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The Shamballa Letter
VOLUME 15, Number 30 July 23, 1993
Friends of My Heart,
I AM so very grateful for your Presence in my life! During the time we have spent together, I have watched each of you work to the best of your ability, practicing disciplines which are among the most important you shall encounter on your upward path.
You may not have considered the fact that seeking the Silence is a very real service to all life upon the planet. This is not a selfish endeavor. Every Ascended Master has had to make the same journey you are making now - learning the same lessons of mastery, determination and inner faith - before he or she could be qualified to radiate the Light of God at cosmic levels. The journey to the Silence - made on a consistent basis - serves to remove from the lifestream any sense of personal ego or self- aggrandizement in the work to be done. As you learn to put aside the world of form and immerse yourself, however briefly, in the full Light of Divine Mind - then and only then is achieved the "Mystic Union", spoken of through the ages by the great Keepers of the Mysteries.
The task now before us is to broaden your consciousness of the Silence, so that the Inner Christ may hold full sway in your every thought, feeling, spoken word and action.
You have lately been engaged in a training program which was designed with several goals in mind. The first goal was to create within you, a consciousness of the Silence. The tools we used to accomplish this goal included the practice of mastery over your four lower vehicles to attain simple stillness, as well as the initiation of a personal rhythm of seeking the Silence, practiced with constancy.
Our second goal was to create within your life experience, a momentum of Light over which you could make the journey into the Silence at will. To build this pathway, we used the mighty Flames of Transmutation and Unity, to purify the energies of the lower vehicles and fashion them into a proper Chalice of Consciousness, whose vibrational level is sufficient to bear the gifts and responsibilities of the Christ. As you became aware of the true nature of the Holy Breath, many of you were able to perceive the Light of your Presence in its fullness, and to indeed become that Light - even if only briefly.
Our third goal has been to consciously begin anchoring that Light into the world of form, through the use of your Spiritual Journal.
In our continued training, these goals remain. The process now becomes one of expansion; that is, we shall endeavor to expand the gifts of the Silence into all phases of your life expression in the world of form. In order to do this, it is important that you continue to seek the Silence daily at your accustomed time, and to use your Spiritual Journal every day to anchor the gifts of the Silence into your life experience.
As we begin the next phase of your training, you shall begin to free your consciousness from all limiting ideas regarding the pathway to the Silence. Although I do not advocate that you should abandon the practices which we have begun together, I do want you to realize that it is possible for you to enter the Silence at any time, in any place, and under any conditions of the moment.
We will initiate this awareness through action. During each of the next seven days, your assignment is to enter the Silence - through use of the Holy Breath - at a moment when it seems to your outer consciousness to be most inconvenient and impossible to do so. It is preferable that you choose a moment when you seem to be in the midst of chaos and confusion. When the moment is right, simply divert your attention from the outer illusion, and place it upon the Christ within.
Without any overt action on your part which would draw the attention of another lifestream, become aware of your breathing. Breathe deeply and slowly, and become conscious of the nourishment which you are receiving from the Presence of God I AM. Become aware that, through the Holy Breath, you shall receive a bountiful radiation of any Divine Attribute which the situation demands.
At present, do not concern yourself with directing the Light outside your own aura, unless you feel sufficiently centered to do so. The most important thing is that you become accustomed to entering the Silence in situations which are less protected and ideal than you would normally select for yourself.
I bow in silent respect to the Christ within your heart, as I enfold you always within my Love!
Your Friend, Kuthumi