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Gracious Ladies and Gentlemen:
The marvelous and masterful order which permeates the universe is frequently overlooked by the most intelligent of men. There is inherent within nature and man a natural unfoldment of the divine plan. In the mandate "Take dominion over the earth!"1 the Universal Father conveyed upon man the gift that can make him, if he will accept it, the master of his world.
The aspects of the twin egos, the one changing and the one changeless - the one human and the other divine - ought to provide man with greater insight concerning the gift of God-control that he may exercise over the energies of his life. It is unfortunate that so many men and women are caught up in the whimsical activities of the outer ego which tax the Life-force, the solar energies that are intended to secure for them the vitality which they require throughout their lives.
Man has been called a dual being, and in one sense he is; but at the same time he has been called a triune being. In reality, it is possible to subdivide the whole of his manifestation into a multiplicity of parts. These, however, should be understood to function as a unit; for they are so constituted. But because of the crosscurrents in the polarization of his consciousness and man's tendency to overemphasize certain aspects of his being while underemphasizing others, there is sometimes an imbalance in the outer manifestation which causes various forms of discomfort to the evolving soul.
Spiritual exercise is regarded by many, especially by those devoted to the worldly mind, as a waste of time. No falsehood could be greater. For once a man embarks upon a spiritual service, the ordering of that service comes under the Christ of his own being, which is a manifestation of the Universal Christ, the living Word, or Logos.
How can the Path that leads directly to God be considered a waste of time? The real problem is that the things of the Spirit are seldom understood by the natural man, who regards them as "foolishness" because, as Saint Paul explained, "they are spiritually discerned."2 While mankind is embodied, it is necessary that he give consideration to both aspects of his being - the natural and the spiritual. But to neglect the spiritual entirely is to allow the very manifestation of essential wholeness to wither on the vine of Life.
I am convinced that the statement "To be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace"3 will have a special meaning for those who understand the words of the Christ to be the bread of Life. They will reveal that the inward functioning of man's being, in its search for reunion with the Divinity, is a blessed experience of hearing the voice of the living God echoing simultaneously in the chambers of the universe and in the chambers of the heart.
The benefits of reintegration, of the soul's at-one-ment with the Father, are magnificent to behold, producing the fruit of change not only in the inward parts of man but also in his outer affairs. Through the absorption of the energies of the Higher Self, the whole being of man is brought under divine dominion, and a speaking relationship with the spiritual world is established. I do not say that mankind do not engage in certain practices which in a relative sense are both ineffectual and contradictory. Yet it should always be understood by embodied humanity that God looks both upon the heart of man and upon the heart's motivation.
Above all, mankind should beware of the act of rationalization whereby the human intellect employs the logic of the serpent as a standard of judgment in determining right and wrong. If the truth were known, people would see that these rationalizations that seem so right to them ("there is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death")4 are actually tying up their energies in activities that are almost totally vain.
I cannot say that this is the case when individuals, out of generosity of heart and loving concern for others, offer their energies in the giving of prayers, decrees, and spiritual exercises. And when they preface these applications for assistance with the words "Thy will be done!" they make certain that those for whom they call will tread the path of a blessed cosmic rationality rather than the way which is indicated from the level of the carnal mind.
Blessed children of the dawn, regard the power of your own cosmic birthright and perceive how it anchors in your heart a steadfastness which declares "I shall not be moved!" Yet the quality of mercy must not be overlooked. Perfect balance, as an attribute of the universal law of love, will always thrust aside human stubbornness, indecision, and carnal judgment on behalf of mercy released from a heart of fiery love. However, that which mankind have called mercy is not mercy at all, but a frame of mind that is akin to that of a milksop!
The chastening of God is a steadfast activity of love which, functioning through karmic manifestation, returns to man that which he has sown in order that the universe may be brought into balance and that he may learn the true law of mercy. It is an act of mercy that the Deity provides mankind with the opportunity not only to learn to do well but also to love to do well. For only by learning the correct application of the Law will mankind learn how they can become the absolute masters of their destiny. Frightful indeed are the manifestations of human karma when mankind fail to adhere to the Law, for the return of energies misused is often a bitter pill to swallow. Thus sometime, somewhere each lifestream evolving upon this planetary body must learn the rightness of the Law and how he can employ that rightness to secure his own freedom. Do you see?
This very year certain activities of the Sacred Fire are being prepared for release to humanity as a forward impetus that will raise a select number of embodied individuals to a higher position of mastery so that they can function in closer cooperation with the cosmic Hierarchy. The blessings of this dispensation cannot be bestowed merely on the basis of mankind's desire to enter into a more direct relationship with the cosmic Hierarchy; for this release must be determined by the Lords of Karma.5 Yet each one who applies can clearly see, if he will, that justice, together with mercy, permeates the universe.
If mankind expect to reap the rewards of Love, they must be endowed with Love's attributes. Upon the karmic screen are many manifestations of Love and its reflections. Yet human hatred, or dislike, which is a mild form of hatred, is also reflected on the screen of Life. The interplay of energies between human beings and the consequent sowing and reaping of karma by mankind are the underlying cause of much of the distress upon earth. The advanced chela will understand that even Heaven itself knows that infant humanity, by reason of their relatively low level of attainment, will inevitably reap the results of their own ineffectiveness in becoming overcomers.
Those of you who are a bit more advanced will understand that while we have worked tirelessly for mankind and for the Cause of the cosmic Hierarchy, most, if not all, of our seeming failures to reach mankind are the fault not of ourselves, but of the various opacities and blocks in the human consciousness that almost totally hide the Light of the spiritual Sun. The seekers who do make forward gain are the ones who are unafraid to reach up their hands in supplication to God, those who do not pin their hopes on human pride and human acceptance of their ego.
Well, won't you understand, then, that when we say "It's up to you!" our statement is based upon cosmic law which decrees that you yourself establish the cause-effect relationship between yourself and God? I want the students to understand what beautiful results can be forthcoming as they dedicate themselves in greater measure to the reestablishment of their relationship with God rather than remaining positioned, as the vast majority of embodied humanity are, in those self-chosen rounds which keep them bound to the things of this world.
It should be understood that vast numbers among mankind suffer from a banal ignorance that is almost a disease - and if not a disease, then the cause of most diseases. The thrust of El Morya's purpose, as it is infused with the first ray of the dawn, is magnificently expressed in the Solar Logos and in the Universal One. In those impersonal aspects of the Deity which hide behind the pulsations of the spiritual Sun, there is often found the most buoyant release of spiritual power which each individual may appropriate, thereby making the impersonal aspects personal, if he will, and transforming his life from day to day, from glory to glory,6 even as the Spirit of God is itself working within all mankind.
The blessed fastening upon the human heart and mind of those applications of universal love which can truly be called God's love for you is likened unto the appliqué of garlands of floral offerings held by angel hands as you ascend the golden ladder of attainment. And so you may climb as cherubs in the confidence of Light's victory toward a greater measure of cooperation with our realm, knowing full well that we not only exist, but that we exist to assist and are doing so twenty-four hours a day!
O mankind, won't you try to extricate yourselves from those humanistic patterns which lead you to believe that your own rationality and intellectual concepts will deliver you from evil! Only by the impersonal yet omnipresent love of God that is the sweetest and most intimate contact any man can know will you be able to cast off the weaknesses of the carnal mind and replace them by the all-enfolding victory of the cosmic honor flame. For when invoked, this consuming fire of the Almighty bestows upon each soul evolving on the planetary body that ineffable love which begets justice and mercy, tolerance and brotherhood. And in the patience of that love divine, the soul of man becomes an anvil of purpose upon which the drama of ages is forged - right within your mind and heart.
Cast aside the doubts and trivialities, the confusions and the shadows of the world, and establish upon your heart's altar that forcefield and focus of our unswerving faith in God and loyalty to man that will draw millions of humanity into the great upsweep of the ascension flame. For all parts of Life in whom we also trust, mindful of the inherent divine seed, shall rise with God-speed into those airy realms of mind and spirit where contact with God becomes a softening radiance, real and tangible, that will assist you in sealing your life in the love fires of Almighty God.
I pledge to you my heart, my head, and my hand in unadulterated service before the great victory of the Karmic Lords and the swift lightning of that Divine Love which ushers in the New Day of mankind's freedom.
I AM Peace. It has been decided that we would give you this day, by karmic grace, a spiritual experience of great depth. Will you take my hand in thought and come with me apart from ordinary experience realms into the world of cosmic dreams where we shall create an experience of peace in what we term the "Pavilion of Peace."
By His grace there is created by the devas and the builders of form and great Cosmic Beings a pavilion of white alabaster through which shines the Light never seen on land or sea, the Light of ten thousand spiritual suns, the Light of the Eternal One. Through the walls of our alabaster Pavilion of Peace there gleams now this radiance. There are four sides to our pavilion and three magnificent domes on each side - two below and one above, forming a triad in memory of the threefold nature of man and of God. The gates of the pavilion are open, and six mighty seraphim stand at each gate to lead you upward to the Temple of Peace. The mighty organ which we call the organ of peace is radiating out that cosmic sound which is soundless but which rises to crescendos of peace ...
Will you enter with me now the gates of the Temple of Peace and hear the sweet bells of heaven that ring out melodic joy that peace can prevail. Seven snow-white doves are carrying a banner in their bills and they flutter at the gateway as you enter; and the banner, in letters of gold, Old English gold, fluttering in a soft, gentle wind, reads "Peace." For there is no other vibratory action that can come into our temple save peace. And yet the scene is not vacant, for there is a Light and a mystical joy in the air of this Pavilion of Peace.
Now we see the thirteenth dome - an inner spire rising and a beautiful brick mosaic formed within it. And there in gold, stamped within a Maltese cross of perfect balance, is the word "Peace." It is as though the very physical heart wanted momentarily to pause and drink in the scene of peace. For seven rays come down from the center of the dome; these are the rays of the Holy Spirit. White at the point of blending, the gentlest of pastel hues are to be seen upon the floor where the reflected rays gently position themselves as though they were seven votive flames from the altar of God's Heart ...
I AM the Elohim of Peace. I radiate out into the world domain the vibratory action of infinite peace - a consuming fire to those who radiate out the awful vibratory action of hatred, war, and destruction and the influences of the carnal mind, but a fire of hope, a shining diadem of our love to all who see the beauty of our temple. We offer to each of you a gift this day: a miniature replica of the Temple of Peace, a symbol of your journey which we place in a golden acorn. Siva! It is done! To each soul let there be an encapsulated golden acorn. Within that acorn, reduced to microscopic size and placed within the ventricle of the heart so as not to interfere in any way with the flow of the Life-force, do we place the gift - the focus of the Elohim of Peace, my focus, thy focus, God's focus, a universal focus. It belongs to the world, to the universe; it is a part of creativity, of the fiat of creation ...
I tell you of a truth, the gift I give you today is a point of contact with universal peace. If you will, it can summon within you at will the great Cosmic Genie, the Figure Form, the symbolic Angel of your own individualized Presence, who will on the instant bring you into the realm of peace. And so I shall tell you of the power of this talisman which I place within those of you who will accept it. I will never impose it upon any. If you have once accepted it, however, I should tell you now, it becomes anchored there forever. And all you have to do when all around you is turbulent and you are in distress and in confusion is to visualize in miniature the Pavilion of Peace, call unto me and unto your individualized God Presence and say:
"I need Thee every hour, O Elohim of Peace and Beloved Mighty I AM Presence! Show forth Thy Light!" And with the words "Show forth Thy Light," I will come again and create the vibratory action of my peace.
In the name of the Prince of Peace I say, "Peace be unto you."