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THE MASTERS OF WISDOM SPEAK
SPIRITUAL ASSIMILATION
MAHA CHOHAN
In every kingdom, the capacity to assimilate the already provided
wealth of nourishment is determined by the individual consciousness. The
development and perfection of the individual being is based on his own power of
assimilation of the God gifts provided. For instance, two tulip bulbs planted
side by side have equal access to the nourishment of the Earth, the moisture of
the water element, the stimulation of the air, and the fecundating powers of the
Sun. One will magnetize, assimilate and make its own all these forces and become
a magnificent bloom. The other may lie dormant and not fulfill its Divine Plan
through the "free will elective." It is likewise true of angel, man and beast.
The process of evolution is determined by the desire for and capacity to utilize
the ALREADY PROVIDED SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT which forms the atmosphere of the
soul.
EL MORYA
Certain specific cycles of time allow us opportunities to focus into
the atmosphere in which our chelas abide, additional spiritual stimuli which we
can only HOPE will be absorbed by their consciousness through free will
acceptance and assimilation. For instance, at present we are able to open the
door to the Ascended Masters' Octave and to allow the Cosmic Beings and Ascended
Masters to present their own instructions in comprehensible form to the chelas.
How long this cycle will last only the great First Cause knows. As the cycle of
springtime offers particular stimulating currents to the growth of nature, so do
those of us engaged in developing a race of Perfected Beings, seize upon any
beneficent spiritual tides which can bring us closer to those through whom we
must endeavor to reach the plodding consciousness of the race.
KUTHUMI
Each individual determines, consciously or unconsciously, according
to his spiritual development, how much of the spiritual blessings he will draw
into his own soul. The lethargic will not make the necessary effort to magnetize
the currents of a spiritual hour. Thus, in the Ministry of Jesus, millions lived
on, absorbing little or nothing of his Presence, and only the few alert enough
to grasp that hour rose on the impetus of the Christ Power into their own
Ascended Master Presence.
PAUL, THE VENETIAN
We can provide ail of the knowledge, the inspiration, the methods of
application required to make a man God-free. However, in the final analysis,
what each soul does with that proffered assistance (in the privacy of his own
heart) will determine the progress of that soul toward mastery and freedom.
SERAPIS BEY
Nature is constantly endeavoring to remind the consciousness of man
regarding the necessity of spiritual alertness and sustained enthusiasm. There
are the two activities manifest in all life, centrifugal and centripetal force.
Each manifest intelligence, from an inanimate object, an elemental expression in
the nature kingdom, to the soul of man, wields these two powers to a greater or
lesser degree. The durability of a piece of furniture is determined by the
magnetic power drawn by its creator and focused into its building and finishing.
If it is put together lovingly, graciously and with symmetry of thought and
harmony of feeling it will long outlive a piece of furniture created
specifically as a commodity of sale with the motive power behind its creation
being that of securing money. If man, drawing toward himself through the
magnetic power centered in his heart, receives knowledge, wise is he then to
reverently, graciously, rhythmically and enthusiastically build from that
knowledge a more perfect nature in himself and then an impersonal blessing to
his fellowman.
HILARION
Good health, physically speaking, depends upon the body's capacity
to assimilate the nourishment provided through food, sunshine, air, etc. There
are many individuals who are "exposed" to all of the natural gifts of nature but
who live with impaired physical vehicles because of the incapacity to assimilate
the gifts of nature provided for sustenance of the flesh form. This is likewise
true of the inner bodies which mankind for the most part ignore. If the soul
cannot assimilate the spiritual blessings which fill the atmosphere, which are
brought by the Presence of the Masters and the Angelic Hosts, that soul is
"sick" and requires the same assistance that a physically impaired vehicle
requires to allow the gifts of the Spirit of Truth to enter into, nourish and
develop the God nature. Where students are often sympathetic with those
experiencing physical incapacities, there is so often extreme intolerance with
regard to the limited capacities of other lifestreams to recognize, assimilate
and accept what (to the chelas) are self-evident truths. Conscious chelas must
realize that it is the healing of the souls of men which is their particular
service in this present hour. When the soul is opened through grace, kindliness,
prayer, invocation and application to the reception of Truth, there will be no
argument nor barrier of bigotry in the ones you desire to help. You cannot drive
a soul toward God but you can lead it.
JESUS
Let us liken the souls of two men to a small child and a grown man.
The wise man will not expect the small child to assimilate as much from the
teacher as the mature man. Yet, students so often expect all souls to be in the
same state of spiritual growth and equally capable of assimilation of spiritual
truths. If you could look upon a congregation from the inner spheres, you would
see the difference in the size of the upraised consciousness its vibratory
action, its color, all of which determine how much such a one can possibly
assimilate from the service.
Wise is the teacher who invokes the Presence of the I Am within the
heart of the very least of his students to help the soul assimilate all that it
is capable of accepting and then asks that the soul utilize that nourishment to
its own development and the blessings of the race. This develops a kindness, a
tolerance, a loving understanding between the teacher and the aspirants. Overly
zealous teachers expect more of some souls than they can possibly give forth.
Working impersonally with the Presence of God who knows the capacities of each
soul, the teacher is relieved of the sense of personal responsibility and strain
and the aspirants are nourished by the loving understanding of the teacher to
whom they look as the open door to the Kingdom toward which their hearts aspire.
SAINT GERMAIN
Students must learn to make the truths they hear and read their own.
As the shell of destructive living through the centuries imbeds the mental and
feeling worlds of the average man, so much of the Masters' instruction is
deflected by even the most earnest consciousness. With the same care, precision
and wisdom that the wise farmer plants his crops in the springtime knowing that
his life and well being will be determined by their harvest in the autumn, so
should the student plant within the consciousness the Words of the Master,
nourish them, pluck out the weeds of irrelevancies, and bring to harvest in his
own world the Master's Consciousness. This admonition cannot be given too often
for the outer self is inclined to "gloss over" instruction which it has heard
before in favor of the unknown. Instruction from the Master is not repeated if
it has been assimilated the first time. When repetition occurs, the wise chela
stops and knows that he is being "fed again" because he has not assimilated the
nourishment offered him previously. Impatience and the desire to "plumb the
heights of the heavens and the depths of the sea," rather than the development
of the Christ nature in self, have taken many a chela off the path during a
period of particularly auspicious spiritual currents. Remember, the Master knows
your every requirement and before your soul has called he will have answered
with exactly what you require at that given moment!