As the pupil progresses in the schools of Earth they are given tests at each upward step, so it is with the chelas on the Path. They are tested constantly, and unexpectedly, to see how much restraint and control they hold over their challenges in thought, feeling and acts when crises arise. 

Earthly living for the individual does not follow a set pattern like that of a tree which is rooted in the ground. Our most valued chelas are those, who can easily adjust to sudden changes in the rhythm of living they have set for themselves. Order, of course, is always good, but the alert chela is not thrown off balance by sudden emergencies confronting them. "Be still and know that I AM"; these words shall always be their anchor. Change is growth, and is not to be feared. The individual, feeling this Omniscient I AM Presence within them is "God/Divinity in action" therefore is capable of standing up to any unexpected change in their outer mode of life. 

The Presence of the Law, of the Divine… is always acting through each man, woman and child incarnate. The feeling and the knowing of this gives the chela a sense of relaxation, of laying their burden, whatever it may be… seeming lack of health, of peace, of substance or lack of ability to help humanity, upon the shoulders of the ONE Universal Infinite Consciousness. 

All of us are constantly manifesting. From the moment of individualization each individual becomes a being dwelling within the Great Cosmic Conscious Awareness of Divinity. We become co-creator with the Law, with the Divine, through our thoughts and feelings. A chela always thinks or feels in Oneness. From each thought must come an effect made manifest into the world of form and into the thinker's world. 

The vital need upon the Earth as of this hour is to connect the human consciousness with the One Divine Universal Consciousness. If each beloved chela would meditate through the breath of Life, that all humanity on Earth know their Source within and dwell in Love and Peace with each other, this shall awaken all sentient beings to the Holy Christ Self within and thus shall humanity come into the freedom of the New Age harmoniously and serenely. There is power, great power, in the constructive spoken word which is using the Living Breath of the One Universal Consciousness. 

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The outer consciousness, as you are aware, is under the direction of your self-conscious will, and the pressures of thought and feeling are all within the compass of that awareness. The soul anchored within the outer consciousness is completely at liberty to draw into that consciousness at will, any phase of Truth or activity which it wishes to examine, and any quality of which it wishes to partake. It is, therefore within the possibility of every lifestream who knows mentally of this Holy Christ Self, to invite this unknown nature into the center of the awakening consciousness, and therefore passing the Light of the Spirit into this contemplated Higher Developed Self, in exactly the same manner as the Thought-Form begins to emit from within itself the directives by which it may become form. So does a contemplated Christ Self or Master invited into the outer consciousness begin to emit the substance and radiation of itself into the aura and world.

Some may enjoy the melody or the phrasing of the word. Others will enjoy the intellectual story for the story's sake, and the very few who apply the parable to their own spiritual enrichment through active contemplation - thus becoming ONE with the Truth so presented. 

All of Nature is a constant, silent lesson to humanity of the ever-present supply preceding demand. To all intents and purposes the shrub has no external means whereby it might secure bud or blossom. It has no opportunity nor personal talents to wrest from nature its own personal adornment or support. It has not even the creative power of thought and feeling by which it might cut and mold the Universal Light Substance to cover its nakedness, yet it achieves effortlessly, what the most brilliant human is unable to achieve, which is the drawing forth, direct from the Universal Light, the magnificence and beauty, the supply to fulfill its every need, making it a thing of loveliness and inspiration, a fitting representative of the Divine. 

If the flower, the fern and the tree can unconsciously tune in to the ever-present supply, through the magical, mystic process of transmutation, it should be self-evident that humanity, far more developed and highly evolved than the unconscious life in the shrub, should have an equal right to draw on the Universal Source with equal or greater results for their effort. 

There is a nameless, unseen, indescribable Force within the Sacred Fire which is its heart-center, but for humanity, the highest that their consciousness can comprehend as the manifestation of Divinity is the Sacred Fire. The Fire Element is the Supreme Governing Authority in the forces of the elements, the life of humanity and the Solar System. This Fire is the individual, Eternal Identity of every human being. It is dual in its purpose for it constantly forms manifestations of itself, and may be called on to transmute imperfect expressions conceived by humanity. This two-fold action of the Sacred Fire is the bequest of the One Universal Consciousness. 

The most ancient of Spiritual customs of the peoples of this planet, and other planets was the worship of the Fire Element. The Flame within the heart is one of the manifold expressions of this Fire of the Divine. In the physical world the elements of water, air and earth are provided for humanity without self-conscious effort on their part and given to them as gifts for their use, but to enjoy the Fourth Element (which is by its name an Element of the Fourth Dimension) one must exert conscious effort and through certain processes draw forth this Sacred Fire. This is true for ordinary physical action and also in Spiritual activity. 

Many, many centuries ago the physical knowledge of the Fire Element was brought to the outer minds of humanity that they might use it for heat, light, and in its transmuting activity, to remove debris, and this Spiritual Fire was kindled in the hearts and minds of all upward reaching chelas.

My faithful chelas of today have been those who, through the ages, have sought Truth, and in their various understanding of the Light have given it forth to the peoples with whom they were at the time incarnated. Were it not for those precious Seekers after Truth, the mass of humankind would not have received so freely of the Light through the Bhagavad Gita, the Bible, the Sutras and other media which have been their sustaining Spiritual food. 

The momentum gained by service as the Cup from whence the Light of each respective age has flowed has created the present strong link between those who have sought the Fullness of God from the beginning of time and the Ascended Host. In this hour when the Earth and her peoples are destined to taste the Fullness of Light all such precious Cups are again held high (for this we bless each chela) and through them flows a great power of Light and a great expansion of the Divine Consciousness, which not only raises the seeker, but all in the compass of their thought, to a higher plane of unfoldment and awakening. I ask all blessed chelas to utilize fully the Powers of Invocation that the Cups of humanity everywhere might be filled to overflowing with Light and Peace and held in the protecting Presence of All-Life. Therefore, blessed ones, be not disturbed by the seeming chaotic condition in the world of form today, but, rather, know that it is the hour of fulfillment and the Light shall be the redemption of all humankind. You are held in the safety of the heart of the One Universal Infinite Consciousness in Love, joy and peace always. 

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While chaotic conditions yet prevail all over the Planet, it is of the greatest importance that the chelas weary not in well doing. You have been repeatedly told over and over again that two dissimilar vibrations cannot exist at the same place, simultaneously, so you can well understand that the more Light emitted by the illumined and willing lifestreams, the less of the opposite radiation will prevail. 

The higher one advances on the ladder of evolution, the greater the exultation of Spirit. I experience a deep ecstasy of feeling as I energize the bond of sweet association which is ever strengthened by your Love of the Oneness of all life, and your willingness to cooperate with every higher vibration, which will ultimately result in the restoration of this Earth to her pristine beauty.

When any part of life, Ascended or unascended, by the free will of the intelligence, chooses to dedicate the flow of their life-energy to a given service, a stream of energy begins to flow from the Great Central Sun into this heart and then from the heart, like a river, toward a specific goal or objective. 

This stream of energy is made up of countless billions of electrons, the pressure and intensity of the flow determined by the one-pointedness and tenacity of the being engaged upon that particular activity. If the lifestream has chosen cosmic service, such as healing and remains faithful through the course of many hundreds of centuries, a tremendous river of electrons, proceeding from this heart and focused at some place in space is representative of this momentum gained in that service and those are the 'Temples of Light'. Great Foci like the ‘Love Star’ established and sustained by the many individual intelligences, can arouse the interest of every phase of life and for volunteers from every heart, direct streams of energy into that original Ray.