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The Masters of Wisdom Speak

ON CONSTANCY

MAHA CHOHAN 

All accomplishment of lasting benefit to the Universe is based on the constancy of some self-conscious intelligence in sustaining the idea, form, mold or matrix, until the Universal light substance fills it with the proper proportion of itself, according to its size, durability and potential service to life. For every fully manifested precipitation due to the constancy of its creator, there are millions of uncompleted forms which dissolve again into the ethers for lack of rhythmic attention through the feelings and the thoughts. In the Nature Kingdom, constancy is developed in the spirits who are to sustain the form of plant, flower, shrub, tree, mountain, lake or sea, before they are given opportunity, to draw these gifts into the world of form. In the Angelic Kingdom, constancy is developed before any Angel is allowed to participate in the carrying of the virtues of the Godhead into the atmosphere of Earth. Mankind comes now to a point in their spiritual development, where they must begin to practice constancy of application in order to know freedom.

EL MORYA

The Will of God is to externalize all the beauty, opulence and perfection of the Kingdom of Heaven through the individualized consciousness of people of the Earth. The constant, rhythmic descent of ideas, patterns, forms and visions of portions of that perfection are often magnetized by men and women who are interested in the particular field of endeavor which will be benefited by the developed and externalized idea. However, to find the lifestream who is constant enough to hold that idea unwaveringly, before ridicule, scoffing, resistance of every kind, including personal limitations, is rare indeed. Many are the enthusiasts who begin to externalize an endeavor or vision - few who have the constancy to follow it through to ultimate fulfillment!

KUTHUMI

What exactly is "constancy of endeavor"? It is the capacity to follow through a piece of work from its inception to its completion; the capacity to recognize a vocation in which the lifestream might be of benefit to the race and then to accept the years of training, discipline, learning and serving to become proficient in that vocation; the capacity to receive a Divine inspiration, vision or pattern and to devote rhythmically a goodly portion of one's life and substance to clothing that vision with form that is available to one's fellowman (:words, example, literature, etc.). Constancy is the capacity to single out one particular service and then refine the mind, purify the feelings and etheric consciousness and discipline the flesh so that the service receives the best of the developed capabilities of the individual consciousness.

PAUL, THE VENETIAN

In the associations among mankind, the friend who is constant in his affections, faith and helpfulness, is to be cherished above all others. The "fair weather" friends are many; the constant friends are few. Our Brotherhood has chosen to be such Constant Friends to all mankind. It is our purpose for being! No matter what the temporary appearance may be that dims the light of the Inner Presence, we know that Presence is within each soul and by warming the soul through kindly understanding, compassion and sincere interest, sooner or later the talents and capacities of the lifestream will break through the prison doors of indifference and lethargy, spreading their gifts upon the altar of humanity for the enrichment of all life. God give me constant friends!

SERAPIS BEY

One of the requisites of an accepted member of the Brotherhood at Luxor is constancy of purpose. For the many vacillating souls that flit hither and yon, lighting like the butterfly upon the various aspects of truth and then seeking other facets of expression, there are very few who are constant in both purpose and design for living. When an individual applies for acceptance as a student at Luxor, he is subtly tested as to his power of concentration upon one aspect of the Law, to see if he is willing to make some virtue of God his own through perseverance. It is better to Master one weakness; to become a radiating center of one virtue; to follow one specific line of service through to successful accomplishment; than to have a cursory acquaintanceship with many aspects and be Master of none. Individuals bore easily their energies seeking always the outlet into the new and untried. Candidates for the Ascension remain constant to the aspect of Truth which their Teacher has provided for them, until that aspect becomes a real part of the evolving consciousness. The road up the Cosmic hill is traveled by the constant soul his eyes upon the Ascension but his energies, service and capacities harnessed to the specific service at hand. Discipline of mind, feelings and body are required to become Master. This is the Law!

HILARION

Why is constancy so important to spiritual development? Because the feeling nature of God, Master, Angel, Elemental or man, provides the life which fills the form created out of mind substance. Many individuals who receive an idea from the mind of God, cut out a fairly good form or pattern from Universal light substance through the use of the mental body. However, this pattern will not live unless it is fed by the sustained enthusiasm of the feeling nature which is. the "life-giving power" of any Cause, pattern, vision or design. Grasping the vision of a New World is not enough. That vision is but any empty cup like the lifeless body from whence the soul has fled - until the feelings release the energy through practical and sensible means to make that vision fact. Those of us in the God-free Estate provide the Vision. Those of you in the physical world are required, by Cosmic Law, to make that vision live in the world in which you abide. If you are constant in your decrees, application and practical works, that vision becomes fact. If the vision is merely an amusement of the moment, it finally departs to seek externalization through a more constant lifestream.

JESUS

Constancy does not mean "blind obedience" to outworn formulas of science, religion or education. This is bigotry, intolerance and a block to progress. Again, you have the thin "razor's edge" between a constructive and required quality to manifest Mastery and a puny excuse to avoid progress. The constant man measures according to spiritual values the pattern, design, vision or endeavor which he is stimulated to serve. Then he proceeds to utilize the vast (mostly unharnessed) energies of his feelings, to develop and externalize that pattern and plan for his own good and that of his fellow-man. It is better for an individual to become proficient as a street cleaner, than to be surfacely acquainted with the most difficult studies of calculus and accomplishing nothing of merit or benefit to himself or his fellowman.

When an individual has developed his consciousness to a point where he can grasp, even faintly, the vision of a New World, wise is he if he chooses to direct his controlled feelings and the substance of his world into that vision - with constancy not spasmodically. Upon these few, we depend for the externalization of the New Day!

SAINT GERMAIN

Constancy of rhythmic, ceremonial service is essential before the concentrated foci of the Sacred Fire are drawn from the invisible to become the radiating blessings of all mankind. In the early Golden Ages, the Sacred Fire of the Will of God, Illumination, Love, Purity, Consecration, Healing and Transmutation, was visible to the physical sight of all mankind. Why? Because individuals had sworn a vow of constancy in magnetizing, expanding, protecting and sustaining those foci in the Temples of Light. According to their requirements, the populous was enabled to visit these foci and strengthen the particular virtue or gift which they needed to use in their individual lives. When there were no longer constant spirits to tend these concentrated Flames, they gradually disappeared from the Temples. To draw them forth again, the virtue of constancy must first be established among the men and women who profess to desire to magnetize and guard such Flames.

Many of the experiences of life are merely for the purpose of testing the constancy of the nature "under fire". For the many who enjoy the service of magnetizing the Flame, while there is no pressure opposed to human will, there are few who will manifest (or really can manifest) constancy under pressure of opposition, ridicule, doubt, fear or the many inviting experiences which lure the unguarded from their self-chosen vocation in magnetizing and externalizing some activity of the Sacred Fire for the blessings of mankind. What, exactly, would the physical, visible manifestation of a focus of the Sacred Fire mean to the Earth? It would mean the transformation of unbelief into sound acceptance of the Truth of life. - It would provide a radiating center into which the weak, the halt, the sick, the confused, could come and renew themselves, each according to his own requirements. It would free elemental life in the atmosphere, in the bodies of mankind and in the Nature Kingdom, from imperfect manifestation. It would spur the less constant (but hopeful) ones to like accomplishment. This manifestation of a focus of the Sacred Fire is possible of accomplishment in this century! Let us see how constant those that love me prove to be!