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THE MASTERS OF WISDOM SPEAK
DIVINE LOVE-THE GREATEST CREATIVE POWER
IN THE UNIVERSE
MAHA CHOHAN:
Love should not be qualified with sentimentality, which is changing
and vacillating. Pure Divine love is changeless and constant. It is the one
Virtue of the Universal "I AM" Presence, into which all the other Virtues blend.
It is the highest expression of the Nature of God and, in time, will be the
highest expression of man, also. Divine love, unlike human love, is not grasping
but giving; is not variable but constant. This feeling and substance of Divine
love is the cause and core of all creation, as well as the sustenance of such
creation and, when that creation has served its purpose for being, its ultimate
etherealization in dignity and honor is accomplished by that same Divine love.
One focus of that Divine love is your own "I AM" Presence and such a Presence is
also anchored within the heart of everyone. Expression and expansion of this
Divine love upon and through the planes of experience in which a self-conscious
intelligence lives, is truly the "reason for being" of such an intelligence.
Until that full expression of the Nature of God is so made manifest, there can
be no permanent individual, national, racial or planetary peace!
EL MORYA:
It was the desire to express Divine love which caused the Universal
"I AM" Presence to create sons and daughters through whom to pour the love and
the life of his own Being and endow such sons and daughters with his gift of the
use of freewill. It is that same love which, since such creation, has continued
to sustain these intelligences and to believe in their ultimate expression of
his Nature. Serving mankind, who for the most part have forgotten their Creator,
we live but to bring to man the remembrance of the love of God for all his
creations and to awaken a feeling of that love in the human hearts wherein the
Divine love of the Universal "I AM" Presence dwells.
KUTHUMI:
Divine love is a cohesive power which magnetizes pure electronic
light; causes it to rhythmically move around its own central core and thus
creates an atom, the coalition of many of which may be used to form a vehicle
through which mankind can express itself, a nation, a continent or even a planet
itself. When the Divine love projected forth by the "I AM" Presence is removed
from any creation, human forms or so-called inanimate objects, that form then
begins to disintegrate because the cohesive power of Divine love which held it
together is no longer present. Therefore, in conscious precipitation, the
development of impersonal Divine love is most essential to sustain the
precipitation. Unascended mankind's comprehension of Divine love is a travesty
as measured against the true Divine love of God. Hence man's own physical body,
as well as his creation of great civilizations are subject to decline and decay.
Why? Because the cohesive power of Divine love is not at their center and a
lesser expression of love, while it may create temporary form, has not the
sustaining power to hold that form until it has served its full purpose.
Disintegration, disease, decay and death itself are the greatest proof on Earth
today that Divine love was not the cause and core of the creation. Thus the
creation was transitory and subject to the disintegration to forces within and
without the individual who had drawn such manifestation forth.
PAUL (THE VENETIAN MASTER):
Divine love is a natural activity of the expansion of good. As far
up the Ladder of Spiritual Evolution as we can see, there is a constant
expansion of the Light, Virtues and Gifts of God through every Divine Being who
has been created and sustained by that Divine love and who has cognized that
love, utilizing it to do the will of the Being who has created and sustained him
or her.
In unascended mankind, the same law holds true. If an individual has
a gift or talent and uses it to expand happiness and beauty for life, he is the
greatest beneficiary of the expression of his own gift. If so used, his talent
expands, matures and generally develops. If, however, he selfishly grasps the
gift and, through a process of inversion, seeks to hold it to himself for
personal gain or pleasure, he is either temporarily deprived of the use of that
gift or talent, or temporarily is deprived of the opportunity to use it in the
Sphere in which he presently functions. The measure of the individual's use of
talent, money, power and opportunity lies in the use to which he puts them. If
he uses those gifts as God and the Divine Beings do, to expand the blessings of
Light - Comfort, Happiness and greater Perfection in his Sphere of influence and
the worlds of others, he will prosper. However, through his use of freewill, if
he chooses to use such a gift for personal aggrandizement or gain, the forces of
disintegration and decay will teach him the lesson which Jesus taught so
forcibly: "To him that hath shall be given" (to him that has the understanding
of how to use them, more substance, power and talent shall be given him); "to
him that hath not, shall be taken away even that which he hath" (from him who
has not the understanding of how to use life impersonally to bless others, shall
be taken away that which he already has). We use our consciousness and
understanding to expand God's Kingdom through the mankind of Earth. This is the
activity of the Third Ray. We welcome all who choose to join us in expanding
their gifts, talents and powers as God intends and invite them to join us in the
glorious expansion of the Kingdom of God right here on Earth!
SERAPIS BEY:
Etherealization (returning of the substance of form to the
Universal) is also an aspect of Divine love used by the Ascended Masters, Cosmic
Beings and Angelic Host. We consider the life and gifts of God so precious that
we would not dream of utilizing that life in any sphere longer than is required
to sustain some blessing to the Universe. Divine love utilizes intelligent life
to create form as a radiating center through which to bless the Universe. When
that blessing is completed, we love life enough to give it Freedom
(etherializing it) so that it can be returned to the Sun of the System for
re-polarization and, at a later time, be used again by another intelligence for
some other form which may be necessary to the requirements of the Cosmic Hour.
Giving, not grasping, is the Law of the Universal "I AM" Presence and it is the
Law of our Being as well. Sometimes the wisdom of the Law requires that we
either withhold or withdraw a gift from some lifestream in order to teach that
one a lesson; for even a temporary absence of the possession of such a gift
often awakens the individual to the true worth of its blessing which had been
given in love for service to others; sustained by that love; and offered through
that love only to enrich the collective consciousness of the race. Such
etherialization is never to be considered a punishment. It is always designed as
an opportunity for spiritual expansion through the development of a conscious
appreciation of the worth of the gift or talent which had been too casually
received and absorbed, either by individual lifestreams or the race as a whole.
Etherialization is a conscious activity of Divinity and must not be confused
with disintegration and decay.
HILARION:
Divine love is a Science. Every manifestation, from the smallest
form to the greatest Solar System, is built on the cohesive power of Divine
love. When great Golden Ages have come into manifestation upon the planet Earth,
they were literally born through the Love of Beings who chose, voluntarily, to
create as God creates. These Golden Ages have been sustained just as long as
Some Being held the feeling of Divine love for the creation. This feeling was
the cohesive power which held the form; the expanding power which increased its
beauty and the etherializing power which withdrew the manifestation when it was
no longer required to remain upon any plane of existence. In human experience,
there is more or less of Divine love expressed in the creation of a home, a
family, or a business. When the one who is the focus for the cohesive power of
such a cooperative endeavor relinquishes this cohesive power (through death or
otherwise), disintegration of the manifestation occurs. In spiritual
organizations, almost without exception, when the Founder, spurred on by Divine
love to make the supreme effort to establish and sustain such an organization,
leaves the Earth plane, unless there be another who can be found who will hold
that focus of Divine love and expand it, then the organization itself
disintegrates and is no more. This was the Law which Beloved Jesus took into
consideration in asking his mother, Mary, to sustain his love by remaining on
Earth after his Ascension, until there was enough magnetized and radiated Divine
love to sustain the Christian Dispensation for two thousand years! Similarly,
the Visitation of Lord Gautama yearly at the Festival of Wesak was designed to
stimulate and expand the Divine love which he had magnetized and sustained in
his Earth life. All Beings who so design a blessing for the benefaction of the
race seek unascended beings to be for them truly "the body of Christ" through
which Divine love may flow. If such are not found, the beautiful Teachings and
accompanying Grace gradually recede and the benefactions established by the
Founder etherialize into finer Realms beyond the ken of human mind.
JESUS:
"The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away" is an eternal verity.
However, unascended beings consider this verity as a punishment; whereas it is
rather a blessing to make the outer consciousness cognizant of the value of the
gift, the giver and the benefaction received. The word "Lord", of course, means
the "Law of God" which is inexorable, impersonal and unchanging. Even I, when my
compassion for my disciples caused me to hesitate for a moment to leave them,
could not change this Law. I knew full well that the conscious etherialization
of my form was necessary in order for my followers to develop their own Christ
Nature. Yet, knowing their natures, I did apply for Mercy and the Lord Maha
Chohan promised to give them Comfort and expansion of consciousness after my
Ascension (conscious etherialization of my outer "form"). This promise he
fulfilled in the Visitation of the Holy Spirit to them on Whitsuntide. Thus, all
unascended beings may call for a Mediator, a Comforter, if the Law requires that
they come "Home" so that their people shall not be left comfortless. I admonish
every earnest Teacher and Guru to make such an application NOW!
SAINT GERMAIN:
Golden Ages have come and gone wherein the masses of mankind enjoyed
the developed gifts, powers and radiation of Beautiful Ascended Beings. However,
the masses, accepting such gifts as a "matter of course", made it necessary for
their Benefactors to withdraw their spiritual support and mankind then found the
beauty of that Golden Age fading until it disappeared. It is now my opportunity
to help to awaken the consciousness of all mankind to a point where a permanent
Golden Age can and shall be established upon this Earth and sustained, not only
by my enthusiasm and endeavor, but by the energy of the awakened people. Thus
the blessings and manifest beauty of the permanent Golden Age will be sustained
by those who enjoy its glorious perfection; long after the "few" who envisioned
its inception and sustained it by Divine love have gone to their "Eternal
Reward". When this awakening is accomplished, the Law will not require
etherealization here for the people themselves will prove that they are worthy
to enjoy a permanent Kingdom of Heaven manifest on Earth. We are presently
engaged in such awakening of the outer consciousness of mankind. The chelas now
embodied are charged with the responsibility of awakening their fellowman to
these truths. Thus is the Golden Age built and thus will it be sustained.
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"Love is not getting but giving; not a wild dream of pleasure and a
madness of desire! Oh no! Love is not that... it is goodness and honor, and
peace and pure living, yes, love is that! It is the best thing in the world, and
the thing that lives the longest."...Henry Van Dyke!