The Wisdom Newsletter
Volume 1, Number 2
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Dear Co-Workers,
The Wisdom Newsletter has been
reinitiated by the present needs of the
Wisdom community. As such it will be
published cyclically as co-workers
submit appropriate material and ideas.
It is our hope that it inspire and guide
us into wise and serviceful action.
While its expressed intent is to discuss
various aspects of the Wisdom and
this New Thought Form Presentation via
Master R/Lucille Cedercrans, it will
also be inclusive of the works and
teachings of Master DK/Alice Bailey,
Master M/Helena Roerich, and others.
Under their collective and auspicious
presentation of this Wisdom are we
inspired. It is also our hope that this
Newsletter empowers some semblance of
the Synthetic Ashram into the group
incarnate consciousness. That it assist
in the spiritual vitality of our
culture. May it empower the Incarnation
of Humanity's Soul.
Solstice is upon us - Spring for those in
the North and Autumn (Fall) for those in the
South. Each of these aspects of the year
offer their special gifts. May the abundance
of them bless your days.
The Hierarchy is externalising and
each of us does our part within this One
Work. To this end within this issue we offer
a collection of inspirational pieces. You
will find articles, reviews, an interview,
poetry, art and more.
We trust these offerings bring you joy, and
thought-filled opportunities.
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What is the Wisdom?
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 "This
teaching, these concepts, this Wisdom is the
life of the Spiritual Soul on its own plane.
This is one of the most important concepts
for you to take into your own consciousness
and absorb and understand. .....The Soul of
humanity is attempting to incarnate into its
form.
One of the methods by which the Soul shall
take up its residence within the brain
awareness of each member of humanity is via
this teaching, which is actually a
transference of the consciousness of the
Soul into the consciousness of the persona.
Please understand this.
Every concept of truth which you are able to
grasp with your mind, to touch upon, to
examine, to finally absorb, and to
understand, is of the Soul. This is but a
tiny bit of the consciousness of the Soul.
Therefore, each concept of Truth that you
are able to take into your consciousness is
but the partial incarnation of the Soul into
its personality vehicle.''
-Applied Wisdom, page 671
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Serving in the Valley of Life |
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Is your inner gaze fixed on the heights of the
Mount of Initiation, or on the Valley of daily
life?
In the
classic metaphor, the seeker on the path is compared
to a traveler on the Mount of Initiation. Gaze fixed
upward on the cloud-shrouded heights, the traveler
draws further and further away from the mundane life
of the valley below.
This was
typical of the old path of initiation in which the
seeker sought union or at-one-ment with the one
life. However, the new path of group initiation
takes a new route up the Mountain. In that new
route, the valley is not left behind, but raised up.
The
method of walking that new route is also different
from the old. In the Piscean age the Sixth Ray
placed the emphasis on aspiration to the
overshadowing idea, or on upward motion. In the
Aquarian age, the Seventh Ray is moving the emphasis
to Ceremonial Magic, or downward motion - the
precipitation of the overshadowing into appearance.
However,
the new path includes the old and the upward motion
is not abandoned, but absorbed. The result is a
balance between the two, a continuous circulation of
the overshadowing into appearance and of appearance
to overshadowing. This is the heart of the magical
practice taught in The Nature of The Soul.
This
magical process is actually quite simple, but we
make it difficult. This is due in part to the
lingering influence of the old path and Piscean
energies. We still find it easier to aspire to union
than to precipitate at-one-ment.
This
touches on an area that is very seldom given enough
attention by the group - the transmutation and
adjustment of negative patterns in our persona and
immediate environment. Most of us practice the
Lesson 8 transmutation and the See-la-Aum techniques
seldom, if at all, and are then more likely to
perform them on behalf of a perceived difficulty in
others rather than in ourselves.
There
are, of course, several problems with this.
First,
our service work will not and cannot be effective
until the pertinent negative patterns within our
equipment and environment (misrelationship with
economy and substance, criticism, etc.) are
transmuted into patterns of solution and the
solution is precipitated into appearance.
Second,
as part of the group, our personas are part of the
group persona. All of the patterns within us,
negative and positive, exist within and are part of
the group. Thus, when we transmute and adjust "our"
patterns we do so as and for the group.
Third,
the materials indicate that the group intentionally
incarnated with patterns of difficulty. Our task as
a group includes embodying the solutions to those
patterns, and making those solutions available to
humanity.
Thus, we
cannot offer those solutions, we cannot perform our
group function, until and unless we transmute and
adjust the patterns of difficulty within our
immediate persona and environment.
This
group work begins with daily, persistent performance
of the transmutation and See-la-Aum techniques, on
our immediate persona and environment (as part of
the group), and on the persona and environment of
the group (as the group consciousness).
The
former should be familiar to any student of The
Nature of The Soul. The latter requires a simple
adjustment to the alignment and expansion of the
consciousness. For instance, the Lesson 8
transmutation may be adjusted as follows:
Group
Transmutation Technique
This
technique can be utilized each evening before
retiring, or as it is needed.
1. Make
the usual three-fold lower alignment and focus the
consciousness in the ajna center.
2.
Integrate the consciousness in aspiration to the
Soul.
3.
Visualize a triangle of light between the:
Group Soul
(group
as the observer in the group ajna)
4.
Repeat slowly and carefully:
''The
Light of the Group Soul is thrown downward into the
group instrument to reveal, cleanse, and purify that
which is karmically ready to be brought to Light in
Divine Law and Order. I stand clear, observing
only.''
5.
Transmute whatever negativity is revealed into its
polar opposite via the application of Love.
6.
Meditate for three minutes on the concept: ''THE
TRUTH SHALL MAKE ME FREE''.
Spend a
few moments radiating the Light of Truth through the
group instrument and into the environment.
The
adjustment to the See-la-Aum technique is even
simpler. The words of power remain exactly the same.
One merely identifies as the group and works on
group patterns.
When we
recognize that we are part of the group, and perform
transmutation and adjustments from this perspective,
these simple and familiar exercises become group
exercises. Whether we are focused on the immediate
individual identity and affairs, or the broader
group life, we are still functioning as the group.
When we
perform this and similar techniques on a regular
basis, transmuting in each case our own patterns of
difficulty, then we are not only preparing our
consciousness and instrument to take up its place
and function in the Ashram, but we are performing
our service within and as the group.
Namaste,
Glen
Mr.Glen Knape is a
teacher, writer, editor, publisher, and a co-mason.
He has been a student of the Ageless Wisdom since
1977, and a Teacher of The Wisdom since 1985. web
site: www.gknape.com
Copyright © 2007 by
Glen Knape |
Synthesis - A vision for the Future
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Nancy Connally
Infinity I, 266. The great law of the oneness of
life unites all Being. The oneness of life in Cosmos
is expressed by the fiery impulse...The one life in
its manifest power sets up the chain of
manifestations which are linked together. The
endless interlinking process is confirmed in the
tension of creation..." ( Helena Roerich, Infinity,
Volume I, p. 207)
The true nature of all things, including Humanity,
is Divine. Everything that exists is part of an
endless chain of existences. What is Humanity's
task in this chain? A very wise person recently
quoted a Sufi saying: "...the heart is a mirror
whose main task is to reflect God, and that our job
in life is simply to keep polishing the mirror."
Humanity, the microcosm eventually will reflect the
macrocosm--its true identity all along--the sparks
return to the One Flame and in doing so, transmute
and bring light to all the planetary substance that
is contacted or used in the process. What wondrous
things the Future holds for Humanity.
Perhaps it is wise to remind ourselves of the
largest picture of The Synthesis of Being we can
envision, to insure that the steps we plan and take
are in line with that ultimate vision. In the
meantime, we are here now in the present and all
that wondrous glory seems very far away. What
Vision for the Future can bring Humanity together.
What common synthetic vision and Desire of the Heart
can we share that will ultimately assist the
evolutionary process?
"What humanity determines to have, it ever succeeds
in achieving. This is an occult law, for desire is
as yet the strongest force in the world..." (
Alice Bailey, Esoteric Astrology, p. 579)
When Humanity's desire is for the Brotherhood of
Mankind to be made manifest, based on the
recognition of the essential unity of the Higher
nature or soul of each unit of the human kingdom,
then perhaps the Will of the Whole can begin to work
through this organized, integrated Brotherhood of
Souls.
"Desire works from and through the material form
upwards; Will works downwards into form, bending
form consciously to divine purpose." (Alice Bailey,
Esoteric Astrology, p. 583)
"The secret of the will lies in the recognition of
the divine nature of man. Only this can evoke the
true expression of the will. It has in fact to be
evoked by the soul, as it dominates the human mind
and controls the personality. The secret of the
will is also closely tied in with the recognition of
the unconquerable nature of goodness and the
inevitability of the ultimate triumph of good."
(Alice Bailey, Esoteric Astrology, p. 580)
"..."...certain concepts, relationships and
parallels which may...lay a foundation for future
teaching around the year 2025. That is the mode
whereby all revelation comes. A thought is given; a
symbol described; an idea portrayed. Then, as the
minds of men ponder up it and the intuitives of the
world pick up the thought, it serves as a seed
thought which eventually comes to fruition with the
presentation and the unfolding of a revelation which
serves to lead the race of men nearer to their
goal."( Alice Bailey, Esoteric Astrology, p. 589)
The sense of Synthesis, even though we are told it
will not bloom into full expression until the next
Solar System, may be what is needed at this time for
humanity's progress. Each person will understand
the idea of the Whole in their own way with their
own developed capacities. Some will begin to get a
sense of the Brotherhood of Mankind as a Whole part
of the planetary life; still others will see the
entire planetary life as a whole. on up the whole
scale of the Hierarchy of Life through our Solar
System, the cosmic intermediaries connected with us,
the One About Whom Naught May Be Said, and finally
with the ONE ABSOLUTE, the Boundless Immutable
Principle.
Can we cooperate with this process by bringing this
idea of the Unity of the Whole (however each one
will define and express it) down into our planetary
life in language that is suitable for not only the
evolutionary age or stage of individuals or groups,
but for the type of mind of the recipient? This
might require communicating in a universal language
that is understandable by everyone and in particular
those members of the New Group of World Servers who
have not been exposed to esoteric study, at least in
this lifetime.
If the New Group of World Servers is a model for the
One Humanity (and certainly in the United States of
America--the 'melting pot', there are members of
this group from every nation, race and culture),
this sense of the 'seed thought' of the Synthesis of
the future will be easily ascertained by them. and
radiated outward into the body of humanity.
Perhaps this will be the TrueTemple of Power on the
Physical Plane.
"When consciousness identifies with Spirit,
realizing that the body is a form constructed out of
and by the nature of intelligence as the Temple of
the Living God, it begins to cognize two simple and
yet all important realities:
1. That all humanity is in essence a One Life. They
were born of the same Spirit and the same nature,
that nature dividing them into many parts, yet
Spirit giving them the same means of identification.
The bodies are divisions in the One Life, created by
the nature of the Divine Mind (Mother Nature) for
the purpose of expressing every quality and
characteristic of Divinity. Each person then, while
of the One Spirit, is also a related part that holds
within itself some special characteristic and
quality of God. Their consciousness, born of Spirit
and matter, is both the One and the many. As it
evolves, it becomes more and more aware of the One
and the many, and of that special Divinity for which
it was created.
This is the purpose of a person and of humanity.
People were created individually and collectively in
order to express the Divinity of God in related part
and in whole.
2. People discover their Divine Purpose as they
identify with the One Spirit, and as parts with the
many forms. They learn their part, the Divine role
they are to play in the drama of life. They discover
their particular talents or gifts, which are of God,
and develop them into their potential Divine
expression in perfect relationship to all other
life.
It is at this time that the individual learns that
every part is essential to the perfected expression
of God, and that the first step toward the
manifestation on earth of that perfection is the
manifestation of right relationship.
Right relationship is peace on earth, good will
toward men, and brotherhood... We live in a world in
which these seem to be impossible of attainment, so
impossible that the average person does nothing to
help bring them into manifestation. They wait for
the world to change, to permit them to know peace,
good will and brotherhood, seldom realizing that
their Purpose, their very reason for being is to
contribute their peace, their good will and their
brotherhood to humanity.
Before peace can manifest within the world of
humanity, it must first manifest in the hearts of
humanity. There must come peace within the form, a
peace born of right relationship between the Spirit,
the consciousness and the body. The conscious
thinking I, realizing its relationship to the Spirit
(Life) and the Body (expression of life), brings
that body under conscious control so that it does
express the life of God." Lucille Cedercrans,
Creative Thinking, page 41-42.)
Nancy Connally has been a student of the Ageless
Wisdom for 27 years. She worked in the field of
Immigration and Nationality Law for many years with
The One Humanity, composed of souls from every
nation, culture, background and religion.
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How I Met Lucille |
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by Greg Tzinberg
Part 2 in a Series
How I met Lucille
- Continued
After learning from
Tarthang Tulku that Lucille was coming to Odeon
(a retreat in Northern California) to attend the
Open House, I felt the pieces were all falling
into place. It made so much sense that I was
drawn to this place, even though for many weeks
I did not see what made me agree to volunteer.
However, as the day of the open house grew
closer I found myself growing more and more
angry.
"Who does she think she is
anyway?" I thought. "What right does she have to
set herself up as a teacher?" I knew these
thoughts and feelings were strange, they did not
even sound like me. Still, I made up my mind
that when I finally got in front of Lucille, I
would let her have it.
The day of the open house
arrived. I arranged through her assistant, Deb
Stowe to meet with her that afternoon. I was
still hopping mad and working hard on the
questions I would put to her. So when the time
came for my appointment, I marched across the
open courtyard to the bungalow where Lucille was
staying. After being admitted, I was told to
wait in the front room for a bit. After a time,
Lucille came out and we started talking. I can't
remember a thing that was said except that it
was agreed that I should make it out to Colorado
as soon as I could to begin my training and that
she "recognized" me as her student.
I left walking on air and
after taking 15 or 20 steps realized that I had
not asked her any of the things I had been
stewing about for the last three weeks. Part of
me thought, "Maybe I should turn around and have
it out with her." But, I realized that I did not
have that deep feeling of anger anymore. I
sensed that somehow Lucille's own "field"
transmuted my hostility and instead of
frustrated I felt grateful to have found her and
that the path was open for me once again.
That meeting took place in
the summer of 1976. In early '77 I made the trip
out to Boulder, Colorado and the Nyingma
Institute. Lucille's group was small, about a
dozen or so members at the time, some living at
the Center and others living elsewhere in
Boulder or in Denver. Early on I remember asking
her about the difference between the Nature of
the Soul lessons and the Buddhist teachings. She
showed me a Tibetan Thanka painting of
Padmasambhava, who is known, among many things,
as the Buddha of the Transition (between
Sakyamuni and Maitreya) as well as the historic
Master who brought the secret Tantras to Tibet
from India.
"Do you know who this is?"
she asked. "Yes." I replied. "That is a painting
of Guru Rinpoche." "Well of course it is." She
said. "But it is also a painting of the Master
"R". It was given to me by Tarthang and when I
first saw it, I almost fell over. It looks
exactly the way I picture him. You see, Greg
there is no essential difference between Nature
of the Soul and Buddhism. For now, I must ask
you to focus only on your Buddhist practice.
There will come a time when it will make no
difference which you choose."
Just over 30 years have
passed and Lucille was right of course. Now my
work seems to include offering this view and
experience to others. We have not yet crossed
completely over to the new civilization that we
are building moment by moment. Many of the forms
we are bringing in are actually transitional
they will be replaced. Currently, the activity
of synthesis is between the old forms that can
accept the new energies and that which is added
and created as the new energy of synthesis comes
into play. These will serve as the bridge we
often refer to as a metaphor between the passing
out of the 6th Ray and the incoming 7th.
Master "R" is the Master
of the 7th Ray and he is also called
the Buddha of the Transition or the Present. His
enlightened action inspires our efforts to serve
the Divine Plan. We also know that Master "R" is
one among several Masters who collectively make
up the Ashram of Synthesis. It is my view that
the energy of Synthesis is also the energy of
Maitreya, the future Buddha; also know as the
Coming World Teacher and by other names in other
traditions.
When we think about the
energy of Synthesis, what do know about it? How
does it "feel" to us? How do we describe it?
What are the methods of invoking it? And, what
effect does the energy of Synthesis have on that
which it touches? The answer I think begins with
the term Loving-Kindness.
The energy of synthesis is
Loving-Kindness. But it is not sweet and gentle.
It is dynamic, penetrating and correcting. It
instantly goes through that which is correctly
aligned with Divine purpose and quickly
corrects, through the energy of Loving-Kindness
that which is improperly aligned. The energy of
Loving-Kindness can be invoked by focusing on or
visualizing Maitreya. It will be Maitreya's task
to inspire the building of the next
civilization. Our task is to build it. In order
to do this, understanding what Buddhist
teachings and practices offer about working with
His presence can help guide us.
Lucille was definitely a
messenger of synthesis. She openly discussed
many aspects of her relationship with Master
"R". About Maitreya, aside from creating the
Maitreya Puja (ritual) and other Maitreya
practices she would not reveal much. Although
she did acknowledge to me that she was part of
his Lineage which could be a clue about her
possible future incarnations.
Greg Tzinberg has been a student of the Nature of
the Soul series since 1970. In 1974 he completed
Teacher's Training under Richard Schaible and went
on to study under Lucille Schiable from 1977 until
her passing in 1984.Greg was trained as a teacher by
Lucille and was recognized as a teacher in the
Nyingma Buddhist tradition by H. E. Shenpen Dawa
Rinpoche in 1985. Currently, Greg is scheduled to
teach Nature of the Soul in
Alameda, California, at the Home of Truth.
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Connecting a Few Dots in the Ashramic Plan for
the Evolution of Consciousness
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 by
Richard Randall
Part 1 of 3
(from a talk given at the Wisdom Conference, Ojai,
CA, 2008)
"It's all a matter of consciousness"
"The Law of Economy which states in effect:that all
forms shall serve the economy of the One Life. The
activity of the One Life, insofar as this planet is
concerned, is the growth and development of all
consciousness therein into an expression of Divine
Love/Wisdom." (Corrective Thinking, Lesson 24)
The Master R said; "The purpose of our Ashram is to
literally create a new civilization."
Since the breaking of the antahkarana from Atlantis,
Humanity's consciousness has been imprisoned and
isolated from all of its relationships in the One
Life. Two "veils" were drawn over the consciousness:
one separating it from Life after Death, and the
other from Life in Outer Space. There was only
darkness, fear, terror, and suffering, with no
contact of anything on either side of these veils.
Shamballa and the Hierarchy have been initiating
certain historical events, during cycles of
opportunity within the Divine Plan, to bring the
Light that liberates human consciousness from the
imprisoning darkness of matter, and tearing the
veils separating Humanity from Its Identity and
Purpose within the Cosmic Scheme.
The Group Soul of the United States is carried over
from Atlantis. It is a major Center of Spiritual
Light on the planet. It is for this reason that
significant events were initiated by Planetary and
Solar Hierarchies to begin a chain reaction in
Humanity for the birth of the New Civilization of
Conscious Souls, starting in the US. This is all
part of the Initiation of our Planetary Logos, from
a planet of Darkness and Suffering, to a Planet of
Light and Compassion.
Groups of Disciples from different ashrams come in
to help initiate these changes with whatever
thoughtform can be used to reach all levels of human
consciousness from the most esoteric to the most
popular.
The following is a rough sketch connecting a few
seemingly unrelated "dots" revealing a continuity of
Wisdom terms, and events, forming a pattern of
shared consciousness as part of the Ashramic Plan
working through different aspects of service through
past and present disciples.
The Nature of the Soul, Lesson 16: the Divine Plan
includes: "Identification of the mass consciousness
with the Soul via conclusive proof in several
scientific fields of the existence of the Soul
through psychological findings anent reincarnation,
life after death and through data gathered via
contact with outer space."
1847 The American Spiritualist movement begins in
New York, under the Master Hilarion, to initiate the
awareness of contact "beyond the veil" and Life
after Death.
1875 The Theosophical Society founded in New York
City, "To form a nucleus of the universal
brotherhood of humanity"
1888 The Secret Doctrine published as "The Synthesis
of Science, Religion, and Philosophy"; first to
initiate the thoughtform of the Hierarchy of Masters
referred to as "The Brothers", revelations about
Planes of Consciousness, the Immortality of the
Soul, Humanities on other Planets, and the Divine
Origin of Man in the Cosmos.
1914 The Impersonal Life by Joseph Brenner is
published. A book containing instructions" to help
the earnest seeker attain the Christ Consciousness.
It invites the soul to do the learning, while
allowing the intellect to rest. It's all a matter of
consciousness."
1927 Nicholas Roerich, and other members of his
expedition, see a huge shiny oval-shaped object, in
the sky, in the Himalayas.
1945 Shamballa initiates the atomic age in the US
ending the World War; DK tells us: "the release of
atomic energy motivated from Shamballa is (a) great
spiritual event (for) the liberation of energy is
(the) keynote of the new era."
1946 The Master DK reveals the formation of a new
Ashram related to the Buddha, the Christ, and the
Master R; The Agni Yoga Society is incorporated in
New York, affirms the existence of the Hierarchy of
Light, the center of the Heart as the link with the
Hierarchy, and with the far off worlds.
1947 The first world wide wave of UFOs initiates the
awareness of Life in Outer Space, and that we are
not alone in the universe; large cigar shaped space
ships are seen over Southern California; George Van
Tassel starts a meditation group in the Southern
California desert, at Giant Rock, called The
Brotherhood of the Cosmic Christ; Rock 'N Roll music
is born; and Lucille begins her work.
1952 George Adamski first to photograph "scout
craft" and "cigar-shaped mother ships" in the San
Diego area of Southern California; he makes a
witnessed face-to-face contact with a man from Venus
in the California desert; the US Capital building in
Washington DC is "buzzed" by UFOs; Lucille starts
Introducing the Path of Initiation.
1953 Publication of The Flying Saucers Have Landed
by Desmond Leslie and George Adamski. Part I by
Leslie, a Spiritualist and Theosophist; first
popular book to initiate thought-form of UFOs in
ancient history; references to Blavatsky, Besant,
Bailey, The Secret Doctrine, A Treatise on Cosmic
Fire; ancient eastern scriptures of spaceships
bringing teachings of Light and Wisdom from Venus;
Part II is the world wide release of Adamski's story
of his desert contact, which initiates the awareness
of contact from other Human Beings from "beyond the
veil" of our Planet, and starts the "contactee"
movement.
1955 Walt Disney starts a new TV show called
Disneyland, and opens Disneyland; George Van Tassel
starts first annual Interplanetary Spacecraft
Convention; President Eisenhower is witnessed
meeting with a spacecraft landing at an air force
base in New Mexico; Van Tassel's group receive
communication from a group from the star Arcturus;
George Adamski publishes Inside the Space Ships;
first to call space people as "The Brothers";
relates Wisdom Teachings from Masters aboard the
"cigar-shaped mother ships"; first book to
popularize space people teaching about Man's Purpose
in the Cosmos, the Soul, Consciousness, The Saturn
Tribunal, Universal Brotherhood, and how they tell
us "we live the Laws of Life, whereas you just talk
about them"
1956 R/Lucille begin Teacher Training with
instruction on the New Ashram of Synthesis; Elvis
Presley's first Ed Sullivan appearance; a contactee
group in LA called The Solar Cross Foundation starts
receiving prearranged tape recorded messages for
public release and education with simple Wisdom
teaching from a group of space people.
1957 My father heard the founder of The Solar Cross
Foundation speak about his contacts with space
people near Ann Arbor, Michigan; there is another
major world wide UFO wave; Disney TV show Mars and
Beyond about space travel and flying saucers; George
Van Tassel starts building the Integratron, a 50 ft
tall all wooden structure, for rejuvenation from
instructions received from his contacts with funding
from Howard Hughes, and also starts the The Ministry
and College of Universal Wisdom; Lucille completes
The Nature of the Soul and Corrective Thinking.
1958 The Solar Cross Foundation starts a radio
program in LA called Galaxy, the first ever radio
broadcast of recorded messages directly from a group
of space people. One program title is Life and
Death; others talks about the Saturn Tribunal, and
another says, "A short period ago certain Beings
were called from afar to visit your planet. Their
purpose was to initiate the beginning of a great
movement in the minds and hearts of your people"; a
book titled A Book of Brothers, by a woman, tells of
her face-to-face contacts in Santa Barbara with a
Venusian Teacher, who told her He was a Chohan of
the 7th Ray Ashram from the Hierarchy of Venus. He
tells her that "we are the power stations", that are
impressing the consciousness of many creative people
throughout the world in government, education, art,
science, medicine, culture, and in particular the
film and entertainment industry to help Humanity
into the New Age. Other contactee's were told the
same thing.
1964 NBC news broadcasts a report of a UFO showing
the first ever clearest, color close-up photo, of a
large circular spacecraft taken outside Albuquerque,
NM.
1965 Lucille started educational behavioral work for
schools, and later a study group on esoteric
philosophy, in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
1966 Another world wide UFO wave begins in the US
around Ann Arbor, Michigan; I meet Walt Disney; I
get passes to a private screening of new TV pilots
for audience test reactions in Hollywood; best TV
pilot everyone liked was something called Star Trek.
1967 I meet a contactee group in Hollywood, who had
Gene Rodenberry attend their public meetings taking
notes; I meet George Van Tassel and other
contactee's that pioneered the early movement to
promote Universal Brotherhood.
1968 2001: A Space Odyssey opened in Washington DC.
In 1991, it was deemed "culturally, historically,
and aesthetically significant" by the United States
Library of Congress and is recognized by critics as
one of the greatest films ever.
1974 Lucille visits Southern California; sits in on
my NS class; one night after class, I was prompted
by a very strong, familiar, overshadowing to ask her
about George Adamski. When I did, her immediate
response was "Oh, yes, boy, was he uncanny, he
really had the hook up" She knew him personally, and
was very impressed with his uncanny perceptions of
people and circumstances she witnessed; I start
employment at the Hughes Aircraft Company in
Fullerton, right across the street where Richard
Schaible held his first Teacher Training class in
1971.
1975 Dr. Raymond Moody publishes his work on Near
Death Experiences known as NDE's; George Lucas
starts production on Star Wars, and The Rocky Horror
Picture Show takes off to the Galaxy of
Transylvania;
1977 Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third
Kind changes our culture with heart.
1980 Lois Maxwell Harris incorporates The Wisdom
Fellowship in Albuquerque NM under the new Master HI
with classes in Wisdom Therapy; in a projection by
HI, He refers to the star Arcturus as a "power point
in the Universe."
1982 E. T. The Extraterrestrial phones home with a
big heart.
1985 I meet the woman contactee of A Book of
Brothers in Santa Barbara, and she talks about the
Avatar of Synthesis along with her contacts; I'm
given a private tour inside the Integratron+; I
locate Alice Bailey's house in Hollywood right
across the street from The Annie Besant Lodge, all
within a mile or so of the contactee group I met in
1967.
1987 The Harmonic Convergence; Billie Roberts starts
teaching the works of Lois Maxwell Harris, The
Wisdom Fellowship, and Wisdom Therapy, under her
alignment with the Master HI, for the Southern
California group.
1996 Psychologists and "experiencers" gathered for
the Star Vision Conference: Spirit of One, in Estes
Park, Colorado to celebrate, "the greatest area to
change will be our own consciousness, many are
exploring the extraterrestrial phenomenon, but more
importantly are exploring [their] essential
spirituality and consciousness."; Richard Hoagland
starts his research group The Enterprise Mission in
Albuquerque NM.
2001 New York City, 9-11; a new word is impressed
into the world consciousness: "terror". DK says in
The Destiny of the Nations: "Most of the response to
the Shamballa activity is characterized by fear and
terror."
2002 The 9-11 Truth Movement begins and grows world
wide. The word "consciousness" is showing up on
Truth Movement web sites. "Deconstructing the
official story of 9-11 seems to be a process which
is "awakening" people throughout the world. In this
way, 9/11 is an opportunity of extraordinary
magnitude for consciousness building and positive
change." (Truthmove.com)
Richard Randall is
a Student of the Wisdom since 1960 and a Teacher of
the New Thought-Form Presentation of the Wisdom
since 1973. Student and trained Teacher (1970-92)
under Richard Schaible (husband to Lucille), and
Billie Roberts (trained under Lucille and Lois
Maxwell Harris) for Wisdom Therapy (1987-2001). Met
Lucille in 1974. Taught "Corrective Thinking" five
times, "The Nature of the Soul" ten times, and all
of Lucille's available courses over a twenty-two
year period.
starrand@pacbell.net
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Book Review - One=Infinity
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 by
Lucinda Tyrrell-DeFranco
One=Infinity: A Glimpse of the Kosmic Scheme and Our
Place and responsibility Within It by Marilyn R.
Mueller Ed.D. 117 pages www.outskirtspress.com
This book opens up the opportunities for study of
the deeper concepts underlying geometry, numbers,
and Cosmogenesis - evolution from human to Godly,
while visually the format has a relaxed and fun look
to it. The format includes many visual offerings to
stimulate and uplift, including patterns for making
your own polyhedra - three-dimensional solids which
consist of a collection of polygons, usually joined
at their edges. It is therefore a great book to
share with anyone who is a visual learner and would
certainly be suitable for children to browse.
This is not to say there is no substance to share
with others. It is apparent that the author has
distilled many years of study into an essence-filled
book which will jump start a variety of adventures
in thought.
Meditation exercises are included although these may
require more understanding and competence than that
of a beginner. I find no danger in the book however,
because a beginner will read this book most likely
in a "flick through" manner and thus will find what
they need.
To quote from the book's jacket:
Cosmically speaking, there is so much more to us
than we realize.
One=Infinity opens the mystery doors to
understanding, amongst other things:
o Sacred Geometry
o The Monad & Duality
o Magnetic Radiance
o The Seven Ray Energies
This is definitely a book worth considering as an
avenue of approach to the ancient Wisdom teachings.
Lucinda Tyrrell-DeFranco:
Student of the Ancient Wisdom for 25 years, Esoteric
Healer, Advanced Teacher Training graduate 2007
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Interview with Pam Nissen
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 by
Adam DeFranco
March 9, 2008
Part 2 in a Series
Adam- Good Afternoon Pam, could you begin our talk
today by discussing Lucille Cedercrans and the New
Thoughtform of the Wisdom.
Pam Nissen- Lucille could not have brought through
any of the station material unless she had a group
focal point. The group could only understand a
certain part of what she was bringing through from
the Master R and the group had to understand that
part of it before she could bring through more. Is
this clear, are you understanding what I am saying ?
A- Yes, I think I do. Basically you are saying that
there was some type of symbiotic relationship
existing between Lucille and Master R and that
through her alignment she could ground and anchor
these teachings into the group gathered around her?
Pam- Yes. And if the group couldn't understand what
she was saying or discuss what she was saying and
bring through more of that particular concept that
is all that would be done for that particular group
session. Until the group was able to interpret and
discuss what she said in that particular session
they would wait till maybe next time at which time
they would understand it and ask more questions. So
the questions that were asked were an important part
of the work. Otherwise Master R could not bring
through more because they did not understand.
A- So the group had to rise up to the occasion. They
had to maintain their alignment and really
participate in this process during this process with
Lucille and Master R. Now was she an intermediary or
a conduit in a sense in that she relayed not only
information but consciousness into their group mind.
Now how does that work?
Pam- Well it is a positive and a negative. She was
the positive and the negative had to expand and come
up to what she was teaching before she could go on
from there and enlarge on any concept.
A- Well that must have been a very interesting and
very subtle process.
Pam- It was...It took many hours of meeting so that
the group was overshadowed with a concept and He
would ask if there were any questions. If the group
went into discussion it would bring down that much
energy from the overshadowing into the group and
that would allow Lucille under Master R's direction
to bring through more of the concept. It was from an
overshadowing, positive focus, to the group focus.
And because of the group having to relate all this,
Lucille could bring through more. Are you
understanding this?
A- Yes, so the group had to maintain a high,
concentrated focus with an accurate alignment, and
then they would tune into the overshadowing and link
up with the superconsciousness.
Pam- Yes, they would link into Master R's concept.
This was Master R's concept in the overshadowing
which Lucille was interpreting for the group.
A- And He would more or less focus on a particular
concept during each group meeting?
Pam- Yes. Every time we had a meeting there was a
concept that He was beginning to project. Every
meeting had a concept overshadowing.
A- Now you have mentioned once before that Lucille
would feel the heaviness of the impression days
before the actual meeting.
Pam- Yes, she was involved in the overshadowing He
had placed there long before the actual meetings. So
that she was bringing those higher energies in
during the week and getting a glimpse of what that
concept was. She'd say, 'Oh, I got a concept today'
and she'd start talking about it and then Master R
would come through and in His own terms, His higher
frequency then, He would bring that concept to the
group. They would discuss it and if they were able
to bring it in and embody it into a group focus then
they would receive more according to the questions
they asked.
A- What an interesting process. When the group met
on each occasion did you first do a meditational
group alignment into the Overshadowing and then lead
into a group discussion?
Pam- No, He would bring a meditation through each
time as the class started. In that meditation was
the Overshadowing: the concepts, the energy, the
force, the substance, of that Overshadowing was in
that meditation. So that we were aligned with that
in the meditation.
A- What a wonderful way of teaching. This must be
the way the Ashram and the Hierarchy teaches and
brings in the new forms of knowledge.
Pam- That is the way the teachers teach today. Every
class has a meditation and what is in that
meditation is the concept.
A- So you attended many of these classes and many of
these overshadowing lessons with Lucille in person.
Can you describe your thoughts and feelings and how
you were impacted during these classes?
Pam- Yes. In a sense I had this heaviness over my
head. Because she was transferring that
overshadowing, her sense to ours. So the group was
overshadowed with the same heaviness so that it was
sifting down through our consciousness as she was
projecting.
A- Were you instructed to maintain a particular
alignment in any particular center or were you asked
to stay focused in the cave center or the head
center ?
Pam- We were focused on that meditation and the
discussion that came from that. After the class we
did not have that heaviness above our head center.
A- And Lucille must have been able to embody and
hold her very high alignment but also to maintain
very high frequency energy through her bodies.
Pam- But she also had to maintain her alignment with
the group. Every teacher would. She was aligned with
the Master on the thread. There were seven of those
disciples throughout the world at that time. They
were all working on different areas. She was
bringing through this Thoughtform Presentation of
the Wisdom, well maybe another one would be working
with finance or economy, or healing or some other
thing.
A- Was it ever revealed by Master R who these other
disciples were or which country they were from?
Pam- No.
A- Did she ever have any impressions on that?
Pam- We never talked about it. What was the point.
It wasn't Lucille that was important it was the
Wisdom that she was bringing through that was
important. We never did ask any personal questions
like: "What is your alignment?"... "How do
you.....?" We never asked those questions. We
focused on what was the particular concept of that
Lesson.
Our focus was only on that and not on Lucille or
Master R but what we were trying to digest.
A- Were these concepts easy for the group to
understand ?
Pam- No, we had no former knowledge of past
incarnations. Probably we were all brought together
because of this particular state of consciousness so
that we could understand what He was trying to give
us. We were just all normal people sitting around,
having a good time, talking, discussing, that is the
way it all went. We all felt like, 'Why are we
here!' We were not that intelligent but it was not
intelligence that counted. It was the state of
consciousness He was working with.
A- Yes. When I hear about some of the disciples
working from your group I hear many marvelous
things. They taught classes, they wrote articles,
they guided and instructed many other students
throughout the years.
Pam- Yes. They all went on to do their own service
whether it was teaching, or healing, or writing, or
whatever it was. Each one went their own way but
they were still a part with the overall group. Every
time Lucille had another group that made the
previous group part of the present focus. Because we
were all part of that state of consciousness that
she was teaching.
A- So even if you were not at the live class you
were still being impressed with the transmission of
the concepts.
Pam- I always received copies of the lessons even if
I was not there. So I was able to embody what they
were getting. Because they got it, it was easier for
me to accept too. We all live in those higher planes
or frequencies and we are telepathic in a very
distinct sense. We have been trained in the Wisdom,
we understand that Wisdom, and we are of a specific
state of consciousness. And when we teach those that
are behind us, they pass that on to others.
A- So it is a matter of transmission and our
ability to maintain a particular state of
consciousness.
Pam- Yes. Because we are that consciousness, we are
that state, that thoughtform that has been brought
through. Every time we read a lesson over again we
have much more of an understanding of it. Because we
have grown with all the others of the original
group.
A- That is a wonderful and clear way of stating it.
Thank you Pam.
Pam Nissen is a
teacher of the Wisdom and offers classes related to
the work of Lucille Cedercrans. She is one of the
few remaining living/working disciples of Lucille
and was instrumental in bringing her writings to
publication. nissenk@spessart.com
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Compilations on the Full Moon - Part A
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 A
Little Astrology for the upcoming Solar Fire
Festivals of Spring
New Moon March 7th, 18 Pisces, 17:15 UT
Spring: Vernal Equinox, Aries Ingress of the Sun on
March 20th 5:49 am UT
Full Moon March 21, 2 Aries/Libra, 18:41 UT
New Moon April 6th, 17 Aries, 3:56 UT
First Ray seed-thought:
I am receptive to the Purpose, Power and Will of
God, as it is stepped down to me from my Soul. I
serve that Purpose, Accept Its Power, and do the
Will of God. [The Nature Of The Soul, page 60]
Full Moon April 20th, 1 Taurus/Scorpio, 10:26 UT
(Festival of Easter)
New Moon May 5th, 16 Taurus, 12:19 UT
Second Ray seed-thought
I stand receptive to that Love which is my Soul, and
Truth is made known to me. [The Nature Of The Soul,
page 84]
Full Moon May 20th, 30 Taurus/Scorpio, 2:12 UT
(Wesak)
[The Festival of Wesak. This is the Festival of the
Buddha, the spiritual Intermediary between the
highest spiritual centre, Shamballa, and the
Hierarchy. The Buddha is the expression of the
wisdom of God, the Embodiment of Light and the
Indicator of the divine purpose. This will be fixed
annually in relation to the Full Moon of May, as is
at present the case. It is the great Eastern
Festival.]
New Moon** June 3rd, 14 Gemini, 19:24 UT
Third Ray seed-thought
I stand receptive to that Divine Intelligence which
produces the activity of the Plan. Right Action is
revealed to me and I am made whole. [The Nature Of
The Soul, page 108]
** This is the first new moon following the Wesak
festival, for which Lucille recommends the seed
thoughts of an annual meditation cycle (Lesson 33,
"The Power of Truth is God")
Full Moon June 18th, 28 Gemini, 17:32 UT
[The Festival of Goodwill. This will be the Festival
of the spirit of humanity-aspiring towards God,
seeking conformity with the will of God and
dedicated to the expression of right human relation.
This will be fixed annually in relation to the Full
Moon of June. It will be a day whereon the spiritual
and divine nature of mankind will be recognized. On
this Festival for two thousand years the Christ has
represented humanity and has [Page 156] stood before
the Hierarchy and in the sight of Shamballa as the
God-Man, the leader of His people and "the Eldest in
a great family of brothers" (Romans VIII.29). Each
year at that time He has preached the last sermon of
the Buddha, before the assembled Hierarchy. This
will, therefore, be a festival of deep invocation
and appeal, of a basic aspiration towards
fellowship, of human and spiritual unity, and will
represent the effect in the human consciousness of
the work of the Buddha and of the Christ.]
contributions by: Sherrie Burch, N. Connally, A.
DeFranco and many others
"Throughout the entire incarnation the Spiritual
Soul is in meditation deep." (N.S., p. 403)
Lesson 33 of 'The Nature of the Soul' describes a
meditative process including, higher and lower
interludes, through which the soul of an incarnating
consciousness might participate in a great and
rhythmic communication with the Overshadowing
Spiritual Soul. Within the etheric light body of the
Ashramic sheath we exist as overshadowing Spiritual
Souls as a group consciousness.
'......the Overshadowing Spiritual Soul makes its
major cyclic approach to its persona during the
full-moon period...'. (p.404, NS)
The power potential of a disciplic group meditating
as one is great. If we consider that during the
Full moon festivals many groups around the world
make a Hierarchial approach we may assume an
exponential increase in spiritual power.
'The twelve annual Festivals will constitute a
revelation of divinity. (AAB)
The soul's meditation is rhythmic and cyclic in its
nature as is all else in the cosmos. The soul
breathes and its form lives thereby. The rhythmic
nature of the soul's meditation must not be
overlooked.... ' (Alice A. Bailey)
The 3 Full Moon Festivals of Spring
1. The Festival of Easter - the full moon of
Aries.
2. The Wesak Festival - the full moon of Taurus.
3. The Festival of Goodwill - the full moon of
Gemini.
Three Spiritual Festivals are already kept
throughout the world, though not as yet related to
each other. The time is coming when all three
Festivals will be kept simultaneously throughout the
world, and by their means a great spiritual unity
will be achieved and effects of the great Approach
so close to us at this time will be stabilized by
the united invocation of humanity. (AAB)
The Easter Festival
The great western festival and spiritual high point
of the Christian year has the keynote of love and is
always fixed by the date of the full moon of Aries,
the first full moon after the vernal
equinox.
Aries full moon March 21, 2008 1:41 p.m. US EST,
6:41 p.m. GMT
The Wesak Festival
The great eastern festival of the Buddha expresses
the keynotes of wisdom and divine purpose, and
follows one month after Easter at the time of the
Taurus full moon.
Taurus full moon April 20, 2008, 5:26 a.m. US EST,
10:26 a.m. GMT
The Christ's Festival
The Festival of the Christ follows one month after
Wesak at the time of the full moon of Gemini. It has
the keynote of "humanity, aspiring to God" and
blending many different spiritual approaches in one
united act of invocation. It has been observed since
1952 as World Invocation Day.
Gemini full moon, June 18, 2007, 12:32 p.m. US EST,
17:32 p.m. GMT
World Invocation Day will be observed worldwide on
Wednesday, June 18
Sherri Burch of Portland, Oregon is an astrologer
and student of the Wisdom teachings.
sisterbellabee@aol.com
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Wesak Meditations |
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 Master
R - Preparation for Wesak
Meditation in preparation for
Wesak Festival (May full moon)
Prepare for meditation, please. Focus the
consciousness in the cave and identify as the
conscious Soul incarnate, pausing to contemplate the
meaning of such identification. Contemplate your
relationship as a conscious Soul incarnate to your
own instrument; your mental body, your astral body,
your etheric body, and your physical appearance.
Via the etheric network, which interpenetrates and
holds in right relationship to one another, these
vehicles, flood the whole of the instrument with
particles of golden light energy, revitalizing and
re-energizing the threefold instrumentality,
renewing throughout the instrument the life process;
integrating its many frequencies, its energy, force
and substance into a service unit which is
responsive to Divine Will Impulse. Contemplate,
direct, this action to take place within the
instrument so long as it is needed, whenever it is
needed, between now and the Wesak Full Moon. Sound
the Om.
As the conscious Soul incarnate, contemplate
your relationship with one another. Flood these
relationships, via the etheric network which makes
them possible, with golden particles of light
energy, transmuting by this energy all negative
force within such relationships, lifting the tonal
quality of them to as high a frequency as is
possible and dedicating them, these relationships as
Souls with one another, dedicating them to the
Christ in service to the Divine Plan for humanity.
Sound the Om.
Still focused in the cave as the conscious Soul
incarnate, contemplate your relationship with and
within the overall group life, visualizing the
network of light which this field of relationships,
inter-group relationships, constitutes within the
body of humanity. Flood these relationships with
golden particles of light energy, again transmuting
all negative forces into their positive, higher
counterparts, lifting the frequencies of these many
relationships to the highest frequency possible and
dedicating the entire field of group relationships
to the Christ in service to the Divine Plan for
humanity. Sound the Om.
Now, contemplate as the conscious Soul
incarnate focused within the cave in the center of
the head, your relationships with and within the
body of humanity; your relationship as the conscious
Soul incarnate, and therefore, your function within
the body of humanity. Contemplate as a part of
this, the effect of the collective thought life of
the group upon the thought life of humanity as a
whole, as an influence within the body of humanity,
and in the same way, consider the effect of your
collective feeling nature, the words you speak, and
of the actions you take; and flood these
relationships, the whole network of relationships
between the group itself and yourself as a conscious
Soul incarnate, and the whole of humanity, with the
golden particles of light energy, transmuting all
negative forces within these relationships to their
higher, positive counterparts, lifting the
frequencies of these relationships to the highest
frequency possible and dedicating the entire field
of human relations within which you live, move and
have your being, to the Christ in service to the
Divine Plan for humanity. Sound the Om.
Now, as the conscious Soul incarnate, focused
within the cave in the center of the head,
contemplate your higher alignment via the Head
Center, into the Ashram, and your relationship with
the Ashramic group life and all those who are of
higher evolution than are you yourself; your
relationship with the Hierarchy, your relationship
with the Christ, your relationship with the
Planetary Logos, with the Solar Logos, with and
within the One Life. And as the conscious Soul
incarnate, endeavor to tune your total instrument,
all of its energies, forces and substance, into a
perfect relationship via this alignment, with these
higher lives with whom you are individually related,
dedicating that relationship to the Christ in
service to the Divine Plan for humanity. Sound the
Om.
In recognition of the attention directed
downward to humanity by the Christ and the Buddha at
the actual moment of the Wesak Full Moon, in
dedication offer your instrumentality and your
consciousness as a channel or an intermediary to be
used by these two great lives in their service to
humanity. In complete humility, seeking nothing; in
an attitude of offering, sound the Om. Very
gradually relax the attention; return to the normal
focus.
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WESAK FULL MOON MEDITATION (Master R/lucille)
Please become physically relaxed and
comfortable, emotionally calm and serene, mentally
poised and alert, focus the consciousness in the
ajna center and integrate the three-fold persona via
the sounding of the Om.
Upon a line of light withdraw the consciousness
into the cave in the center of the head and identify
as the Soul. Via a line of light upward through the
head center, become receptive to an inflow of
energies from Hierarchial levels, projecting these
energies outward through the ajna center into the
body of humanity as you receive them.
Now lift the consciousness from the cave in the
center of the head to the head center and visualize
yourself as a sphere of blue-white Christ light.
Become receptive to the precipitating energies of
the Divine Plan, radiating these energies in an ever
widening sphere of light into the body of humanity
on mental, astral and etheric levels.
Make the descent into the cave in the center of
the head and repeat the following:
"As a unit of the One Life, I take my stand
with all forces of light
to serve the Divine Plan for humanity in this
time and place. May
Christ return to earth".
Move outward to the ajna center and sound the
Om.
For a few moments as the Soul within the
personality, radiate Love to all your Brothers.
Relax
MY
PEACE IS WITH YOU
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Impressions
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Some
Meditation impressions received during the recent
(Feb, 2008 Full Moon
-.I'll add this observation: From my perspective, we
are being moved to initiate new and synthesizing
group activities -- from the service area of
seeking, finding, theory and knowing to the service
of being and doing our work of manifesting the Plan
within humanity's life and affairs.'
(Fred M.)
-in ' my meditation this morning, with an emphasis
on the Master HI needing our help in integrating him
into human awareness, especially among esotericists.'
(Hazel Long)
-I had an experience of a living, breathing electric
grid inside the earth which was vibrating in unison
with all the plants and animals and all other beings
everywhere, both living and disincarnate. It was a
very high meditation.'' ( Darlene E.)
-I saw a great pyramid of consciousness and light.
It was all symbolic yet visual and the first level
transferred meaning thru words and language, another
step up showed a transfer thru symbols and up
higher on the pyramid various forms of telepathy,
and light transmission of thought waves' (Rob C.)
- I was involved in a great ceremony of great beauty
and order. A great holographic, telepathic infusion
of higher thought and consciousness was transferred
immediately to the entire Hierarchial sheath in 'one
fell swoop'. These were very high meditations in
which Being, consciousness, and the wisdom of the
Divine Plan became One and transferred freely and
deeply by the Christ Maitreya into every
participating member.' (AD.)
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Poetry Section
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 POETRY:
THE MUSIC OF WORDS
by Gay Witherington
We are told that all is vibration. Sound is
vibration. Number is vibration. Words are
vibration. Poetry uses words in a special way which
emphasizes their vibratory quality. Like a mantra
or a seed thought, poems can still the lower mind
and allow the heart to guide us into the
contemplative consciousness of the intuition. A
single word or a phrase can reverberate in
awareness, leading to insight and illumination.
For instance, in this very short poem, an intuition
is conveyed which would take many words to express
in prose.
Listen
To the deep abiding joy
Reverberating at the
Heart of the Universe
It is the Voice of every
atom of creation
Singing: "I AM"
Also, in poetry, the form of the words and how they
are arranged takes on a special meaning. Poetry
becomes a pattern of words which gives a visual
image as well as a vibratory sound. Repetition and
rhythm are expressed not only by the sound of the
words but by the look of the words on the page, by
the length of the lines and the spaces between the
lines. For instance, in this very early poem which
I wrote, the form is meant to convey a kind of
closed spiral. It flows from the point of the
experience of the burning ground which every
disciple experiences, down through the mystical joy
of the release of all which hinders the merging of
personality and soul, through the occult or mental
understanding of what the process has entailed, to
the final line which encloses the realization of
fusion.
THE BURNING GROUND
SING HOLY FIRE
SING IN MY BONES
SING IN MY BLOOD
I DANCE WITH YOU
RISING AND TURNING
THERE IS NO PAINFUL BURNING HERE
THERE IS ONLY THE LETTING GO
OF ALL THAT IS NOT ME
AND THE JOYOUS FUSING TOGETHER
OF ALL THAT I AM
It is interesting that in the process of writing
poetry, the writer probably benefits as much or even
more than the reader. First, the writer benefits
from the effort of contacting the intuition, holding
the mind still to receive the vibratory impulse of
the impression, and then struggling to find just the
right word and pattern which can contain this
vibration. Second, the writer benefits just as the
reader does by contemplating the beauty of the
images conveyed and striving to blend together the
above and below of meaning and form.
Gay Witherington is a long time student of the
Ageless Wisdom. She came late to the Cedercrans
teachings - being introduced to them after having
spent over 20 years studying with the ArcaneSchool.
Her special interests are promoting Wisdom teachings
through both the ageless wisdom and modern
psychology, participating in the work of the
Ashram of Synthesis, and working with earth energies
through meditation and crystal grids.
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Epiphany
I thought I was a begging bowl
No sooner filled than emptied.
I thought I was an empty room
Then I saw I was living
In my brother's house.
Though we can hold on to nothing
We are not poor
But rich
That everything passes
Through our fingers.
Barbara Mare
21-1-08
whitestone3@gmail.com
Barbara Mare is an
editor and publisher living in New Zealand. She is a
world traveler and net worker.
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Spiral Upward
Reflect every day
About something eternal
Thus spiral upward
Think about good thoughts
Flowers of future gardens
Radiating light
First know where you are
Then clarify your purpose
Now take your next step
From Infinity
The Beauty of Living Thoughts
Soaring to Glory
Quality of thought
Determines life direction
Higher worlds await
Soul
Lighting one candle
Will provide sufficient Fire
To light thousands more
Be that lit candle
Illuminating the Way
For those who are lost
Creativity
Harmony, beauty in deed
Winging from my Soul
Seeds nurtured with love
Begin to sprout their fullness
Quiet work of Soul
Marilyn
R. Mueller is author of "One=Infinity: A Glimpse of
the Kosmic Schemeand Our Place and responsibility
Within It". www.outskirtspress.com
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String Theory
There are so many miracles waiting to happen
if we just let them.
The experience of believing in everything
yet still having a sound mind.
To know that when you go out this morning the common
camouflaged denominator of the world will slip off
to leave the bare bone minimum of absolute
unrestrained, uncontrived, immediate beauty
everywhere.
This is really what the world is made of,
if we just let it.
The 10 dimensions of string theory and
the unbroken seamless whole
everywhere, always, forever, right here, now.
If we just let it.
Passports
In the end, they say,
there will only be one color, one sound,
for a brief nano-second
everything comes to a grinding halt,
an old car coughing to a stop,
the frozen cascading waterfall of time.
Multitudes of souls,
freed from an exhausting wait in purgatory,
citizens from 10,000 galaxies
all lined up
passports in hand
ready to get on that great
locomotive Spirit in the sky.
Adam DeFranco is student of the Wisdom teachings of
Lucille Cedercrans having studied and taken Teacher
Training with Pam Nissen. Living in N. California he
seeks to bridge and integrate these teachings with
various other co-workers of the Ashram of Synthesis
to assist in the unfolding Divine Plan for Planetary
evolution.
(geronimoadam@aol.com)
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Wisdom Gathering - Ojai, January 2008 |
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by Adam DeFranco & Lucinda Tyrrell-DeFranco
What started as a "what if?" idea
shared between a few people at the April, 7-Ray
Conference in Arizona blossomed into a fully
fledged Wisdom Gathering in January of 2008. The
inaugural "Wisdom Co-Leadership Conference" was
a great success. Everyone who attended, and many
who did not attend physically contributed their
energy, force and substance to help us manifest
the 'Gathering'. The team, who did the "nuts and
bolts" aspects of making it happen, was a
well-oiled and coordinated bunch, and many phone
calls and emails were exchanged during the
process. Huge thanks of gratitude to the many
coordinators led by Lyn and Tara.
This is not to say it was a perfect
manifestation of what it will in time become,
but as a beginning it evidences great promise.
Of the nearly 60 people who pre-registered to
attend, only one did not appear, and three
additional people did come.
"The purpose of the Wisdom Gathering is
two-fold. First, to bring serving disciples
together to discuss our service activities,
relate our service activities with the
activities of our brothers, and with the Divine
Plan, thereby increasing the effectiveness of
each by the power of the total; Second, to bring
together long-time members of the Wisdom Group
to hear first-hand some of the group's history
and gain insight into the role of the Wisdom
Group in the world today."
The schedule ran from Friday night till Sunday
afternoon and was held in the Great room at
Meditation Mount which was mostly two walls of
large windows overlooking the beautiful
hillsides. All seats were placed in a circle so
as to more easily facilitate a co-leadership
feeling of equality and brotherhood. All
participants were able to give a 5 minute
'Dharma Draw' talk about their particular
service activities. Longer presentations and
various meditations were given by Glen Knape,
Pam Nissen, Richard Randall, Michael Miles, Greg
Tzinberg, Gretchen Groth, Douglas Philhower and
some others.
As there were still many subjects that warranted
further exploration these were itemized. In
brackets after each topic is the person/s who
will coordinate/facilitate it:
1. Difference between 3rd ray and 7th ray
organizations. Goal -> End vs. Cycles &
Recycling (Peggy Wetton)
2. Connectedness - newsletter; Forums;
Website (Adam DeFranco/Jim La Ferla)
3. "Acknowledgement and healing of conflicts
that have occurred within the NS Group Life, in
order to strengthen it and lay patterns of
success for Group Work." (Simone Maudhui/Michele
Logan)
4. Healing Technique (Pam Nissen)
5. Media Language (William Moore/Gustavo Rex)
6. Integrating 4th ray/ Master HI (Gary
Raucher/Richard Randall)
7. Divine economy - Divine Expression of
Economy into one's life and affairs (Fred McEwan)
8. Research expedition to EstesPark - HQ
centre; planning the next gathering (Greg
Tzinberg, Olivia Hansen, Lyn, Pam N.)
It is anticipated that the explorations into
these aspects of the Wisdom will benefit all of
us and that summaries could be posted in future
newsletters.
A survey was sent to attendees after the
conference.
The purpose of the survey was to provide the
planning committee with feedback on the needs of
the group, to be used by the planning
committee towards the next gathering. This was
very fruitful as it was jam-packed with great
suggestions and ideas. Survey feedback was very
positive, with most people wishing there was
more time to share together. The overall
objectives of the gathering were met for most
people, with the sense of fellowship from
hearing everyone speak, and networking, standing
out as very memorable. The energy of the group
moving out into various service projects was a
key component in the overall satisfaction of the
experience, and will be a major focus for the
next gathering.
Thoughts and Comments - from the perspective of
attendees:
"I have never been to a gathering such as this.
In the past I've heard about the 7-rays ones,
but never attended. I wasn't burned out after
this...When I go to a conference with so much
packed in, I get burned out. I think it was
because we are of the same mind with a common
goal; we speak a common language. And it was
the people, too. Most all have done some "soul
therapy," (I am working on mine) and there
weren't too many uncontrolled emotions rampant
and bouncing off the walls (which I think can
make a person really tired after a while.) I
felt gracefully energized." (Wrennie W.)
"There were two goals for the Ojai gathering.
One was successful, in that those who have been
involved in this stream of the Wisdom definitely
graced us with their gifts. The other aspect of
learning about one another I felt unsatisfied
by. I found there was so much content shared
within the time frame that I was unable to take
it all in. I still haven't got a good grasp of
what everyone is doing and in this regard I
think this was a shortcoming to the program." (
Lucinda T.)
"One of our main purposes was to attract and
connect with those who have had Teacher Training
to become a part of the larger group whose
purpose it is to serve humanity through this New
Thoughtform Presentation of the Wisdom. There
is an overall group out there that we haven't
heard from who hopefully will join with us at
the 2009 Wisdom Gathering so that we can become
ONE in purpose and goal." (Pam N.)
"It was great to finally meet in person so many
of my co-workers who I have corresponded with
over the years. It was also interesting to get
a 'real' exchange and experience of their
particular energies that I may have intuited and
sensed in our many inner subjective group
meditations. In a way it was like this Gathering
was some form of externalizing our Synthesis
Ashram and embodying a reality together which is
sometimes very hard to see in our world".
(Adam D.)
I stood on that promontory at the Mount that
stretches toward Ojai in its valley in the
afternoon of the last day. I wondered about the
experience and the purpose of the Gathering.
I'd been surprised at the diversity of the
members and practitioners of the Wisdom that
came together in a single circle. It was like
all these different generations of the Wisdom
for the past 50 years had assembled - maybe for
the first time. And there was the surprise of
people from Lucille's life post The Wisdom -
from her Buddhist period, and from her student
Lois Harris and the Wisdom Foundation. Seemed
like representatives of all aspects of the
Wisdom were coming together - incarnate and not.
It appeared to me that as a group we are being
moved to integrate and synthesize all of the
Wisdom and Wisdom Groups, from Christ through
Masters through Ashram through Wisdom Group,
through the generations of Wisdom Group
practitioners and students (both in and out of
incarnation. The purpose? - moving forward as a
unified Wisdom Group - conscious of our
diversities and activities, supportive of our
common Ashramic Expression in its many forms =
Conscious Synthesis. It was completion and
initiation of our Group Ashramic Life moving
into humanity's lives and affairs. ( Fred M)
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Upcoming Classes |
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 Classes*
Headquarters Group - 60 lessons
Pam Nissen will lead this on-line class sometime in
2008. This will be based on the
classes/transmissions Lucille gave in 1961-62 to her
group which had moved to Colorado with her to set up
the Head Center. Contact: Pam Nissen -
nissenk@spessart.com
Corrective Thinking -40 lessons
John Wayne Kline in Colorado, from the Teacher
Training 9 Class with Pam Nissen will be offering an
on-line 40 Lesson Creative Thinking class in
February, with visual and audio. Contact:
JWK - jwkline@centurytel.net
Nature of the Soul - 40 lessons
Taught in a group setting beginning in early
February.
Classes will be held on Tuesday evenings at: The
Home of Truth - 1300
Grand Ave. in Alameda, CA for more information and
to discuss on-line
opportunities contact:
Greg Tzinberg @ 510 865-1987
gtzin@alamedanet.net
Nature of the Soul - 40 lessons
Online Class beginning mid February 2008. Also a
class,
''Introduction to Meditation''
People will need to be able to attend these sessions
in Ocean Grove, near Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
Contact: Gay Vickers
gayvickers@optusnet.com.au
Soul and Its Instrument - 18
lessons
Study group at the Ojai Wisdom Center, starting
on January 7th. The class will be facilitated by
Lyn Hebenstreit and Tara Blasco. The group will
meet every Monday from 7:30 to 9:30 PM. The
address is: 945 Oso Rd. Ojai, Ca 93023
For more information, please contact us at:
lrh@ojai.net
or tarablasco@gmail.com
Teacher Training On-line Class
With Theresa de Riggs- February (or March) 2008.
Contact:
theresa@akasharetreatcentre.com.au
Path of Initiation, Parts 1 & 2 -
10 & 8 lessons respectively
Online Class with Kadijeh. Date to be announced in
2008.
Contact:
kephera.fire@gmail.com
Online Class with Lucinda
Begins April 6, 2008
Nature of the Soul - 40 lessons
With Joyce Muroaka at the Masonic Lodge in
Garden Grove, California
Starting December 2, 2007 at 1:00 - 4:00 pm
New students are welcome even after start date.
Cost is $18.00 per session. Contact:
ladyronin@dslextreme.com
(714) 630-2349
*For more information on the courses of Lucille
Cedercrans and the publication of the lesson
material, please visit Wisdom Impressions
online.
OPENCENTER, 83 Spring St., New
York
To register: http://www.opencenter.org/content/view/1489/82/
The renowned British teacher and author of
esoteric teachings, Alice Bailey (1880-1949),
produced prophetic writings that penetrate into
a wide range of topics still of great interest
to spiritual seekers today.
A 3-week lecture series
Thursday, March 21: Balancing the Chakras and
Emotions
A look at Bailey's teachings on the chakra
system, the effect of emotional states on the
flow of energy through the body, and practices
to balance and calm the emotions.
Thursday, March 28: Death and Dying
A focus on Bailey's teachings on reincarnation,
death and conscious dying, especially her view
that the inner planes into which we are released
at the moment of death can become known and
understood during life.
Thursday, April 3: Esoteric Meditation Practices
An exploration of Bailey's techniques of
esoteric meditation-spiritual practices to align
our energy bodies with the energy of our soul.
Visualization, concentration, the use of
spiritual mantras, and the importance of the
full moon will all be covered.
Note: Each class will conclude with a group
meditation. $22 per class.
Kathy Newburn worked for 25 years at the Lucis
Trust and the Arcane School founded by Alice
Bailey. She currently teaches classes and
lectures throughout the world on the Bailey
teachings for the Seven Ray Institute. She also
edits The Journal of Esoteric Psychology and is
the author of A Planetary Awakening: Reflections
on the Writings of the Tibetan in the Works of
Alice A. Bailey.
Additional
Upcoming Events
Monday, May 19th, 8:00 - 10 p.m.
The Wesak Festival: The Full Moon of the Buddha
Legend has it that each year at the time of the
full moon in May, a sacred ceremony is held in a
remote valley in the Himalayan mountain range in
which the Buddha returns to bless the Earth.
This is the time of the greatest inflow of
spiritual energy into the planet. Many seekers
throughout the world link up in spirit with this
event and share in the opportunity to receive
and share this blessing. It is as if a door
stands open in consciousness through which light
and inspiration can flow from the Buddha to all
humanity. Lecture, discussion, and meditation.
$10.
Sunday, June 15th, 3:00-5:30 p.m.
MANIFESTING THE SOUL OF THE NATION: Releasing
the Energy of Love
Join us for a panel discussion on the spiritual
destiny of our nation and the ways in which
spiritual seekers from varied traditions can
contribute to a heightened awareness of our
collective opportunity and responsibility in
this year of decision.
This gathering is being held at the time leading
up to the June full moon to cooperate with the
sacred energies released. By joining together in
a spirit of unity and goodwill we can create a
channel through which healing and inspiration
can flow.
The day will bring together lecture, group
discussion, art, music, dance and meditation in
a festival of humanity striving towards the
light. A free event, donations are gratefully
accepted
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