law. The acceptance of the tenets of the Law anchors the responsibility to become the embodied proof of that Law into the world of the student. Those who teach and those who learn should be counseled that each portion of the Law which enters the consciousness should be accepted in humility and nourished in love. The appetite for more "know ledge" before the already received knowledge is assimilated brings an obligatory karma to the soul. One simple expression of the Law - LOVE

suffice to bring the individual consciousness to the Ascension if this were applied through the personal self.

CHELA: Beloved Master, would you then suggest that we refrain from endeavoring to spread THE WORD until we are masters of energy and vibration?

GURU: No, blessed chela, because as you learn and apply the Law yourself, your invested energies may plant seeds into a consciousness which will far surpass your own capacity to embody and externalize truth. Thus you become a "con ductor" according to your own Light. However, in all your casting of the spiritual seed forth, neglect not the truth that the Law must be em bodied in your own nature.

CHELA: Beloved Master, should the EXAMPLE of which you speak be as nearly like You as our consciousness can conceive possible?

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GURU : Blessed chela, any Ascended Master becomes a pattern for your own thoughts, feelings, spoken words and actions. The majority of the human race in this Western World are most familiar with the Beloved Master Jesus. His example and pattern of living has formed the design and measure for many sincere lifestreams who have chosen to embody truth. The imitation of the Christ has transmuted the base in many men and is recommended as the simplest of spiritual exer cises for development of the Dinvity.

CHELA : Beloved Master, to measure every thought, feeling, spoken word and action by the living Presence of Jesus, then, is Your recommen dation for becoming the example which will lead others to interest in Your Brotherhood?

GURU : Blessed chela, the old and time-worn phrase "actions speak louder than words" holds true for the exponent of Spiritual Law. Where a man or woman is found who is anchored in personal peace, harmony, health, supply, and spiritual tranquility, mankind - like moths around a flame - will gather for the key to the mystery of happi ness in the world of distress.

CHELA: Beloved Master, true Divine Love, then, requires that we transform and change our personal natures in order to attract the attention of mankind and open them to inquiry as to Your Service.

GURU: Blessed chela, such Love is the proof of the professed fidelity of the soul. Upon these few in every age We rely to reach the masses.

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MAGNETIC FORCEFIELD

CHELA: Beloved Master, what is an individual's sphere of influence?

GURU : Blessed chela, the individual's sphere of influence is synonymous with his personal aura. Each individualized intelligence magnet izes, through the Immortal Three-fold Flame within the heart, a certain amount of life energy which he qualifies according to free will, This energy passes through his physical, mental, emo tional, and etheric envelopes into the atmosphere around him and becomes his sphere of influence upon life in general.

CHELA: Beloved Master, how can such an individual sphere of influence have a beneficial effect upon life?

GURU : Blessed chela, all self-conscious intell- igences, taking the responsibility for calling forth and qualifying life, are an influ ence upon the general atmosphere and environment in which they function because they are radiating centers of energy. The quality and type of radi ation is determined by the free will choice of the qualifying intelligence. As energy is con stantly flowing through the individual, it is flowing into the atmosphere and environment in which the intelligent consciousness abides. To become a beneficial influence on life, one must learn to consciously qualify this energy con structively.

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CHELA: Beloved Master,

centers by which

sciously control the type which he sends forth?

what are the qualifying an individual may con of energy and influence

GURU : Blessed chela, all of the lower bodies of an individual help to mould primal life, qualify energy, and catapult it forth for good or evil. For instance, the mental body either creates or accepts thought-forms which radiate the particular quality of energy representative of the activity depicted by the thought. The emotional body radiates the quality of energy which is representative of the feeling enter tained. The etheric body radiates the quality of "reminiscence" which the consciousness entertains in looking backward, The physical body radiates the type of energy representative of the substance absorbed and the actions in which the body is engaged. This conglomerate mass of energy spewed forth into the aura or sphere of influence of the individual forms a sphere of radiation which presses upon and affects the atmosphere, home, environment, and associates of that individual - stimulating them to either greater spiritual aspiration or to deeper ensnarement in the appe tites of the senses, The seizing of the control of the qualifying centers of thought, feeling, memory and action by the "I AM" Consciousness is the first step in the creation of a sphere of influence which is beneficial to the race.

CHELA: Beloved Master, what service does a con- trolled sphere of influence render mankind?

GURU : Blessed chela, a controlled, constructive, harmonious, positive sphere of influence does exactly what its name implies - influences

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the generation of similar qualities of faith, hope, charity, harmony, spiritual aspiration in those it contacts. The power of contagion, so aptly demonstrated in the transference of fear and panic through mass hysteria, is equally applicable in the transference of God's qualities and nature. CHELA: Beloved Master, is there any manner by which an already polluted aura or sphere of influence may be transmuted? GURU: Blessed chela, the use of the Violet Transmuting Flame performs the same ser vice to the destructively qualified energy in the aura as a combination of chemicals that is called a "cleaning fluid" renders to soiled garments. Cleansing the aura of impurities and consciously charging constructive qualities into the aura is a great service to those of Us who must use the individual auras of students as conductors of Our blessings to the race. CHELA: Beloved Master, what is the difference between a "sphere of influence" and a "forcefield"? GURU : Beloved chela, there is really no differ- ence. The Beloved Maha Chohan has chosen to use the word "forcefield" to convey the pic ture of the battery of constructively charged energy made up of the combined auras of groups of conscious students gathered together in co operative service to mankind. The forcefield is made up of blended energies gathered together by Angel Devas and Builders of Form. These combine the decrees, visualizations, invocations, songs the general application of a group of students who wish to form a radiating center for God blessings in their locality. In exactly the same manner that the individual sphere of influence is a combination of the energies released through the contributing centers of thought, feeling and action, so is the corporate "forcefield" of the group composed of the consciousness and appli cation of every member of that group. CHELA: Beloved Master, what service does such a "forcefield" render tot~ world?

GURU: Blessed chela, a "forcefield" renders several services. First it is a magnetic center which draws the Presence of the Ascended Masters, Angelic Beings, and all Divine Intell igences who desire always to find an Open Door through which to pour Their radiation and Bless ings to mankind. As the pollen in the flowers draws the bees, so does such a consciously created forcefield draw the presence of the Beings to Whom it is dedicated and for Whom it has been formed. Secondly, it forms a concentrate of con sciously qualified God-energy which is funneled down from the Octaves of Light, and which provides a spiritual nourishment to all those who enter that forcefield beyond the natural radiation ordinarily present in the sphere in which the individual dwells. Thirdly, it forms a radiating center of these same God Qualities into the atmo sphere and locality in which it has been builded. It acts as the physical sun itself, sending forth light, warmth, nourishment and God Gifts into the city, town or village where it has been

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created and where it is sustained by rhythmic attention to its Presence. Lastly, it provides an ever-present conductor which the Guardian Intelligences of this Universe may use, upon a moment's notice, to flash forth protection, purification, balance, healing, or harmony when the need arises. Thus much time is saved which would ordinarily have to be employed in creating such a funnel through which to give blessing and protection in times of crises. CHELA: Beloved Master, what form does such a forcefield take?

GURU: Blessed chela, it takes different forms according to the particular types of students who are developing such a magnetic and radiating center. Sometimes the leader chooses a design and the form is builded by the obedient thought form of the leader. Sometimes, when such an one does not take the initiative, the force field assumes the pattern of an etheric focus which previously was active in that locality. Offtimes it has only a vague blurred outline and looks like a vapory cloud in the atmosphere. Of course, the more perfect the mental design of the forcefield, the more it is shared by the conscious creative centers of the students, the more value it is to the Hierarchy. CHELA: Beloved Master, we are told that these forcefields such as gather over churches during devotional services, are dissipated after the ceremony and return to the unformed.

GURU: Blessed chela, this is true except where conscious Intelligences choose to sustain the form as a permanent radiating center in the atmosphere and sphere in which they have been created. As you have seen clouds dissipated by the winds, so does the form of a beautiful song, prayer, invocation melt into the atmosphere when the Intelligence who has coalesced it in mind, feeling, and spoken word relinquishes the mag netic center through the attention and the life returns to the unformed. However, when Angels Devas, Builders of Form, or Elemental Spirits volunteer to ENSOUL a beautiful form (forcefield) it can be sustained foraslong as the Intelligence chooses to use His own coalescing power as a magnet to retain it. The constant feeding of the foccefield by rhythmic worship, class work, decrees, visualizations and songs strengthens it also, increasing it in size, symmetry of outline, magnetic power, and radiating strength as a sphere of influence in a community. CHELA: Beloved Master, it would seem, then, that the purification and mastery of our in dividual sphere of influence would not only contribute to the Light of the W')rld but help us to contribute a constructive battery of harmon iously qualified energies to the particular forcefield we are privileged to nourish by our presence. GURU: Blessed chela, you have spoken truly. More than words does the silent radiation of your sphere of influence contribute to the Light of the World, stimulate the spiritual centers in your fellowman, and generally make of you a conductor of Our blessings in this world of form.

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THE ANGELIC KINGDOM

CHELA: Beloved Master, what is an Angel?

GURU: Blessed chela, an Angel is a self-con- scious intelligent being created by God, just as you have been, to fulfill a specific destiny, service and activity.

CHELA: Beloved Master, What is the destiny, ser vice and activity of the Angelic Kingdom?

GURU Blessed chela, the Angels are primarily beings of FEELING. Although they naturally have an intelligent mind consciousness, their service is to absorb, condense, transfer and generally radiate the spiritual feelings of God and the Messengers of God Whom they serve.

CHEU\: Blessed Master, how do the Angels perform this service?

GURU: Blessed chela, the feeling world (emo- tional body) of the Angel is sensitive in the extreme. Natural proximity to the aura of the Father-Mother God or to the activities of the Sacred Fire in the Temples of Light fills the aura and individual sphere of influence of the Angels with a similar quality of radiation. These lovely beings disport themselves in the virtues of the Godhead and become impregnated with the same virtues through such proximity. Young Angels are not required to carry the spir itual radiation they have absorbed to the spheres below the one in which they are born. As the Angel matures and develops, he desires in himself

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to be of service to the God who made him. He then begins a course of spiritual training under the great Archangel Jophiel which training prepares him for such a spiritual service.

CHEU\: Beloved Master, will you describe briefly this course of training?

GURU: Blessed chela, the Angel must learn how to sustain the radiation of some specific virtue. He must hold that quality of feeling until he is directed to release the essence of the virtue ( the sweet anointing from above) into the world and atmosphere of some individual who requires assistance.

For instance, if the Angel desires to become one of the Legions of Faith in God, he is assigned by Lord Jophiel to a Temple in the First Realm under one of the Directing Angels of Lord Michael's Legions. Here he enters the already established momentum of Cosmic Faith and feels in himself the pulsation, power, and vibration of Faith. He learns to absorb from the great Cosmic Heart of Lord Michael the ·gift of sustained Faith. He learns to generate Faith in his own emotional body. He Leanns to sustain that quality of feeling. Then he passes outside the periphery of his Teacher's aura and endeavors to hold, through his own consciousness, the Faith he enjoyed so freely in the safe compass of an ot.her ! s

momentum of Faith. Here his strength is measured. Gradually he is able to sustain the quality of Faith for longer and longer periods of time as he passes further and further from the aura of his Teacher.

Then, at the direction of the Messengers of Faith, he is sent on a mission with a Guardian P.ngel and many other neophite Angels, They carry

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Faith into this physical world where so much misery, disillusionment, unhappiness and distress abide. The Angels enter the auras of distraught men, women and children and radiate the Faith they have learned to sustain - giving new hope and courage to the hopeless. Just as a radiator emits a comforting warmth into the atmosphere, so does the Angel radiate a pressure of Faith (or whatever virtue is required most) into the spirits of men. When his gift of radiation has performed its service, he returns with his Superior to again embody the virtue of the God head and await further assignments in His Name. CHELA: Beloved Master, how can mankind magnetize the Angels to bless their homes, atmo sphere, and environment? GURU : Blessed chela, one indivictual who believes in the existence of the Angelic Host is a joy to Heaven. Such an one opens the door through the psychic and astral shell of scepti cism, agnosticism, and unbelief. This allows the precious virtues which the Angels bring to be radiated through an entire community - rendering a service unparalleled to the dispirited sons and daughters of men.

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of this Kingdom into the group activities where such acknowledgement to their reality is made and invitation given to their cooperative service. The activity of the Seventh Ray is to develop an affinity among the Kingdoms of Angels, human beings and elementals. We are grateful for your interest in understanding this Kingdom at this time.

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THE PATTERNS OF LlFE

CHELA: Beloved Master, how does a man change the "pattern" of his life? For instance, if an individual experiences cycles of failure, limitation, ill-health, and wishes to rise above repetitions of such experiences, what is the science to be applied?

GURU: Blessed chela, first, the individual must WILL to change the pattern. You use an apt word, for the experiences that weigh heavily upon the race are truly "patterns" designed by thought force and energized by rampant feelings. Resignation, lethargy, and righteous acceptance of such patterns as they appear upon the screen of life lead to a certain vicarious "enjoyment" based on the erroneous statement that "the Lord (Law) chastiseth those whom He loveth." The in dividual who wills to dissolve the pattern with sufficient earnestness and tenacity of feeling, becomes the master of circumstance.

CHELA: Beloved Master, many men will to change the conditions that appear on the screen of life - war, famine, pestilence, disease, and death itself, but know not how to go about it.

GURU: Blessed chela, when the will is strong, one man can change the course of history. Let Us remind you of the Master Jesus whose will, coupled with action, born of love, transcended even the appearance of death.

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CHELA: Beloved Master, following the Will to do, what is the course of the individual's activity?

GURU: Blessed chela, the will is a magnetic power that draws into the compass of the individual's own aura opportunities based upon the capacities, developed momentums, and con sciousness of the individual. These opportunities are invoked by the inner will of a man and are provided by Intelligences who carefully measure his worth and strengths. Sad it is that man's perception so often fails to discern the Hand of Opportunity, looking for a more glamorous and spectacular type of service which is ofttimes far beyond the capacities of the individual (ego's opinion to the contrary notwithstanding) •

CHELA: Beloved Master, after the individual wills with his whole heart, soul, spirit and mind to change the pattern of his life, must he then be alert for every opportunity to better his physical and mental dexterities and to help the current Cause of the cosmic Moment while preparing for the great Opportunity?

GURU: Blessed chela, you have spoken truly. Many an applicant for spiritual mastery has wasted away pining for a visitation while the Hand of the Goddess of Opportunity had mani fested through the veil of his own aura a thousand times in the course of one yearly cycle. He who grasps opportunity and is practically about "his Father's Business" prepares for the greater Opportunity to come.

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CHELA: Beloved Master, if the individual does perceive an opportunity to help his fellow man or the Great White Brotherhood through some service, is this enough to change the pattern of his life?

GURU: No, blessed chela. Service performed as "duty" in which there is no love, is of little use to the Master or the individual's own Presence. The individual must LOVE to perform these services which, in themselves, are changing the form and pattern of his past cycles of im perfect manifestation. He must eagerly rush to meet opportunity. Such a man builds a new pattern out of the substance of GRACE.

CHELA: Beloved Master, is the individual who serves willingly, perceiving opportunity, then Master?

GURU : No, blessed chela, there must be individual humility and purity of consciousness so that the pattern and design of the Master is not distorted according to the arrogance of the human will. Illumined obedience is required of the individual who wishes to submerge self in an Organization where, on a moment's notice, any Member is required to give ALL of His momentum to a Cosmic Crisis. The individual who must be persuaded, coaxed, and generally reprimanded for deviation from the Divine Plan, must learn the lesson of Nature's Spirits who reproduce with mathematical accuracy and precision the design and form of the lotus, the lily, and the rose. CHELA: Beloved Master, when the individual has surrendered the human egotism and desire to 'improve' upon the designs of Heaven, is his training complete?

GURU: No, blessed chela. Tenacity of spirit; the ability to "stay with" a project until it is completed is also a requisite for mastery. For instance, if the Silent Watcher of this sweet Earth should tire of holding the pattern within Her consciousness, dissolution of the planet would ensue. Many a man begins a project with great enthusiasm only to expand his energies and abandon the design long before it has served its purpose. If you want health, hold to your design until it is manifest, and then sustain it for as long as you are required tio use a physical body. If you desire financial opulence, hold to your application until it is manifested unto you and then - a word of warning - do not abandon your application for all in this world is fleeting unless sustained consciously after it is drawn forth.

CHELA: Beloved Master, after one has accepted the mental picture of what he desires in place of the pattern of failure, or has accepted a picture which the Masters would like to ex ternalize; after such an one perceives the oppor tunities that come his way to externalize the pattern; after one has held that concept free from intrusion of his own outer consciousness as well as the disintegrating consciousness of others; and after the individual has made suff icient application in visualization, invocation and decree, then surely he is Master of circum stance.

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GURU: No, blessed chela, Every manifest form is held in the physical appearance world through the concentration of some intelligence, human or Divine. Otherwise, it begins, through disintegration, to return to the unformed. Witness the beautiful homes brought forth and sustained while some strong lifestreams held the pattern and used the energies required to sustain them. When they are abandoned, they fall into ruin. Great business enterprises suffer like fates. Mighty empires builded through the strength and vision of a few men fall into ruin when their sponsors leave the scene of Earth. This is a very good visual example of what happens to your new "pattern" of mastery, opulence, health, or what ever it may be unless you stay with it unto the end.

CHELA: Beloved Master, are the foregoing then the sum total of requisites in order to become a precipitating presence and a channel for the Brotherhood?

GURU : Blessed chela, one more requisite - almost the most important of all - I would lay before the altar of your consciousness. That is the necessity for maintaining harmony and peace, not only during the process of your experiment ation with the law of conscious precipitation and the law of mastery, but AFTER the manifest ation occurs. Peace is the sealing process that sustains your endeavors. Without peace, the greatest empire, the most beautiful religious faith, the most powerful World Trust, cannot endure; nor can the smallest manifestation of the most timid man.

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CHELA: Beloved Master, how does a student enter the Silence?

GURU: Blessed chela, consciously entering the Great Silence is a positive and not a negative state of individual consciousness. contemplation must never be confused with leth argy, nor adoration and devotion with imagery and visionary dreamings. Herein lies the training in wisdom, discrimination, balance, purity of motive, and perserverance of will and purpose.

CHELA: Beloved Master, when You say that enter- ing the Silence requires the establishment and the maintenance of a positive state of con sciousness, what do You mean?

GURU: Blessed chela, I mean that the individual must engage the cooperation of his various vehicles of expression and use them to create an individual aura of peace, purity, and tranquility. Within this personal aura, the individual must remain alert, focused in attention, and in control of his concentrative powers - holding them upon the object of his devotions, whether it be the Heart of God or some Divine Representative of the King of Kings.

CHELA: Beloved Master, we have been told that long periods of contemplation are dangerous and open the individual to insidious influences.

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GURU; Blessed chela, here discrimination must be developed. Each individual is capable of a different amount of "applied contemplation" according to the personal control of his thought processes, his feelings, his etheric memories, and the demands of the physical vehicle. One man, consciously preparing to commune with his Maker, finds his own mental processes weaving out of the substance of thought a screen of irrelevant thoughts which make his endeavor unsatisfactory. Another man, able to concentrate his thoughts, finds the surging tide of his emotional nature revivifying past injustices. Still another enjoys the ever responsive sea of memories that flow from the etheric body. A man well able to control his thoughts, feelings, and memories, may find the demands of cramped muscles, itching skin, or other physical discomforts disturbing his en deavors. Each chela must take personal note of his own capabilities and capacities for stilling his vehicles and then, in wisdom, develop the "applied contemplation" according to his ever increasing efficacy in the mastery and control of his vehicles.

The vibratory action of the soul itself, the motive animating the soul toward communion with the inner Self, and the vibratory action and appetites of the inner bodies will determine what type of influence can "play upon" the individual seeking the peace of the Silence. When the heart is pure, the soul earnest, and the conscious mind keenly alert to the deceptions of the ego that seek to aggrandize self through impressions of a grandiose nature, no subtle outside forces can enter the period of contemplation.

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CHELA: Beloved Master, what is the advantage of entering the Great Silence?

GURU: Blessed chela, the advantages (and they are many) of entering the Silence could hardly be enumerated in this column. However, it is in the Silence that the soul makes acquaint anceship with its Maker. This is the primary purpose of all religious endeavor, teaching, discipline, instruction and application. Where the lower self is so blatantly active, even in professions of faith, the Great Presence cannot be felt, acknowledged, nor allowed to flow through the outer self with sufficient intensity to accomplish that union which fs known as the "second birth". In the Silence, when the soul and consciousness is sincerely, humbly, peace fully, gently and reverently loving God, a state of Grace is established in the aura and the "many selves." In this state of Grace, the individual soul becomes open to the benediction and bless ings, the healing currents, the flashes of illum ination and encouragement, and the pressures of faith and conviction which nourish the individual and make real spiritual progress possible.

Secondly, the conscious endeavor to control the thought and feeling nature develops individual mastery, as does the discipline of the rebellious physical garment. In the East, of course, this mastery has been developed by many thousands, but the pendulum of endeavor has swung too far the other way, as the individuals are so "caught up" in the ecstasy of the Silence that they have forgotten, for the most part, that the entire purpose of such contemplation and its succeeding benediction and Illumination is to translate the perfection of that Inner Realm into the physical appearance world. The great Teacher of the East,

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Lord Gautama, having passed through all the trials and tribulations of a soul endeavoring to find the heart of Eternal Peace, clearly manifested the balance of the Law; after attaining "the Ultimate", He returned to bring the fruits of His application to His fellowmen.

CHELA: Beloved Master, does this period of contem plation suffice for personal application?

GURU: No, blessed chela. As I have said above, the Great Silence is entered for a pur pose. Even the Ascended Masters who choose to animate some particular portion of the Divine Plan make conscious obeisance to the Throne of the Silence to secure both inspiration and direc tion, and to draw the strength and power required to fulfill Their new venture. The individual chela, particularly in the West, does not know the, meaning of getting still. When the body is quiet, the mind is racing, even in petitions to the Lord. Yet, in order to provide the spiritual stamina for the greater services, the period of quiet contemplation of the Presence, with Its attendant outpouring, is requisite.

CHELA: Beloved Master, could You give us a simple exercise or outline of such an activity as attempting to touch the "hem of the Robe" of the Silence?

GURU: Certainly, blessed chela.

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endeavor. Frequency of aspiration in the same place also brings an atmosphere of sanctity and each successive endeavor is complemented by the energies so devoted in like manner before. That is why in cathedrals, temples, and homes of saintly lifestreams, it is easier to reach the altitude of consciousness which reveals the Ever-Presence.

(2) Place your physical body in a comfortable position. Remember, in all spiritual en deavors, the more cooperation you secure from your vehicles, the easier will be your achieve ment. To enter the Silence, howeve'r , is a positive activity. Therefore it is wise to sit with spine erect as the very position of lying prone is conducive to lethargy. This, of course, is subject to modification in case of illness or other circumstances where the individual cannot wisely perform his adorations in the privacy of his own sanctuary. Let me say here that discrimination and wisdom are required for the pursuit of the spiritual path, and common sense, rather than blind adherence to the letter of the Law, is requisite to more than ordinary spiritual devel opment. For instance, to take a specific question about contemplation in the "dark" - let Me clarify this once and for all. To deliberately create an atmosphere of darkness and then attempt to commune with the unknown is contrary to Spiritual Law. However, in the course of living, good students awakening through the night hours are not always afforded sufficient privacy to create artificial light. These good people are naturally protected by the aura of their own aspiration and can well utilize the time in perfect safety when they cannot, for one reason or another, procure art ificial light during application and spiritual contemplation.

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(3) Relax. Most individuals are so tense that they close the door to inflowing G1~ace. Cultivate that state of "rest in act.Lon» so essential to poised, balanced living. The u8e of the rhythmic breath is very conducive to qlert and poised relaxation. ( 4) Determine within yourself what Bein~ or Activity from God's Heart you desire to contemplate. Examine your motive impartiqlly, wisely, and with discrimination. If there is any desire for self-seeking, for phenomena, for satisfaction of curiosity, you will defeat your purpose, The whole purpose of active contemplqtion is to enter the Presence of God and the Hea.J::-t of His Messengers when one is propel~ed by Dtvine Love for Them and the progress of the Univ~rsal Scheme of Creation, ( 5) Consciously feel yourself errveLopeq in God's Light, His Presence, His Love. ( 6) Endeavor to hold your thought processe8 and your feelings one-pointed in pouring torth love and blessings to God and His Universe, Even five minutes of concentration may prove eriouqh for your first endeavors. (7) Endeavor to control the demands of your physical body during this time.

(8) If necessary, to provide a spiritual tever for your conscious mind and feelings, read some lovely uplifting piece of poetry or Prose, or listen to an inspiring melody. (9) Have no fear of evil forces. While you are loving God, the Angels, and the Ascended Host, the natural vibration of your vehicles forms a wall of light around you -- a magnet to draw good influences and currents toward you, and a natural repellent vibration to evi1 of every kind.

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( 10) Enjoy loving your Presence. When the feeling of peace fills your soul, you will know you are there. Rest in that peace and draw the currents of light and power which you will require for your endeavors in the world of form. (11) Consciously determine within yourself to give something of your radiant peace to your fellowman. (12) The efficacy of all spiritual exercises is determined by the rhythm of the application. Five minutes daily at the same time is better than two hours one day and nothing the next.

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ASSIMILATING TRUTH

CHELA: Beloved Master, we are told that knowledge imparted to us brings with it an obligation to utilize that knowledge for the blessings of life. Will you tell us how best to assimilate the Truth within the instructions given to us by the Ascended Masters?

GURU: Blessed chela, the old adage: "where ignor- ance is bliss, it is folly to be wise" has a good deal of truth within it, The individual who has not had the opportunity of receiving assistance and directions from the Ascended Masters is not as liable before the Cosmic Law for manifest works as is the one entrusted with the time, energy, thought and instructions of Beings whose every breath is priceless because it can and should be used only to further the Divine Plan. It is not enough to READ the words of the Master, nor to accrete an intellectual knowledge of spiritual fact. The chela must BUILD those words into his own nature and BECOME the Master.

CHELA: Beloved Master, is there any particular recommendation you can give us so that we may best profit by your instructions?

GURU Yes, blessed chela. You may proceed some what as follows:

( 1) Choose a certain time of day for your reading and endeavor to build a momentum of rhythm in adhering to your contemplative cycle. (2) Prepare your consciousness by reflecting earnestly on what you are about to do - enter he Holy Communion with your God and your Master. Still, the mental, emotional and physical vehicles and raise your consciousness until it touches the piritual aura of the Author of the words you a re about to consider. Ask Him or Her to give you the Ascended Master's feeling, comprehension, understanding and capacity to interpret those words into action for the blessing of your fellowman.

Remember that you are about to partake of he qualified life of some God Being who has, in mercy and love, chosen to give you His instruc tions to help you to become free also. Feel a sense of deep gratitude, reverence, and humility in accepting this Essence. If you will do this, you will receive not only the worded expression of Truth, but the living essence of Truth which will be a fire unto your spirit. A simple prayer to be said before reading the words of the Master could be something like the following:

"Beloved Presence of God - "I AM", it is Thy life and intelligence which enables me to read, to comrephend, to absorb, and to do what is required of me. For life - "I AM" so grateful! Beloved Master (here address the One whose words you are about to read and contemplate), I ask You for Your feeling and Your capacity to use this instruction to God's glory and mankind's comfort."

(3) Do not read hastily. Remember gluttony is not only of the flesh, but of the mind as well. Many civilized people who shrink at the ravenous gulpings of the savage or the beast

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would be amazed at the sight of their own mental body devouring knowledge. Let your mind rever ently, respectfully, and gently approach the instructions of the Master and pause upon every sentence or paragraph which the Grace of the Ever-Presence may emphasize through your own soul's Light. It is not how much you read nor how much you know, but WHAT YOU ARE that forms the measure of your capacity for spiritual assimilation. (4) Elect within yourself to make some portion of your reading an active part of your nature each day. Thus the process of sublimation and of transmutation becomes a rhythmic cycle of graduating consciousness rather than a clumsy lumbering resulting from spasmodic endeavors. ( 5) When you have completed your reading, again make a brief invocation to your own "I AM" Presence and the Master with whom you have been in communion to nourish by the spiritual Grace of Cosmic Truth the seeds planted in your con sciousness. Ask that the ideas thus entrusted to you shall become manifest flowers of perfect expression in your world and the world of your fellowman.

"Beloved Presence of God - "I AM", pour the light of Thy Grace upon my consciousness. Nourish the seeds planted by the Master. Let me not be one admonished from without but not inflamed within lest the words which I have heard (or read) and not practiced, known and not loved, believed and not observed, rise up in judgment against me."

Quoting the words of a wise man who walked the path before you: "Truly when the Day of Judgment comes, it will not be asked of us what we have read, but what we have DONE; not what fine discourses we have made, but how righteously we have live." CHEU\: Beloved Master, is there any prescribed course of reading which would be of par ticular benefit to our soul growth? GURU: Blessed chela, for each man a different type of instruction is required. When the Master Himself does not conduct the personal instruction for the chela daily, the chela must draw from within himself, through the intuitive faculty and the flame of wisdom in the heart, that which can best benefit him each day. When a chela is particularly drawn toward a specific Master, the chela can build up a momentum of spiritual rapport with such an One through observance of the above exercise and then reading those words written by that Master. Even in reading the words of unascended beings, if the individual were to put himself into spiritual communion with the consciousness of the writer, so much more could be received in a short period of study than when the outer mind literally "plunges" into the reading in a haphazard fashion.

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XIII

REPRESENTATIONS OF DEITY

CHELA: Beloved Master, there are two lines of thought to which students subscribe. One is the development of interest in and cultivation of the use of pictures, images, symbols, icons, and all external stimuli to remembrance and recognition of God and His Representatives. The other is the rejection of such symbology as a deterrent to concentration upon the indivisible ONE. To which line of procedure would you recommend us?

GURU: Blessed chela, the development of the individual consciousness is a great deter mining agent in the attitude of receptivity or rejection of representat.ions of the Deity and His Messengers. For instance, individuals who belong to the Angelic Kingdom or the Devic evolutions are naturally more interested in radiation, spiritual essence, and the music of the spheres, than in form. Human beings and elementals enjoy the form which is the Grail of the Spirit. This natural alignment of the individual consciousness to any one of the three kingdoms will have a pronounced effect upon his types of worship, required stimulus, and generally, his happiness in such worship. In the East, many holy men and women come to the point of full illumination through concentration upon a lotus blossom or a drop of dew. In the West, many holy men and women have come to the development of personal sainthood through contemplation of the Being represented in a statue of the Christ or the Madonna.

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CHELA: Beloved Master, in some individuals, there is such a strong repugnance to symbols of a spiritual nature that their presence detracts from any spiritual nourishment such people might receive from a service. What can be done in such a case?

GURU: Blessed chela, in all cases where there is resistance, rebellion, discord, and inharmony, it is the result of lack of under standing. Whenever possible, if the reason for such symbols is explained and certain specific applications made by the group director, this resistance can be overcome.

CHELA: Beloved Master, what applications do You suggest?

GURU : Blessed chela, the director must recognize that all within the compass of his aura are not necessarily of the same spiritual evolu tion, background, development or understanding.

Besides the aforementioned fact that angels, humans and elementals have a natural difference in the type of worship which appeals to them, there are the etheric recor~s builded into the consciousness of all who ascend the ladder of evolution. Like every God-designed ideal, pattern and plan, the exquisite designing of represent ations of the Angels, Masters, and Divine Beings was seized upon by those who wished to place before the mind and senses of men forms magnetized to render powerless the spiritual natures of those who concentrated upon them. These "idols" were used by certain misguided individuals to secure power over the masses. Individuals who remember such experiences in the deep recesses of the etheric body, and who either consciously

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participated in opposing such practices, or who succumbed to being hypnotized by these foci are determined within themselve to remain free from a like experience.

The deep fears of ALL forms which represent the Deity must be removed and the conscious mind made to realize the self-evident Truth that the TYPE or representation determines the current, the radiation, the influence, and the beneficent or malevolent powers focused through the form, Good common sense wil be the measure of an intelligent man's acceptance of a picture, a statue, or a symbol as a stimulus to his aspira tion or a deterrent to his spiritual culture. The purifying currents of the Violet Flame called forth through the etheric bodies of the students by the Group Director before classtime will do much to assist in breaking down bigotry and intolerance, The clear detailed explanation of "the why .and the wherefore" when there is an introduction of a new expression in the service will clarify the outer consciousness and make for cooperation and understanding among the students.

CHE.LA: Beloved Master, what are the reasons for having the pictures of the Masters, statues of the Divine Beings, and symbols of the activ ities of the Sacred Fire before the outer con sciousness of the students?

GURU: Blessed chela, they are reminders to the sense consciousness of the Presence of the God-free Beings who are an ever-present help when called into action. The senses of man are so constantly fastened upon distress and imperfec tion that any and all types of perfected form that turns the attention of mankind upward and away from the chains that bind him are essential

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to the survival of the spiritual spark within the soul. Even your church spire pointing heaven ward, your majestic mountain ranges, the graceful upreaching arms of the trees are designed toward that end.

Furthermore, each focus of a Perfected Being, an Angel, a Master, or a Deva becomes an open door into the energy, consciousness, being, world and activity of such an one. A line of energy flows from the heart of the God-free Being into the form which represents Him, and into the world of all who look upon that form, bringing blessings and benediction in its wake. Thus the picture or statue is a magnetizing center, drawing the radiation of the Perfected Being down into the world of the student and drawing the attention and energy of the student upward into the per fected realm of the God-free.

CHELA: Beloved Master, as there is such a great divergence in the representations of the Deity, the Masters, the Angels, and the Devas in statues, pictures, icons, etc., how does this affect the student's consciousness and the mag netizing power of the picture or representation?

GURU: Blessed chela, first one must remember that the student is not worshiping the form, the picture, the talisman, or amulet in itself, He is merely using it as a reminder of the Being whose perfected glory flows through the representation. Thus I have seen even a very rough-hewn hand-carved figurine draw tremendous blessing upon an earnest soul, and conversely a magnificent piece of sculpture leave the spiritual sp~rk unstirred, The consciousness, feelings,

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thoughts and nature of the artist will be a deter mining factor in the capacity of the represent ation to reach the heart; also the faith, inno cence, love and devotion of the aspiring one will be a determining factor in how much good the contemplation of such a focus will bring to the individual consciousness.

CHELA: Beloved Master, why is there such a great divergence among the pictures and repre sentations of Deity, Yourselves, the Angelic Host, and others of the Heavenly Kingdom?

GURU: Blessed chela, this is so because every form that manifests on Earth comes through the consciousness of some individual who is part of Earth's evolution. The purity of conscious ness, the developed talents which can transfer the impression to canvas or marble, the patience of the artist - all are determining factors in the representation.

CHELA: Beloved Master, does not the difference in presentation of the Masters• pictures tend to confuse the chela's mind as to the true likeness of the Master?

QURU : Blessed chela, while the chela • s mind CAN be confused, you can rest assured that something will arise whioh will confuse it. You have seen photographs of the same person taken in different stages of a lifetime, the vital pictures of early youth bearing little resemblance to the mellow pictures of maturity. Yet, the outer consciousness knows and recognizes the individual who is represented in that picture and can enjoy the infant• s innocent smile as well as the mature man's steadfast gaze.

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Artists and individuals who represent the Ascended Masters use different methods to receive their inspiration. On rare occasions (when the Master has retained an etheric vehicle) actual photographs are available. Why? Because there is no present mechanical photographic device avail able which can register the high frequency of vibration of the electronic body of the Ascended Being. In very rare instances, where the aura of the chela is sensitized and can provide out of its own substance a c:othing for the likeness of the Electronic Presence -- stepping down the vibratory action, such photographs have been taken. These are very sacred spiritual gifts and are guarded carefully by their recipients. In the case of the Cottingly photographs { see "Fairies" by Ed. Gardiner), the children in question provided a similar clothing for the elementals so that they were able to be photo graphed with present methods of mechanical instruments.

On the other hand, artists often draw on their etheric memories of contact with and association among the Masters, Angels, Devas, and God-Beings. When purified enough, these artists are visited by members of these Kingdoms and through the veil of their own consciousness look upon the Celestial Beings who, invariably, take on some of the characteristics, outlines, concepts and nature of the artist• s own being. Then these impressions are conveyed by greater or lesser artistic talent to the medium of expression which the artist has chosen. As the etheric memories go back to the first Golden Ages, through all the succeeding generations, one Master may appear in the glory of Lemurian splendor, Atlantean priesthood,

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ON GROUP ACTIVITIES

CHELA: Beloved Master, what is the advantage of belonging to a group of lifestreams dedi cated to spiritual service, when so often the frictions between individuals se.em to hamper personal harmony and peace?

GURU: Blessed chela, in all spiritual develop- ment, the individual must make a voluntary choice - whether he will use his energies in COLLECTIVE endeavors or attempt to ascend the spiritual path alone. The heart (not a sense of duty) must prompt such voluntary cooperative service. From time immemorial, there has been the conflict in the human breast between shunning cooperative endeavor in order to find personal peace or serving a unified Cause to give the spiritual strength of united energies for the good of the whole.

The words of the Master Jesus express a Cosmic Truth: "Where two or more are gathered together in My Name (Nature),there am I in the midst of them." The nature of the communal service will determine its efficacy to the individual and to the common good. Therefore, individuals who, within themselves, have not accepted this type of joint service will benefit little from communa L endeavors, and will ofttimes have a disintegrating effect upon the entire group.

CHELA: Beloved Master, would you suggest that the individual proceed alone until such time as he can harmonize with group endeavors?

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GURU : Blessed chela, there is no more wonderful discipline of the lower self than to learn through participation in communal activities how to harmonize with the purpose of the group service and the individuals who form a part of such a group. No man knows his own strength and mastery until it is tested in actually mingling with other lifestreams - imperfect as he himself is.

However, as the individual consciousness blends into and becomes actually a part of the spiritual entity created for the purpose of worship and service, it is the obligation of each such member to bring to the group activity as much individ ual personal harmony, tolerance, understanding, wisdom, cooperation, enthusiasm and faith as he can draw forth through his own personal applica tion and contemplation of the God Presence.

I can but repeat the words of a wise man who walked the Earth: "The habit and tonsure help but littl~, but the changing of life and the mortifying of passions make a person perfectly and truly religious (Christ-like)."

CHELA: Beloved Master, is it true that individuals often harmonize with one particular type of worship and group of associates, and find great per8onal aggravations and grievances with another?

GURU : Certainly, beloved chela. The Ray to which a man belongs; the habits of religious worship through the centuries (builded into the etheric body); the race in which he is born; the background of his present Earthly life; all of these are determining factors in the spiritual rapport among individuals.

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CHELA: Beloved Master, should a man tre n continue to seek until he finds those with whom he feels this sense of spiritual rapport, or align himself with those whom circumstance has placed in his path?

GURU: Blessed chela, it depends upon the sin- cerity, development and nature of the individual man. The course of the determined chela is to bring himself into rapport with those with whom he is given opportunity to serve. The wilful individual, seeking always the "greener grass on the other side of the fence", must pursue his search until he finds that the peace, tran quility and capacity to work with others (for getting self) do not come from the actions and reactions of others, but are dependent upon his own reaction-to internal and external aggravations.

CHELA: Beloved Master, individu~ls who find the Presence of God and live in harmony without belonging to any communal group often seem more at peace than the congregations of spiritually intended people.

GURU : Blessed chela, this is true, and one reason is that group endeavors draw more concen trated power and render a greater service to the impersonal life that requires redemption, puri fication and salvation. The individual who offers to become part of such a magnetizing and radi ating center, voluntarily offers to take as part of his karma the reaction caused by moving the "invisible forces" that hinder man's progress.

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own consciousness. Each individual is also a radiating center emanating the qualified life so drawn. In unity there is strength. When a group of individuals determine to draw more healing power, more protective radiation, more purifying currents into the atmosphere of Earth, the result of their cooperative endeavors is of necessity a greater benediction flowing from their blended energies than could possibly be drawn by one individual. Furthermore, the Spiritual Hierarchy can more easily and with less expenditure of Their Cosmic Essence, nourish a group of indiv iduals gathered together in God • s Name than They can when They must seek out each individual worshipper and tunnel through the lower atmosphere a channel for that benediction. This conservation of the energy of the Masters is greatly apprec iated by Us.

CHELA : Beloved Master, when an individual is not in harmonywith a leader or speaker, what course should he pursue?

GURU : Blessed chela, he should pursue the course of the generous, compassionate, tolerant follower of Christ. The leader or speaker has offered - no matter how great his personal limit ations may be - to create a focus of God-aspiring individuals through which two purposes are served:

(1) The individual student is stimulated by the enthusiasm, the inspiration, the strength, and the collective consciousness of those who are of like intent. The student is also the recipient of all the spiritual energies magnetized and drawn through the songs, invocations, decrees and visualizations.

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( 2) The Godhead and the Masters, the Angelic Host and the Devas are provided with a conductor through which Their energies may be transmitted into the mental and feeling worlds of mankind who are not yet "seeking the Place of the Most High."

Thus such a leader renders a great service to God and to his fellowman while attempting, at the same time, to work out his individual karma. If the teacher waited until he himself was perfected before sharing his knowledge, enthusiasm, faith and spiritual light with his fellowman, We would have no representatives in the world of form. As soon as the teacher perfects himself, he ascends into a realm to which he has earned the right of access. Consider the teacher as a fellow student upon the Path; bless him; pray for him; love him for his courage to take on the karma of other individuals through such service; and raise the teacher by your love. Do not destroy him by your condemnation (silent or spoken). This is a mortal sin!

CHELA: Beloved Master, if an individual desires to serve God, it would seem that he could best do that by disciplining himself, and in the company of other like-minded men and women, attempt to perfect himself - at the same time participating in communal endeavors on behalf of the race.

GURU: Truly spoken, blessed chela. A long time ago, I wrote a few humble words which I would like to place before you again for con sideration:

Spirit of Forgiveness;

Harmony;

TRUTH:

Faith;

HOPE:

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AFFINITY WITH THE MASTERS

CHELA: Beloved Master, I ask forgiveness if this

question seems presumptuous. However, it often seems that, in the widening of the con sciousness of the students to include the know ledge of the Masters, individual attention upon the Presence of God is neglected,

GURU: Blessed chela, truly this is a fact, a stage of spiritual development, an initi- ation upon the Path that leads toward mastery. The individual might be likened to a child who, early in life, does not even cognize the parent or solicitous guardians. Then comes recognition of the forms of the loving parents, followed by the years of leaning upon them. Later comes the maturity when the individual begins to draw and rely upon his own intelligence and directions,

The mass of mankind does not cognize the watchful Beings who have foresworn the bliss of Higher Realms in order to care for them, Mankind, always a slave to form, when it finds an Inci vidualized Presence, tends to lean upon It. Later comes the maturity when the individual begins to work in the spiritual army of the King of Kings.

CHELA: Beloved Master, in order to understand the work of the Spiritual Hierarchy, we are taught to turn our attention toward certain Masters, and this naturally builds an affinity of spirit. Is this not a good endeavor?

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of importance in this association. As the Beloved Saint Germain has said: "In the Ascended Master Realm, ·the individual "I AM" Presence and ALL the Ascended Masters, Angels, Devas and Cosmic Powers are ONE!" It is only the human mind that insists upon the doctrine of separateness and the distinction of form.

CHELA: Beloved Master, what is the correct atti- tude of consciousness for an earnest student to take in endeavoring to draw close to the Masters but yet to develop individual maturity and grace?

GURU : Blessed chela, every Being who has attained perfection represents the sum total of millions of years of the use of life energy to develop some virtue, talent, power, grace and expression of the Godhead. Such an One is, like the Sun in the Heavens, a focus for that momentum of Good - drawn, remember, from the ONE SOURCE. These Beings are really "living batteries" of already God-qualified life. Proximity to Their Presence allows the individual to absorb that quality even as one absorbs the heat and comfort from the radiator.

Some there be who, through spiritual pride, would prefer to shiver in the icy winds of the mountain heights until they can generate the heat to comfort them through their own endeavors. Others take advantage of the proximity to already generated heat and comfort provided by the fueled flames in the hostelries which welcome pilgrims who pursue some quest. Thus it is with man. Some men avail themselves of the faith, courage, strength, confidence, healing essence, and illum inating power of Those who have accumulated those stores of qualified life. Others insist upon

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generating these in the winds of humble brothers the warmth of the and Sisters.

The cultivation of the Presence and associ ation with the Masters must be to kindle the fires of one's own spiritual nature, not to find another to do one's personal work. Many seek a Master as a ' leaning post." many seek Him to satisfy personal curiosity and doubt. To those He cannot come because it would deter the indiv idual development by drawing ttte attention to the FORM of the Master. Even Jesus affirmed this principle when He said: "If I do not go, the comforter will not come."

qualities themselves and shiver uncertainty while their more proceed upward on the Path in Presence of their Elder Brothers

CHELA: Beloved Master, seeking the Master in order to develop one ' s own reason for being is, then, a safe passport into Their Presence?

GURU: Blessed chela, it is the only passport into Their Presence. Worship of form, no matter how sincere, does not develop the indiv idual spirit spark. It tends, on the contrary, to detract from concentration upon the One from whom We, Ourselves, receive life, intelligence, and the power to do every good and perfect thing.

CHELA: Beloved Master, what is the doctrine of "The Middle Way" in regard to this subject we are discussing?

GURU : Blessed chela, the doctrine of the "Middle Way". which is, of course, the teaching of Our Lord Gautama, lies within the following principles:

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(1) The individual is a focus of God's Intelli- gence directed into the Universe to fulfill some portion of the Divine Plan. From within himself, he must learn to draw forth the self mastery, discrimination, balance, wisdom, love and power in order to fulfill that Plan. If he becomes enamored of any form or being which distracts him from this individual endeavor to sublimate his human nature and expand his Divine nature, he must stop and re-orient himself with attention upon the One Source. Then he may proceed in the company of Those who, by like concentration upon the One, have achieved.

(2) He must realize that all qualities of thought and feeling are contagious. It is wise to cultivate the Presence and Fellowship of those who have become that which he desires to be.

The smouldering sparks of faith and aspira tion kindle into flame when the individual con sciousness 'becomes part of the consciousness of any God-free Being. Because of the negative nature of the thoughts and feelings of the mass of mankind, unless the student has a positive current into which he may tie his aspiring soul, he is likely to be engulfed in the "hopelessness" which is the effluvia of the race.

( 3) A daily period of introspection before sleep is wise. Has your service for the Master and your spiritual communion with the Master made you more like HIM in nature that day? Have you come closer to a realization of your own Divinity? Have the works done in His Name been done in His Nature? Have the mankind among whom you have moved seen and felt His Presence because of your activity in their midst that day? Has your per sonal attitude endeared mankind to Us - because

you are Our only representatives in the world of form? Have your thoughts, feelings and spoken words expressed, as nearly as you know how, what We would think, feel and say in the same circum stances? If you are sincere, you need no mentor but yourself. Spasmodic irregular periods of contemplation, communion and introspection are not efficacious. A steady rhythmic personal examination - in which there is no taint of self condemnation nor self-pity - will result in an assimilation of the Master who is your pattern. The mortifications, the censures of self are merely weapons of conscience to alleviate known wrong. A new life, builded on the Nature of God, is proof of sincerity of spiritual purpose.

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CHELA : Beloved Master, how can an individual who knows little of the nature of the Master possibly attempt to create that nature in himself?

GURU: Blessed chela, the Master is instantly cognizant of the chela who turns his thoughts, feelings, prayers and invocations toward Him. By thinking of the Master, by using the Name of the Master, by sincerely asking for the feeling of the Master to flow into his own world, the chela begins the exercise of "spiritual communion." This is followed by an exhaltation of the chela's consciousness and he begins to experience (faintly at first) how the Master himself would handle any situation, render any service, or dissipate any appearance of distress. Then the chela is truly "caught up" in the Ma_ster' s Nature, and from this premise, the chela can perform works and manifest expressions of God which, in himself, he could not possibly express.

CHELA: Beloved Master, can you give us a simple exercise by which spiritual rapport with the Master can be attained?

GURU: Certainly, blessed chela.

(1) The chela realizes that there are appear- ances manifest in the world around him less than the perfection of God. Many superficially notice such appearances but the desire to remedy such distress is not yet born within them. The chela must come beyond the point of observing imperfection to the point of sincerely, lovingly, an~ e':-rnestly helping God to help his fellowman. This is the first step on the Path. "Hitherto the Father worketh; now the Father and I work" becomes his attitude of being.

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(2) The chela must examine his motive for de- siring to alleviate the ills of mind, body, soul and world of his fellowman. If it is to secure a sense of power, self-aggrandizement, or personal importance, he is not approaching the Father in the Nature of the Christ, even though he may use His Name. If the chela desires to render whatever service he· can, according to his present development, capacities, talents and powers, only to serve God by redeeming His children, that chela has already begun to approach the Nature of the Master. (3) The chela must find within himself a con- viction that the life flowing through him is the life of God, the Father. He must realize that within that life is the power by which the Master has performed the seeming miracles. The chela 's acceptance, in the feelings, of the power of God within himself which is ready, willing, and able to flow forth to render service, is another step in entering the nature of the Master. (4) The chela, knowing full well that other Intelligences who have already attained perfection, are ready and willing to give of Their radiation, impetus of faith, confidence and instruction to help the chela, can then ask for the infusion of the Master's thoughts, feel ings, and powers through his own consciousness. He can and should lay his own thoughts, his feelings, his spoken words and actions next to the Master's and, in contemplation, endeavor to become one with the Nature of the Master in thought, feeling, spoken word and action. Then when the chela sends forth a decree in the Name and Nature of the Master, the chela has the full power of the·Master•s momentum to use as well as his own.

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CHELA: Beloved Master, what is the "second death" which, like the doctrine of eternal dam nation, frightens many students on the Path? GURU : Blessed chela, first let Me put your mind at peace. By dispensation granted through the mercy Of the cosmic Law, NO SOUL BELONGING

"SECOND DEATH."

In order that you may understand what this experience is and so explain it to others (giving them confidence and assurance thereby), I shall briefly explain it to you.

self-conscious intelligences made in Their own Image and Likeness ( the "I AM" Presence of every man), the individualized intelligences themselves chose the manner in which they would use life and contribute to the progress of the Universe. These individualized "I AM" Presences journeyed through the Seven Spheres and finally, through free will, became affiliated with one of the Seven Rays. Some chose to take embodiment upon the planet Earth. Many never took such embodiment. The consciousness from the "I AM" Presence focused through the physical heart in each physical embodiment began to experiment with the use of energy in thought, feeling, spoken word, and action - thus evolving a personality as well as a soul. If the use of energy was constructive, the personality contributed to the evolution of the race and the sonl carried through the veil

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of so-called death, momentums of strength, wis dom, healing, love and light. In the next life, the momentums increased, and finally the mastery of all primal life drawn by that individual was attained and the Ascension took place. If the personality drew the energy of life into this consciousness and created only inharmony, discord and imperfection, finally the "I AM" Presence, endeavoring to work through that per sonality, was unable to fulfill the Divine Plan. Only when there was absolutely no possibility of utilizing the soul and personality, did the "I AM" Presence disconnect Its vitalizing Flame from the outer self. The soul and personality of such individuals used up the accumulated energies in the lower bodies and finally disintegrated completely. Then the "I AM" Presence began to create for Itself a new set of vehicles (emo tional, mental, etheric, and physical) to fulfill Its Divine Plan. CHELA: Beloved Master, how was the abolition of the "second death" accomplished for this evolution? GURU: Blessed chela, every dispensation which brings added opportunity to mankind must be paid for by the voluntary use of the energies of some ascended or unascended beings. In My contemplation, I was privileged to receive the idea of abolishing the "second death" because of My love for the individualized "I AM" Pres ences who had spent millions of years creating the vehicles through which They desired to expand the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth. As one approaches the Karmic Board, not oniy with an idea, but with

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some practical means of developing it as well, I pondered long as to how I might dissolve the shells of human creation that surrounded souls to a point where the Presence could no longer reach them. Through the cooperation of Beloved Saint Germain and the Violet Fire Temples, and through the establishment of schools at inner levels to which all souls which were headed toward such an end might go, I secured the acquiescence of the Karmic Council to TRY. By having a Represntative in

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attendance at the Karmic Board meeting where the souls who have passed from the body await assignment to the spheres in which they have fitted themselves to dwell, I was able to have "bonded over to Me" these particular individuals who were then entered in the Temples prepared in love for this endeavor, CHELA: Beloved Master, as I understand it, it is within the prerogative of the individual to refuse to appear before the Karmic Council and remain either in the Sleeper's Realm or the astral plane. How did you achieve the results You desired? GURU:: Through application, blessed cheLa t I made the call that out of all the individuals passing through so-called death in each twenty four hours, at least ONE who was destined to end in the "second death" would accept the summons of the Karmic Council and appear before the Board. If one twenty-four hour period passed without at least one such soul responding to My invoca t.ions, My dispensation would have been nullified. One beloved Friend made such calls for Me long

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THE DEfilRE FOR OPULENCE

CHELA: Beloved Master, is it wrong to desire

9things'? We have heard so much

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state of desirelessness. GURU: Blessed chela, the true doctrine is not to become attached to 9things•. The very word 9desire' -(de - 'of' : sire - 'father' ) signifies that the constructive ideas, hopes, visions and plans which enter the mind and feel ings of the chela are promptings from the Father to the chela to externalize more of the good things of His Kingdom on Earth.

The desire must be free of selfishness and free of any motivating power to aggrandize self. It is easy to measure whether the desire is truly born of the Father or of the lower self. If the desire, when moulded by thought, energized by feeling, and externalized by practical endeavor through the cooperation of the physical body, will benefit any one or all the members of the human race, it is of the Father. If the desire will merely gratify the personal ego, it is born of the lower. CHE.LA: Beloved Master, do you mean that the drawing forth of beauty in home, environ ment, and person is, therefore, a gratificatio~ of the personal self? GURU : Blessed chela, careful examination of the motive for which you desire to beautify, harmonize and amplify the personal world will •

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reveal the answer to your question. If you desire such perfection to glorify God through an example to your fellowman; if you desire greater opulence to inspire others to apply the Law by which you have precipitated beauty in this world of form; if you make a personal compact with yourself to use that which you draw forth for the blessing of all life, you are acting within the compass of the Spiritual Law. Be reminded that for every thousand who plan what they would do if they were in a position to further the Masters' work, ONE actually consecrates the results of his endeavors at precipitation to that Cause. It is easy indeed to dedicate that which is still ephemeral. More difficult indeed is it to share that which is at hand.

CHE.LA: Beloved Master, what is the attitude to approach in endeavoring to learn the scientific Law of Precipitation?

GURU : Blessed chela, the power of precipitation is given to man specifically to lower the Divine Plan into the physical appearance world and thus create the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth. The attitude of consciousness should be to accept the prcmptings (God-desires) gratefully; to bless the Father for entrusting you with the opportunity of drawing forth from those ideas a perfect manifestation; to fashion daily with the scissors of the mind the form of the pattern desired; to feed your thought pattern with feelings of love, beauty, harmony and blessing; to remind yourself daily that the precipitation upon which you are working is for the glorification of God and the blessings of your fellowman; to practically use

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the talents, substance, energy, and physical attributes afforded you to draw the manifestation into form; and finally, when you have received it, to use it for the blessing of your fellowman as well as for yourself.

CHELA: Beloved Master, such endeavors at precip itation are, then, not selfish?

GURU: No, blessed chela. Every lovely temple, building or artistic expression that inspires and serves the race has been drawn from the DESIRE born in the heart of some man or woman. The sense of personal possession '(attachment) which makes the individual unhappy if the pre cipitation is not under his personal management and control, is what the Buddha warned against. The flower does not wish to possess its fragrance; the bird to hoard its song. Such an attitude of creating and 'letting go' is the consciousness to be acquired. Then, not 'things', but the capacity to call forth 'things' at will, as required, is the gift of the individual more precious than gold.

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Be it known that the efficacy of the indiv idual's capacity to serve God and his fellowman is dependent upon that individual's attunement with his own Presence. Wise is he who fills his cup at the source. Be it known that gifts, powers,

inspiration and strength received from that personal communion become the responsibility of the individual to utilize to help mankind, ele mental life, and nature. The activity of the group endeavors allows the outlet for ever increasing balanced qualified energies which have been magnetized and builded into the inner and physical bodies of the chela through personal communion with the Presence of God. Man's vehicles (mental, emotional, etheric, and physical) through which the soul and spirit find expression are constantly in the process of change. Each vehicle is made up of the sub stance and atoms of the strata in which it func tions (i.e. the physical body is made up of the substance of this physical world; the etheric body is composed of etheric substance, etc) • The thoughts and feelings of the individual determine what elemental life is drawn into these bodies, and what elemental life is discarded. As the vibratory action of the individual increases, the coarser substance is thrown off and the finer elements of each realm are invited into the vehicles in question. As the process of refine ment of the vehicles takes place, greater sens itivity to the Presence of God is developed and the daily communion becomes a more and more holy, sacred, and truly enjoyable activity. When the vehicles of a man are made up of the coarser elements of each sphere, they do not respond to the Spirit of Harmony - which is God. As these

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vehicles are refined (in themselves be~oming harmonious, pure and tranquil} , they are open

to the subtle ,energies of the _Godhead whicb find

rea<;1y a_ccess into ~he soul, ~in_d, b_ody and world. Coming into tune w7th the Infinit~ is a pra<?tical process ?f the :efin~ment of the inner vehicles. I practiced this ,with some success at Cr~tona, and many of My pupils were enabled to consciously cha~ge the elemental subs~ance of their inner vehicl~s through the 'tunin~ up' of e<;ich bod by purity of thought, feeling and action to.~ point where individual and collective communi~n with God was a joy.

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EXPANDING THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD

CHELA: Beloved Master, we are told essential for the chelas to

Light of this world. Can you give us way of doing this.

that it is expand the a practical

GURU : Certainly, blessed chela. Every individual is a magnetic center drawing primal life from the One Source, qualifying that life, giving it form, and sending it out into the world as either Light (harmonious, pure, beautiful vibra tions) or as darkness (inharmonious, destructive, disintegrating vibrations). It is the capacity to draw forth from one's self first, and then from others, energy harmoniously qualified which expands the Light of the world.

CHELA: Beloved Master, how can a chela consciously induce such release of harmonious energy from others?

GURU : Blessed chela, the chela has the capacity to create the conditions which stimulate the response of the Immortal Flame of God in every man. For instance, a kind encouraging interest in the welfare of a man causes the soul of that man to emanate a vibration of gratitude, enthusiasm, faith and love. This constructive radiation from such an individual makes an aura of light around him and he becomes a focus through which the light of the world expands. Whatever a chela does to make his fellowman more comfort able, more happy, or more secure, expands the

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light of that fellowman and contributes tq the light of the world. Conversely, whatever a ~hela does to plunge the soul and consciousness of a fellowman into despair, discouragement, or dis tress, stimulates the release of dark clouqs of misgualified energy and adds to the shado~s of the planet. Thus, practically, the light of- the world is expanded by the development of pen'1onal and universal kindness toward those who hold within their hearts the spark of Divinit~ To kindle that spark, one must be practically k:ind.

CHELA: Beloved Master, it would therefore seem that every man has opportunity (no matter how small his personal orbit) to create griater happiness in the lives of those around him_ in his family life, his business world, his religious association, or his civic group,

GURU: You have spoken truly, 1;'l<;ssed che1a •• Many.have taken the admonition to expand the light of the world too abstractly. Each human heart is like an electric light bulb which must be consciously connected with its Source and then illumined from within. The true feeling of Divine Love, understanding, tolerance, and interest stimulates the potential light within the bulb (heart), helps the individual to reach tqward his own Source, and ultimately causes the bulb (heart) to blaze with its full light.

CHELA: Beloved Master, cosmically speaking do not the group activities also hel~ to expand the light of the world?

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purifying radiation of the Sacred Fire removes pressures of destructively qualified energy from the atmosphere of Earth as well as from the auras of indivictuals, making it possible to more easily reach the 'hidden spark' of Divinity within each heart. However, just the service rendered in the group activities is not enough for the full development of the student. He should purify his individual world; develop feelings of solicitude for the needs of others; and a desire to help to fill those needs, as well as learning how to live harmoniously with his fellowman at all times. This is essential to cultivate that Spark of Divinity and make of it a Flame which lights the aura of the individual, As all these auras are lighted by happiness, peace, harmony, beauty, understanding and love, you shall see the entire Earth 'alight' as Freedom's Star,

CHELA: Beloved Master, your instruction, then, points us toward the limitless opportunity of creating light in our present environment by lighting the feelings of others?

GURU: That is true, blessed chela. However, as you are about your Father's Business, tell no man. Thus you will av0id the rebellions of the outer selves of others which is a vibratory action of darkness and which would defeat your purpose. Every chela can perform those acts, speak those words, radiate those feelings in his own world which make the individuals around him happier and more harmonious, Wise is the chela who renders this service unostentatiously and thus becomes the cosmic 'torch' that kindles the sparks in his fellowmen without acknowledgement and acclaim,

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CHELA: Beloved Master, some people do not respond to overtures of interest, kindness, solicitude and love.

GURU: That is not true, blessed chela. If the overtures are made through effort of human will and do not carry the real feeling of Lnt.eres+ and love from the heart of the chela, the souls of man instinctively recognize such endeavors as •sounding brass and tinkling cymbalv. When the chela •s heart is stirred; when the sincerity of his purpose is to truly stimulate the light (harmonious vibrations) through another, he need not even speak, but his own aura will be a pressure of loving energy which can and does raise those about him into harmonious expression. Try this and see the truth within this counsel.

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PROMPTINGS AND INSPIRATIONS

CHELA: Beloved Master, there are so many beautiful ideas and promptings which I feel come from my own "I AM" Presence that I do not seem able to externalize. Can you explain why there is this difficulty between inspiration and manifestation?

GURU: Blessed chela, as the student progresses upon the Path and removes the obstructions to clear reception of the directions from the "I AM" Presence, many subtle tests arise. One of these is the often unrecognized •spiritual pride' that desires to impress one's fellow travelers upon the Path with the knowledge, contact, directions and impressions which are claimed to be from either the "I AM" Presence or from an Ascended Being. Some of these impressions are truly divinely inspired; others are pressures from the inner vehicles of the student which desire expression through the personality. This point on the Path requires the exercise of dis crimination, discretion, and constant alertness against those promptings which seek to aggrandize self. If the promptings are from the Divine Realms, the student is wise to keep the precious instruction locked within his heart until he can manifest an expression of that prompting. Then he will have no need to make claims, for his works, not his words, will proclaim his associ ation with Divinity.

CHELA; Beloved Master, what is the best way to divine the nature of such promptings?

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GURU: Blessed chela, good common sense will tell the individual whether the promptings and inspirations, when activated, will help the development of the higher nature through the personal self or help mankind at large. If there is no selfishness in the idea, wise is the chela who begins the activity of precipitating that idea into the world of form and who follows the admonition of the Master Jesus to "tell no man."

CHELA: Beloved Master, is it not wise to share beautiful experiences and so enrich the lives of others?

GURU : Blessed chela, the scientific law of pre- cipitation requires the conservation of energies on all levels in order to have a perfect manifestation. The dissipation of emotional, mental, etheric, or physical energies in talking about an undeveloped idea, greatly hinders the progressive course toward manifestation. If the chela receiving a Divine Idea were to mouLd that idea into a workable, practical form in the mental realm and constantly feed that mental form with loving feelings of accomplishment, it would soon descend to the Etheric Realm. Then it would be a short step to clothe the etheric form in the atoms of the physical appearance world and manifestation would occur. However, besides the dissipation of the individual's own mental, emo tional, etheric and physical energies which takes place in discussing a project upon which he is working, the individual invites the disintegrating forces of doubt, jealousy and unbelief from the consciousness of those to whom he confides his plan. These forces drive into the mental picture; ~he emotional.certainty of accomplishment; and into the delicate etheric substance that is

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clothing his form in preparing it for manifest ation. This makes an unnecessary 'battle' for the chela to 'follow through' upon the inspira tion received, without having the •cold water' of other consciousnesses thrown upon his plan.

CHELA: Beloved Master, how can we inspire others if we cannot share with them our inner experiences of beauty?

GURU: Blessed chela, the greatest possible inspiration is in manifest works. All the words in the world will do little to stimulate the mental bodies of others to study and endeavor to find the true Law themselves. The chela who has a Divine experience and the tenacity of personal energy to draw from that experience a manifest expression of beauty, is the most wonderful inspiration to all about him.

CHELA: Beloved Master, is it right to tell of an experience after manifestation has occurred?

GURU: Certainly, blessed chela, if the motive for that telling is to help another child of God to greater understanding. If the motive is to build up the ego and personality o~ the one who had had such a manifestation, the Law will automatically remove future experiences of like victory from the one indulging in spiritual pride - no matter by what name the chela chooses to call it.

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XXII

THE SACRED FIRE

CHELA: Beloved Master, what is the Sacred Fire mentioned so often by the Masters?

GURU: Blessed chela, the Sacred Fire is LIFE consciously qualified by some God Intell igence with some specific virtue, radiation and activity which is beneficial to evolution.

CHELA: Beloved Master, where is the focus of this Sacred Fire?

Guru: Blessed chela, within your own heart is a focus of the Sacred Fire which is an Intelligence qualified by the God Parents who created you. Within this Three-fold Flame within your heart is a spark of every God Virtue, radi ation and activity which you can develop, nourish, expand and utilize practically in your every experience. Also there are foci of the Sacred Fire in the Retreats of the Masters in this physical appearance world, at Inner Levels, and of course, in the hearts of all God-free Beings.

CHELA: Beloved Master, how can a student tune into the greater foci of the Sacred Fire which the Master and Angels have developed?

GURU : Blessed chela, an individual can tune into

the FEELINGS, ACTIVITIES, VIRTUES and

RADIATIONS of the Ascended Masters by turning the attention toward anyone of these Beings. Along the beam of your own life (attention) the momentum of the Masters and Angels flows back into the Sacred Fire in your own heart and beings to expand that same virtue, quality, radiation and activity through your own physical, etheric, mental and emotional bodies. It is a splendid practice to develop the latent God Virtues which are within your own "SPIRIT SPARK". (the Immortal Three-fold Flame of Life within your heart.)

CHELA: Beloved Master, can this Sacred Fire be contacted and seen in the physical world?

GURU : In times past, when mankind were purified, the Sacred Fire was visible to the physical sight of all mankind. Various specialized qual ified foci of the Sacred Fire have been drawn into the physical world and the very sight of these magnificent Flames gave faith, courage, confidence and strength to the devotee seeking added assistance tlirough pilgrimage to the foci where the Sacred Fire was established. These, days are to come again. They are a part of the

will be erected and certain dedicated lifestreams will magnetize and sustain the Presence of the Sacred Fire so that all who so desire may have the blessings of Their radiation.

CHELA: Beloved Master, presently the Sacred Fire is not visible to the student except on rare occasions. Why is this so?

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glory of the Kingdom of Heaven which Beloved Jesus said: "IS AT HAND." Also, the present students have not drawn through their flesh bodies the luminous rays of their own Immortal Three-fold Flame. This too will be done in the future, and every chela and student will be ~ manifest Temple of the Sacred Fire through self-luminosity of the flesh and the glorious aureole of color in the aura. At present mankind is so intent on leaning upon outer form that the tendency would be for him to turn toward the visible Presence Of the Sacred Fire OUTSIDE HIMSELF rather than turning to the focus of the Sacred Fire INSIDE HIS OWN HEART. This would result in a delay to his individual progress made possible by his consciously and persistently turning back into the Flame within the heart. This latter procedure stimulates the soul evolution which We seek to develop.

CHELA: Be,l.oved Master, does the Sacred Fire have more than one form of expression?

GURU : Blessed chela, the Sacred Fire has many forms of expression dependent upon the specialized virtue, activity and service which it is to render, It is one reason why Our Lord Maha Chohan has been teaching you to create 'forcefields', specialize upon one activity of Cosmic Service, and generally prepare yourselves to be guardians of a specific focus of the Sacred Fire - whether it be protection, healing, mercy, illumination, faith, comfort, love, or any other God Virtue or God Activity.

GURU: Blessed chela, I again repeat THROUGH

ATTENTION UPON THIS FOCUS; acceptance of

Its reality; invitation to Its Presence to act through the outer self; and sincerity in invoking the Masters and Angels who are specialists in that particular virtue which the student or group desire to magnetize and radiate for the blessings of all life.

CHELA: Beloved Master, is the focus of the Sacred Fire within us the 'Secret Place of the Most High' referred to by King David in the Psalms; and is it the 'Kingdom of Heaven' which Jesus taught is within us?

GURU: You have spoken truly, blessed chela. In all religions, the Spirit of God is thus referred to although, perhaps, it is in different terminology; also, that Spirit is always spoken of as being anchored within the heart of each one's being.

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CHELA: Beloved Master, howcana sincere student find his way into the Sacred Fire within his own heart?

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XXIII

INVOKING THE HELP OF THE MASTERS

CHELA: Beloved Master, so many conditions arise wherein I seem to find myself helpless before circumstances. How can I remedy this?

GURU: Blessed chela, the old adage "Behold I send My Messengers before Me to prepare My way" is still true.

CHELA: Who and what are these Messengers?

GURU: Blessed chela, you have been taught that within your heart is the Immortal Three fold Flame of God - the embryonic Christ Self This Flame has two specific powers - one to magnetize and invoke the radiating assistance of Divine Beings; the other to direct and send forth before you the powers and very Presence of these Beings to prepare your way. The type of Messenger which the King or man of power sends before him will determine the happy accommodations and reception of the King Himself. It is likewise true of unascended beings. If one chooses an unworthy representative, the resultant reception will be based upon the consciousness and prepar ation which such an one receives. On the other hand, if the King sends. a man of intelligence, wisdom and loyalty,He will receive the welcome to which He is entitled.

CHELA: Beloved Master, is it not selfish to call Messengers from Divine Heights to make our pathway clear?

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GURU: Blessed chela, remember, IN SERVICE, even Divine Beings grow in grace •• They love to be called, and the type of Ascended Master, Angelic, Seraphic or Cherubic Guard who will answer your summons will be determined by the requirement of your assistance as well as by your faith in your invocation of Their Presence.

CHELA: Beloved Master, how do I make such a sum- mons on the Heavenly Host for assistance?

GURU: Blessed chela, (1) by learning through study who these Messengers are and what They can do for you; (2) by BE~IEVING that They can help you (faith in Their Reality); (3) by recognizing that within the Immortal Three-fold Flame in your own heart there is a POWER to draw Them to you and to allow Their full-gathered momentum and power to radiate the God Quality of Perfection, letting that flow into and through your own Immortal Flame at your direction. The help which you thus draw forth from these Beings will follow a consciously directed beam of your attention to the person, place, condition or thing which you desire raised in harmony, balance and peace.

CHELA: Beloved Master, after a chela understands that these Beings ARE, what is the next step in enlisting Their aid?

GURU: Blessed chela, every Ascended Master and member of the Angelic Host hears the slightest call (prayer, decree, or invocation) from man. They are Beings of Mercy, Compassion, and Love. They will answer by Their Presence and

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radiation of Perfection. This increases the power of the individual (through his own Immortal Three-fold Flame) to direct the gathered momentum and actual Presence of these Beings toward the conditions requiring assistance. From the Master Presences so invoked, as well as by the radiation of centrifugal force from the individual's thus expanded Immortal Three-fold Flame of God, SUB STANCE flows in a directed ray to the person, place, condition or thing to be prepared by the 'MESSENGERS' qualified with faith, understanding, love, purity, consecration to service, desire to minister to mankind, or purification through the Violet Fire. Thus, when the chela arrives, these wise Messengers have already prepared the perfect atmosphere and conditions into which the hopeful cheLa may safely walk. If, however, the individual uses only outer thoughts (also energy) of fear, dread, disappointment and distress as his messen gers, they too will act. So - the place to which he goes will be prepared according to the type of messenger which he consciously chooses to be his ambassador. Every unascended being has some experiences of a human nature to handle. He may try to handle them through his outer personality, but the efficacy of employing the Messengers of God who assist him in the development of the potential positive qualities that lie within himself is much more efficacious and permanent in results. This builds a confidence in the Christ within, as well as in th~ Masters' willingness and ability to assist all who call; to develop that Christ Power; and in general, to handle all discordant energies by a "Higher Power" - call It what you may.

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CHELA: Beloved Master, we encounter the timid, uncertain, vacillating individual who cannot seem to accomplish anything because of his very nature. On the other hand, we sometimes encounter the over-positive individual who accom plishes temporary victory over others by means of mere humanly qualified force of energy. What is the 'happy medium?'

GURU : Blessed chela, in both of the above cases, the personality is working ONLY with the outer consciousness. Jesus Himself said: "Of Myself, I can do nothing ••• It is the Father - the Christ - within that doeth the works." When the individual can truly accept and know that the Presence of God "I AM" is anchored within his own heart, he allows that PRESENCE to connect with the Father or any of His Ascended Messengers, and then allows the Power of such a spiritual alliance to expand through him and to do the perfect work. Consciously or unconsciously, the personality endeavoring to work alone accomplishes little of a permanent nature and sooner or later such an one is brought to his knees before the only Power THROUGH HIM which can and does serve when invited, invoked, and allowed to act.

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XXIV

ON THE CAUSAL BODY

CHELA: Beloved Master, what exactly, is the Causal Body?

GURU: Blessed chela, the Causal Body is the forcefield (aura) around the LndLv.i.dual ' s "I AM" Presence.

CHELA: Beloved Master, how is this Causal Body created?

GURU : Blessed chela, when the individual "I AM" Presence is projected from Its God Parents, an individualized focus of the Immortal Victor ious Three-fold Flame of God is created. This individualized focus has the potential powers of the God Parents (i.e. it can think, feel, and create from primal life that which It desires through the use of free will). The attention of the "I AM" Presence thus created magnetizes primal life into some type of constructive act ivity. The result of such direction (acting on the Law of the Circle) returns to Its Creator and Director and becomes a qualified radiation and virtue around the "I AM" Presence.

CHELA: Beloved Master, are all Causal Bodies alike?

GURU : No, blessed chela. Each individual "I AM" Presence uses the prerogative of free will and engages in different experimentations with the use of life in the Seven Inner Spheres. The

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size of the various color bands which form the Causal Body is determined by whatever type of endeavor has taken the most energy, attention, time, application and service of the individual "I AM" Presence. The largest band of color (representing one of the Virtues of God) deter mines the Ray to which the individual "I AM" Presence belongs.

CHELA: Beloved Master, after physical embodiment has taken place, can the personality then created contribute to this Causal Body?

GURU : Yes, blessed chela. A 11 endeavor, secular and spiritual, involves the use of energy. This energy, qualified by some specific construc tive endeavor, rises and becomes a part of the Causal Body of the individual - even when he is out of physical embodiment or sojourning at inner levels between embodiments.

CHELA: Beloved Master, of what use is this Causal Body at Cosmic levels?

GURU: Blessed chela, as It forms a battery of energy around the "I AM" Presence of each lifestream -- which energy is always qualified and charged with perfection, the Causal Body can be and is used by the Presence as a momentum upon which that Presence draws to direct and focus Its Rays in the cosmic, Ascended Master and Angelic Realms, thus helping in the activity of cosmic Creation. The more energy qualified constructively, the larger the Causal Body of the "I AM" Presence and thus the greater pressure of radiation is created which forms the drive behind the Rays sent forth by that Presence.

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CHELA: Beloved Master, of what use is this Causal Body in the physical appearance world?

GURU: Blessed chela, the momentums of faith, wisdom, love, purity, concentration, ministration or invocation in the individual's Causal Body qualify the unascended being to serve in the progress of the race along some specific line. The release of the full-gathered momentum of the Causal Body THROUGH the physical, etheric, mental and emotional bodies of the unascended lifestream is the purpose for the service of the Maha Chohan particularly.

CHELA: Beloved Master, how can unascended in dividuals release the good of their Causal Bodies for practical use?

GURU Blessed chela, (1) by cognizing the fact that these momentums are already gathered around his own "I AM" Presence.

(2) By desiring to purify the four lower bodies so that the "I AM" Presence can and will release the gifts and powers of the Lnd i.v.i duaj t

Causal Body through the Christ Flame within the heart.

( 3) By actually cooperating in such purification by the use of the Violet Fire of Transmutation and the kind services of Astrea, Lord Michael, the Elohim of Purity, and all who are concerned with purification of the outer self.

(4) Standing alone in the privacy of one's own room and raising the arms to form a 'cup• of the upper part of the body, dynamically charge all the good of the Causal Body into the physical, etheric, mental and emotional bodies for the use of the outer self to give greater blessing to all the life he contacts. The activity of 'doing somethingt with the upraised hands, gives con fidence to the outer self when dealing with so called • invincible powers'. Quickly bringing the hands down, allowing them to be conductors of the gifts of the Causal Body, in through and around the individual, gives this sense of .confidence\•

CHELA: Beloved Master, how can the individual know what particular momentums are gath ered in his own Causal Body?

GURU: Blessed chela, this is not necessary. As the individual truly begins to invoke the full-gathered Cosmic Momentums of his own causal Body through his lower vehicles, he will gain the FEELING of the positive energy from within that glorious Storehouse of All Good. Here the intellect does not need to cooperate. In fact, pre~determined intellectual knowledge is rather a detriment to this application. Just KNOW that it is there. Reach up and charge it into, through and around you and the results will speak for themselves.

CHELA: Beloved Master, what does the Causal Body look like?

GURU: Blessed chela,

concentric bands

individual's "I AM" Presence. said before) the spiritual aura

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CHELA : Beloved Master, is there any other service that this Causal Body can render besides helping the "I AM" Presence to cooperate in the activities of creation at Cosmic Levels and expressing Itself through the outer personality?

GURU:: Yes, blessed chela, when only 51 percent of the energy of the entire lifestream is qualified with perfection and anchored within the Causal Body, it acts as a magnet assisting the individual to ASCEND. Thus it becomes the 'CAUSE' of the Ascension - from whence comes Its name - the CAUSAL BODY,

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XXV

THE NATURE AND THE WILL OF GOD

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CHELA: Beloved Master, how can we know God's ~ Will when we must rely upon the integrity, spiritual honor, and purity of unascended life streams who represent that Will to us in so many and varied forms?

GURU: Blessed chela, discrimination, wisdom, and understanding - all attributes of the Second Ray - m~st be consciously INVOKED from the "I AM" Presence and from Those who represent that Ray in the Ascended Master Realm. This causes the "Light of Illumination" to arise from within the heart - which light then permeates the mind, the feelings, and the brain consciousness.

CHELA: Beloved Master, spiritual freedom is much stressed in the doctrines of today. How can we discriminate between the personal opinions of ourselves and our teachers and Your directions, or those of our own "I AM" Presence?

GURU : Blessed chela, the measure of your teach- ings and also your personal promptings, by comparison with the Nature of God, will CLEARLY define their origin. That which endeavors to stimulate the feelings, thoughts, actions and spoken words toward externalization of the Holy Spirit (as represented by Our Lord Maha Chohan) are of God. That which even most subtly stimu lates the lower bodies and the soul to personal aggrandizement and inflation of the separate •ego' is not of God.

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CHELA: Beloved Master, sometimes we feel deeply, sincerely and honestly prompted to follow a course of action in complete variance with the Law as presented by men and women. What accounts for this? GURU : Blessed chela, first, the Ray to which you belong will cause you to have an affinity toward certain devotions, spiritual exercises and practices. Secondly, the far more subtle desires of the emotions, thoughts and memories of the past will seek life, continuity of ex pression and importance through securing the cooperation of your yet untransmuted soul. These promptings are often not recognized as of human origin for the natural tendency of the evolving soul is to outpicture the subtle feel ings, thoughts and human nature created through ages past. Examine honestly the MOTIVE behind such promptings and you will easily discover whether they are the Divine impression of the buried ambitions of the outer self. CHELA: Beloved Master, Beloved Jesus taught us to pray: "Thy Kingdom come! Thy Will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven!" This prayer we earnestly desire to repeat in the pattern of our lives. How can we make these words LIVE in our personal and group activities? GURU: Blessed chela, you must first remember the other statement of your Master Jesus: "Except ye become as a little child, ye shall not enter the Kingdom of Heaven." This means renouncing all the accretions of mental concepts;

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of inharmonious, suspicious and impure feelings, and the acceptance of the Father "I AM" as a real - a living PRESENCE! The individual must become STILL and KNOW the "I AM" Presence. Then, ALLOW IT to flow freely through the imperfectly qualified energies of the outer self. When one feels that PEACE, he is in the Kingdom of Heaven (Harmony). There is the 'false peace' of personal self-justification, and there is the REAL PEACE which not only fills the individual •s world, but emanates from him as the Light flows from the Sun. This REAL PEACE need not be affirmed, claimed, nor boasted about because - in Itself -

WITH ITS SOURCE!

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