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The Masters of Wisdom Speak
ON THE WESAK FESTIVAL
Editor’s Note: Once a year, on the night of the full moon in the month of May, the Beloved Lord Gautama Buddha appears to the children of earth and pours the benediction of his Presence through the Assemblage gathered together in one of the valleys of northern India. The Great White Brotherhood are always present at this outpouring, as are many spiritually minded men and women who, in their finer bodies, attend this visitation. From all over the east, pilgrims gather in their physical bodies to share in the blessing as well. Any who choose to attend while their physical bodies sleep may direct their consciousness before entering sleep on the night of May 17 to the Valley of the Wesak.
MAHA CHOHAN
The embodiment of the virtues, the very nature, and the qualities of
God by self-conscious intelligences is the Law by which God multiplies,
externalizes, and increases himself through all kingdoms and in all spheres.
Such embodiment of the blessings of God enables individual Intelligences to
carry forth that radiation and modify its glory for the enjoyment and benefit of
those lower on the ladder of evolution. Thus, is the God Nature "stepped down"
from sphere to sphere in its outward journey toward the periphery of the
Universe. One such radiating Center of God's love is Gautama, Buddha, whose
benediction we all share on the anniversary of his Ascension, which falls this
year on May 17th.
EL MORYA
Order is the first law of Heaven! The light of the great Parent Sun
itself is so brilliant, so dazzling, so potent, so mystical that its glory is
mercifully "softened" by the lesser suns of each universe. Each lesser sun,
receiving the full light from the parent Sun, transforms and condenses the light
and life from that Sun to a rate of vibration which can be absorbed and digested
by the planets of its system and the evolutions progressing thereon. So is the
Love of God drawn into the living bodies of Great Beings and radiated through
them in such a manner that can be felt, understood and assimilated by the
particular evolutions who are to be the beneficiaries of such "graded"
radiation. To enable the mankind of earth to receive the spiritual blessings
that are so easily absorbed by the consciousness of the Buddha in the Realms of
Light - far, far beyond the reach of the consciousness of even the Ascended
Masters, Lord Buddha offered once each year to lower the vibratory action of his
Inner Bodies, his Cosmic Christ Consciousness and his very self into the
atmosphere of earth. The radiation of such a Presence becomes an active,
tangible, potent force through the entire consciousness of the human race.
Because he has returned into the atmosphere of earth in response to the calls
for mercy from unascended beings, his tangible Presence at the Feast of the
Wesak makes more potent and powerful than ever the benediction and blessing that
become the heritage of the people at this mystical celebration this year.
KUTHUMI
Observation of the transference of the wealth of one consciousness
to another in the field of education leads the alert to realization that the
reception and conference of radiation is the natural order of evolution. Always
the one further upon the pathway of knowledge, attainment, self-mastery, stands
closer to the Throne of the Eternal. Such a one is obligated to proffer the
blessings received to those below him on the ladder of evolution and progress.
Thus, for God himself, there are "step down transformers" even as in school the
sum total of knowledge in the University in channeled through many
consciousnesses (teachers) and stepped down into the receptive consciousness of
the students. Those who carry the radiation of God, and his Word are Messengers
who come in his name. Greatest among these is our Lord Gautama Buddha who has
volunteered to prepare for the assumption of the service of Beloved Sanat Kumara
at the close of this present cycle of change.
PAUL, THE VENETIAN MASTER
In March, the pilgrims of Asia begin to respond to the magnetic
power of love divine and turn their attention toward the spiritual currents set
up by the Great White Brotherhood in preparation for the Visitation of Lord
Gautama Buddha at the Wesak Festival on the night of the full moon in the mystic
month of May. There is no definite place which is set for the celebration of
this Cosmic Event. Each year, the valley chosen is known only to the
Brotherhood. The light in the heart of the pilgrims, the sincerity of their
motives, and the tenacity of their endeavors determine whether or not they will
arrive in the chosen valley and receive the added benediction through their
physical garments as well as their inner vehicles which naturally gravitate
toward the celebration through the power of the attention when the physical body
sleeps. For all these earnest and prayerful pilgrims, let us whisper together a
prayer "Lead, kindly light, their feet to this Holy Shrine!"
HILARION
God needs a body, a vehicle of expression, in order to externalize
himself on every plane. For instance, abstract beauty is only enjoyed by the
physical sight of men when embodied in a flowering bush, a blossomed tree, a
shimmering lake, a majestic snow-crowned mountain. So, too, the Divine Nature of
love is enjoyed when embodied as a friend, a mother, a sweetheart, a Guru. In a
much greater capacity, the spiritual essence of God's Presence is embodied in
great God Intelligences who have power to absorb, radiate and re-create on a
lower plane, the full nature of God. These God Intelligences are as much in
accord with the system of manifesting the abstract as is the flower, the bird
song, the laden tree. Such an One is Lord Gautama Buddha who has earned the
right to sit in the Living Presence of the God of this Universe, embody his
Nature, and intensify that Nature by his own qualified life. As a voluntary
service to mankind, the Angelic Host and the elemental kingdom presently
evolving in and around the planet earth, he chooses once each year to lower into
the atmosphere of earth this Radiation which he has drawn into himself and which
otherwise would remain in the Sphere where God and his Spiritual Court abide.
SERAPIS BEY
The great Seraphic Legions serve primarily as Messengers of the Most
High. They, together with the Cherubim, live in the Presence of God himself.
Their bodies are batteries of his virtue. At his Decree, they sweep through the
Universe, emitting from their radiant bodies, that qualified light and life
which becomes a perfume, a spiritual impetus, a benediction in every Sphere
through which, like lightning, they pass. The Seraphim and Cherubim of Love
accompany Lord Buddha and from India they carry the sweetness of his blessings
around the world, going north, south, east and west, blanketing the planet with
the essence of Divinity.
JESUS
I AM one who chose to embody the Nature of God. When I said, "He who
has seen me has seen the Father." I presented this truth. It is now the opportunity for each one
eager to expand the borders of the Father's Kingdom to likewise partake of the
Nature of God and embody that Nature through the feelings, through the mental
processes, and through the transfigured flesh!
SAINT GERMAIN
Freedom is the particular virtue that I have always loved when
contemplating the beautiful Nature of God. From "admiration" of that quality as
expressed through the Divine Father and Mother, and through the Beloved
Archangels and God Beings who live but to express that Nature, I was finally
drawn to the realization that "embodiment" of that quality through my very self
would be the proper service to life. To admire a virtue is a beautiful thing.
Blessed is the consciousness whose perceptions are so developed that he can even
sense virtue. It is the first step on the Path. There comes, then, the day when
the Guru suggests that admiration become activation. As Beloved El Morya says,
"Action is the measure of professed love." Action requires the self-conscious
endeavor of the individual unit. Becoming is the fulfillment of the Law!