Dearly Beloved Savior of the world, on behalf of the Spiritual Hierarchy of whom thou art Spiritual Lord, I offer you the blessings and spiritual salutations of the Holy Season! 

On behalf of the mankind of Earth, who are privileged to have a planet upon which to evolve because of thy love, I thank you. 

For millions of years, for Love's sweet sake, thy Light has been the contribution of this Earth to the radiance of the solar system. Because of that Light, required by the Cosmic Law, the Earth has remained an honored planet in the system. Today, mankind is determined that their own Light shall meet the Cosmic Law's demand and that your Light may again add to the effulgent radiance of your own star, Venus. 

This entire Endeavor and the sweet energies of those of us who serve it are dedicated to that Cause, YOUR FREEDOM to return to your own Celestial Home. In deep reverence, devotion and gratitude, this little journal and, particularly, this issue of "The Bridge to Freedom" are dedicated to you, dear Sanat Kumara and to you, Beloved Venus, who served with him. 

THOMAS PRINTZ, Editor

The Homes and Retreats of The Masters of Wisdom

SHAMBALLA

November 15th through December 14, 1954 

As the twelve month cycle of each year draws to a close, the great King of the Spiritual Brotherhood opens the doors of SHAMBALLA to all those Spirits of God who are serving the Great White Brotherhood in the world of mankind. 

In January of each year, the first activity of the Great White Brotherhood is to open the doors of their consciousness to the directions of the God-Parents of this system of worlds. Each member of this Mystic Brotherhood has already determined within the confines of his own secret heart to do the Will of God, no matter what personal sacrifice is entailed in the contribution of his own personal energies to that end. This determination is the passport into this Spiritual Brotherhood. For this reason, all gather around Sanat Kumara as he elevates his consciousness toward the Silent Watcher of this system, invoking the descent of the thoughtform which will embody that will for the next twelve month cycle. 

As the first stroke of the new year releases the vital essence of primal life through the Immortal Three-fold Flame centered in the hearts of all self-conscious intelligences, the Great White Brotherhood consecrates and dedicates this life to the fulfillment of the Divine Plan. The Silent Watcher, who has received into her consciousness a thought-form which embodies the directions for the spiritual evolution of the race, lowers that form into the uplifted consciousness of Sanat Kumara. He, then, through his own developed centers of thought and feeling, clothes the fiery essence of this form in the electrons of the Sphere in which he presently abides, thus lowering the vibratory action of the form so that it is visibly externalized and comprehensible to all the members of the Great White Brotherhood assembled. In this manner do the greater intelligences "step down" the vibratory action of Truth for those willing to accept such precipitation, availing themselves of the consciousness enabled to render the service. 

The thoughtform which Sanat Kumara externalizes embodies within itself the pattern which each member of the Brotherhood can use as a guide for the directions of his own life energy in the twelve month cycle. It is symbolic of the particular type of activity required. For instance, the Diamond Heart signified the building of protective forms around certain spiritual foci; the creation of "heart centers" to act as magnetic and radiating foci through which the vibratory actions from above might be channeled for the blessings of all mankind; the drawing of certain dedicated lifestreams together who wished to give their lives cooperatively to performing the mental and physical services necessary to the life of the New Endeavor; the providing of spiritual bodies through which particularly developed egos might incarnate, etc. To each member of the Brotherhood, the Diamond Heart meant something different, according to his or her particular talents, momentums, capacities for service and opportunities afforded through contact with Gods, Angels or men. Each is determined to use this pattern to bring his own particular service to the HIGHEST possible development through incorporating the activity of coalescence, protection and dedication of form to God, symbolized in such a Heart Center. 

Sanat Kumara and his Spiritual Court, upon receipt of the thought-form for the year, then design the progress of the Great White Brotherhood through the twelve Retreats, chosen because their particular momentum will offer the best possible spiritual nourishment to the members of the Brotherhood in their endeavors to externalize the Divine Plan. The thought-form will determine what specific cooperative endeavor will engage the combined energies of Angels, Masters, Devas and elementals within the year and the Retreats that can amplify the required gifts, powers, momentums and talents of the Brotherhood become the chosen Hosts of this Spiritual Processional which is culminated by the return of all Members to SHAMBALLA, each with the harvest of his own accomplishment, as the cycle draws toward its close by November 15th. 

As the wise teacher plans a course which will best develop the necessary and requisite talents of his pupil, so does Sanat Kumara carefully choose the specific radiations of those Retreats which will stimulate the particular qualities required by every member of the Brotherhood to reach his own highest potential. This is why the succession of Retreats differs in each year. Although the Brotherhood is fully cognizant of the privilege and honor accorded them by proximity to already built momentums of power, peace, purity, protection, (whatever the specific gift of a particular Retreat is to the world) the students are not yet fully aware of the scientific precision by which they are "exposed" to specific radiations, not for enjoyment but to increase their efficacy in works. 

From the 15th day of November, until the 15th day of December in each year, the members of the Brotherhood return to Shamballa with the harvest of their consecrated life essence. This harvest they place upon the Altar before Sanat Kumara as the gift of their service in the spiritual vineyard. Now the unascended beings who have followed the spiritual pilgrimage through the Retreats will join this presentation and each one give to the King of Kings the individual harvest of his year's accomplishment. 

After the receiving of the combined harvest, the entire cooperative manifestation of service will be gathered up and taken to the Rocky Mountain Retreat where it will remain until presented to the Lords of Karma as proof of the efficacy of sharing illumined consciousness with unascended lifestreams. The future grants of "shared consciousness" for the year 1955 will be determined by the harvest of each one, as well as the collective harvest gleaned as a result of the spiritual partnership between those of us who have engaged your interests and services and your own dear and hopeful selves. May the harvest of 1954 be pleasing to God and may the grants for 1955 enable us to draw back the veil of maya and allow you the pleasure of closer proximity to our Presence, not because it is pleasurable to the intellect, but because it enables greater works to be accomplished in the name of God. 

THOMAS PRINTZ

(For further descriptions on Shamballa see "The Bridge to Freedom," November 1953, Volume II, No. 8.)

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