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THE "DEGREE" OF MASTERY
by the Ascended Master El Morya
We, whom the world calls "Masters," are but those who have received the Degree of Mastery from Life, even as the world confers degrees upon the man or woman on Earth who has completed successfully in a university a series of lessons, and passed with satisfactory grades the various examinations.
The courses laid out for those who desire to enroll in the School of Life, are as carefully laid out and as strictly taught as any University might offer. All pupils must pass through exactly the same series of experiences to receive the sheepskin at the end of their training.
It is regrettable that in a world where "Higher Education" has come to the foreground, that men of such education cannot realize that their science of learning is but a poor copy of the University of Life; and that the "Professors" who have graduated from the University of Life should be the authority to whom they turn for council and instruction. It will be so in the days that are to come.
Therefore, the great Inner Council who for many centuries of living, mapped the course of those who choose to enter into the stern curriculum of chelaship leading to Mastery, has now chosen to widen the list of eligibility and allow many who heretofore might have been rejected to start upon the elementary studies. Those who are already in the "classrooms" may be called upon to tutor the beginners. Let them always remember that instruction for such assistance will come from the "Professor" in charge'.
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Beloved Kuthumi says:
"In the searching for Peace, the soul of man must follow the inner light, the soundless music, the illusive perfume of the Christ that leadeth ever onward, where the seeking soul cannot yet tell. Love of God and service to his creation brings all out of the darkened morass of early striving to the illumined Path where you consciously move upon God's Way. It is Love that sustains each one during the groping years ere the fullness of the Light has come. To enter the Ascended Master's World, you must become ONE with us in purpose!