I am come this morning to bring to the Planet Earth and its evolutions that feeling and substance of God-peace which is developed through the control and mastery of energies that have been allowed to run rampant through lack of understanding and self-discipline.

The 'Silver Cords' of energy which connect the individualized "I AM" Selves with the personalities of the entire human race belonging here, are held within the Cosmic radiation of my feeling of peace this morning. Thus are those energies already qualified with my feeling of peace before they enter into the emotional; mental; etheric and physical vehicles of those embodied; as well as into the emotional, mental and etheric vehicles of those presently not in embodiment, but yet belonging to Earth's evolutions still unascended.

That peace cannot be requalified by the human. Beloved ones, peace comes not through a feeling of lethargy but through the conscious mastery of energy in balanced action. I, too, once did walk the ways of Earth and experienced for myself all of the pull of the physical senses, all of the interests which humanity find temporarily enjoyable and, through my own self-conscious endeavor, I chose to discover the Path to ultimate and undisturbed peace. That path took me on a long journey, not an outward journey, but an inward one, into the very heart-center of my Being; into that to which the Orientals refer as 'The Jewel in the Heart of the Lotus'. There abides that part of a man which is immortal, uncontaminated by anything human, sustaining his original pattern of Divinity until that hour when the personal self-consciously chooses to walk fearlessly into the heart of that Flame.

Then he finds the shell of the outer personality dropping away and experiences the joy of bathing in that Flame of Immortality, which is refreshing indeed.

Thus you have the Way of the Buddha, the 'Bud', the closed-in Flame, waiting patiently for release - century after century within the heart of personality after personality, as the lifestream chooses physical embodiment and does create its various karmas. Then comes the time when circumstances created by karma, good or otherwise, when pressures - depressing or exalting make the individual (through self-conscious decision) desire to proceed along the pathway of Light into the heart of his or her own God-being, and there discover that Immortal Flame. That Flame, then expanding through the lifestream, becomes the 'Open Lotus' of perfection for that one and its virtues, perfumes, gifts and manifestations become an impersonal benediction to the race, as well as to all life which is evolving upon the Earth.

In the recognition of that Flame, humanity can become impersonal enough to choose to release all selfhood in its favor: humanity can walk upon the Divine Path and explore the magnificent aspects and activities of Deity, willingly allowing them to flow forth emotionally, mentally, etherically and physically through him to the just and the unjust alike, with no thought of favor to any particular person, place, condition or thing.

When such a man is found, that one is on the road to becoming a living Buddha. As the Sun shines; as the waters that cover the sea serve life impersonally; so do all who become applicants for, and who finally attain Buddhahood, serve impersonally, magnetizing certain God-radiations and directing those radiations forth at Inner Levels to bless those disembodied members of the human race who yet require assistance in sublimating Karma, as well as to embodied humankind and the Elemental Kingdom, imprisoned Angel and the four-footed creature in embodiment here.

Concentration is one of the aspects of the follower of the true Buddhist teaching, concentration determined by selflessness of motive. In the case of the one who walks upon the Spiritual Path into the Heart of Light, the concentration must be motivated by a desire to bless life impersonally; to remain in physical embodiment here upon this Earth plane, if necessary, as did the Beloved Mary, the Mother of Jesus, until there is more Light and much more God-virtue here, or to enter into the Inner Spheres of Light (if it is so directed) and there be a Sun of Righteousness.

The doctrine of the Buddha as I found it to be for myself and presented it to humanity, is one of renouncing self and selfish interests and this renouncing goes way back into the causes and cores which motivate even spiritual exercises. When that motivating power behind all asceticism, all spiritual exercises and self-denials is for the magnification of God's Presence, such a one is a disciple worthy to wear the garment of a neophyte in the Temples of the Buddha.

When these disciplines, asceticisms and the various spiritual exercises are practiced for personal enlightenment and for the ultimate freedom of the individual alone, such a one will achieve a result wherein and whereby that individual eventually comes to the point of being ready for the Ascension.

However, such a one has not become an expression of the impersonal Buddha. Who joyously, willingly lives and serves on any plane, wheresoever his Light may be desired: his protection required; his understanding essential, and his healing raising, illumining, uplifting presence a necessity. The Buddha becomes a CUP into which, without any obstruction whatsoever, there flows the Gifts, Light and the Virtues of the Godhead. That CUP is just as impersonal in the outpouring of its gifts as is any cup or Grail filled with fresh water which is available to those who are athirst.

There are not too many among humankind, the motives in whose hearts are to be and remain a pliable, impersonal CUP of living Light, for the Love of God alone magnetizing those Virtues from the Higher Realms, while still sustaining a physical vehicle in the world of form which is subject to all of the various vibratory actions of the lower atmosphere of Earth. Those few who do so serve are indeed blessed among men. The farther one goes upon the spiritual path the more subtle and delicate is the thread of the test and, ofttimes, in its tremendous endeavor to work out its own karma and to be personally free there from, the outer self does not cognize selfishness within its motive. He who follows the Law of the Buddha willingly remains in that Sphere into which his own Christ Self has directed him, there joyously magnetizes the gifts of the God-head, impersonally letting the radiation of his God-virtues flow forth. He has no opinion as to the worthiness of those who are the recipients of his benediction, any more than the Communion Cup which is held to the lips of the communicants, decides within itself whether or not there is sacrilege within the soul of one who kneels before the rail.

Can you come to that place where your life and your virtue belong God, to humanity, to Elemental life, embodied Angel or four-footed creature alike, without any pressure of personal feelings from your outer self, choosing to direct your gifts impersonally to one or more of those whom karma temporarily has drawn around you, either through good or evil influences from the past? I had to learn that way.

As I enter the atmosphere of Earth today, and as I serve through you who believe in my reality, I shall endeavor to help you; first, to remove every motive (known and unknown) within your lifestream which would cause you to walk upon the Spiritual Path for just personal attainment.

Then I shall endeavor also to help you to replace those by setting up constructive causes and pressures of Light which will enable you to walk that Path impersonally. These new pressures of Light will inspire you to plunge with all the intensity of your being into the purity of the heart of the Sacred Fire, thus enabling you to serve for the sake of the redemption of this Planet and its people.

When self is torn away, you will find that spiritual impetus will be stronger than any effort of human will which brings you reluctantly to the door of the Temple of Light and then will not allow you to experience the full enjoyment of entering into the Flame, lest that which you thought you were should be no more and that which you really are should stand forth, transmuting and sublimating personality into IMMORTALITY.

Then shall you have become Gods and Goddesses of Light - joyously willing to remain in embodiment here, a living example of God's Love and Light so long as mankind requires assistance.

Children of God, I determined long ago to find the Truth. Seven long years it took me to divest myself of all the semblances and human concepts which had bound my intellect and my soul. Remember, I was born with no destructive karma to expiate, and yet, as do all beings who serve this Earth in a physical garment, I came into a physical vehicle, surrounded by an etheric, mental and emotional envelope, and lived in the vibrations of the Earth plane. Yet it required seven long years for me to cognize reality and know that 'Jewel in the Heart of the Lotus' to which you refer as the Immortal Three-fold Flame within your hearts. After I had bathed within that Flame and, on its tremendous power had arisen into the Presence of Almighty God, then there came to me the subtle test, the test of which I speak... that of making the sacrifice of returning into the physical world and bringing to the attention of humanity the understanding which I had gained.

The words 'ascending' and 'descending', 'higher' and 'lower' are more descriptive of rates of vibration than they are of motion through space. However, because the beloved people of Earth are so accustomed to dealing constantly with form, the word 'ascending' just naturally depicts to the outer mind an upward motion of form, whereas, in Truth, it is merely an acceleration of the vibratory action which makes up the atoms of the vehicle. The word 'descend' as humanity's outer mind visualizes its action is merely the slowing down and lowering of the vibratory action of the electrons which make up the atom.

Now, beloved ones, let us take the visible Presence of the Great El Morya, for instance. You speak of his 'descending' into the sanctuary to address you through your Contact and, when you come to the point of enough purification and clarification of your physical sight, he will be quite visible to you. Why? Because his 'descending' is simply the slowing down of the electronic rates of vibration in his vehicles and the acceleration of the vibrations of your power of sight until the two meet. Then you have your visible, tangible Presence of any Ascended Being.

During these years which are being given to us to help you, we are in the process of gradually accelerating the vibratory action of your four lower bodies by speaking to you, encouraging you, and by giving you those spiritual exercises, songs and decrees which have accelerated all of your senses and, to a degree, open your inner sight and hearing. At the same time, we are lowering the rate of vibration of our own bodies of Light... of course never below that rate which compels and sustains perfect harmony, but slowing our vibrations down in spoken word and radiation so that we may establish a communion between your outer minds and that consciousness in which we all abide. When the acceleration of the student body has reached its apex, then will be the manifestation which so many desires.

It is simply a matter of the control of all energy. Of course, we are always in absolute control of all energy and, as Lord Divino has said, we could so lower the vibratory action of the electrons which spin around the atoms of our Light bodies to a place where we would be perfectly visible to your physical sight RIGHT NOW.

This would be a tremendous dispensation of the Cosmic Law, but it would not cause you to desire to further accelerate your own vehicles. You see, once the gift is received, almost without fail the invocation and application of the chela ceases, unless, of course, that lifestream has come to the place of mastery.

In the experience life of the outer world, individuals sometimes work for an entire lifetime, just to obtain for themselves an annuity, a home or generous security. Yet, often, just when the gift is within reach or perhaps has been received, the individual concerned passes from that embodiment at the very time when their whole life energy has been expended and their pursuit of happiness resulted in the externalization of that to which they dedicated their thought, feeling, words and action - their entire life.

That is true of 'inner' things as well. Ever since the time of my own conscious Ascension, I have seen chela after chela and neophyte after neophyte who desired the visible, tangible Presence of the Master. Then, when the chela did achieve that mastery of clairvoyance (true inner sight) and clairaudience (true inner hearing), when he was one-pointed enough in concentration; when a dispensation did allow even a flashing glimpse of that Ascended Being, such an one would cease his own endeavors and become in himself a 'sainted one' - full of pride.

Beloved ones, the outer self is so undependable. Those who have not seen through the veil and yet have touched the hem of the garment of the Divine Ones, those who have accepted with all their beings the ESSENCE and not the form, THOSE ARE THE SAINTED ONES.

In the words of Jesus, our beloved brother, "Blessed are they who have not seen and yet have believed". I say to you who have believed in us and who have FELT ESSENCE: you who have known and accepted God-virtue radiated to you by us through the veil, that when the acceleration of your senses brings you to the point of physical manifestation, it will mean nothing to you except just the joy of confirmation of that which you already had known as you kneel and kiss the garment of your benefactor or benefactress and friend.

I know, for I returned to Earth after my period of God Illumination, walked with simple men and women, and yet had that gift of being able to accelerate my Being so that I could be instantly present in consciousness in any Sphere. I know how much the masses desire phenomena and how few desire the ESSENCE. Those who follow me, those in the East who are true Masters and Gurus yet unascended, usually do not allow the exercise of phenomena for that reason. I lived simply and unostentatiously, letting Grace and ESSENCE, example and works take the place of phenomena which seems miraculous to the curious, but which does not sustain the earnest chela.

The curious and passing fancy of the masses is not worthy of the investment of energy which such phenomena would entail.