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Thanksgiving Class Address

Beloved Lord Gautama

Beloved Lotus Blossoms, adding the beauty of your Spirits to the vast ever-expanding Sea of Infinity, welcome to Shamballa. I greet you in deep and abiding Love. (Kindly be seated.)

On this day set aside for the accelerating of the Flame of Gratitude within our beings, may it be a time when you will reflect upon the Goodness of the Father-Mother God in giving you being, an Individualization intended, to bring you the awareness that as a Cell in the great Body of the Eternal, you should experience the joy of making every day one of thanksgiving, of gratitude, to the Supreme Source that you have the privilege of expanding the Borders of the Kingdom of Heaven while yet in a garment of flesh, walking the Path toward Spiritual Fulfillment on this Earth.

The Angels of Adoration are standing over this Holy Sanctuary gathering up the Essence of Gratitude which you are releasing during this Class. They are within a magnificent Lotus, within which is an Externalization of the Immortal Three-fold Flame. This Thought Form covers all of this Sacred Island. They will remain in this Lotus for the four-day Class. Other Angelic Legions will be stationed over every Meeting Place, Church or Home where Thanksgiving is being celebrated, particularly where the chelas are assembled and tuning in to this Class. This evening They will come to Shamballa bringing the Essence of Gratitude which They have accumulated from each loving heart in the particular locality to which They were assigned.

This Essence will be held at Shamballa until Sunday, when It will be released to all Life as a Benediction from on High. This will do much for the evolutions of this Earth in uniting them with the feeling of God-Good and preparing them for the Feast of Christmas honoring the Beloved Micah, Angel of Unity, He whom you know so well as the Master Jesus. You can be sure that Beloved Jesus will amplify this energy in His glorious release of Light on Christmas Eve!

Children of My Heart, as the Light of Dawn came into evidence this morning, and I entered deep into contemplation of the munificence of the Supreme Source, I thought of all of the chelas upon this Sweet Earth who have been so faithful, particularly this year, in following the directives of the Spiritual Hierarchy, and the Flame of Gratitude within My Being expanded to encompass this Planet in Divine Love. As I relate this experience to you, I trust that you will be able to feel the happiness which is within My Heart - the Holy Essence of which is now permeating your beings.

It should bring great peace to your hearts when I tell you that this has been a fruitful year for the progress of this Earth, and I anticipate the joy of blessing you individually when you come to Shamballa bringing the harvest of your Light on November 30th. I am indeed well pleased with your dedicated service of Love, the results of which shall manifest in the not too distant future, in the externalization of the Kingdom of Heaven on this Earth.

Always remember, as We have counseled time and again, do not 'rest on your oars' or weary of well doing, so that you may bring your individual craft Safely Home without encountering the rough seas of human concepts. As every athlete or musician knows, or anyone skilled in a particular art, it is continued practice which makes for perfection, and any relaxation of effort results in an inferior performance.

Shamballa is ablaze with the expanded Light of the glorious Beings Who are assembled for this Class, and They will remain for the Festival of Harvest! The Joy and Love emanating from Our so loved Regent Sanat Kumara is beyond description. Me thinks He sees the aeons He spent with this Earth were well worth the expenditure of His Energy. The Radiation of Happiness which is emanating, not only from His Being, but from the quarters which He occupies at Shamballa, has permeated this entire City of Light. Let us always be mindful that it was through His dedicated Service and Sacrifice of Love that this Earth was saved from dissolution!

This is a Season of Holy Festivity at Shamballa, where the Cosmic and Ascended Beings, the Archangels, the Cherubim and Seraphim are assembled and experience great elation as They mingle with the chelas and the blessed people on this Planet whose Light guides them to this Focus.

This is a time of Divine Worship, a period when you may witness the magnificent Ceremonials in which the Angel Devas, the Builders of Form and the Angels of Ritual rejoice in the Glorious Light of Shamballa. Take advantage of every moment, waking or sleeping, to be a participant in this sacred activity by remaining in a state of Harmony.

Before concluding this Release, I would like to leave with you the feeling which some call the Heart of God. Mere words could not describe this state of Being, but when any human enters into this Stillness, described by some as the Heart of Infinity, the Kingdom of Heaven, he comes to realize that all of the effort expended in this journey into God's Heart is well worth whatever disciplines he may have had to experience for the purpose of showing him the way Home.

It is like unto the most radiant Sunlight, and as soothing as the close of day when twilight brings its mantle of rest. It is peace and quiet, yet filled with exquisite harmony, the radiation of celestial music carrying one deeper and deeper into the ecstasy of True Being.

Beloved of My Heart, I travelled into the Heart of God while yet wearing a garment of the flesh, raising My consciousness from plane to plane of Spiritual Expression, - and so it can be with you. Seek ye the rest of the All-Encompassing Love of the Supreme Source in the Heart of the Silence, and become AT ONE with all Life.

If you feel this journey worthwhile, and I know you will, - then I invite you to ask Me to assist you. I shall cradle you in the Momentum of My Love. I shall lead you, ever so tenderly into the Infinite Love of God's Heart, to enjoy the Beauty of Creation of which you are a component.

Now, dear chelas, feel the ecstasy of the Essence of the Flame of Gratitude as I tell you that every Being assembled at Shamballa enfolds you, and all Life, in Their Love. The embrace of that feeling can be eternally sustained, by you, through your continued loving Service to the Light.

I now release to you the Blessings with which the Father-Mother God has endowed Me to expand and expand within you until you experience the exaltation of living within the Cosmic Consciousness which embraces all Life in pure Divine Love.

Lord Gautama

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There are many aspects and uses of the Great Law which are interesting if one cares to think about and develop them. One must always remember to stay within the balance between indifference and over-conscientiousness; between pliability and stability; between every extreme which I could continue to elaborate upon.

Between over-confidence and self-depreciation; between personal dignity and pride; between humility and self-abasement. Balance is really a razor's edge! The natural dignity of the embodied men and women who truly represent Freedom is expressed by their words, their works and their lives - and by their walking humbly with their God.

It is always a joyous experience for Me when I am given opportunity to speak to you, even briefly, and it is a happy and rewarding time for you too, because when I come closer to you than I ordinarily do, I bring within the radiance of My Being and into your atmosphere and world, a much greater concentrate of the Sacred Fire of Mercy which I have loved and served so long.

Saint Germain