When the great Pharaoh's daughter parted the rushes by the bank of the silent and holy Nile, there lay among the canopy of green rushes and golden flowers - the Founder of spiritual freedom for the Israelites. When Moses had been acknowledged as Pharaoh’s son for some years, he left the glory of ruler ship and entered the desert to find God. Many years, he remained hidden from humanity, and when he returned, he brought freedom to the children of Israel and led them across the Red Sea of human thinking into the Promised Land.

To pass over from the human consciousness to the Divine, dear hearts, is not a matter of a moment. For forty years, the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness - and always before them went the Pillar of Fire - Lord Micah, Angel of Unity.

The first Passover Feast was celebrated in the desert of Arabia one year after Moses led the Jews out of Egypt. On the sands of the Arabian desert, beneath a relentless sun, a very weary group of pilgrims broke bread together and thanked God for releasing them from the bondage of Egyptian cruelty and domination. Though their lips followed Moses' prayer of Thanksgiving their hearts were filled with regret for the bondage of the Egyptian Rulers which was not far behind them. On this very spot stands the Arabian Retreat of the Ascended Master Jesus today.

Many a Passover dinner, beloved, we shared together; as we have celebrated unholy reverence the anniversary of the first great Exodus, when thousands of the children of Israel stepped from the world of many Gods into the consciousness of the One God. Thus it may be seen how long is the course of service of lifestreams and how intricately the threads of circumstances are "woven" whereby Cosmic Service may be rendered.

Strong and courageous were the spirits who walked with Moses out of bondage into the unknown. Many returned in panic to the earthly bondage of Egypt. But many persevered, their faith tied to the strong Spirit that walked with heart tuned to God at the head of the great Caravan. You, dear hearts, walked with him, carrying the children, giving water to the weak, sharing your bread with the hungry, binding the feet of the weary, and suffering your own parched dryness and questioning hearts in silence.

When Moses ascended the Mount (rose in consciousness) and drew forth the Ten Commandments, you remained close to him and faithful to his principles. Others, enjoying his absence created and idolized the golden calf.

Faithful through the long years, ever with prayerful heart and Holy Spirit he had led, taught and fed his followers both in body, mind and Spirit. After the Lord took him from his weary body they were like sheep without a shepherd as his great Spirit pointed them forward alone toward the Promised Land.

Thus it is now as the Age of Spiritual Freedom through the consciousness of the immortal victorious Three-fold Flame in the Heart is swiftly approaching. Again you are on "The Bridge" - passing over from the human to the Divine, fluctuating between Faith and despair.

Beware, let no human concept of any individual keep you from entering the Promised Land. Your sturdy feet have walked a spiritual path of pioneering. You, my beloved little band, are now passing over "The Bridge" from the human to the Divine - through this final journey, when you are forced by circumstances to make your own free will decisions - you can have your own Victory.

To you, hearts of mine, who yet have a great service to render in leading souls across "The Bridge" - I send my greetings of Love and Light and Blessings and - most important - of Peace.

But beware of seeming human dictators! (like unto Egyptian Pharaohs)!

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Beloved Æolus speaks:

As you - my little band of pioneers - are passing over "The Bridge" from the human living to Divine Freedom, I can sense your hearts soreness even as your spirits are grateful but your bodies and souls are weak and tired. Yet, after the journey through the desert the Israelites who persevered did see the Promised Land, and entering therein, did live for a time in Peace. So shall it be in your experience, only this time the Peace shall be permanent!

When the exile of the Israelites was almost over, when the forty years of purification were accomplished, most of you were among the younger members of the caravan, you stood with hands outstretched, as we bade goodbye to our great leader, (Moses) and with tearful eyes faced the remainder of our journey, ever remembering in our hearts the One who had given us our Spiritual Freedom. Ah, how our reluctant feet took us forward to a Promised Land, for we had to learn that the final achievement must always be accomplished, with the strength of our primal spiritual understanding in love, alone.

Yet in that final individual progress is eternal Victory. Many of you, dear ones, knew little of the trials which preceded and were incurred during the early years of the Great Exodus except as your baby minds accepted the story of your elders, yet your spirits felt the surge of Cosmic Light that flowed through us all - the least and the Great - as we stood on top of the first hill that sloped down to the Land of our Fathers (Judea).

So shall it be again. Hold close, little children, to my hand, as you did then long ago, and although you cannot grasp the full meaning of this Cosmic Pass-Over, you may be lead through Grace into the Promised Land of eternal Peace.

The story of the Exodus from Egypt has not yet reached you in its full significance, although you know the tremendous drama of the first morning when the Israelites, through the length and breadth of Egypt, laid down their tools and walked from their homes and workshops, and followed a strong, silent man out into the trackless desert.

Some of you were priests in ancient Egyptian Temples. You knew the spiritual Light that enfolded Moses. You felt in your spirits the great significance of the mass Renunciation of security (even though uncomfortable) for God.

You were tempted, too, to lay aside your robes of Office and follow him, but caution made you resist the impulse and return to your prayers in the Egyptian Temples. So you missed the great opportunity which you have regretted, in your heart, for many centuries.

Now, through your centuries of spiritual education, you can draw the God-Power and God-Wisdom from within your very hearts, and becoming God in action, the Ascended Host of Perfected Ones will break through the Silence and join you in conscious Oneness in his name and help you to make the Spiritual Pass-Over into the Ascended Master Saint Germain's Glorious Golden Age of Spiritual Freedom. We shall help you."

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A grateful heart is a natural radiating center of Light which contributes to the Light of the World. No man can feel gratitude without emitting a vibratory action of harmoniously qualified energy which permeates his own inner and physical bodies and then stimulates the energies of those he contacts to a like spirit of gratitude for life and its manifold gifts.