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Men of Good Will Who Would Enter into the Domain of Creative Essence: Experience in the Coming of the Flaming Seraphim the Intense Need for Purification and the Magnificence of Transmutation
And I saw the sea of glass, of molten white-fire substance cooled into light manifestation. And behold the crystalline beauty thereof spake of the need for purity. The purity of gold, of jasper, of chalcedony, of opal, and of every precious stone revealed to my eyes the magnificence of transmutation.1
How came the dark, dank smoke of millions of chimneys, black clouds filling the lungs of little children with the grit of sharp silica and magnesia? From whence came this rasping, this cough of desolation and the lethargy of men like molasses with the tenacity of glue? How came it into manifestation before us as impediments? How shall we extricate the beautiful soul from the stranglehold of delusory reason?2 I gazed downward and then I gazed upward, and I saw the flaming seraphim coming; the need for purification within me was intense.
As an adjunct to their ascension in the light, men of good will must enter into the domain of creative essence, separate and apart from the individualistic consciousness. The recognition and affirmation that "I AM my brother's keeper"3 as a natural outgrowth of divine love will enable all individuals who accept it to see that every human problem must be taken into account by the Great White Brotherhood and no situation or involvement can ever be considered as one's own business. On the other hand, embodied mankind by cosmic law are given rights which are protected even from the spiritual forces of the planet. Therefore, in order to invite the heavenly hosts to take an active part in assisting mankind, it is necessary that some part of life somewhere shall appeal to the ascended masters and invite them to help this planet in solving its many problems.4
Because it is the nature of God to assist his own creation in obtaining freedom from self-created bondage and every form of distortion that is hurled at mankind by the demoniac forces and sinister strategies of the brothers of the shadow, men must perceive that in descending unto the planet, as Christ did, and crying, as he did, "Lo, I AM come to do thy will, O God,"5 one and all must without fail seek to alleviate the distress that manifests on a planetary scale. The road to the ascension is paved with many facets which require individual attention. Yet none of these facets must dominate or draw an unwanted amount of cosmic energy from the aspirant to the ascension.
We turn again to the seraphim:
"And I saw the maelstrom of human thought and feeling, the flashing of its colors, and the spewing forth of debris. Invective after invective were hurled against brother by brother. The awful struggle for deification of the ego, to raise the ego into prominence, was apparent.
The seraphim came and they were as flaming streaks of fire passing through the atmosphere, and I knew that they possessed the quality of cosmic penetrability; like cosmic rays they could pass through the flesh form of man, through his thoughts and feelings. When penetration occurred and the seraphim flew through human consciousness, what residue was left behind or what absorption was accomplished?
"I saw clearly that absorption was accomplished and that residue was left behind - absorption by reason of instantaneous transmutation of all substance that came nigh unto their trajectory. I noted also that the residue left behind was of intense white-fire devotion, charged with a yearning for purity. I perceived that this quality lingered within the consciousness of many; and yet, unless it was fed or accepted by them, its decay rate in their consciousness would be of relatively short term, for a disassociation of these ideas would cause the lingering sparks of the seraphim to pursue the parent body and leave their temporarily unwelcome home."
I trust, then, that the chelas of light, whose hopes rest in God and in the power of the ascension, who are mindful of the intercession of the angelic hosts and who recognize that the angelic hosts can and do enter into their consciousness, will also understand that affinitizing with the angelic consciousness - that is, with the consciousness of the seraphim - is tantamount to retaining the benefits of the seraphic hosts.
I know of no power more valiantly capable of assisting anyone into his own ascension in the light than the transmutative efforts toward Cosmic Christ purity which are emitted by the seraphic hosts. In our retreat at Luxor, the meditations upon the seraphim are a very important part of our spiritual instruction. Jesus himself spent a great deal of time in communion with the seraphic hosts. This developed in him the superior power whereby he could cast out demons and take dominion over the outer world of form.
I am fully aware of the fact that the intensely involved and deep instruction appearing between the lines of this release and others may cause some distress to those who do not fully grasp its principles. Be not concerned, beloved children, seekers for the light. Did you expect when you began to search for God that you would find him without mystery? Did you expect that a study in Truth that is progressive would be without involvement, without commitment, and without the need for responsible action? Understand, then, as I give this Dossier on the Ascension that its sole purpose is the raising up of God-magnificence in the consciousness of those who read and understand.
We are compelled, then, by cosmic law to give you those techniques and points of the law that are best designed to consummate in you a burning desire for spiritual progress that "will not take no for an answer!" In heaven's name, blessed ones, you cannot expect to move forward into the light by following the same old familiar ways of the flesh and the mortal mind which you have long known. If new ways of thought and feeling are to be made, they must be produced at times by a shattering and abrupt departure from the old.
The disciplines of the ascension require your unswerving devotion and your utmost attention. You cannot produce the necessary changes in consciousness that will fit you for our cosmic band unless there is a willingness on your part to relinquish ties to human foolishness.
Vanity is always indicative of vain effort. Conversely, those who invest their energies, securing for themselves a position of spiritual triumph whereby their victory can significantly assist the evolutions of the planet, will be filling a needed manifestation for and on behalf of the original God design.
If man was created by God, then that Goodness which is the nature of God should and ought to manifest in consciousness, not just according to someone's opinion, but according to the original plan. There is more science in this dossier than any among mankind will be able to perceive by a casual reading. The science we have placed here is calculated to perform an act of great blessing to those who read in order that they may truly understand.6
In the steadfastness of cosmic progress