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NON-ATTACHMENT TO PERSONS, PLACES OR THINGS

MAHA CHOHAN:

As I have said repeatedly, the Founder of any great World Religion brings Truth; the followers of that Religion weave into it their concepts, ideas, patterns and methods of worship. Thus, the purity of the original idea is often lost through the earnest, sincere but often misguided followers of the original World Religion. 

One such Being, now the Lord of the World, known by millions of people as Gautama Buddha, taught non-attachment to things and the doctrine of desirelessness. This has been misinterpreted by many earnest followers of his Faith. 

EL MORYA:

The feeling world (desire body) was created and has been sustained through the ages in, through and around every self-conscious intelligence with a Divine Purpose. That Purpose is to give life (energy) to ideas envisioned and to make them manifest forms. When the feeling world is used again selflessly as a proper creative force to energize thoughtforms, sustain and expand them for the good of the entire human race, it will have fulfilled its Divine purpose. Without deep, sincere, impersonal but strong feelings no idea, vision, thoughtform or World Movement (spiritual or secular) can either come to birth or live and be sustained in the physical appearance world. It is the service of the First Ray to so train the feeling worlds of the chelas as well as those of all mankind, imprisoned Angels and Elementals so that they may use their feelings as God intends, to energize and externalize in practical works the Divine Concepts and Ideas received into the outer consciousness. 

KUTHUMI:

I was among those who walked with the Lord Gautama when he preached the doctrine of "detachment" to his followers, while he still wore a physical body himself. His doctrine was that those who used the creative centers of thought, feeling, spoken word and action to lower the Divine Ideas into the physical world should not, at any time, become attached to the creation drawn forth. He further strongly recommended that the chela watch for a sense of spiritual pride in precipitation, a desire for personal gain as well as a personal attachment to the manifestation drawn forth for the good of humanity. Some have followed this impersonal principle; others have chosen to ignore the tremendous need upon the planet Earth of the perfection waiting to express on Earth and many have chosen to personally benefit (financially or through a sense of personal power and authority) by the manifestation they drew forth. They have, therefore, forgotten the spirit of his teachings and follow the Letter of the Law. 

PAUL, THE VENETIAN:

Personal attachment to persons, places, conditions or things, causes so much heartbreak while the individual is on Earth and, if possible, even more so after such a person passes through the change called "death". The magnetism (when tinged with selfish or personal motives, known or unknown) which literally mesmerizes the soul toward its creation, is a tremendous line of concentrated energy which binds the soul to its creation, or to the individuals whom that soul has served. When the service, as we offer and practice it, is done impersonally (although our life (feelings) energizes the blessing) it does not contain this "clutching energy" and the individuals and manifest blessings become, as they should be, a part of the heritage of the race. Thus I, too, can recommend that every service you give be rendered to the Glory of God and to the establishment of his Kingdom on this Earth, with no thought of personal gain, recognition or recompense! The Father who is in Heaven sees all things and shall reward you accordingly. 

SERAPIS BEY:

To take the doctrine of "desirelessness" literally would be to repudiate the Spiritual Law of precipitation. The motive behind the desire determines its efficacy and its ultimate worth to the evolutions progressing in the Earth, on the Earth and in its atmosphere. 

Many chelas (particularly in the East) find it comparatively easy to rise in consciousness into the Realms of Bliss and there abide... allowing this Earth and its progress to continue to suffer in limitation and distress. The true doctrine of the Buddha was to learn to so rise, attune one's consciousness to the perfection which the Father has in store for the Earth and its evolutions and then to consciously descend and practically manifest for the blessings of the race that perfection. For this reason were the faculties of thought, feeling, spoken word and action given unto man. Observation of perfection and participating in its bliss are not enough. Bringing that perfection and that bliss to a planet in sore distress and a people in the agony of suffering, is the mark of a true chela of Lord Buddha. 

HILARION

The desire body (feeling world) has truly been called by many the "bottomless pit". It is also the unconscious instigator of many promptings wherein the personal self will be benefited; thus, the absolute necessity for purifying this body of all known and unknown personal habits, patterns, desires, appetites, cravings for power, etc. Then, it is ready to perform its natural function... to energize joyfully, constantly and lovingly the ideas and patterns in the mental body. As by far the greatest amount of energy fills the feeling world, any thought, vision, pattern or design which is given life (energized) by the feelings is literally catapulted into form. You know, yourselves, in the outer world, that the greatest mental concepts never carry conviction unless their proponent has a true, strong feeling of their efficacy and practicability. I was able to perform the service as the Apostle Paul because I felt the Truth which I endeavored to spread abroad. Thus, it is today; the teachers and chelas who truly accomplish spiritual conversion must first feel the Truth which we have so freely imparted. Then, truly, your words become flesh and dwell among you and among all mankind. 

JESUS

The more pure a man or woman becomes the greater the capacity of the feeling world to energize that which will benefit the human race. Desirelessness (as interpreted by many) may be pure selfishness and make the individual indifferent to the crying needs of his fellowman. Although I, myself, my mother and father and some of my followers, had no personal desires, we were fully cognizant of the need of humanity. Thus, we ascended "in consciousness" to the Realm of Perfection, saw the Father's intent for all his children and set about practically to bring into manifestation that Kingdom here on Earth. A study of the very brief records of the experiences through which I, myself, passed will show that I did have a burning desire to alleviate human suffering; to heal the sick of mind and body and to leave the world a planet of greater light. So also did my great Predecessor, Lord Gautama. 

SAINT GERMAIN:

Seeing the agony of those who have passed through the veil called "death" as well as the distress of those still embodied who are prisoners of human desires, I offer the use of my Violet Fire of Transmutation and Mercy to purify the emotional bodies of the people. 

The instruments by which the perfection of God's Holy Kingdom is scientifically lowered into the physical appearance world, are thought, feeling, etheric consciousness and the spoken word and deed. To even cognize for a moment that the feelings should become inactive (desire-less) is an untruth. Removing the cause and core of all personal desires and feelings is essential, of course. Then the feelings do their perfect work in energizing thoughtforms directed into the alert consciousness from the individual "I Am" Presence or any Member of the Spiritual Hierarchy. 

Great discrimination is required at this point on the Spiritual Path to cognize the difference between the promptings of the outer self (which seek personal gain) and the promptings from the Divine Realms which seek only to manifest here and now God's Will for this sweet Earth and all its attendant evolutions. 

Do not ask for "desirelessness" but for right God-desire… do not ask for the experience of exalted consciousness without asking for the constancy, perseverance, honesty and selflessness to draw the fruits of such exalted consciousness into the realm where you yet abide! 

Visionaries and dreamers are many. Practical workers are few! It is these practical workers who are our hands (at it were) and our representatives in this world of form.

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