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We breathe forth the tenderness of the Father's revelation of the reality of the Self into space. And we call to the great eternal seed of flame within the chalice of the individual heart to be activated by the living seed of Reality that is within each heart, that we may make known the mystery of the garment of initiation.
To initiate one into the law of being is to exalt the passions of Reality within the individual and to cause that one to feel the flame of cosmic comfortability whereby the individual monad in his expression is drawn very close to the heart of God, to the heart of Reality, where he can shed the skin of the snake, the garment of the wolf, and all that is voluptuous and carnal and of the world, and happily be clothed upon with the garment of the anointing of the Most High God.
Thou hast chosen me to preach the gospel unto the poor and to bind up the wounds of those who are in anguish and to bring comfort unto men.1 Thus, the garment (mantle) of initiation drops upon the waiting soul, and at last the soul perceives the reality of Self - not as manifestation alone, but as man of God, as the good man (as conceived in the homoousian2 doctrine), the one vested with the precepts of immortal life. For I say unto all of you tonight that it is not longevity alone that men should seek, but to live well and to live in service full, and in a sense of the majesty of God and the majesty of possibility and the realization that perfect love casts out all fear.3
You come to us with hearts of expectancy and we vibrate through space the challenge of this moment, which is the challenge of every moment that has ever passed and of every moment that ever will be. For this moment, this now - this moment when you bask in the flame of living Truth as it draws nigh unto you - you can respond! You can feel the infinite love of those Creator consciousnesses - the higher ones, the Law of Life manifest in the higher octaves that has spoken and said, "Let us make man in our image and after our likeness!"4
When this cry went forth, reality bloomed in space and the star of Truth shone to all. But the darkness was pushed back by the Light, and space receded by the objectivity of cosmic reality and cosmic universality: a god was born.
"We have seen his star in the east"5 is a mantram echoed by humble men, shepherds in the fields. But the whole world has been called to this high calling to be a Son of God, to give forth light, to permit the atoms of self to shine, to comprehend the mystery of the very bony structure of man called together by the living, immortal Spirit, to comprehend the firmament of the mind - how the mind was firmed in basic ideas and how these ideas scintillated forth to declare and hold forth for all time the majesty of permanent reality and to see to it that in the echo chambers of the responsive heart there went forth the realization of the meaning of points of light within the being.
For man is not just an egg! He is not just an embryo! He has moved on the evolutionary cycle a fraction of an inch, but some have rocketed out of the socket of mortal density and they have exceeded their peers. They have ascended into Reality. They have become one with us who are in the Light. And we wait and claim all men for their own mission of Universal Reality.
And Light flashes in the mind and being of man. And Light is more than words. Light is the Word! "And the Word was made flesh."6 And therefore, all things that have been externalized in form are created to become the majesty of the formless that also chooses to take the higher form even as He selects it at will.
For there are higher forms - designs made by God, designs made by the hierarchy, designs fashioned beyond all the scope of the imagination and the geometrization of mortal consciousness or all factors known to the mind of man but sensed deeply within the silent recesses of the soul that, like a still pond, now, as we play the light ray of peace upon it, understands the meaning of cosmic tranquility:
O Peace, be still, and know the I AM within you is God!7
This God, this passion for Reality, this straining to Life, is hindered only by the dark and sordid thoughts that stem from vain imaginations.8 And therefore, let us put to sleep for a moment those imaginations that have troubled the hearts of men with sordid and ugly pictures, that have created the illusion of hatred, that have created and fostered the illusion of greed in the world. Let it end in the solemn realization that I AM come that ye might have Life, and that more abundantly.9
The secret of the abundant Life is the secret of the flame within the heart that clothes the outer self and the being of man with the inward radiance that he already is. Respond, then, and see that the points of light that compose the body of substance, that compose the body of the intellect, that compose the body of the Spirit, all together can respond to the passion of Light, the love of Light that inflames the soul. For when this Light inflames the soul in one point in space, it can also expand to many points and many sons of God.
Little orbs,
Little luminaries of solar radiance
Within the frame of the identity of man,
The being of each individual monad,
Flash forth and weave
The subtle garment of the LORD -
The garment of the living Christ
Draped, then, like a mantle-flame
Around the shoulders of all:
The very soul stands tall.
And men see and perceive the reed of God
That is the scepter of power,
That seems to many at any hour
To be a shallow thing,
Dipped into a shallow pond,
But that in reality
Is the sounding and fury of the soul
Seeking, aborning to be made whole -
To grasp the allness of identity.
Compass, then, the universe around
By love yourselves,
That you may cast out your net
On the right side of the boat of being
And in casting it into the sea
Of Universal Reality,
Draw in the many fishes into the net
That now escape the consciousness
Because it has not yet
Understood the power of the flaming soul
That seeks to make man whole.
Initiation, my brethren - I speak of it. And initiation is a magnificent concept when grasped; for it means that the varied experiences that occur in the world of form to you, the little happenings in the mind, all have their place in the divine schema - a place calculated to draw and magnetize Reality to you.
But when the soul turns to outer things and desires to do harm unto men and to create darkness - then, you see, because it is utilizing the energy of the Light in reverse, it creates its negative patterns which always return to the feet of the one who sends them forth. And yet, whereas the karmic stones have dropped upon the senseless heads of men, pounding them again and again, it seems as though they sleep on, sleep on, sleep on.
Yet, in every age there are some who understand the meaning spoken of old: "Cephas, yea, I AM the Christ, the Rock. And flesh and blood have not revealed this unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. And upon this Rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it!"10
For the devil shall fear and tremble where you walk when you grasp the power of Universal Reality, when you talk with the gods who have already attained to that stature - those who have gone before you into Galilee,11 those who have gone before you into Jerusalem, into the City of Peace, those who have attained their place beyond the veil - a sure anchor that cannot fail. The tenderness, then, of life that loves our Father dear Goes beyond the veil and brings to you right here The Light that does not fail!
The tenderness, then, of life that loves our Father dear
Goes beyond the veil and brings to you right here
And when that Light within you, embodied in form, draws more light unto itself - then, you see, man becomes a sun, a solar magnet; and he draws to himself the qualities of universal victory, a sense of overcoming which man in his carnal state does not possess. He does not possess it: he chooses rather to confess his sins, his blames, his peccadilloes, his errors, when the one error of all life is the error of failing to understand who he is!
He is a Son of God. He was called to the highest purpose. For God chose not to bring but one Son to captivity,12 but many, and vested many with the breathing garment of living flame.
And they beyond the veil
Stand today waiting to help you, one and all;
They are not dead, But living flames to whom you call.
And one day when your strength is great
And you have achieved the boldness of the victory,
You yourselves will stand
With outstretched hand
To assist mankind still coming up the mountain -
One by one, solitary climbers -
Through the veil of error,
Into the fold of the Lamb of God.
As they seek to climb,
You will assist them!
And ready, then, you must be to do it,
Taking into account
All of the factors of your lives
And the experiences thereof.
These experiences are challenges;
They are challenges given to you from on high.
Overcoming circumstances, you must, then, rise
To understand the flame that descends from the skies,
That casts out blame and density and enfires
The soul with universal cosmic desires -
The flame of universal intent.
This is the mold/shape, the cast,
The twig, then, that is bent
To frame a Tree of Life for one and all,
A mantle from on high that lifts all from the Fall
To Light and Purity and Power!
I come! I speak! I clothe this hour
Those who are disciples on this star
Now fallen into shame
Because it has forgotten God's name
And casts its blame
Upon something else outside of self.
Seeking, then, the scapegoat consciousness, to mar,
It produces darkness on this star,
And hatred flashes forth and travels farther
Than God would have it be.
And yet, I come as one, this class, to see
That Life and Power and Victory bold
Flash forth a sword of Truth
To part the dark!
I come, I come this hour,
In all its stark reality to man,
To show that this is not the plan -
What happens here in all its density and ugly form.
Our God speaks well this day, this hour.
And every hour I would have reborn,
Reshapen, rekindled, enlivened as lively stones,
Builded up into a temple most holy;
This is all a part of initiation most lowly.
For He comes riding upon an ass -
And upon a colt, the foal of an ass.
He comes! Hosanna! Praises and glory to his name!
`Tis you or any man that rides within that flame -
That flame made a little lower than the angels,
Yet crowned with more glory and honor.
So you see, my brethren of the Light,
There is not so much difference in man within;
The difference is without.
For all the darkness of the mind
And all that causes man to pout
In shame and misery, darkness spouting from his lips
Of pain and shame and blame,
Are all completely part of the "not-plan."
These were not the will of God,
These happenings are blocks
Of stumblingstones to men.
We would pick them up, each one, once again,
And say: Now your pathway is clear.
Get up! The Good Samaritan is here!
He offers his hand.
And so, you see, in reality
Every mystery of the Christ
That was lived in the life of Jesus
Is a step or station of the cross
That you can walk in
As you pass through life,
For all is an initiation
That comes to everyone in life.
When they are ready the Master appears!
When they are ready the Light shines clear!
And hope then draws nigh -
And the fire from the sky
Brings again to every tongue that is
The understanding of the Word that was,
The Word that was lost.
And men say once again:
My Saviour, my God, my all,
I AM thy child!
O raise me from the Fall
And teach me to be the mild,
The strong, the bold, the ever-new,
The radiant one!
The many and the few
Are all but one.
And we bring into view
Then with clarity and beauty
The passion of the flame.
This flame is within every cell of your body:
It is within the mind,
It is within,
It is a hymn!
It hums, it sings, it lives within!
And when you grasp that principle,
You need never again be a mortal
In mortal consciousness.
You may walk here below
And observe the dream that passes,
But you will stand upon the throne
With the Father, with your Presence -
With your Mighty I AM Presence,
With your God-free being.
And there upon that throne
You will take dominion over the earth,
Over yourself, over all that is under your control.
You will not seek to rule others but yourself,
For he that can rule himself
Can keep a city fast.13
He that can rule himself
Can obtain the kingdom fast at last
And hold it forever
And never let it go.
He is one with us.
He may come and go,
For it has been said of old,
He that is born of the Spirit
Can go and come
Wheresoever he listeth.14
And no place in the universe
Will be unknown to you
As you travel wide
In all the great circles
Of the infinite tide -
A flow, a glow, a goal,
A radiance that is yourself -
Everywhere yourself,
Everyone yourself and you everyone -
No sense of separation!
And this I did not mean to be a pun
But only a sense of jubilation.
For we ourselves in higher octaves
Possess the capacity of speaking
In the most beautiful language if we wish,
Or we can speak an enigma and swim like a fish
In all of that substance that you yourselves
Are actually living in!
And we ask ourselves sometimes when we see it:
How can they live in it?
And we say to ourselves when we observe
The emanation of shadowed things
That come out from the individuals' minds,
Spawns of darkness -
And when we see individuals breathe out hatred
And we see them breathe out calculations
And we see them breathe out fear for themselves
As to whether or not they will survive
Or what is going to happen to the self -
We say, O our Father, help them to abandon it all!
Help them to let go of that smallness of sense,
And let them understand the need
To enter in with God-speed -
Into the lightning sense
Of the divine reed of God!
A symbol, yea, but a graceful symbol
And more than a symbol.
For a bruised reed shall not be bent;
It shall stand upright.
And God will heal by his intent
All that man has slain
By his misunderstanding and vanity -
And pain.
And so I, Maitreya,
In the name of the living God,
In the name of the living Christ,
Speak to the world tonight:
Come out of your shame and your eroticism!
Come out of your blame
And your intention of blame!
Come out of your fear
And your sense of greed
And of control over men!
Come out of it, and yield up the content of it -
And transmute it into light.
And wear the garments of the light upon your forms,
Adorn yourselves with initiation
And seek to understand what it means
To have a spiritual teacher
Who will say unto you:
The earth is the LORD's and the fullness thereof!
You are the LORD's and the fullness thereof!
Your forms, your minds -
All that constitutes you belongs to Him,
And all that constitutes Him belongs to you.
And this is the joyous fountain of all.
This is Reality!
It will not keep you small
But enlargen the borders,
The hemispheres of your identity.
And first, there will be a little bubble
That will appear upon the screen of self.
And this little bubble
Will be no bigger than your head.
And then it will expand and be
Twice as big, instead -
And then again, and lo, behold, the giant leap!
It keeps on and keeps on,
And it keeps you keeping on!
For you are expanding into an infinite pattern;
And were it a finite pattern,
You would have to come to a place
Where you would say: All is fulfilled.
But because it is an infinite pattern,
We know it is God-willed,
And each one of you can go on
Joyously seeking day after day
To fill yourselves with the fountain
Of this reality -
This reality that is you!
Won't you accept it, then, tonight
And find your freedom
From that sense of the personal self
That encloses you and makes you feel a clod -
That is like a stony face that shuts you off from God?
Oh, won't you accept tonight
The power of the flame
To impart the reality and victory of the Light
To you in God's own name?
And let us make of this whole planet
A living ball of fire,
Inflamed with hope and desire of the Spirit -
The Holy Spirit, the Word, the Logos that He spoke.
Let none fear it!
Let all hear it!
Let all draw nigh to it!
Let all be it!
Let all see it!
Let all comprehend it!
Let all grasp it!
Let all live in it!
Let all move in it!
Let all be moved by it!
Let no one fear it!
Let all draw near it now!
I AM Maitreya. I come to you to revive in you a sense of the living Christ - a sense of the living Christ that lives within you! A sense of the Christ that I now would bring into view!
What of your shames? What of your wrongs? Cast them all into the flame and let them always depart, but remember one thing: You must always cleave to the Light and the purposes of the Light. You must understand the Golden Rule. You must understand that whene'er you fool any individual, you but fool yourself; for God is in him also.
And therefore, the key to all progress is in the wearing of the garments of the living Christ and the entering in to His reality. This is Life - abundant Life! This is Truth - all Truth! This is oneness with the Father.
And the proof of this is in the eating thereof: If you eat his flesh and drink his blood by becoming like him in your thoughts, your outer forms can change, your minds can change. All that in you now seems puny and relative in its iniquity can be cut free for all eternity and be, as we are, a child of the Sun! This you are now.
Won't you let go? Won't you let go of the finite self and its dimension, and live here as witnesses of the Truth, as children of the dawn? I, Maitreya, say to you that this conference will bring forth some very marvelous things into your minds and beings, but you must be alert!
And therefore, tonight I ask each one of you to pray unto God, to your own Lord Christ, to the entire spiritual hierarchy, and but request a clearing of your minds and beings by the flame. And I will do for you all that the Lords of Karma will allow. This I pledge you. This I give you. This is my vow!
Accept it in the name of your own freedom.
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"The Summit Lighthouse Sheds Its Radiance O'er All the World to Manifest as Pearls of Wisdom."
This dictation by Lord Maitreya was delivered through the Messenger Mark L. Prophet July 2, 1969, during Freedom Rally 1969 in Colorado Springs, Colorado.