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Beloved Gautama - Lord of the World:
The immortal words of Rudyard Kipling - "East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet" - are dissolved in God unity! The radiant healing peace of the Prince of Peace spreads East to West and thence again East to cover the earth with swaddling raiment of peace, reaching through time from his Bethlehem manger to the very present hour. As Siddhartha Gautama, I AM known throughout the world as one who in like manner gives his attention to peace. The God of Peace, the Mighty I AM Presence, the Be-ness of life, creator, sustainer and preserver of all consciousness, is first last and always peace - and even his love itself is vested in a mantle of this most comfortable all-enfolding feeling which even the most struggling and discordant inwardly long for and seek. Grateful then I am that beloved Jesus and others of the great ascended ones can continually meet in a joint service on behalf of the planet earth.
As Lord of the World, this My New Year's message pertains to the amplification of a spirit of unity throughout the world. Too long have the admonishments for unity amongst diversity gone unheeded in spirit and in action although acknowledged as true by men's minds and lips. The building of the Great Wall of China could never have been accomplished were it not for the unfailing constant service and labors by many to one common purpose. It is truly regrettable, however, that force has often been used to compel unwilling cooperation among peoples. The very tenets of the Great White Brotherhood prevent the use of coercion or force by us in the bringing about of that unity we would so like to see manifesting solely for the sake of mankind themselves. Therefore, for years, decades and centuries We have observed mankind muddling through life while pointing accusing fingers at one another and holding thoughts in their hearts of insincerity and doubt. Such as these have never made great progress but have returned to the schoolrooms of life again and again to take the same lessons over.
The recent dispensation for the laggards has permitted for the first time a more critical adjustment of karma in securing for the masses of mankind a greater surcease from distress so that the Higher Mental Body or Holy Christ Self of each lifestream can illumine that one concerning the errors of life which they have already committed, so that their wish to find real freedom may lead them "beside the still waters" and restore their own soul to a state of tranquility!
You see, the meaning of much that occurs on the world's outer scene is lost on the average man who is usually not too skilled in sociology, anthropology and a host of the necessary objective sciences. However, we who see with inner vision are able instantly to note the pressures for world changes as they occur. We stand encouraged at this hour, but solemnly warn all chelas of the Great Ones to watch as never before the emotional body and the feeling world so that all may "nip in the bud" any state of consciousness which even tends to produce unhappiness or rob you of your God Peace. Blessed ones, I do not say that you should fear to do, or dare to do, for you must do for the sake of general world progress regardless of the consequences. Remember, the Christian martyrs, saints who gave themselves to God and man for a purpose, were not in vain!
Recently at Christmas 1960, ecclesiastical warfare broke out on the very spot reputed to be the place where Jesus was born in Bethlehem. There, rival factions of Christian churches disputed about the rituals to honor his name, and the violence which ensued desecrated in spirit the very spot so hallowed by pilgrim feet throughout the preceding days and years. Surely, if peace is to become anchored among mankind, criticism and gossip about one another must cease, be transmuted and ended for aye. Religious differences too must be perceived as simply the result of intolerance and failure to practice the faith in God which all faiths profess. It is also the result of men's misuse of free will in interpreting the scriptures and sacred writings which were left as landmarks by the godly men who inspired them.
While peace at any price is not desired, yet is there a middle way whereby individuals may live and let live - for this is so wise until straight knowledge from "behind the veil" is truly made manifest and replaces that which presently is seen through a glass darkly (behind the veil of matter). Mankind may doubt if they will; they may speculate about the hereafter, but let them all rest assured good is its own reward and those who shall honor their fellow men with the blessed golden rule used in previous golden ages, "Do unto others as you would they should do unto you," will certainly receive according to their works. There are no exceptions to this, for there are no valid reasons why men should ever practice the sin of harmful expressions to or about one another. Freedom from this practice is but a beginning step on the way, for great souls have been hindered by this very snare and the trap of justifiable punishment which is simply the expression of a petulant child and ought to be permanently abolished upon earth so that the greater Light could outpicture most fully through all men.
The blessed Pearls of Wisdom which are released through the beloved Darjeeling Council are iridescent manifestations of the thoughts of great Ascended Masters clothed in words and printed, as are the scriptures of the world. They constitute a current release of light and knowledge which affords the prudent contact with us and our ideas, better enabling them to cope with the stringencies of life upon earth in the present hour and all the days to come. Released at inner levels, they become polished spheres of solidified light substance, bringing happiness and instruction to all those who, free from sloth, will take the time to peruse these pages with deep anticipation and reverence which automatically attunes the consciousness of the reader with the power behind the outer manifestation, leading directly to the world of the releasing Master and his effulgent love rays!
All who can find within themselves the awareness of their own Mighty I AM Presence, who recognize the need for accepting universal love and the need of the Ascended Masters to have a pure channel through which to release as much of their love and light as the Great Law will allow in the present hour of need, will see that, regardless of previous loyalties, the loyalty which they give to their own God Presence "I AM" and to The Summit Lighthouse as representative of a high and holy channel for the greater light will positively draw themselves and all mankind in the direction of more universal love of the full illumination of the golden age and the peace for which every man, woman and child feels an inner, sometimes hidden, hunger.
In advancing through the coming year and decade, I urge greater loyalty to this Light as our channel on the part of all sincere chelas and disciples who unselfishly dedicate themselves above and beyond personalities (fine though they may be) to the divine principle which nourishes the entire body of the planet with God's own substance which will expand the intelligence, harmony, beauty, tolerance, happiness and peace which God already is and which also I AM by his grace!
I am holding open the gates of Shamballa for each one of you as opportunity's door -
This instruction comes to you through the loving courtesy of the Ascended Masters' Darjeeling, India, Council of God's will, of which all the ascended host are members.
This focus of the Ascended Masters' activity is presently located in America's national capital. All communications and freewill contributions for it should be addressed to The Summit Lighthouse, Box 1155, Washington 13, D.C.