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THE GURU AND THE CHELA

By the Ascended Master Kuthumi

CHELA: Beloved Master: Is it wrong to desire "things"? We have heard much of the state of "desirelessness".

GURU: Blessed chela: The true doctrine is not to become attached to "things". Desire, the very word "de" (of) "sire" (father) signifies that the constructive ideas, hopes, visions and plans which enter the mind and feelings of the chela are promptings of the Father to the chela to externalize more of the good things of his Kingdom on Earth.

The desire must be free of selfishness and free of any motivating power to aggrandize self. It is easy to measure whether the desire is truly born of the Father or of the lower self. If the desire, when molded by thought, energized by feeling and externalized by practical endeavor through the cooperation of the physical body, will benefit any one of all members of the human race, it is of the Father. If the desire will merely gratify the personal ego, it is born of the lower self.

CHELA: Beloved Master: Do you mean that the drawing forth of beauty in home, environment and person is, therefore, a gratification of the personal self?

GURU: Blessed chela: Careful examination of the motive for which you desire to beautify, harmonize and amplify the personal world, will reveal the answer to your question. If you desire such perfection to glorify God through an example to your fellow man; if you desire greater opulence to inspire others to apply the law by which you have precipitated beauty in this world of form; if you make a personal compact with yourself to use that which you draw forth for the blessings of all life; you are acting within the compass of the Spiritual Law. Be reminded that for every thousand who plan what they would do if they were in a position to further the Masters work, one actually consecrates the results of his endeavors at precipitation to that Cause. It is easy, indeed, to dedicate that which is still ephemeral. More difficult indeed it is to share that which is in the hand.

CHELA: Beloved Master: What is the attitude to approach in endeavoring to learn the scientific Law of Precipitation?

GURU: Blessed chela: The power of precipitation is given to man specifically to lower the Divine Plan into the physical appearance world and thus create the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth. The attitude of consciousness should be to accept the promptings (God desires) gratefully; to bless the Father for entrusting you with the opportunity of drawing forth from those ideas a perfect manifestation; to fashion daily with the scissors of the mind the form of the pattern desired; to feed your thought pattern with feelings of love, beauty, harmony and blessing; to remind yourself daily that the precipitation upon which you are working is for the glorification of God and the blessings of your fellowman; to practically use the talents, substance, energy and physical attributes afforded you to draw the manifestation into form; and, finally, when you have received it, to use it for the blessing of your fellowman as well as for yourself.

CHELA: Beloved Master: Such endeavors at precipitation are not then selfish?

GURU: Blessed chela: NO! Every lovely temple, building or artistic expression that inspires and serves the race has been drawn from the desire born in the heart of some man or woman. The sense of personal possession (attachment) which makes the individual unhappy if the precipitation is not under his personal management and control, is what the Buddha warned against. The flower does not wish to possess its fragrance; the bird to hoard its song. Such an attitude of creating and "letting go" is the consciousness to be acquired. Then not "things" but the capacity to call forth "things" at will, as required, is the gift of the individual, more precious than gold.