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The Guru and the Chela

By the Ascended Master Kuthumi

Wisdom of holding the silence about inner promptings

Guru: Blessed chela: As the student progresses upon the Path and removes the obstructions to clear reception of the directions from the "I AM" Presence, many subtle tests arise. One of these is the often unrecognized "spiritual pride" that desires to impress one's fellow travelers upon the Path with the knowledge, contact, directions and impressions which are claimed to be from either the "I AM" Presence or from an Ascended Being. Some of these impressions are truly Divinely inspired. Others are pressures from the inner vehicles of the student which desire expression through the personality. This point on the Path requires the exercise of discrimination, discretion and constant alertness against those promptings which seek to aggrandize self. If the promptings are from the Divine Realms, the student is wise to keep the precious instruction locked within his heart until he can manifest an expression of that prompting. Then he will have no need to make claims, for his works, not his words, will proclaim his association with Divinity. 

Chela: Beloved Master: What is the best way to divine the nature of such promptings? 

Guru: Blessed chela: Good common sense will tell the individual whether the promptings and inspirations, when activated, will help the development of the higher nature through the personal self or help mankind at large. If there is no selfishness in the idea, wise is the chela who begins the activity of precipitating that idea into the world of form and who follows the admonition of the Master Jesus to tell no man. 

Chela: Beloved Master: Is it not wise to share beautiful experiences and so enrich the lives of others? 

Guru: Blessed Chela: The scientific law of precipitation requires the conservation of energies on all levels in order to have a perfect manifestation. The dissipation of emotional, mental, etheric or physical energies in talking about an undeveloped idea, greatly hinders its progressive course toward manifestation. If the chela, receiving a Divine idea, were to mold that idea into a workable, practical form in the mental realm and constantly feed that mental form with loving feelings of accomplishment, it would soon descend to the Etheric Realm. Then it would be a short step to clothe the etheric form in the atoms of the physical appearance world and manifestation would occur. However, besides the dissipation of the individual's own mental, emotional, etheric and physical energies which takes place in discussing a project upon which he is working, the individual invites the disintegrating forces of doubt, jealousy and unbelief from the consciousness of those to whom he confides his plan. These forces drive into the mental picture; the emotional certainty of accomplishment; and into the delicate etheric substance that is clothing his form in preparing it for manifestation. This makes an unnecessary "battle" for the chela to "follow through" upon the inspiration received, without having the "cold water" of other consciousnesses thrown upon his plan. 

Chela: Beloved Master: How can we inspire others if we cannot share with them our inner experiences of beauty? 

Guru: Blessed chela: The greatest possible inspiration is in manifest works. All the words in the world will do little but stimulate the mental bodies of others to study and endeavor to find the true Law themselves. The chela who has a Divine experience and the tenacity of personal energy to draw from that experience a manifest expression of beauty, is the most wonderful inspiration to all about him. 

Chela: Beloved Master: Is it right to tell of an experience after manifestation has occurred? 

Guru: Blessed chela: Certainly, if the motive for that telling is to help another child of God to greater understanding. If the motive is to build up the ego and personality of the one who has had such a manifestation, the Law will automatically remove future experiences of like victory from the one indulging in spiritual pride, no matter by what name the chela chooses to call it.