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Volume 4, No. 26                                                                                                            Sept. 25, 1955

Beloved Children, seeking the fullness of life in the ascension of your spirits into the Realms of Perfection in which you are destined to dwell:

During this thirty-day period,, when the Ascension Flame is honored and the chelas are visiting the concentrated radiation of that Flame at Luxor, I think it wise for you to ponder the feeling of the Ascension, as so beautifully expressed by my beloved son, Serapis Bey, in his address on the night of the Transmission Flame service, in which you all so joyously participated. I give you below a transcript of his address.

Love and Blessings,

THE MAHA CHOHAN

Ladies and Gentlemen: 

I bring to you tonight the feeling of buoyancy, joy and gratitude that is within the Ascension Flame. I ask that you accept it deeply within your mental, etheric and feeling worlds. 

Think, for a moment, of the feeling of every being who has completed his service to this physical world - who has written in victory upon the Book of Life that portion of the Divine Plan for which he came into being and has finally heard the summons - "Come back home to go out no more!" 

Think upon the feeling of relief and release as the electrons within the physical body begin to spin more rapidly, the vibratory action of the flesh form throwing off the appearance of age, distress, limitation and mass karma; the mental body freed from the obligations of the outer consciousness of the ties that bind the lifestream to the world of form and the feelings removed which bind the soul to world attractions! 

Think of the feeling in the consciousness when the etheric body is purified to a place where it no longer retains bitterness, resentment and rebellion! Feel the gratitude of the soul when all these vehicles, standing in obedience to the Spirit's light, are relieved of the necessity for remaining longer upon the Shadow Star. 

Think of the feeling the instant the soul is sublimated, transmuted and transfigured into the Holy Christ Self! When the eyes are opened to the glories of the inner realms and the magnificent Presence of the Masters and the Angels stand revealed to the sight! When the music of the Spheres becomes audible to the ear and the ratified atmosphere, in which only the Perfume of Harmony, Beauty and Peace abide, is breathed into the Free Spirit! 

Think of the feeling of buoyancy and gratitude experienced by every lifestream who has ascended and you will get some concept of the full gathered momentum and the radiation and vibratory action of the Ascension Flame! 

All the "Aves" that rise, all the "Thank God's" that issue from freed hearts, the exultation of Spirits no longer bound, all form part of the heritage and the momentum of that Ascension Flame. Every lifestream ascending upon its crest into like freedom leaves within the Ascension Flame (which has helped it to rise) the feeling experienced at the moment of transition, adding to that buoyant gratitude of those who have gone before. 

Think you of your anticipation ,of the homely things of life, your expectancy, your joyous preparations for a journey where, for a few short days or weeks, you lay down the responsibilities and routine of everyday life and are able to enjoy new scenery, new atmosphere and a certain "abandon" from routine in that freedom! THINK! This Ascension Flame is the full gathered cosmic momentum of God-energy which forms the pathway back Home into the Heart of the Eternal, and which has been sustained upon the planet Earth through the dedication of lifestreams who chose, even as the students today have chosen, to magnetize, sustain and feed that Flame and keep it functioning through the physical appearance world, that it might be the stimulating, buoyant energy required to take every son and daughter of man home when he wearies of the enjoyments of the senses, when he finishes his course, fulfills his reason for being and stands at a point of personal evolution where the Ascension may be offered and he can accept it. Only the Holy Christ Self and the Electronic Presence of the individual knows when the purpose is completed for which the lifestream has entered physical embodiment and only that Presence within the heart can give the authority to accept the glory of full liberation. 

Think not of the Ascension Flame as an escape, as a way out of distress! Yearn not for the Ascension as an open door to relieve yourselves of the problem and experiences of daily life, which are merely the initiations of the Resurrection Temple, brought, in grace, to your door! 

You chose your reason for being, children of my Heart. For many ages, preceding the encasement of your Spirit Selves in bodies of flesh, you functioned in various spheres, attended freely many Temples, watched the activities of many millions of Angels and Masters and associated yourselves through free will with some Divine purpose. 

You, yourselves, individually, stood before the throne of the Eternal God and asked for opportunity to take a portion of the Divine Plan into your hearts, to carry it through the veil of physical embodiment, to remember that plan, to nourish it by your thoughts, to expand it by your enthusiasm and your feelings and to make it practically manifest by the coupling of your physical energies with your vision. 

You and no one else chose that reason for being, and you and no one else will know when you have fulfilled that service on every plane (physical, mental, emotional and etheric) When you have written across the substance and energy of this world, and the inner worlds as well, with the consciously qualified energy of your own life, the manifest expression of your Divine Purpose, and you can say with all the dignity of a Christ "It is finished".. Then, not escape, but the Victorious Crown of Victory, the Seamless Garment and the Right to Abide in Realms to which you have fitted yourselves by service today will be yours! 

Blessed hearts, let us be practical, extremely so, in our understanding of the activity of the Ascension! You have been ascending for many ages! The Ascension is not the matter of a moment's realization. The transition from the "here" to the "there" is the result of ages of service and awakening consciousness. Let us liken your vehicles of expression (the mental, emotional, etheric and physical bodies) to one of those magnificent four-motored planes which a pilot flies into the higher atmosphere for some specific purpose. A poor pilot, indeed, would he be were not all his engines well oiled, all his propellers in order and all the mechanisms of his vehicles ready through the kind offices of the engineers to whom is given the responsibility of that service. Then, when from the front office, the directions come, his plane is ready for immediate service and all he needs to do is move the necessary levers and the great plane gracefully rises into the sky and fulfills the purpose for which it was prepared. Are you so ready? 

(Above address will be completed in next week's Bulletin)