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Come into the timeless world in which we dwell, a world under the eternal banyan tree, a world where the meditation of man's heart becomes acceptable in the eyes of God,1 in the eyes of the crystal radiance of eternal purpose, when the souls of men respond to the gentle humility of the Eternal Master.
For in our contacts with the Brotherhood of Light, the Great White Brotherhood, down through the centuries, we have always noticed the beautiful manifestation of infinite love - that the higher we go in the cosmic spectrum of the ascended masters, the closer we come to the heart of God, the more gentle, the more dignified, the more gracious is the mien of the ascended ones in the higher echelons of life, where purity and the natural beauty of cosmic selfhood is made known.
And so, my brothers assembled here in the Grand Teton ranges, in this great hall of light, let me commend to men the spirit of a joyous yet sometimes muted humility - a humility that is not displayed as a jewel before men to show forth or trumpet their Christ-discrimination, but a jewel of naturally buoyant, sparkling abundance that is the cup of eternal joy that floods over from their heart.
Do you know, beloved ones, what is happening in this room now? The light of my Presence is increasing the illumination, even in the `outer', in this room. And it shines through the substance of the atmosphere! And therefore, that which takes place in the Grand Teton Retreat is also taking place simulta- neously here in the Colorado mountains where you are gathered together at the feet of God to hear the deliberations of the brothers in white, as we have and hold this annual ceremony of spiritual beauty.
Will you then, with me, enter in to that harmonious and magnificent acceptance of the divine seed, the seed of God's grace, and have it planted within you for the coming year and for all the cycles of life that God shall grant you in his foreverness - the foreverness of his love that spans all the domain of time and takes into account all the holy wisdom of the brothers of light that have ever lived upon this planet and served the spiritual needs of the children of men in their long journey from the primitive and primeval beginnings unto the present time?
Our hearts tonight, regardless of the world's density, must of necessity express the sparkle of the Deity, the sparkle of hope, and the passions of the illumined. We cannot submit ourselves to the awful life-and-death struggle in which humanity are engaged. We cannot offer ourselves as a sacrifice, trading the great Light of the eternal Presence for the morbidness and shadow of men's thoughts!
Would this be a correct action on the part of heaven - to submit ourselves with the great hopes we hold so dear for humanity in exchange for the paltry sackcloth-and-ashes consciousness of men? I think this would be no reasonable discretion at all, but an activity of human foolishness.
Therefore, we shall not submit to those who would bring the ascended realm down into the human realm and trample upon it as though it had no reality. We know what reality we have, and it is up to us, O brothers of light, to convey this reality to humanity with all of their recalcitrance. Let them then learn to sit upon the lotus throne of divine receptivity and, cupping their consciousness as a beautiful golden lotus of light, receive and drink in the descending radiance that pours out as Cosmic Christ peace from the heart of God.
Let the world engage in strife and struggle! If they knew better, as you have been told, they would do better. And in their ignorance, there is no sheltering from the great karmic winds. For the natural law brings to them almost daily the tremendous accumulation of their own negativity, their fruitlessness, their silly involvements in petty argument and struggle, and their strange metaphysical speculations that are not based upon God-humility and the beauty of Christ-attunement that does not even feel the necessity of breathing out a decision upon all cosmic matters (or even mundane ones) but is willing to simply bask in the light of the Presence.
Without fear, these men, my brothers, these men of God that are amongst us - the body of servers of humanity that we ourselves compose - know whom we have believed. And we are convinced that He is able to keep that which we have committed unto Him against that day of perfection for all men.
Therefore, because we are clean escaped from those who live in error,2 we must maintain that beautiful equilibrium which is our natural order, in order that we, too, can convey to humanity this peace, this grace, this expanding light that is within the heart of God - and therefore in our heart, as we hold our heart to be his heart, a chalice of receptivity, a chalice that is not moved to desire that it be filled with the trinkets and baubles of the world or the senseless struggles for recognition from mankind.
We are satisfied with the recognition of accomplishment, that what we do bears fruit for love and light. We are satisfied simply to be. As I said in an address a few years ago referencing the great Gobi Desert and the message it contained inherent within its name, simply, beloved friends of light, Go Be!3 Go be what you are. And I repeat it because it bears repeating. Learn the natural graces of expression.
And now, as Sanat Kumara has arrived here from Venus, the Regent of the World [audience rises], we ourselves are bowing our knees in humble acknowledgment of his beauty and his kind thoughts for all humanity and for all the universe, for the entire cosmos.
Gracious ones, he accepts your love. Won't you please be seated.
This time a strange phenomenon is witnessed, for there are two bearers in white that are accompanying the beloved Sanat Kumara. And they are carrying what appears to be a giant white pyramid. And within this white pyramid, something is enfolded - some object, we are certain.
And we do have the power to penetrate the beautiful white substance that shimmers so delightfully, which is shaped as a great white pyramid. And we could, if we would, go through it and see what it is - before he chose to reveal it. But here is a beautiful example of cosmic graciousness: no one, no one of us would dream of doing it. For we wait as you do for the supreme moment of revelation when all will be revealed.
And now, the two gracious gentlemen in white have placed upon the altar here, in the Great Throne Room of the Teton, this precious pyramid of white. And two beautiful angelic beings are approaching to remove the covering. As they lift it now, what do you think the thoughtform for the year [1970] has become? A natural figure that some of you may have anticipated, for they say that coming events cast their shadows before them - and in this case, it is a golden pyramid with a magnificent white capstone with the eye of God looking every way within it. And the light rays are magnificently pouring out from it!
Your Pyramid Conference symbol, the symbol of the Great Seal of the United States,4 has now become a symbol of world building, of personal building - the building of the character of the individual, the building and raising of the Pyramid of Life, the elevation and constructivism of a new era as the decade begins. And all is centered in the magnificent capstone of life, light, and love. The eye of God, then, beholds the affairs of men, and whatsoever they do in secret can be shouted and shall be shouted from the housetops.5
Do men see, then, that this is the time for the uncovering of much of the discordant elements of the past that have sought to rule mankind and usurp the authority of God? This is a time for exposure of the dark plots to undermine the government of the United States and the power of true democracy which always takes into account the karma of the people and never comes about with the idea of equality, which is completely foreign to cosmic law.
For if we are to deal with immediate equality and everyone is to receive at the same time a complete division of the material goods of the world, then they would also be entitled to all of the spiritual goodness of cosmos. And if this comes without merit but comes to all equally, what do you suppose the unillumined individuals of the world would do with this great find - supposedly a great, permanent find of light that would enable them to have all the knowledge of God and all the graces of the elect?
Why, beloved ones, they would squander it upon their lusts and the darkness of their being! And the first thing you would know, the world would be in a far worse state than it is in today, because they would be violating the cosmic laws of karma and trying to escape from the return of the law of the circle.
Therefore, it is the will of God that we should support those forms of government where freedom is truly the expression of life and where the God powers of the world, in an atmosphere of freedom, can help evolving humanity to take their place properly upon the ladder of life because, through cosmic merit, through love and through grace and through attention to the things of the Spirit, men have waxed great in the Spirit of the LORD. And then it is, as it was in the days of Samson, when the great vow of the Nazarite was bestowed, that the power of the angel that is in the hair,6 as symbol, is once again restored to humanity, and they understand the Law that does indeed reward mankind according to his works.7
And this is no desecration. For through works, men are able to receive the grace of the Lord Christ that in the beginning enabled them to accept the actual presence of Life in Eden, to walk and to talk with God, and to see him face-to-face in the grand and fond hope, then, that the fulfillment of the ancient prophecy, "Henceforward, man's teachers shall no longer be removed into a corner, but he shall see them face-to-face,"8 will become fulfilled.
And in part, as I am speaking to you now in the realm of the outer through your beloved messenger, a part of this prophecy is being fulfilled. For you are seeing the movement of outer, temporal-seeming lips uttering timeless and eternal truths from our octaves of light, and this is enabling humanity to build a faith in the future where the Spirit of Life can commune face-to-face with man. For certainly if we are able to step forth thus through the veil of flesh, it is only a step, a heartbeat, or a breath from the time when we can actually step through the veil into physical manifestation.
But, beloved ones, there is much work to be done in the coming year and the coming decade in order to build faithfully the kingdom of God and his righteousness - not only in the domain of the self, but everywhere upon the planetary body. If we could do this through the elements of orthodoxy, if we could actually engage the teeth of our energy in the organized churches - which are so large, that have such great treasuries, printing presses, and facilities for humanity - it would be such an easy task for us to reach mankind.
But the dark powers of the world have recognized all these conditions, and they, through the National Council of Churches and in the National Council of Churches, have infiltrated and actually deprived humanity of their lawful inheritance and of the kingdom of Our Lord transferred by the laying on of hands through the hands of the presbytery, through the hands of the bishopric, through the hands of ecclesiastical authority handed down century after century.
This, having been broken in the outer, has created a breach in the actuality of the manifestation of the root, or rod, of Jesse.9 And therefore today, as in times past, the great Brotherhood of Light has manifested a repair in the wall (or the breach), and we have bypassed what is constituted as ecclesiastical and ordinary authority and have transferred by the Spirit the authority that was once passed on by the laying on of hands, so that now the laying on of hands becomes a matter of spiritual investiture where mankind receive the mantle from on high and are made either messengers of God or servants of God.
Now tonight it would be my greatest pleasure if all in the physical octaves of earth who hear my voice and are apprised of my presence would also themselves recognize that there is a function in which they can engage that will be constructive and assist humanity, through this activity, in bringing forth the ascended masters' law of life and light.
We know the hindrances that have stood in the pathway of our beloved messengers and their staff in bringing about the publication of the forthcoming book of ascended-master law which ought rightfully to be termed the Everlasting Gospel of God.10 We know how the powers of darkness have in every way opposed them, even almost beyond the belief of the students unless they could actually see those conditions which have existed in the past. We know also the financial limitations that have prevented the expansion of this work in the world of form.
We are aware of the fact that within the student body, as they apply their hearts to God, is the means to alleviate all these conditions and provide not only for the expansion of this activity in a physical way but also in a spiritual way, by alleviating the limitations that have become obstacles from time to time in the expansion of the light to humanity.
How many amongst mankind today have through some form of periodical in the world, through some advertisement, been made aware of the tremendous possibilities of their spiritual attainment through the activity of the ascended masters that is The Summit Lighthouse?
Understand, then, that we of hierarchy recognize today that this activity has stood so strong against the tests that have been brought against it, that it is our desire tonight to strengthen the bonds of Life in all who are participants in this ceremony - to do for you whatever gracious thing the cosmic law will allow us to do, so that your hearts may be locked in our embrace of peace that will stand firmly within you as an activity of protection against the whirlwinds of outer humanity's consciousness.
We are so anxious that, whether you are children or older people, those of you at any age should share in the bounty of the sacred Eucharist of the Brotherhood - that you should partake of the body of God and know that within yourself eternal Life is actually entering into the very fiber of your bones.
Do you know what is happening now? I have caused the cosmic clock to act. And therefore, we are taking off a certain number of years from your physical form. Some of your friends may remark, quite remarkably, that you yourself appear much younger than you formerly did.
Now I realize full well that this will be according to the degree of your acceptance of our fiat. For certainly, if you set up a counter-thought or do not accept our thought, then, of course, this will not be the case. And we recognize full well, in the name of common sense, that if we were to take off five years from a five-year-old child, he would revert back to a baby! And therefore, do not expect that we are going to absolutely render you indestructible in a moment, for you have a very definite part to play in this manifestation of our love.
And so, as you sit tonight under my banyan tree, as you sit tonight in the consciousness of the masters of the Grand Teton, will you realize tonight that we are real? Will you realize that we are tangible? Will you realize that we, too, have a sense of humor - that we, too, have passed through the vicissitudes of life, that we have had stones thrown from the hands of men that have cut us and wounded us deeply, that we have suffered tortures sometimes beyond mortal belief, that we have suffered diseases, pain, and heat and cold?
Will you realize that in spite of all obstacles, by His grace, we have entered into His peace, and the disciplines of the Spirit which we express are most magnificent because they are His. When you yourself come to the same point in your development that we are in now, you will look backward upon this moment and say, "It was a turning point in our life, for we came to realize that Lord Gautama was not just a little statue in a shop window or an incense burner on someone's hearth, but was indeed a living being of love and peace, a being whose heart is truly inclined to hear the voices of the children of men."
Will you realize, then, that the sweet incense of your love for every ascended master is always offered unto God? And will you, precious hearts of light, please not allow your consciousness to be taken up with the idea that a little more homage paid to me than to Jesus might in some way inconvenience him, or a little more love paid to him than to me would inconvenience me! For we are all one, and our love is absolutely devoted to the God light within all humanity.
Why, then, will humanity engage in this sense of struggle? - such as the Reverend Billy Graham, who would in a moment exorcise me if he were able to see me tonight speaking to you! And he would do it with the best of faith, because this man has a very kind heart, but his eyes are not opened to the light of right action and right speech; and many times the information that he conveys to the world actually leads them into a spirit of darkness rather than a spirit of light, simply because Christ is not just a manifestation of a dying sacrifice upon Calvary's cross.
But Christ is alive forevermore in the hearts of the devotees who will accept him and understand that as they bow to this Christ within themselves, the fullness of his Presence enables them to break down the middle wall of partition between East and West, between humanity and God, and permit the great eternal effulgence of the Divine Light to flood forth its radiance everywhere, uniting easts and wests and even uniting the hearts of individuals who are actually at war with themselves - thus making peace everywhere.
Will you understand, then, the duality of self, and not fear to enter in to the spiritual aspect of life on the other side of the veil? For humanity today often remind me of children playing for the first time by the seaside, who come from inland parts. And as they see the great, swirling tides and the unknown depths of the sea and its extent spread before them, they look upon the waters with fear; and they stick in their little toes and then they quickly pull them out! And they cry as the waves come inward and they run from the tide, the great tides of Life, and they fear to even enter the water.
Individuals today pursuing spiritual goals are, quite frankly, from time to time, like these little children. And therefore, I ask that you be patient with those who do not always accept these teachings at the first sight or offering. And learn to be patient with those who over the years have studied the teachings and then, trembling for a moment upon the brink of Reality, turn away in fear into the dark and actually do not accept the great Light of the eternal Presence which would so majestically give them their freedom if they would but accept it.
Now, precious ones of the light, as the love-tides of God are flowing through the karmic lash as well as the karmic gift, as the ark of the covenant is dispensing its mighty rays for the true, spiritual Israel, we want you to understand that wherever you go and wherever you are, at every moment of every day, God is there and the ascended masters are there with you. You are not separated from us by time or space or circumstance, but you are always one with us - if you will only remember it.
But you see, outer conditions are like a smothering cloak, and the breath comes not so freely beneath this cloak. And mankind, in their great life-and-death struggles, do not sense that they simply have to throw off the enclosure in order to breathe the air of freedom from the mountains of life.
Will you then recognize with me that there are conditions in the world of form - created by human doubt and questionings, by fear and struggle, and by the burning of experience - that cause humanity again and again to cringe from accepting more of God's grace? And how easy it would be for individuals in the world of form, agazing upon the situation now being enacted here in Colorado Springs, to say to themselves, "What actually is manifesting in this wandering mendicant, this individual who stands upon a platform before humanity and speaks to them as though he were Lord Gautama?"
Such is not the case, for surely you must know that this messenger is so well aware of his own stature that he often takes his fist and beats it against his breast and cries out, "O God, help me to be what the ascended masters are!"
I say this to you, although he does not particularly relish my saying it, because I want you to understand the reality of our message. Because, you see, if you do not accept the reality of our message, there is so little that we can do for you. For the general radiation of God himself in the world of form has not produced the miracle of God's reality, because humanity has not accepted it even from the hand of the Infinite One.
Therefore, when the great and mighty Cosmic Transformer, with its great glowing ray and fires of immortal wisdom, cannot itself affect humanity according to the divine plan and produce the miracle of peace on earth, do you think for one moment that individuals will be able to accept someone else besides Eternal God?
Well, you see, precious ones, the way we do it is to step down our energies by using smaller transformers. And so we use this messenger, we use the living Word, we use our voice speaking in the heart. And people read the slokas [stanzas] of the Bhagavad-git or the Sermon on the Mount. And, reading the sacred scriptures of the world and moved by the faces of humanity, as they see the glint and gleam in the eyes of humanity that reaches out as a great searchlight to find the mystery behind creation - we recognize that all are searching for the God that is everywhere to be found, but they do not find him.
It is as though he plays hide-and-seek with humanity. Yet in actuality, he is ever present to bring the delight of his glory to humanity and bring about a reign of peace and beauty upon the earth, where industry would be blessed and all departments of life would be blessed by the grace of God functioning through humanity and bringing out the great creative power which man has within himself, so that he could actually enter in to the joy of creation with God.
But you see, precious ones, if this were to be, it would mean a situation where the great bull of man's untransmuted energies would recognize the violet transmuting flame, and all of the activities of the Light, as an inflamed red cloth flung before the face of the bull, inciting them to riot and anger because they do not like or relish the changes that would be brought about by the manifestation of the kingdom of God. They want to have everything just as it always has been - the sense of struggle, the darkening clouds, the darkened threads woven into the tapestry of life, and all the sundering activities that divide heart from heart and create pain and hurt, anger and disillusionment.
We are concerned that all of these conditions be brought to an end, that the God-magnificence of Life may shine forth from the temple of all embodied humanity. We are concerned, and we would to God that the temple of the individual be rent in twain,11 that the light of the Holy of Holies would flash forth its immutable light into the world of form and produce there, then, a realization that we are real, a realization that God is real, a realization that man becomes real as he accepts the fiats of the unalterable truth of all scriptures.
Will you then understand with me that this present senseless struggle that has been occupying the consciousness of mankind not only through the sixties but all the decades of this century, and then going backward in time almost to the beginning of time, has never produced the miracles which God has sought to do.
And so then, now, why is it that we bring forth the truth through this avenue? Because we must have some avenue through which to bring it forth! When we have brought it forth in the scriptures, it does not seem as the living Word - and individuals reading it say, "We must be good," but do not understand that what this really means is, "We must be God." And instead, they decide that they are themselves and that God is not; and so the "God is dead" cult has also uttered its voices forth into the world during the past decade.
Recognize with me, then, all that God is seeking to do now. He is seeking to increase faith in human hearts by our speaking forth these messages into human consciousness right from the great forum from which we speak in the Grand Teton tonight. For the brothers in light that are arrayed in their seats on every side of me actually have folded their hands in prayer to God. And if all of you could see the smiles upon their faces, as they are nodding and beckoning to one another in approbation (for they do not dare to clap), you would understand, precious ones, that that bubbling joy that is flooding forth from their hearts is enough to save the entire planet, if humanity could only see it.
But you see, where are they now in their thought? Some are caught up in the revelment of tooting trumpets, some in the strange imbibing of the spirits of the glass, with the fruit of the vine, being changed into inebriation. And others right in this moment are in prayer - some actually saying, "I thank thee, O God, that I am not as other men."12
And so, you must understand that, whereas in the land of India from whence I come, there are any number of swamis and fakirs who are as deceitful as they are existing temporarily, so also in the Western world there is an accumulation of learned pundits who could never understand the grace of God because the shadow of their own consciousness stands in the way.
These could not accept the gentle ministrations of the Spirit, nor the fact that I am - nor the fact that they are - in the Father's kingdom now. They continually seem to think that their salvation lies in some learned expression of philosophical wisdom, without understanding that all of us who have arrived at the ascension have done so without so much as learning the three Rs. We never had to actually master a single cosmic grace by outer conditions. It was all brought about by the recognition of the living Word - the simple thought "I AM" within our hearts that enabled us to have the wisdom of God, and we knew all things without studying!
Well, do you see what we are talking about? We are not speaking disparagingly of education, beloved ones. We are simply saying that education will not produce your salvation. But many times when we have produced a relative miracle of salvation in mortal consciousness, we have said to an individual, "Now you go and get your degree." Or we have said to them, "Take your time. The degree can come later. We will give you your cosmic degree in our spiritual university. We will teach you to understand yourself and to understand life, and to become one of the helpers of the Christ that walks in the dark and holds the hands of men when they are trembling with fear, that holds the hands of men when they lie awake in their beds and they begin to ponder the reality or the unreality of the self."
And some of them contemplate suicide, the extinguishing of the blessed flame of life which God has given to them. And some of them, having tried all of the various adventurous manifestations of worldly consciousness, again and again come to the point where it seems as though a dead-end street is before them, and there is no place that they can go or no place that they can hide.
Let them understand that if they will enter into the heart of Peace which I AM, if they will enter into the heart of Peace which God is, if they will accept the reality of this "something" which we are conveying to them through this activity, then the mighty beams of the cosmic lighthouse will have reached their soul - and reaching their soul, will have searched that soul and revealed the anomalies, the discrepancies in mortal consciousness that will show them clearly that all they have to do is act the part of a falling leaf.
For when the autumn does come and the leaves do separate from the tree - and as the air itself holds them up for a moment, for they dash not to the ground as a stone - they twist and turn as the wind does blow, and eventually are safely and beautifully, gently dropped upon the grass. So is everyone who commends himself to God's care. For he himself, regardless of outer circumstances or conditions, will always, whether falling or rising, rise or fall into the hands of God. This is the inevitability of life.
And as I speak to you tonight, it is to say to you that the reason why this activity comes under attack is entirely one of humanity themselves needing what the activity has to offer - a higher contact with our octave of light.
We hold your attention in this talk simply that we may bathe your inner bodies with our wisdom, that the fires of our wisdom may contact your souls and charge them with our radiance. The reason we hold the speech this long is in order to give you a greater measure of our blessedness and bliss.
But don't you understand, precious ones, that this activity is actually the greatest activity in outer manifestation upon this planet that is actually bringing to humanity, if they will accept it, the fullness of their freedom? Do you not see clearly, precious hearts of light, that this freedom is a challenge to the dark powers that hold the world in bondage?
They do not want the cycle of their ideas broken, even though there is no actual thread that runs through the substance of the world's thought to hold it together. They still would maintain the semblance of order in the chaos that manifests in their world, as mounting traffic accidents and outer conditions continue to rob mankind of his inheritance. But we are concerned solely with the transmittal of the fruits of immortal Life into manifestation.
O beloved ones, our love for you tonight is so great because we see you as stepping stones to the world's thought. Each of you is, then, an ambassador of love and light to the world. To the extent that you apply yourself to our words, you will be able to function as a more effective emissary of our cosmic grace and of His love.
Will you understand, then, that I expect all of you to ultimately avail yourselves of the opportunity of hearing this address given tonight again and again, because in it are the elements of our hope for the new decade.
We must reach humanity! God speaks to men's hearts daily through the silent ethers. They do not hear. The fields of orthodoxy are a repetition of a distorted message; and whereas it has value for humanity who require and need some spiritual food, it is not the message of deliverance.
The masters of the Great White Brotherhood hold all of that within their heart and hands. They and they alone are able to convey the wisdom and the mounting intensity of cosmic law that will free this planet to become the love that God is.
As you understand this then tonight, will you, with me, recognize the hungers in the hearts of men? They know not what they should have; they know not what they should seek. They are children, even as all of us are children before the face of His Presence. But we who have seen Him face-to-face know that His Spirit is the greatest child of all eternity.
God himself - even the greatest masters have said that the universe is a cosmic playpen in which God sits with eyes of wonder, waiting the moment when humanity will finally recognize who they are. And as they do, they will speak God's name, "I AM," and the child will be a man.
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"The Summit Lighthouse Sheds Its Radiance O'er All the World to Manifest as Pearls of Wisdom."
This dictation by Gautama Buddha was delivered through the Messenger Mark L. Prophet December 31, 1969, during the Class of the Golden Cycle in Colorado Springs, Colorado.