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Excerpts of an Address by
BELOVED MARY
December 1953
Beloved children, knowing the priceless quality
of life, having stood in the Free Realms and seen the heart of the Sun itself
generate and send forth the electronic light essence which forms the silver cord
of every man, woman and child belonging to this evolution, we have a great
respect for consecrated life which passes through the consciousness of the
individual and receives the blessing of the voluntary energies of that one's own
thought and feeling, going forth into the Universe carrying a greater blessing
than that which came from the Heart of God in its primal essence.
You are the lifestreams who consecrate life, and
who have created out of that consecrated life beautiful thoughtforms. Into each
such form is woven the electronic pattern of your own particular lifestream.
Into these forms are woven your songs, your colors, and your tones.
The Ladies of Heaven are tremendously interested
in the expansion of the Healing Activity through unascended beings, because
healing is primarily an activity of feeling. Healing is conveyed through
harmonious feeling, and a feminine activity in the Ascended Master Octave always
gives a pressure of feeling, of comfort to life, preceding the entrance of the
actual healing elixir which performs the service.
As you are gathered here, we are endeavoring to
build into this forcefield our combined radiation. It is a beautiful electric
blue, and it is extending out over your entire city. Through this forcefield the
healing essence-which is our gift to Life, our momentum of service may enter
into the consciousness of men, women and children who are praying tonight, who
are calling to God for assistance and who require healings of mind and of body.
Will you, therefore, join your energies with
ours in bringing to your mind's eye and consciousness the memory of those
lifestreams whom you know can benefit by such healing currents. Will you feel
the fullness of our Love flow to them!
When you have served that purpose, will you feel
then the impersonal healing currents flowing throughout the entire world,
particularly to those lifestreams who know not how to pray, who have seemingly
lost faith in God, who are in desperation of mind, soul and spirit, and who
require the faith of some other unascended being to hold them within the Heart
Flame of our Presence until we can anchor the energy of our worlds into theirs.
Beloved ones, those of you who love God, those
of you who believe in the Hierarchy are blessed indeed, for there is a portion
of your world that is always connected with us. There is a part of your
consciousness, a nook or corner some place wherein is always tucked the memory
of our work, our names, our love; but there are many millions who have no
belief, no trust, no hope for a life beyond the grave, and who live day after day
the weary round of existence, hoping for the annihilation which, they believe,
comes at so-called death. It is for these people that I implore you to pray, to
make the call on their behalf, to keep the Spark within them alight until that
hour when we may prove ourselves, through you, to them.
You see, we have a double purpose, we are
preparing you to be ourselves manifest in form. We are preparing you to step
down our radiation, our consciousness, our qualities, and our miracles of
Perfection. We are trying to hold the masses until you are ready. The great
mercy of Life is such that there will always be the advance guard who will be in
contact with the Presence and the Person of the Masters, and then the advance
guard in turn through the Representative of the Masters carry the instruction to
the masses. This conserves our energy, and it renders the service of mercy in
tempering the Light and Fire of our Beings to a point where it is comfortable
for them to receive it.
There is so much in graded radiation which
mankind, and even the blessed students, do not yet understand. For instance,
around the Beloved Sun itself stand the twelve great Beings who represent the
Virtues, the Nature of God. They have been in the outer world represented as the
Signs of the Zodiac, but in their original perfect representations, they are
Beings of tremendous power. It is their great privilege and honor to soften the
radiation and the glorious splendor of the Sun God and Goddess, so that even the
Angels, the Cherubim and the Seraphim can receive that radiation into their
Beings without being overwhelmed by its Presence.
Then the Cherubic and Seraphic Beings, the
Archangels, in turn, soften the radiation of that splendor, and carry it from
sphere to sphere, onward on its outward course to the periphery of the Universe.
We, the Hierarchy that stand around Sanat Kumara, and represent the Guardians of
mankind, again take into our own bodies that blazing Light, and temper it
according to our own nature and offer it to the chelas who have become the most
highly developed consciousnesses incarnate. These chelas throughout the world,
in turn, embody our Nature, embody our Light, share our Consciousness, our Plans
and Designs, and then carry them to those lower on the ladder of evolution. Do
you see?
In this manner the great glory of the Godhead,
the Divine ideas, the exquisite perfection of the Eternal, is gradually expanded
and its Light, as it passes from sphere to sphere, is clothed in the atmosphere
thereof, in the bodies of the Intelligences that dwell within it, and stepped
down to a point where those in the sphere below may enjoy it without being
overwhelmed by its presence.
The Beloved Gabriel spoke to you of the fear
that is aroused in the atomic consciousness of mankind at the visitation of the
Angelic Host, and that is, unfortunately, a fact. The tremendous concentrated
power of the Archangels, the Ascended Masters, and those Beings who have cosmic
momentums of Light, shatters the emotional body of the unprepared. 1t also has a
stirring effect on the slowly vibrating physical form. It would neither be
kindness nor mercy for us to inflict such a shock upon the mankind of earth
without the preparation required. It is that preparation in which you have been
engaged through the past years, and the reason for which these groups have been
formulated at the present time, to prepare those who wish to meet us in the
Upper Chamber
and
eventually stand in
the Master's Presence.
I, myself, in my life's investment in Nazareth,
know well the experience of dwelling with the living Presence of the Angelic
Host. Before I took embodiment, beloved ones, l had studied in the Temples of
Nature, and I had studied in the 'Temples with Beloved Raphael and Gabriel, and
the other Members of the Angelic Host, and I had become a Master of sorts in the
control of my energy.
When our Beloved Lord Maitreya, standing in the
exquisite beauty of his Light Body, described to us the Mission of the
lifestream who was to come to the earth, and who was to draw through his flesh,
his emotional, mental and etheric bodies, the Perfection of God as an example to
mankind, we were all fired with the enthusiasm which is so much a part of the
Inner Spheres. You, too, have experienced that enthusiasm. You, too, have risen
as a man to volunteer to be a part of a great drama. You, too, have offered to
submit to the bands of forgetfulness, and to take the bodies that the. Lords of
Karma would offer you and to pass through the veil of birth in the hope that you
might fulfill a vision-seen so clearly on the Cosmic screen of life when you
wore not the heavy, dense robes of flesh.
I was among those who volunteered. I was among
those who stood forth and said, "Yes, I am willing to go to prepare a body for
this Teacher. I am willing to hold the Divine, Immaculate Concept of his
Godhood, whatever the conditions of earth I may face." Then the Beloved Lord
Maitreya smiled. Who can describe to you the beauty of the smile of' the Cosmic
Christ, the light in those glorious violet eyes, the kindness and tenderness
that is within them? He said, "Daughter, you know not what you say! However, we shall give you opportunity to prove how well you can draw forth
a Divine thought form and hold it
here, before us assembled." I stood before the Lords of Karma before my gracious
Kwan Yin, and others including the Goddess of Liberty. Lord Maitreya projected
into my
mind, in their Presence, a miniature figure of
Helios, and I held that image in my
mind the Immaculate Concept of the Father. Then as l stood the winds blew the
winds that were generated out of the Consciousness of the Initiator, which
endeavored to disintegrate that form. The Spiritual rains came and the hail, and
my consciousness was almost shattered by the impact of that force. It took all
of the energies of my Light and all the strength of my concentration to hold
that tiny Image, no larger than my finger. I
prayed with all the intensity of my Being to the Flame within my Heart,
lo
let
no
force within me
or
without me
destroy that Image. I stood thus three hours -
three long hours.
The Mighty Hercules directed his Blue Flame and
Ray. All of the Elohim became the power of my testing. At the end of that time,
Lord Maitreya said, "It is enough. She has earned the opportunity." I kneeled
before him. He placed his hand on my
head and said, "Mary, Child of God, you have done well; but the winds you have
felt and the power that has been released, are
nothing
to the creations of the mankind whom you go to serve. May
the God that beats your heart sustain you, and our Love enfold you and keep you
safe."
Then it was that I asked a boon of Life, that
Gabriel might bring to my remembrance the Vision when, after taking earth life,
I
would be called upon for my great initiation. I
remember yet his white robed figure, his strength and love and power, and he
said. "I promise." I remember the love in Jesus' eyes, the tenderness in his
sweet countenance. I remember the love of Joseph, before any of us
left the Inner realms
for that earth life.
Then we were taken to our temples and there
abode until the Cosmic moment in the stars signified that our physical birth was
at hand, that we were to be called upon the screen of Life, that our place in
the great drama was ready to be filled, and that we were to walk forth. I
remember thinking deeply on the figure of Helios and on the Electronic Presence
of Jesus. It was the last thought I held as the Angels of Incarnation wrapped my
Spirit round and I slipped into the black abyss, awaking in the arms of my
mother.
I remember those early years, I was scarcely
three years of age. when Ann and Joachim took me to the temple. I remember
looking at the great height of those pillars. I remember feeling that
"aloneness" as I saw my parents walk down the steps and out through the gates
and I found myself a small soul in a great world.
I tell you these things because I have lived as
you. I have prayed. I have known the buffetings of human thought and feeling. I
have known the wanderings and uncertainties that rise unbidden from the soul. I
have questioned within myself, in those early years in the temple, whether that
strange Vision in the back of my mind, was imagining or whether it was fact.
Remember, I was raised by Rabbis and by women strictly orthodox, who had no use
for visionary girls and fantasy, who were engaged in preparing the women to
become the mothers of the race. I learned in those early years to keep my own
counsel. I learned when I saw the Angel faces and heard the sweet voices of
those lovely ones, to ponder them in my Heart.
Then came the time when the Temple would no
longer hold me, when I was to go forth, and all of Heaven with bated breath
awaited my initiation. Ah! I remember that day, when Gabriel with all his love
and light stood there by my side, and oh! how eagerly I grasped the flash of
Flame from his glorious Consciousness, within which again was revivified to me
that Divine Image, both of Helios and Jesus. As a drowning man grasps at a
straw, did I grasp at that Vision. "OH, GOD," in my heart I thought, "IT IS
TRUE!" From that moment, though the winds blew, though bigotry and hate and
impurity were driven against me, I knew... I held that Concept, and later I held
my son within my arms a beautiful child!
Excuse my enthusiasm, but even as I talk to you
my Heart is so filled with Love for the privilege of that experience. I remember
well the coming of the Beloved Morya, Kuthumi and Djwal Khul (the three Wise
Men). I remember well recognizing them instantly as friends from Home. The gold
they brought, Joseph and I used in the long journey into Egypt. It helped us
through those years of exile. The frankincense and myrrh I saved for a sadder
mission in Joseph's garden. All those days are gone. All that I have in
remembrance is the strength that I drew in holding a Concept, which was
externalized as a Being who showed Mastery and God Divinity to all men.
I saw him grow mature and wax strong. I saw the
first day that he, too, had a Visitation and the Christ Consciousness was
awakened in his mind. I saw the light within his eyes, and I knew then that no
longer would Joseph and I have to hold
that
Concept alone, that he too now, would incorporate it in the Blessed
Trinity of Action and externalize it. I remember well when he had attained his
maturity, and he would come home with friends of his Heart's choosing. Our
quarters were small and humble, for we lived a simple life. Almost every day he
would have a new disciple or friend. "These are of my Father" he would say, and
smile, and I would be a mother again. Yet
that experience was marvelous, for it has enabled me through
the ages to love mankind, to understand each one, all the various types and
kinds of people within whom beats the Heart of God.
On a hilltop one day I was given into the
keeping of John and John was given to me. The white lips of one I loved more
than life, reminded me in those last hours that all the world were my children,
and I have never forgotten that admonition.
I remember a happier day, on a similar hillside
(Bethany), when the Resurrected Body of that same Beloved One achieved the Glory
of the Ascension, and for a time we said "goodbye." I remember walking down the
hill with John and the other disciples, and we counselled together as to how
best to give Comfort to those who had been his followers. We lived many years
then, endeavoring to build into our lives the teachings that he gave us,
endeavoring to share his Nature, until I, too, was called and freed forever from
wheel of birth and death, and John joined us soon.
From this Realm now we come again to help you
who want it, to receive the Immaculate Concept of your own Perfection! It seems
so difficult to you, and yet, it is not. You are told, and have been, that you
are made in the Image and Likeness of God, himself. Looking at you I see that
Image, and it is BEAUTIFUL in the extreme. All you have to do is accept it, and
then hold to it with all the strength and vitality of your being. I will help
you, for you do not have to hold it against the forces which I was called upon
to do. Then as that Concept of your Divine Image takes hold in your feelings you
will know It is a lie to experience age, disintegration, disease or death. It
has no place in the Universe of your Father, or in you his honored son or
daughter and you will, as I did, bring forth that Perfection and fulfill your
mission in honor. It is for this that I have inaugurated the sons and daughters
of Mary; it is for this that I have asked those of you who choose to incorporate
your individual energies with me, with Jesus, and with Gabriel particularly, in
drawing forth daily a remembrance of your Divine Origin.
Now, you say, "Yes. But there is a feeling of
the appearance of age, and various things. "Won't you PLEASE endeavor, daily, to
just take those concepts out of your mind, just as you would take off outer
garments that have become soiled and distressed, making a RITUAL of accepting
yourself with all the faculties of your God Nature, your sight, your hearing,
your beauty of form, your inexhaustible strength and energy, and then the God
power and mastery of the Sacred Fire to set your fellowman free! That is the
Immaculate Concept, and as you hold that within yourselves,
watch your senses for they will report to you again, again and again that which
is not true. In all the dignity of your being remember me, and say "NO, IT IS
NOT TRUE! I will not accept that the God who made me and has sustained me
through the ages has designed me so!" At first it will require repeated
endeavor, but if you will persist, you will begin to get a joyous realization in
your feelings of your Christ Self.
For one year now, my children, you have "prattled" (excuse me) about the Holy
Christ Selves of all mankind. I want you now to think, "What is this Holy Christ
Self to me?"
I
want you to think of
its face, its eyes, its shining hair, its beautiful hands and symmetry of form,
its nature. I want you to ponder upon it and contemplate it. If you will ask
Gabriel, Serapis, myself, and those of us who work in the Fourth Sphere and with
this Holy Christ Self, to help you, we will do so. Then can you not play with
the externalization of it, even if your feelings don't follow it fully at first?
Can you not practice the imitation of the Christ, until you become it? Can you
not walk in the dignity that you feel that Jesus, or perhaps myself manifested,
in the serenity, in the confidence, in the Power of the Lord? Do you see? It is
practical!
Nineteen fifty-four is going to prove you emotionally,
prove you in spirit. I am endeavoring with my Beloved Brother Morya, to bring
action into the feelings of the students. I
am endeavoring to do so kindly, gently. He will
do so, I am sure, with more Fire, but with no more sincerity or love.
I give to you now the remembrance of my Initiation. I give you the joy of my
Victory. I give you the momentum of my centuries of devotion, dedication,
loyalty and consecration to the externalization of the God Image for myself and
every man and woman and child on the planet. Will you accept it?
Kwan Yin and myself are dedicated to holding that Concept,
particularly for the women of the race who are called the "social outcasts," who
have broken the moral code, and who have seemingly lost the dignity which the
feminine aspect of life should externalize. We spend an hour every day holding
that Divine Picture of the Christ Self over every one of those women! Can you
not do as much for them and for yourselves?
OH, WORKING WITH THE DIVINE IMAGE IS SUCH A HAPPY
EXPERIENCE! Working with your own is a joy, but I want you to have our FEELING
in working with the Divine Image of others.
I thank you for your presence. I thank you for drawing all of us (Ladies of
Heaven) into your atmosphere, and I trust that perhaps in some simple measure I
have given you the homely story behind the Nativity.
Thank you.