Volume 5, No. 36                                                                                           December 2, 1956

Beloved Children of God: 

There is a sea of Godliness which has no centre and no periphery, which extends from eternity to eternity and within which are merged the individual consciousness of all awakened Beings. This Godliness enfolds us within itself. Within it is our Breath. It is our Being. It is our environment and it is our Cause, and yet each one of us, in some strange inexplicable way is the Heart Centre of that Sea, and to the aspiring soul who would attain happiness we can but say that it is an awareness, an awakening, an enfoldment. 

In the tightly closed bud, the heart centre of the flower knows naught of the world around it and finds the close confines of the enwrapped petals as the outer periphery of its world. But as the forces from within itself push forth in its progressive stages of growth, and as the forces from without play upon the enfolding flower, the heart centre or consciousness of the bloom becomes aware of the great world around it, that always was, and which enfolds and surrounds it. 

So it is with man today who stands with clenched fist and tight-shut eyelids within the narrow periphery of his own world, which is the effect of the thoughts and feelings of his imaginings, When, however, the heart centre of his Being begins to awaken and push forth the Divine Plan, coupled with the pressure of the Cosmic Moment from without, then gradually the narrowed eyelids are forced to open and the hands to relax, and so the Godly impulse of his Being causes him to unfold until he finds himself a flowering bloom in the World of Light far beyond that of his own wild and corrupt imagining. 

We who tend the Garden of Life, see the possibilities in each tightly closed bud, and can, with happiness and peace go about the task of encouraging the enfoldment, both by Love and cooperation of the Natural Forces of Nature provided in the "incubator" or "Cosmic Hot House" which is established "because the cycle endeth", and the Altar of all Life demands that all Blooms shall adorn the most High on the final Cosmic Day of Worship. 

I might say, dear ones, that the student body as a whole has made great strides in the unfolding of their petals. This tenacity of Spirit we are counting upon. As the Lotus unfolds you will see a tremendous whole where there are seemingly many component parts. Remember always that the Divine Plan as presented in the written word of the Masters (or as presented to your own inner sight which is constantly being developed) is not to be interfered with by any outer minds. 

To carry the Lotus Blossom through a herd of stampeding elephants and arrive safely at the farther end of the field, still carrying the blossom intact, is a simple matter as against receiving a Divine Idea for Perfection and passing through the maze of human opinion, thought, and the general mass opposition to anything that is good, and arrive at the fulfillment of your design containing any semblance of divine order. 

Let me add here, little children, that many of you, in fact I might say the whole student body, feel that they are tremendously wise people, but a great part of that wisdom is the constant playing of our Consciousness, like a searchlight, through the cloak of your aura, and the brightness about you is as much the sustaining power of the Masters as the enfoldment of each one's spirit. The test is at the time of withdrawal of the Masters' Presence how strong may be each lifestream when placed on his own to pass through initiations. 

There is a way that all Masters have learned of remaining calm, having no part in any opposition and having no recoil, remorse or self-pity but after the waves of emotions have settled, or the numerous oppositions have been brought forth, in the Heart of the Silence, and in perfect peace, just as the Sun regulates his planets, then can one proceed to the fulfillment of his design.

 Love and Blessings,

THE MAHA CHOHAN

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