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Excerpts from Instructions by
ASCENDED MASTER SAINT GERMAIN
I have always been a great lover of the association
called friendship, for it does not smack of the sentimentality of lovers, nor
the over-solicitude of family and blood-ties. It is rather an honest sharing of
consciousness, love and the gifts of each one's own lifestream, tangible or
intangible, according to the estate of each man.
True friendship is based on absolute honesty (which requires delving
into the inner recesses of the outer mind). Friendship desires the best success
and accomplishment for the friend. Friendship is primarily a giving and not a
taking. I believe, in our realm, that the term friendship most nearly describes
the attitude of feeling and consciousness among the members of the Brotherhood.
Even in one's relationship to the God Presence within the heart, a growing sense
of comradeship and friendship make the association both practical and healthy.
I Am hoping that such friendships will develop among all those of
you who wish to assist us at this time. Professions of loyalty speed forth from
the lips as the arrow is shot from the bended bow. Loyalty of heart is more
slowly developed and radiates forth like a gentle warmth of the fire upon the
hearth when the first violent flames have kindled the depths of the wood and the
coals burn constant and warm and enduring. This is the intangible brotherhood we
are praying for among you, the chosen.