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The Shamballa Letter
VOLUME 13, Number 18 May 3rd, 1991
My Beloved Friends,
The time is approaching when I will ask you to be thinking about the petitions which you may wish to submit to the Karmic Board on behalf of the Family of Man, and the dear Planet Earth, of which your individual lifestreams are a vital part. Before we reach that time, I would like to give you some instructions and information regarding Healing Petitions.
Healing Petitions are a specific form of requests which are submitted to us. These are usually requests for the healing of the physical, etheric, mental, and emotional vehicles, either your own, or those of others.
Petitions are also submitted for the healing of situations, circumstances, places, or groups. For instance, many of the chelas submit petitions for the healing of their family life, or that of others. Healing for the elderly or for children may be requested. The Healing Angels may be directed to institutions such as hospitals and mental institutions. Requests may be submitted in behalf of elemental life, or of specific groups of people who are experiencing some form of distress upon the Earth, and so forth.
I would like to give details of the Healing Service which is given at the physical focus of Shamballa on Long Island in New York. This class is presented every Thursday evening at 8:00 PM. This service/practice continued until 2001. There is a large glass receptacle, which is the Healing Chalice, into which the petitions are placed by those attending. The chelas are seated in a large circle, the circle being completed by the podium and altar at the front of the Sanctuary. In the center of the circle there is a stand, upon which rests an Urn with a cover, into which the petitions will be transferred at the proper time in the class.
The first part of the class consists of the Activities of Protection, Purification, and preparation of the chelas, as well as establishing the Authority of the "I AM" Presence for the attending chelas as Healers of the New Age. This is done through decrees and visualizations, led by the Director of the class, and then decrees for the specific Healing Activity are given. As this portion of the class is completed, all of the petitions, which have been submitted, are blessed at the Altar and transferred from the Healing Chalice to the Urn.
All of the chelas stand, forming a circle around the Urn, and the Activity of the Healing Circle begins. Calling upon the Sacred Violet Transmuting Flame, the chelas direct the Flame into the petitions.
The Healing Circle continues into the activity of the Green Ray, invoking those Masters whose assistance is most appropriate to the service being rendered. The Green Flame of Healing is directed into the petitions in the Urn by the participating chelas. At the completion of this part of the class, each member of the circle is asked to turn and face outward, to send the Healing Flame completely around the Earth. It is a most beautiful service of Light!
Finally, after turning back to the center of the circle, each chela receives the Healing Flame from their own Christ Presence, after which the Urn is covered, and the chelas return to their seats. The class is then brought to a close.
Following the class, the petitions are consigned to the physical flame by the appointed members of the staff, with great love and dignity. This is done within the hour following each class, under the protecting supervision of one of the Masters of Healing. I, myself, often give this service, standing behind these members, directing my Ray into their loving service.
I would like to issue the invitation to all the chelas to send your Healing petitions to Shamballa, if you would like to do so. If you wish to do this, just fold the petition so the message is inside, and write "healing petition" on the outside of the folded paper. You may staple or tape it closed, if you wish. When it is received in the mail, it will be placed in the Healing Chalice with the other petitions.
I will remind you that ALL petitions, whether they are petitions of healing, petitions to the Karmic Board or to an individual Master, or your written responses to the Shamballa Letter, are consigned to the physical flame following the proper ceremony, and are NEVER READ by anyone except the Ascended Masters or the Beings to whom they are addressed. There is no exception to this rule, which has been established by the Karmic Board. Both privacy of communication and dignity is of the utmost importance to all concerned.
I will discuss the Healing Class further in my next letter to you, for it is my desire to connect all of you with this activity, both in the outer, and in the inner ceremonies.
With deep gratitude for your loving attention to my words, know that you are enfolded in My Love.
Your Friend, John, the Beloved