In preparation for the Initial Pulsation of the Year 1953, all of the Members and Guests of the Great Rocky Mountain Retreat, wore Robes of Blue, shading from the most delicate sky-blue to the deep, intense royal and indigo tones. The chair backs and cushions were of exquisite royal blue velvet trimmed in gold. Each member present wore the insignia of his own Retreat, embroidered over the Heart, making it easy for the Assembly to recognize their specific Service and Representation. 

Upon the great platform, the Throne Chair of SANAT KUMARA was centered, facing the audience, with Lord Maitreya on his right and myself on his left. Sanat Kumara wore vestments of the most exquisite sapphire blue, with crystal bands over eight inches deep at the hem and round the flowing sleeves. The garments of Lord Maitreya and myself complemented his appointments, only the details of the Illumined One's Vestments revealed the supremacy of his Great Office. 

From Shamballa, Lord Maitreya was allowed to bring the Scepter of Power, which is the Mystic Pole holding the souls of men within the orbit of the planet which has been designated as their theatre of evolution. 

The seats in the first three rows of the assembly were occupied by the Hierarchs and Representatives of the Retreats of the World; the members of the Brotherhood and the conscious chelas filling the rest of the vast Assembly Hall, as well as the atmosphere above the entire locality. 

The Lords of Karma wore pure White Robes with sapphire blue neck bands, and each one wore a seven-pointed crown (which is the symbol of his office) and the crowns were studded with sapphires for this occasion. 

The first Activity of the Year was the presentation of the Petitions and Suggestions by the Members of the Retreats as well as the conscious chelas. After reading them, the individuals making the petitions were given the opportunity of asking for what voluntary support any member of the Assembly or the Brotherhood might choose to give to their Cause. 

The Goddess of Liberty, as "Spokesman" for the Lords of Karma, recorded the Requests as well as the Sponsorship of each, for the private deliberation of the Karmic Board before the answers to these petitions are handed down within the next several days. 

I was so pleased and delighted at the initiative and the voluntary contributions of the various students who had become aware of this great opportunity, and made such requests as they felt would be of benefit to the individual soul as well as to mankind at large. 

At the end of the Ceremony of Presentation, the Master Serapis Bey presented his report on the progress of the Higher Mental Bodies, through the 200,000 individuals who were chosen to be the vanguard of the New Dispensation. This report was also given to the keeping of the Karmic Board for due consideration, upon the findings of which will depend the Grants for 1953. This will be made known within the next few days. 

Sanat Kumara acquiesced to the petition of Serapis Bey that the Retreat at Luxor might be Host to the People of Earth for the first period of the New Year, in order to give the strongest impetus possible to his illustrious successor's endeavors - so from January 15th to February 14th, mankind's attention will again be focused in the Heart of the Luxor Retreat in Egypt. 

The exquisite Ceremony by which the Master of the past year transfers his authority to the succeeding Master is beautiful in the extreme. 

The seats at either end of the first semi-circle in the audience were occupied by the Beloved Archangel Michael and the Great Angel representing Unity. The centre seat facing the Altar was occupied by Serapis Bey - the presiding Master for the Year 1952. 

The beautiful arches on either side, which connected the platform with the audience, were made up of living Cherubim - their "forms" bathed in every conceivable shade of the Blue Ray. 

When Sanat Kumara signified that the moment had arrived when the Thought Form, which would be the Key-Note for 1953 was about to be delivered from the Silent Watcher, the entire Assembly arose quietly, and Lord Michael, the Angel Micah and Serapis Bey joined us upon the platform. We stood in the form of a five-pointed Star, with Sanat Kumara in the centre, facing the audience, The Silent Watcher, who had over shadowed the entire Assembly in his Cosmic Proportion, chose to condense his Great Being to a point where he stood plainly visible to the entire Assembly in the atmosphere just above our heads. 

Sanat Kumara then directed the Thought-form of a Cup or Chalice into the. Omnipresent Universal Light, to which we, all contributed by our concentrated and directed energy, and this Chalice became the Receptacle into which the Silent Watcher was to direct the Exquisite Pattern which would form the Key-Note for 1953. 

When all was in readiness, the Silent Watcher, raising his hands above his head, revealed within them an exquisite pair of outstretched wings, with the head of a most beautiful Cherubic Being resting between them. Slowly, majestically, as the Great One lowered his hands, this Form descended and hovered over the Chalice and began to pour through the Vessel, as well as our up reaching Consciousness, an essence and substance of Love indescribable. 

Sanat Kumara, reaching up his hands, took the Chalice in his own and lowered it, then, holding this exquisite vessel (with the beautiful Cherubim hovering above it) in front of the entire audience, he maintained this position until every member of the Assembly had absorbed it into his or her consciousness. At no time, however, did the Cherubic figure enter the Cup; its essence just poured into and through it from about an inch or so above its rim. 

For about thirty minutes every member of the Assembly concentrated upon the absorption of this exquisite design, which is the symbol of Love coupled with Action, and which is the Grail or Cup of Mankind's invocation for union with God - no matter by what term the individual knows HIM. 

The Great Lord Michael and the Angel Micah (co-Sponsors for 1953) then received the Cup from the Hands of Sanat Kumara, and held it together with hands intertwined, while Serapis knelt and received the Blessing of the Lord of the World for his service for the Year 1952. 

The two New Sponsors for the current year, with Sanat Kumara, then signified to the Assembly that the moment had come for the sending forth of the Thought-Form to the waiting world, through the co-operative endeavors of each of the Assembly’s own creative faculties: 

As ONE, Sanat Kumara and the two Angelic Beings stretched forth their hands and the entire Assembly took a long in-drawn Breath. Simultaneously with this action, across the breast of everyone present, the Grail and the hovering Cherubic figure were formed. Then on the out-breath, the whole Assembly and the entire Host of Inner Bodies, representative of over half the Race, breathed out this Thought-Form, and it was as if the mountain itself shook with the powerful radiation, and millions and millions of Angelic Beings sped North, South, East and West over the face of the earth and into the consciousness and feeling world of all people everywhere, bathing both the incarnate and discarnate souls in the Glory of the Holy Grail. 

(Let it be understood that a thought-form of an Angel or a Cherubim is a Cup, which may be ensouled by a living, breathing Being from the Angelic Kingdom, if the life-stream receiving it can sustain and magnetize it and keep itself worthy of such a Visitation.) 

This Activity of sending forth the Thought-Form for the Year is like the planting of the seed from whence a crop of merit may, by wise gardening, be raised up. I might add, that of the countless millions of this beautiful Thought-Form sent forth through the thirty minute period of consciously directed precipitation, many millions were returned to the Universal, and perhaps only hundreds became the habitation of those Beings who are willing to enter and ensoul those Thought-forms, if so be they are sustained and nourished by the recipients. Thus, do Angels come to dwell among the Alert and Receptive, and the Humble. 

The Great Central Sun Messenger, who will bring the result of the Grants and Dispensations through the co-operation of the Karmic Board - giving the Brotherhood certain liberties in directing the work of the Year 1953 - is expected on Sundays January 4th, and our Report on HIS Merciful Gift from the Supreme Father of ALL LIGHT, will follow. 

Blessings and Love,

MAHA CHOHAN

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