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As mankind stand at the portal of the new year, they await brighter hours.
In the world today dwell many who, solely by reason of family and training, are atheists and nonbelievers. Predominating in Russia and China, these atheists and their godless society seem to thrive. I tell you, all that seems to be is not. For there is alive in many hearts in the Orient, as well as in Russia herself, a great desire for divine worship and the finding of the pathway that leads to God, to divine compassion, and to Home.
Hence in the forthcoming year, we of the Hierarchy shall capitalize upon this for God. We shall respond in a more than ordinary way to hearts that seek us the world around. We shall show them that the pathway to universal Christ-realization is the only path that leads to the triumph of all nations in one beautiful kingdom of universal hope.
If they prevent us from disseminating this information directly, we ourselves will go underground. We ourselves will work with those who still call upon the name of the Lord in secret, stepping through the veil, if necessary, in masterful identities capable of maneuvering any divinely approved effort to bring a ray of Light and hope to the Communist nations.
We shall even go backward in time if necessary, summoning souls from other systems of worlds that have previously been identified with Russia and China. We shall ask special dispensations that they too may step through the veil and assume masked personalities that will not be seen for what they are but will have the power to appear and disappear at will and to evade all authority. These shall walk the earth as Apollonius of Tyana did, coming and going in the courts and marts, producing miracles that may not always be readily apparent but shall have their certain effect upon civilization. These beings shall lead some of the inner neophytes as well as advanced disciples of our Brotherhood into levels of triumph that shall eventually revolutionize the Revolution and produce in its place in the hearts and minds of the people the type of receptivity that shall help them to overcome the dread threats that mankind currently face.
I do not say that none of these threats shall materialize, for mankind have free will. But surely the preponderance of our energy shall come forward now on behalf of the mankind of earth and enter into the spiritual fight, the battle of Armageddon.1 And that battle shall not be won by those who have gained temporary control over the communications media, the press, and the publishing industries of the world or by those who would maneuver the governments and political parties, the textbooks and the schools, and every function of society.
I say unto you in God's name, the forces of the Lord shall descend. As Enoch said long ago, "Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of His saints, to execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him."2 Therefore these things shall be. And as beloved Helios said earlier this year, "Nothing shall be able to stay My Hand."3
And so the next year shall indeed be one of struggle; yet out of the chalice of the year, perfection shall ultimately come.
The question arose in my heart as to what is meekness; and as I pondered long and hard upon it, it came to pass that I perceived that the meek were not without strength. For it was given unto them to inherit the earth,4 and I knew that those to whom God gave the gift of inheritance would necessarily be strong.
I gazed upon the pageant of man and I saw that in metaphor, dispensing with time and space, we could see all men as coming forth from the sun of God's love, a vast parade, a pageant, a drama so full of poignant memories - some benign, some which revealed much suffering - that I pondered upon this also. I came to realize that one's country had meaning; for after all, the segmentation of men and women into nations is symbolical of a certain divine intent.
The classification of peoples is also the creation of many sheepfolds. But I understood that the Master of masters desired one sheepfold.5 If this could not come all at once but little by little, then men would be able to externalize the knowledge of science, the knowledge of genetics, the knowledge of humanity, the knowledge of Life, the knowledge of Spirit, the knowledge of universal lore. All of the multitude of components that make up the conglomerate creation must be assembled in consciousness. That they exist in substance is not enough, for each must run the fingers of his mind over the anomalies of manifestation.
O Mother Russia, thou art the mother of so many souls, even as China and the masses thereof; and you have brought into manifestation many children. Their Slavic ways are not always the ways of emancipation. Searchers for liberty are they; and the icons on the walls, together with the bubbling pots, the tea, the cakes, the peasants, the struggle, the mighty life waves - all compose a vast evolution which seeks for liberty and yet creates bondage.
I saw this great manifestation as a child; and as I gazed upon it, I froze in the wonder of it all and my mind refused to accept it. I cast aside reason as to the winds, and I opened my heart to the simple oneness of God, and I spake unto Him. I communed with Him who is beyond the stars and I said unto Him:
"O Lord, there is too much in manifestation; I cannot grasp it all. Come unto me and help me, for the world is a wilderness peopled with dark shapes and distortions. And I must of necessity have Thy power and Thy glory; for surely Thou who hast created all this - Thou who hast an Eye to see it and behold it - surely Thy Mind can comprehend it if mine cannot."
As I spake unto Him, I cast myself upon Him; and as a child I received an answer: A very beautiful Being of Light was sent to me in my room. This beautiful Being of Light was he who is known to you as Archangel Gabriel. He came unto me and he said:
"Hail, Igor! God has heard thy prayer and He has sent me unto thee. Know then that I will guide thee throughout thy life and I will be to thee a friend.
"I will seek to produce in thee the manifestation of the wonderful consciousness of Jesus which his Mother Mary held for him, and I will be as a father unto thee and as a mother. And thy troubled heart will be comforted this day. Thou shalt find that God will open up understanding unto thee and little by little impart unto thee His grace.
"And thou shalt no longer be just as a peasant boy called Igor, but thou shalt be a son of the Most High God; for in thee God has generated a Flame this day. It is the Flame of thy I AM Presence, the Flame of thy being that appeared to Moses in the burning bush.6 And God is no respecter of men's persons, but in every age and time listens to the heart calls of the children of men. Know then that God hath heard thy call and I AM sent to do His will."
With that moment Archangel Gabriel and I became fast friends, and there were many visitations from him from time to time. I was taken by him out of the body even during the night hours, and I communed with many of the members of the Brotherhood throughout the world in the great temples of Light. But as I passed over the cities of Moscow and Kiev and many of the other great cities of Russia, the plain country, and the mountains, my heart was always touched with the ruggedness of the land and with the great struggle in the hearts of the people; and I felt as though they were a sleeping giant that one day would awaken and trouble the peoples of the world.
When we were aware of the coming destruction of the czar and his family and we realized that the red dragon would march across the nation, I spent hours upon my knees imploring God to provide some measure of assistance. I remember then that one evening, a very special evening, there came to me a manifestation of the beautiful Lady of Fátima. She came to me and she discussed also the terror of the red dragon. She said that the world would be viciously troubled by it and that only by a great struggle and repudiation of this fraudulent desecration of the Light would mankind ever be able to roll back the hordes of materialistic darkness and shadow.
I remember that I clutched her robe in my hands; and as Jacob wrestled with the Angel,7 I would not let her go. I remember that she lingered with me for many an hour beyond her intent and I said:
"O Mother of God, will you help me to help these people? I cannot bear it; I cannot bear the bloodshed, the ideas of terror, and the awful grasping in the hearts of these people. I ask you to help me. What can I do? I will give my life if it will save these people." She patted me gently on the head and said:
"Igor, there have been others before you who have offered their lives to God to assuage the awful torment of material life. But there are karmic circumstances and situations beyond mortal control, even beyond the control of God; for He has put His laws into operation and entrusted certain dominions to lesser forms of consciousness, and they have free will. By the misuse of their free will, they have wrought all this destruction; and only when their free will turns to seek the things of the Spirit will they truly make the world to be free."
I accepted her love and her wisdom and my heart was comforted, but the terror burned on. Throughout my life as I sought to be a pilgrim in a strange country, I aspired to attain something higher that I might free men. By and by, through the solemn ritual of the sacred mantra of my devotion toward God and through my one-pointedness, it came to pass that I was finally made ready for the moment of my ascension. And when it was given to me, it was not with mortal witnesses. I went up alone but quickly found that I was not alone, for around me were many bright Beings; and I knew that at last I had gone Home.
Beloved ones, the Messenger thought that I would tell you my name and he paused, hoping that I would; and I think that I shall reveal it in some future time. I prefer for the moment to remain one whom you call the Unknown Master. I want you to have my feeling of devotion to world good, to the plan of God. And thus, I have brought you this day not so much my wisdom as my feeling, my devotion, my love for God, who has made all things so lovely and so well.
If you choose to accept me and to understand my devotion, if you choose to make it a part of your life, I AM certain that it will please God. For then I know that sacrifices will not be so hard for thee. You will understand, one and all, that your Divine Presence is your eternal Home, even as it was the Source of your Life.