The following is a wonderful teaching received on April 15, 2003 during our meditation on the first Festival of Wesak - Festival of Easter/The Christ:
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Open your heart that you may hear The song of the universe bending near. Open your throat that you may sing The Wisdom, Truth, Glory of Everlast-ing Deep within, you know, you see. Deep within, you see, you know. About your work you daily go. Living Three in One and One in Three .....Received from Master Theocritus |
The symbolism of Easter is one of death and rebirth. The Vernal Equinox is the point in time of equal light (life) and dark (death) when the light begins to lengthen. The growing light becomes the eternal triumph of life over death. Thus all the resurrection myths happen at Vernal Equinox.
In mythology, which is the root and foundation of religion and cultures, as well as instruction in personal transformation, Woden hung on the Tree for 9 days -- Buddha sat beneath the Tree of Eternal Life -- Yeheshua hung on the Tree of the Knowledge of Eternal Life.
All sacrificed gods sacrifice the body for the greater good of all humanity. The reality is that they ALL "die" to the body so they can be "born" to the Spirit - resurrected as conscious spiritual beings.
In the human being, the symbolic death is a mystical realization that the body is the vehicle for the Spirit. Thus you die to the body and are born to the Spirit - which means that you switch from identifying with the body as god to fully identifying with the consciousness and life of which your bodies are but the vehicle, the container.
The body is just the vehicle. You die to the vehicle and become identified with THAT which the vehicle carries - which is none other than the eternal Spirit residing in our inner consciousness.
The symbolic resurrection, or second birth, is a matter of psychologically identifying totally with Spirit, or identifying completely with THAT which resides in the vehicle and drives the vehicle.
In ritual, the Spirit within is symbolized by fire, so when you chant THE FIRE IS BURNING, I AM BECOMING, what is burning brightly is the eternal Spirit within, and what you are becoming is totally identified with THAT part of you which is eternal.
When you consciously light the fire within and become more and more identified with who you really are; when you work to identify more fully with the Spirit that enlivens your body, all of humanity benefits from your effort. It's not a mystery. It's physics. It's what ritual is all about, and what Group Ritual intensifies.
Darkness is ignorance of our True Self caused by apparent duality - a necessary function of your physical senses, which perceive not me -- in order to survive. Maintain constant vigilance in understanding that your True Self not only drives the vehicle, but, ultimately, IS the vehicle.
Use candles to symbolize the fire of the Spirit and to illustrate the metaphor of Light. Light is wisdom and understanding and increasing growth toward achieving mystical realization and attainment, or At-One-Ment, which can only be accomplished by sacrificing the notion of body as god; by sacrificing living as if the sensory vehicle were the god.
Use the imagery of seeds sprouting and plants growing to represent the expansion of your consciousness - your soul growth. Continually plant seed intentions over and over in ritual - then reinforce them by daily meditation and practices, designed by the Ascended Masters of Compassion, that support:
1) the Truth of your Individual Being -- Life and Death are the two aspects of eternal Being and Becoming;
2) the Truth of Being in the Universe -- there is One Identity enlivening the apparent duality of all things;
3) the Truth of Spirit residing in Matter -- there are no accidents.
Teaching received from our Beloved Master, YeheshuahYou must take part in the making of your being. It is not enough to say "Lord, take me, use me, make me an instrument of Thy Holy Will."
Remain aware and vigilant, for opportunity to grow and expand is at every turn in your day and night; at every speaking and every listening; in every prayer and every hope; at every breath and every heartbeat; in every thought and every recollection; in every request; and in every grace that is received.
Behold, the hand moves on. The moments of your awareness can be as many as you choose and each can be an eternity. Ask for guidance at every turn, not only when you awaken and when you receive what sustains you, but at rest, and work, and in all things you undertake. I am with you always, even when you are not aware of your self.
Know that all you have done, and all you do, is in your making. This is the building of the Temple. Remain aware and vigilant and respect My Temple in which you dwell with Me.
Aware And Vigilant: Live in a state of constant Mindfulness. Develop "the Observer" watching everything, even your own words and actions. Practice noticing even the smallest nuance of a gesture, a leaf, the weather, etc.
Grow And Expand: Increase in deeper understanding and awareness of underlying meanings, applying the expanded understanding to everyday living.
Grace: That which comes to us through the circumstances of our lives - all the circumstances. The fuel that, if ignited, empowers us to think and act to the benefit of ourselves and thus, to all creation.
All You Have Done, And All You Do: In this life, the judgmental "bad" as well as the "good," as well as "accidents." Also relates to the doctrines of reincarnation and karma (action) in that everything from past lives and actions bears upon the continuing "making of your being."
Hand Moves On: The universe constantly and incessantly provides multiple opportunities for human experiences, without ceasing. "Motion" is another name for the universe. From a Quantum point-of-view, our minds never stop thinking, and the thoughts we think form the reality in which we live and breathe and have our being.
Moments Can Be As Many As You Choose: Relates to the doctrine of Free Will in that we can consciously choose to be aware and seek guidance and learn from as many of our experiences as we want to - or we can remain blissfully ignorant and unaware, which is a choice-by-default. We are free to do either one.
Eternity: Eternity happens only in the present. Therefore, the moments of awareness, when maintained in focus, are made eternal by the active process of holding them in focus in the present. Expansion of consciousness (spiritual growth) is incremental: one lesson is the foundation of another, all being integrated into the Body Temple and maintained there.
Ask For Guidance: Be still and allow intuition to surface. Ultimately, learn to rely on Holy Intution in all that you think, say and do.
Not Aware Of Your Self: Within the human psyche resides an ego-self that maintains a relation between the temporary outer world of physicality and the survival of the organism. Due to the strength of the five senses (the veil), humans must practice listening to the Higher Self within, the eternal Self, therefore the real Self. The Higher Self is present always, and always guiding, even when we are not aware of being guided. Part of the purpose of physical incarnation is to expand the consciousness into 100% awareness of the Higher Self residing in the Temple.
Making Of Your Being: Living in constant awareness of the five senses' perceptions and willfully choosing to have only those experiences that evolve your consciousness. Also, to focus on those aspects of an experience that evolve your consciousness.
Temple: In the Physical plane in the present life, the flesh body is the Temple. In the Higher planes the Temple is the Soul, which gathers experiences to contribute to the even more esoteric Uiversal Consciousness.
Spiritual Life Message
Received 7-23-2003When you interpret all the circumstances in your life - your physical, mental, and emotional conditions - as spiritual events happening in order for your consciousness to expand and your soul to grow in wisdom and understanding, then you lead a conscious spiritual life.
When you apply your knowledge of your life's events, and practice transmuting the circumstances, then you learn the lessons you incarnated to learn.
All human lives are spiritual lives.
All life is spiritual life.
There are only differences in the degree of consciousness demonstrated.
From sub-atomic consciousness to instinctual consciousness, to self-consciousnesss, to spiritual consciousness, all substance lives and is conscious.
All substance will, in some form or another, become fully self-aware and grow into spiritual awareness.
The hardest pill to swallow, the most difficult leap to make, is to understand that your bodies are disposable, and you inhabit them for specific purposes. You are using your sensual bodies to gain experience as surely as the universe is using your expanded consciousness to gain experience.Message Received 9-22-2002
In this land springs forth the beginning of the Golden Age.
Through pain and war, good will prevail.
Look not at worldly deeds, but keep ever focused on the horizon seeing only an eternal dawn.
Neither rush nor tarry, but keep steady your motion.
Bend and sway as currents flow and ebb and eddy around your Pillar of Light.
Take your banner into the world and fear not, for you carry the Grace of God in your breath.
Usher forth the Shekinah from out your heart as witness to the Grace within.
Belong evermore.
Know you are God.
Message Received on January 1, 2003
The cultivation of mankind on the esoteric is much needed at this time, and undivided ministry to the Higher Self of mankind is your charge.
When you serve man, you serve God and many are serving man through exoteric good work. Few as yet are able to work and serve on the inner planes (conscious works).
Do not be confused by those who cannot know the value of inner work and cast stones. Be steady. Continue on your appointed course, undiluted by the yammering of the world without.
All in good time you will see the Temple forming for you and me. Service is a state of mind. In that state of mind one thinks only of others' welfare in all kingdoms and follows through with actions that promote that welfare.
All in good time you will know
Buffeting winds that make you grow.
All in good time you will hear
Time's Winged Chariot hovering near,
When you can fly to serve the world
Even as behind, you leave the heavens swirled.
The way is clear. Be still and guided.
Master TMessage Received on the August 1st Quarter Point 2006
Harken now that ye may ken
The deeper meaning hid within
That apparition oft displayed
To frighten, through disguise, dismay
The seeker, who with shallow sight,
Would separate the One Lord's might.
For That who made us everyone,
And moon and stars and every sun
That shines throughout the endless sky,
Made All there is and All of why.
And know that All is good and see
The truth revealed in mystery,
For none may be that takes apart
The Holy Oneness of our heart.
Rejoice in the Wonder
We thank you, Great Mother, for the wonder of the rain.
We thank you, Great Mother, for the wonder of the rain.
Blessed is the receiver.
Blessed is the receiver.
We thank you, Great Mother for the wonder of the rain.
We thank you, Great Mother for the wonder of the rain.
Blessed is the receiver.
Blessed is the receiver.
We thank you, Great Mother.
Neither rejoice in the amount of rain, or commiserate or envy the amount of rain received.
Those thoughts come from lack.
Lack begets lack.
Remain in the wonder of it All.
Wonder begets Wonder.......
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