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HOW TO APPROACH A RETREAT
AN ADDRESS BY
THE ASCENDED MASTER LANTO
Teton
June 23, 1954
Honorable guests, gracious ladies and gentlemen, I come to you to be
your servant so long as you choose to abide within the comforts of our aura, the
Flames from the heart of the Brotherhood of the Royal Teton. One day in the
future the Flame within your own heart will be your servant, and in that day,
each and everyone of you will again assume the full mastery which you knew and
which I shared with you many, many centuries ago before you chose to let the
shadows into your consciousness and create the veil between the heavenly realm
and the realm where you chose to abide.
As you invited the shadows through the senses into your
consciousness, you came to a point where no longer was the spiritual intercourse
and companionship between the Ascended Master Octave and the human the joy of
your daily and hourly association. Each man drew the veil himself across the
bright and shining expanse of the Holy Christ consciousness. Each one created
for himself or herself a small sphere of consciousness in which he abode and
through which he functions life after life.
How to dissolve the human veil
It is therefore the intent and the purpose, as I am told by my
illustrious Brothers and Sisters of the Kingdom, to endeavor again to widen the
borders of your individual consciousness through drawing to your attention our
words, our purpose and Design in the universal scheme as well as our current
activities. Each time that you voluntarily choose to open the door of your
consciousness to one of our Presence and allow us access to those inner realms
that you have held so long in shadows, you begin to dissolve individually that
human veil.
Each man in his own time, according to his own spiritual pace, comes
at last to the point of spiritual awakening, illumination and awareness, when
for him his own created veil is no more. For such a one the illustrious and
magnificent Presence is revealed and the Masters, the Angelic Host, the Cosmic
Beings and the Devas, again having been welcomed and entertained in
consciousness become part of the daily association, and man again walks hand in
hand with the Angels and in companionship with the God-free.
We come to invite you to project your consciousness into our humble
Retreat, which we have established and sustained through the ages in memory of
the descent of mankind upon this Earth in the hope that through the radiation
which we could so sustain we might in time contribute, as each star contributes
to the light of the night, the spiritual essence necessary and requisite to
maintaining the soul life of the evolutions imprisoned in their own thought and
feeling pattern.
We must help Virgo
We are but one of many great focuses of light. We are but one humble
part of a great Cosmic movement which is taking not only this planet but the Sun
which created it and the Galaxy to which it belongs forward to a higher and more
glorious destiny. We have heard from the God who has chosen to give us life and
sustain us, that it is a Cosmic moment of opportunity, and the planets and the
galaxies and the suns and stars belonging thereto gathering their celestial
garments about them must obey the fiat of the Eternal and be upon their way.
The blessed Virgo, who has so long been your Hostess, is among those
who have been summoned to a greater life, a more beautiful destiny than that of
carrying the weight of the shadows of the creations of mankind. Those of us who
love her, those of us who have lived upon the surface of this Earth, are
determined within ourselves that Virgo shall have her opportunity and that the
component parts that make up her glorious body shall not be destined for
disintegration, due to the recalcitrant energy of the evolutions She has
sustained to this hour.
The beauty, the patience of your Mother Earth! How can I describe
it! A platform beneath your feet, the nourishment to sustain your bodies, the
exquisite scenery to refresh your souls; an orbit wherein those of you saw who
have condensed your energies to such a point, may find at least an atmosphere
not too rarified for your present vibratory action and comfortable by the very
reason of its density so that you can again find your way Home.
What motive has brought you here?
I am told by my teacher, the beloved Himalaya that you aspire each
one to become Buddhas. Now I am going to speak to you as I speak every aspirant
who enters the Royal Teton. You can feel yourselves entering within the heart of
that mountain and standing in my Presence. "Beloved, blessed ones, you have come
motivated by some intent into the compass of our aura, what brings you here?"
Will you ponder that in the days that are ahead? What exactly has brought you
into the compass of our aura? Much will depend, beloved children, upon what you
find is the answer. Every man and woman and every child that goes upon a
pilgrimage, receives into himself a blessing proportionate to that which was the
actual motivating power behind the pilgrimage.
I have seen a million pilgrims walking to Benares. I have walked
among them as they entered the sacred city. Some joined hands of fellow
travelers for convenience sake, for certain protections against the jungles and
dangerous mountain passes through which they are required to make their way.
Almost without exception these people are conscious that a pilgrimage is a
solitary and individual activity.
Each one who walks upon a Holy Pilgrimage seeking light, seeking
understanding and mastery, must remember and keep before the mind's eye
throughout the entire course of such a retreat the motive which inspired him
first, which caused him to gather up the reluctant energies of the flesh and at
no small cost to self, propelled that flesh forward toward a destiny, whether it
be Mecca, Jerusalem, Lassa, whether it be the Teton or Titicaca or Suva.
Think not that we are not delighted to find people interested enough
to touch the hem of our spiritual garment. We are honored and grateful beyond
human words to describe. Can you understand that we have worked for many
centuries, when no unascended lifestreams even knew we had Being, when there was
no way and means of reaching the consciousness of even the most earnest or
engaging the interest of their energies? Then when we receive the interest and
voluntary support of such a goodly number, our hearts do respond, and we give to
you our heart Flame to be your servant.
Command ye my Heart Flame!
What shall ye command of my heart Flame? What shall you individually
ask of it? For it will answer you! It is intelligent! It is the full gathered
cosmic momentum of my Individualization and Being from the day that I was born
out of the bosom of the Eternal. All of the consciousness, all of the prayers
and aspirations that built my own Freedom, all of the love and devotion to this
planet and its evolutions are within it! All are yours when accepted!
Like the light of the sun, or the air you breathe, so is the aura of
the mighty Teton. Some absorb much. Some draw in the spiritual currents of that
sun and breathe in the finer ethers and vitalize the form. Some shun it, some in
the shallow breath never know the vitality that is within the air. Some sitting
in the aura of the Teton may perchance not exert their inner energies through
the magnetic power of their own Heart Flame to vitalize flesh, mind, feeling,
and spirit, beloved ones.
Free will, you know, is defended and held by the ego as the prize
possession of self. Yet that very free will with which you are all so blessed,
will not allow me to tell you how much or how little of the gifts of the Teton
you may accept. I give you all that the Teton offers. I give you all of its
Light and its powers and its accomplishments. Drink deeply, I implore you each
one.
The discipline of the pilgrim is threefold
The discipline of the pilgrim, who has examined his motive and who
has found within himself the reason for his entrance or application for
membership in our Brotherhood, is to develop the three flames centered within
the heart, the throat and the head, the encircling of the body with light at the
waist to cut off the animal nature and the releasing of balance through the
inner vehicles.
If you will choose to be, forgive me, I know it is a hard task, less
interested in each other and more interested in the radiation, we can assist you
in the deep breathing, in the contemplation of the Flame within your heart, and
I am sure you will find in your hours of recollection before you sleep each
night, that you have accomplished something; you will have developed in your
consciousness a certain awareness and in your feelings a greater peace, faith
and power.
Etherically, beloved ones, the mountain atmosphere as you know,
represents a great purifying agent. Through the etheric bodies, into which are
pressed, dear God, so many pictures and memories. Draw those mighty Devas of the
mountains, who will purify them as they do this great atmosphere. Forget not
your evening of recollection over your day. Building thus, I will help you.
How to contemplate your divine nature
I have asked for volunteers from within the heart of the Teton, one
to be the spiritual teacher of each member of this august company. Because of
the tremendous activities within the Teton, it is no small sacrifice for them to
choose to accept this service. Therefore, please do not call your particular
brother until you are ready for your spiritual meditation, exercises and
contemplations. Do not require him to remain beyond your actual contemplation
because the courtesy of the Brotherhood is such that if they accept a trust,
they will not relinquish it unless bidden to do so. So do not ask them to remain
through your social hours. When you choose to contemplate your own divine
nature, and in the breath accept the deepness of the spiritual light, invite
your Brother and at that very instant, the sacrifice of love is so great that no
matter what goes on within the great council hall, that Brother will be by your
side and remain until your contemplation, your spiritual exercises are
completed.
When the Karmic Board meets, you will be interested to know that the
Retreats are heard in order, starting with Sanat Kumara, the Brotherhood of
Shamballa, then Lord Buddha and his group, the beloved Lord Maitreya and the
Maha Chohan, the seven great Chohans of the Rays and then the other
representatives of the focuses of light we are hoping that with your own
contemplation and your wonderful inspiration and assistance of the Brother
assigned to you, that you too will have something of merit to offer.
I AM your Servant and your Friend
We want you to be happy. We want you to be relaxed. We want you to
realize what the heart of a true pilgrimage means; a true Retreat wherein you go
home rested in body, vitalized in mind, purified in feelings, thought and
etheric substance. If you will abide within my humble suggestions, you will I am
sure, benefit thereby.
Weary not in your well-being. Through your own hearts many have been
blessed, for God needs a body! In every focus, and around every Retreat, some
humble folks are situated who represent that Conductor, unknown, unhonored and
unsung by the world without, but well known by those within. Remember I AM your
Servant, and your Friend of the ages.
Lanto