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THE MASTERS OF WISDOM SPEAK
THE COURTESY OF ILLUMINED OBEDIENCE
MAHA CHOHAN:
One of the main sources of unhappiness, frustration and distress
experienced by mankind is the capacity to disobey the Divine directions of their
own individualized "I Am" Presence and the Ascended Host of Light. This choice
between joyous, willing, illumined obedience to the directions of that Presence
and the willful or ignorant misuse of their free-will to create imperfection is
a personal matter between each man and his God. However, until each member of
the human race comes to a personal desire to do the Will of God, he will not
know permanent happiness or the joy of victorious accomplishment which brings
peace, abundance and spiritual expansion in its wake.
EL MORYA:
Studying the activities of the Nature Kingdom, any man with
perception can see manifest the absolute obedience to Divine Law, which makes
order, harmony, uniformity and security a portion of the gifts of that Kingdom
to man. The Sun, moving in Its Cosmic orbit around the Central Sun of the
Galaxy, obeys the Spiritual Law governing its service and does not go off on a
"tangent" into a path other than that ordained for the safety, illumination,
nourishment and sustenance of its planets. In like manner, each planet follows
faithfully and obediently the rhythmic motion ordained for it in its
circumnavigating of the Sun. The oceans rise and recede in perfect rhythm. The
seasons of ploughing, sowing and harvest follow each other in dignified and
orderly procession. What is man that he shall ignore the Creator and,
establishing a rhythm of his own making, contribute nothing but dissonance to
the planetary scheme of which he is so small a part?
KUTHUMI:
Illumined obedience differs from blind obedience in which there is
acquiescence based on fear of punishment, disfavor and blame. The individual who
obeys blindly, goaded on by superstitious dread of punishment, is no nearer the
goal of union with Divine Will than the arrogant egotist who accepts the
promptings of his own inner desires for glory and power, as the directions of
the Godhead. Illumined obedience requires a humble, simple heart; a pure soul; a
quiet mind; a patient and controlled emotional world and then, the rare faculty
of impersonal discrimination, which weighs the directions given against the many
pitfalls into which fall the intellectually proud as well as the fearfully
superstitious.
PAUL, THE VENETIAN:
Man has not destroyed the conscious connection with his own
individualized "I Am" Presence in a moment, nor can he repair and reestablish
such a connection in a moment! It requires patience, persistence, purity of
motive (so many desire this connection to aggrandize the personality at the
expense of others), a well developed sense of discrimination and a constant
vigilance at the door of the outer consciousness, so that no pseudo philosophy
can find anchorage in the personal self. This but delays the development of the
true, permanent communion with the "I Am" Presence.
SERAPIS BEY:
The Divine Plan, either for the individual or the race, will always
be something which will have a permanent, beneficial effect upon the unit and
the whole. Many aspirants who have come to Luxor with a desire to develop and
mature certain powers, are found to have a motive of personal gain. Individuals
are few and far between who are willing to actually "lose themselves" for the
sake of the humanity of which they are a part. It is amazing how much the
personal ego desires powers, recognition, adulation and aggrandizement and, for
these gifts, is willing to undergo severe disciplines, undertaking hard and
tedious training. However, we who see, cannot waste the time, energy and
facilities of our Retreat to assist such individuals. The motive behind the
seeker for knowledge is carefully plumbed and upon that motive is our assistance
given.
HILARION:
If one watches the courtesy of the Elohim who answer the summons of the Sun of a System and offer their combined energies to create according to the Divine Pattern designed by such a Sun, one sees a marvelous illustration of the developed faculty of illumined obedience. For instance, suppose the Elohim, looking upon the pattern for a Universe (with its several planets) desired within themselves to "improve" upon such a Divine Plan and create, say, nine planets rather than seven, in a spirit of generosity! This would mean that the original Sun, taking into consideration Its power of centripetal and centrifugal force, would have to generate more light substance, increase its aura and carry the burden of sustaining the two extra planets thus created. The Elohim bow to the wisdom and intelligence of the Sun, offering (in loving, willing, illumined obedience) to create the Universe that Sun has designed, through their combined energies and powers, without any embellishments or ramifications of their own. Thus harmony reigns in the Universe! The Sun is not required to expand itself in greater intensity of light, fecundating power and energy than originally designed. A perfect Universe is the result!
JESUS:
The ego of individuals often causes them to "improve" upon a Divine
Design created, developed and externalized by some self-conscious Intelligence.
These endeavors, often well meant in the extreme, disintegrate the original
perfection of the Design and greatly hinder its perfect expression. The Divine
courtesy observed by every Cosmic Being, Ascended Master, Angel and Deva who are
members of the Great White Brotherhood, could well be developed among the chelas
and students upon the Path. Every Member of the Brotherhood offers his entire,
combined, gathered momentum of good to every other Member, to develop and
externalize the Divine Pattern of the Brother who has received it from the mind
and heart of God. However, we never dream of intruding our own concepts upon
that Pattern but rather give the strength, light and power of our own "I Am"
intelligence to such a Pattern, helping to bring it to fruition as its original
Creator desires it to manifest. Would that mankind had the same courtesy,
consideration and wisdom in serving with their brethren, in the many causes
which could be of such assistance to the race as a whole. However, the
disintegrating forces within the members of such a Cause are often its downfall.
To work together for a common Cause, without the desire to intrude variations in
its expression, is to follow the directions and the nature of the Elohimic
Builders themselves.
SAINT GERMAIN:
There are countless Divine ideas pouring each day from the Heart of
God into the receptive consciousness of Cosmic Beings, Ascended Masters, Angels,
Devas, Elementals and human beings. Each of these ideas is a seed, containing
within itself not only a pattern which can be developed into a beautiful
manifestation, but also the actual spiritual nourishment and precipitating power
which can assist in the manifestation. In the case of unascended beings,
however, many share these ideas before they are developed beyond the embryonic
stage and they are dissipated by the doubts, fears, jealousies and uncertainties
of the confidants. Other ideas (not held firmly by a developed consciousness)
are modified, diluted, distorted and literally "torn apart" by conscientious and
enthusiastic fellow-workers who think they know how to improve upon the delicate
idea received by one man or woman. It requires a great deal of spiritual
strength, confidence, faith, onepointedness, persistence and constancy for an
individual to "share an idea", in the hope of securing the added support of the
voluntary energies of his fellow man; without losing the purity of its form and
the impersonal beauty, radiance and lasting beneficence of its effect upon
mankind. Pray for those who are the recipients of such ideas, both that they may
recognize them; accept them; develop them and then, protect them from either
abortion, still-birth or distortion caused by the violently projected energies
of well-meaning friends and fellow-workers, as well as the more lethargic
resistance of the mass mind.