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To the Earnest Seeker and to All Others:
The contemporary world in which you live is full of danger and delight - danger to all who, either through ignorance or disregard of cosmic laws, pursue the fashions of the times, and delight for those who lift their consciousness out of the levels of human thought that cause them to subscribe to human limitations. So long as man or woman is content to dwell in the veil of limitation, so long will the conditions of the veil be to the detriment of the immortal spark of God-Reality which is at the core of Being.
We grant that there remains much waving of arms and wagging of tongues in derision of those actions of thought and feeling which are intended to do honor to the Godhead. And there is a great tendency on the part of mankind to pay homage to mortal companions whose sole claim to fame and friendship is that they happen to be questionably alive and well on the planetary platform at the same moment in history.
It is important that people cease to confine their concept of the living and the real to the flesh-and-blood creation while they regard the consciousness that has departed from the body, abiding in the unknown realm, as dead. We recognize the dangers and deathlike emanations native to the astral realm that have been intensified through the practice of necromancy, which we abhor. But we refuse to be buffeted by human opinion which declares that the brotherhood of Ascended Masters, spiritual beings, and even contemporary men and women who have departed the screen of life are either dangerous or dead. For the selfsame immortal Spirit that fired body, mind, and soul in the physical chalice is eternally alive, benign, and victorious within the cosmic community.
It is time that people recognize that a greater portion of Reality can be perceived by the consciousness that is attuned to spiritual realms. From these realms the Heavenly Brothers can reach out to mankind with ennobling concepts when their minds are free from the mundane distractions of the physical realm. It is totally unwise to discount the Presence of the great company of saints who have risen triumphant from the Veil; for thereby one denies himself the blessing of cosmic truths that can be proven to mankind whether they are in the body or out of the body.1 These truths are taught by teachers who manifest both in and out of the body to those who give a receptive ear and recognize spiritual accomplishments even as they recognize physical ones.
Most people on earth regard as foolishness those things which they do not perceive with their physical senses. I earnestly pray that embodied mankind might swiftly be shown the gravity of their mistake. One of these days when they find themselves out of the body and perchance aware of higher levels, they may yearn for our friendship and find that whereas upon earth the Law allows the cosmic teacher to go in search of that which is lost, once the crystal cord is broken2 and the soul of man rises to higher octaves, he must have an invitation and he must be able to receive it. He must be able to look up and listen to the Master's voice if he would enter the retreats of The Brotherhood. Should he have gained little or no knowledge of our octave before his passing, it will be more difficult for us to orient him to the higher domain and its inhabitants; for both will be totally foreign to his limited outreach.
The first thought which comes to the individual once his consciousness becomes accustomed to life on the next plane is to fulfill the same desires and pursue the same activities in which he was engaged upon earth. You have heard it said, "He which is filthy, let him be filthy still ... and he that is holy, let him be holy still."3 The nature of man in his present realm of activity determines what he will be in future realms and whether or not he will be receptive to Truth, to our octave, and to those beautiful and bountiful levels of consciousness which we inhabit.
"Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation."4 Let all who are wise make their attunement now with the things of the Spirit5 and at least become acquainted with our octaves and our teachings. Then it will be easier for them to bridge the gap between planes of awareness and to provide a way for those who on the eve of their departure must prepare either for a succeeding embodiment of the highest constructive effort or for the initiations of the Ascension Temple. A little effort on this side will assist them immeasurably on the other side, both to work out the patterns of their karma and to make those karmic adjustments which are necessary if they are one day to receive the great boon of the ascension which was accorded the Master Jesus.
I write these words in order that mankind might be given this counsel and this consolation here rather than hereafter and thereby ready themselves for that greater opportunity for which God has already provided.
The cosmic Hierarchy salutes you. Let none fear to do well, for the rewards of the Infinite are both infinitely and finitely profitable.