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The Rocky Mountain Retreat
Teton Mountains - Wyoming, U.S.A.
At the close of each twelve month cycle, the Great White Brotherhood meet in the Heart of the Retreat established in the Rocky Mountains in the Western part of the United States at the location where the human race first set foot on the planet Earth, following the descent of the great Archangel Michael and the Lord Manu of the First Root Race.
Here, the harvest of the twelve months and the results of every Brother's Service to life, in obedience to the Pattern given to him in January of the year just spent, is examined by the Lord of the World and the Lords of Karma.
Each Member of the Great White Brotherhood brings a report of the activities in which he has been engaged in endeavoring to fulfill the design of the yearly cycle. Each Retreat is represented by a chosen Ambassador and the ultimate good that has been effected through the endeavors of every member, and the Retreat itself, is presented to the Karmic Board, for upon these reports will the grants, dispensations and directives for the following year be based. Every Retreat, individual Master, human, Angelic and elemental being who has been given an opportunity to expand the God Plan is called to render an accounting, to explain the services rendered or ignored, and the records are all entered upon the Scroll of Life.
This Activity takes place as soon as the Council meets in order that the Heart of the Holy Season - December 21st through January 1st may be dedicated to the spiritual contemplation of the Christ and the celebrations in honor of Beloved Jesus' and Mary's great service to the planet and its peoples.
As the year closes, on New Year's Eve, the Cosmic Silent Watcher for the Planet Earth, Beloved Immaculata, releases into the Heart of Beloved Gautama, Lord of the World, the Divine Edict for the year contained within a beautiful symbol. This pattern contains within it the concentrated activity to which every Member of the Great White Brotherhood will contribute his particular talents during the coming year.
Beloved Gautama stands upon the Altar to receive this Divine Thought Form the instant that the old year closes, and then he re-creates it through his own Thought and Feeling Centers and projects it into the atmosphere of the Room before the assembled Brotherhood and whatever members of the human race are present at this time. As Beloved Gautama directs this Pattern into the visible atmosphere before the lectern, it appears in colors with the musical vibration that always accompanies Divine Creation, and the Pattern for the New Year stands vibrant and beautiful before the eyes of the assembled guests.
All of the Members bow before the Divine Edict, and absorb the significance of the Directives within this simple, beautiful symbol of the Will of God for the planet, the Angelic, human and elemental kingdoms for the year that has just been born.
The hour of midnight, as the New Year is ushered in is a moment of great solemnity and the beloved chelas are requested to bear this in mind before retiring, or if in the waking state to observe a period of respectful silence to permit the Divine Thought Form which is being released to enter their beings and worlds.