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Peace from our heart. The golden chalice of the golden lily glowing is flowing light rays out into time and space. And from this place in the Royal Teton where our brethren are assembled in solemn conclave, it reminds me tonight of the Wesak festival.
For two by two, the white-robed emissaries of the Brotherhood enter the sacred mount. Their cowls are raised to cover their heads, and identity is lost in a splendid sea of unity where all is blending in the perfectionment of divine love flowing out into the heart of the world and reminding us of the days when the pursuit of spiritual goals was the joy of every man, when hearts were so full of love that there was no room in them for any other quality to manifest.
And progress - what progress was made in those days when each thought of each one was concerned with the sun manifesting the fullness of Light-principle in one another! When man's concern, freed from overconcern for self, sought earnestly to draw others to the star of unity - the body of man congruent as symbol placed on symbol, star upon star, hope upon hope, pyramided portion of cosmic energy invoking strength through unity and joy and immortality and feeling the passion of the stars - the star flowed light rays outward from sun center to periphery and the strata of density was removed.
For penetration ensued and developed concentration upon community, and the star of community made effort easy, as light seized upon the thoughts of the heart and imbued each Spirit spark with the rhapsody of the kindling, the flashing, the hope, the fortuitous sense that was externalized in China and stood behind the thought "Good fortune to you."
And so tonight, kind friends, as I draw nigh to you with the garment of peace, I come to bring you good fortune in this, our year of hopeful peace. And as the brethren of light gather round about us in these Teton halls so grand, our hearts are filled with silent awe, for so many have come even from galaxies and systems that some of us have scarcely yet studied or pondered - interstellar messengers through the halls of space, determined to see, if possible, [audience rises] a renewal of the brilliance of the Star of the East shining within countless lives with a new meaning.
Most gracious ones, on behalf of the Brotherhood of the Royal Teton, may I thank you for your devotion. And may we ask that you contain it now for awhile, that there be no breath of movement in the air, as it were, but only the stillness of hope. For stillness is invocative of peace in the mind, and it just may well be that a stunning coup can be accomplished this night while men toil at their revels and prepare for tomorrow's headache, that we can smile upon them with the bells of beauty and the fragrance of softness.
For gentleness of heart is also very much a part of God, and valor is not only in noise and struggle which are so necessary - hence, El Morya and Jesus and many who clamor a bit louder than I usually do. But I think also, for they have told me so, that there is a place for me in the universe and, I hope, a place in your heart. For greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.1
And from the far-reaching realms of nirvana, I have returned to assume the position - for quite some time now - of Lord of the World and to resume my place in that which could be a burdensome struggle for mankind if they were caught in the same trap of divine love which captured me and called me out of the depths of my divine joy to a place of service once again to the planetary body.
I am told now by one of the pages that the Lord Sanat Kumara has arrived here in the Grand Teton ranges in the Great Hall. And so I must pause to bow.
My Lord, Sanat Kumara, how grateful we are for your presence and the felicitations of the lovely Lady Venus, sent by courier from far-off Venus unto the children of this planet. Venus saluteth the children of Terra:
Beauty that is as beauty does
Holds a rod of power.
Beauty that is a service shining,
Flowing every hour,
Creates a sea of destiny -
A round of light immortal.
Those who hold their hearts as cups
Unto the flame of peace
Shall find a sense of holiness.
And strain and struggle ceases.
For joy in beauty and in peace
Maketh life - increaseth.
We doubt that any will question the grammatical structure of our Lady of Love. For she counted each word and each letter, and she created a mantram within it and knew that it was precise and precision.
O beloved Sanat Kumara, we know that thy coming bids well for the earth and sheds hope unto the world. And now we resume our pageant. For the pages have delivered to us the veil, and the veil is being withdrawn from the descending thoughtform of the year [1968]. It is simple and beautiful and complete, and I reverence it.
It is simply a golden sun with the word UNO engraven upon it out of golden substance and filling it from zenith unto the base - UNO, flowing out, with the U cupped as a gentle cup and tilted slightly to the right, coming down in a circular fashion toward the bottom, and then an N rising up to the top, and to the far right an O. UNO - unity in the heart of the sun.
There is no complication here. How can men find fault with it or speak of it disparagingly? For it speaks of the hour when creation was one and of the hour when it shall be again. To that end Brotherhood dedicates itself. For the struggle, the unnecessary struggle must end. For some in the world it will end this year as they pass from the screen of the world. For others it will go on for many a year. But there are many that shall remain embodied in form who can this night experience the rebirth of eternal security. And so, I would like to give you my bond. My bond is a bond of peace. And though the whole world rage around you and you be embroiled in the most fearsome struggle, if you shall hold to my hands of peace and know that the Christ holds with me your own, surely goodness and mercy shall follow you2 wherever you shall go, and man shall see these words engraven within his heart: Destiny not dust! Destiny not dust! Destiny not dust!
And so, life shall take on a renewed meaning, and passion shall flare by God-control. You shall love because you desire to love. You shall feel because you wish to. Your souls will magnify God not only in the universal form, as in the heart of the sun, but in one another and in those who walk not in the way of the Christ, and in those who are caught in shadow and darkness, and in those without hope, seemingly, and in those of other nations and all kindreds and tongues and peoples,3 and those of varying thought.
And while it is true that those involved in the steep darkness of psychic effluvia can find little hope, we shall ask that you persist in holding the one Spirit, the Holy Spirit, as your bond to God's heart, that you understand that not one iota or erg of energy, passed from your being in love and devotion to your fellowmen, is in vain, nor goes it unrecorded, but it stands in the halls of God as the statue of movement - your movement. For energy that has served its purpose returns to God, and a small segment of it is assigned the task of memory.
The task of memory, in many cases, is to form a beautiful statue of your ordered service to Life. And some of you have an entire cathedral filled with mementos of your service through your many embodiments; others have none. But soon there will be one for each of you, for I doubt that any of you could honestly hear this instruction and fail to heed it. I have faith in the power of my word, which is, after all, the power of God's word even as your words can become, and are, when imbued with the right spirit and the right intent.
Strife in the world order remains rampant, and dire forebodings are in the karmic cup. The brim stirs even now. And there will be frightful signs in the weather, and there will be ominous rumblings in the earth, and there will be serious disturbances among peoples. This we cannot avoid. But the alchemy of divine love shall triumph.
And though the people rage and the heathen imagine a vain thing,4 the star of the Son of God shall continue to emit its light rays of hope. And the comfort of God shall issue forth through those of you who understand the meaning of perennial simplicity, to those of you who understand the meaning of selfless identity, to those of you who understand the crescendo of righteousness that overcometh the dark, to those of you who see in nature the hand of God and understand that if God so graced nature, he left thee, also, with a greater print - the print of his hands around thy heart, the print of his thought upon thy mind, the print of his hope within thy memory, and the gift of his faith upon thy hand, and the crown of his love upon thy head, and the purpose of security as the fulfillment of his intent and purposes.
Where, then, is darkness? It is not. Where, then, is hopelessness? It cannot exist. Where, then, is failure? It vanishes in the steadfast beat of the heart of Immortality. Where, then, are the profane? They have vanished in a sea of forgetfulness.
Where are the Spirit sparks? They are joyous dancing flames in the heart of the sun of peace. For the sun is at peace. The sun is one. The sun is joyous. The sun is eternal hope. The peace of the sun is the rays the sun emits. The emission is the energy of God sent forth to accomplish his will. And his will beckons to return. Return then to the heart of peace this night, and rise with hands raised up into the air. [Audience rises.]
O eternal Father of peace and light, the sons of righteousness that are arisen with healing in their wings5 ask that the wings of God shall usher in this new year, regardless of dire forebodings, with ten thousand times a greater measure of hope, that the hope that we hold anchored within thy immortal purposes may sustain us through every trial until, in cosmic triumph, our unity is sealed by peace in Light. O Father eternal, we thank thee. And the grand Brotherhood of friends of light remains secure in the bond of immortal brotherhood and Christ-radiant unity.
In the name and by the Spirit of the Great White Brotherhood, our love sealeth you, our peace remains within you, and our comfort flame is yours to dispense. Prosit.
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As you were singing, I received a telegraph from El Morya which was flashed in letters of living light with these words: "Happy New Year, one and all. Now You Know!" [laughter]
You see, U-N-O. He says, "Now you know! [laughter] Signed, Morya." He has quite a sense of humor. He says, "Now you know!" We didn't know before what the sign was going to be. [The name of the conference was The Class of the Sign.]
And also he impresses on me the thought that we could somehow get together a simple piece of jewelry for both men and women - made for lapels and otherwise - a gold piece with the letters U-N-O in that fashion put on it. But they should all be the same.
And when people ask you what it means, why you can tell them, "It's the thoughtform of the year, you see." And they'll say, "Well, what do you mean?" And you'll say, "Well, the Great White Brotherhood releases this thoughtform each year in the Grand Teton." [laughter] They'll say, "What do you mean?" [laughter] And that is the open door. Now you can say, "UNO!" to them. [laughter] "You say, now you know!" And, of course, it's a bit of a mystery and a bit of charm along with it - and a piece of ornament. And, of course, if it were pure gold, well then it might even help you through the depressions. [laughter]
Let's sing to Morya, then, in closing. Number four. This is the foundation of the work. [Messengers lead song 4 (193) to the melody of "Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms."]
Morya has decided to speak to you.
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Gracious friends and lovers of the fount of tranquillity, for some time now this endeavor has sought to have a symbol, and I feel that the Lord of the World has himself this night given unto our hands a symbol of tremendous worth. And I suggest that the artisans shall put their heads together even with their hearts and create, then, a simple little golden heart with a lighthouse rising from it and these two words inscribed upon it: Destiny not dust.
And thus, these little words destiny and dust linked with the third shall be those three little words that speak of the majesty of the divine heart, holding forth the light to the world to arouse their curiosity as to its meaning. For man is destiny, not dust. And thus all shall understand that the word in the heart - Destiny not dust, with the lighthouse rising from it - shows that mankind has a way to go to let their light so shine before men that they may glorify their Father which is in heaven.6
And it shall come to pass, because no other religious significance seems to appear about it, that even the profane will be attracted to the curious symbol - which you may wear, then, about your person and create through the whole world an `illusion' for God that shall draw men as a magnet. For when they see those words, they will witness to the truth of it as cosmic purpose that lies behind the manifest creation, and then perhaps untold good can be accomplished.
Again I say, Happy New Year. And may the blessing of God be with you, for now You Know!
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"The Summit Lighthouse Sheds Its Radiance O'er All the World to Manifest as Pearls of Wisdom."
These dictations by Gautama Buddha and El Morya were delivered through the Messenger Mark L. Prophet December 31, 1967, during The Class of the Sign in Colorado Springs, Colorado.