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New Year Conference
Shamballa, Long Island, New York
Sanat Kumara
December 31, 1988
Beloved of the Ages, I bow to the Radiant Light on the Altar of your soul, and I bring blessings and love to you all from the Realms of Venus.
Every soul must grow into the Light of God. Every soul has its infancy and childhood, its youth and its maturity. This is the way the soul evolves, and there is no short cut to this enlightenment. There is no technique, no breathing rhythm, no teaching - that can take a child to maturity - only the progress through time and space, via youth. It is a slow, rhythmic progress to enlightenment, and each stage of the journey must be assimilated by the evolving soul. All humanity will arrive, eventually. It would, therefore, be most unkind to judge a soul simply because it is in its infancy, and needs to sleep. Some souls sleep, and some souls are awake, and some souls both sleep and wake, but do not waken a soul that needs to sleep. That is
unless you see the soul stir from sleep as you pass by, in which case you may gently offer a drink to that waking one.All men will eventually arrive. It is only a matter of time. But remember - it is a more beautiful journey if man travels the path FACING THE LIGHT, for many there are who travel towards their destination with their backs to the Light, and they do not turn around and see the Radiance until the journey is nearly complete. This is a very unhappy journey for the soul. Walk forward INTO THE LIGHT in Happiness, and Tenderness, and Joy - into the arms of the all-pervading Radiance of the Presence of God "I AM".
Those who have attained Self Realization, and who can see the Oneness of God in all life, seldom speak of spiritual things, for their souls are completely satisfied and abide in God Happiness. Many with limited knowledge fall into spiritual conceit. Once the soul is caught in this trap, he can travel no further. There he remains, caught in the trap of spiritual pride, while the unassuming and humble souls walk steadily and rhythmically past him, pausing briefly to listen with kindness, and silence, to his discourses concerning his great spiritual knowledge, and his high personal level of evolution. Beware the trap of spiritual pride for it is one of the easiest to be caught in.
The man who travels backwards along the path progresses very, very slowly, but the man who is caught in the trap of spiritual pride is stationary until he realizes how little he knows, and then he falls into a deep, deep silence before God.
"I AM" calling you to be a presence of Tenderness and Joy, and in your answering of that call you must totally negate all the faces of spiritual pride, so that the Grace of God may clothe you in the Cloak of Humility - the Cloak of the Christ Consciousness.
Sanat Kumara