In reality, all humans are prisoners of their own karma, and all humans are liberated by their own karma. This means that the causes initiated by humanity in previous embodiments produce the effects that reverberate in today's world from the personal to the planetary level. And that which appears to be accidental or the configuration of astrology all has but one source - past actions come to fruition according to the law of cycles.
The true teacher teaches the chela how to get a grip on his karma - past, present and future. He shows him how to study the law of causation in his own life and trace undesirable conditions of the present to the core of past actions and interactions with individuals, family members and the world at large. Thus the reactions of the past produce the ramifications of the present; and step by step the chela is taught to withdraw the blackened threads of unwise sowings of the past from the fabric of consciousness, so that he might reap a more abundant harvest in the karma of the future.
To do this, the chela must transcend the former state of consciousness; otherwise he will repeat the same mistakes. To transcend that state, he must break through the paper bag of his own finite consciousness - the dead end of mortal reason in which he has been plodding for centuries of incarnations. So when the student is ready for the breakthrough, the teacher appears.
The Master Kuthumi once wrote to a potential chela about "forcing" the master to receive him. For you see, by cosmic law the ascended masters must accept their chelas whose movements and actions are in accordance with the will of God on the path of self-discipline and self-sacrifice. When the chela, through unwavering service, indeed shows himself to be a slave of the diamond-radiant spirit of God, refusing to bow to other idols of lesser personality, he finds himself face-to-face with an ascended or non-ascended master of the Great White Brotherhood or one of our embodied representatives who will provide him with certain teachings and practical steps to achieve the goal of reunification, whereby the outer consciousness intertwines with the inner consciousness and the soul expresses the full potential of its innate Godhead.
As is often the case, ascended masters remain behind the veil, which simply means that because of a lack of surrender or a lack of development in the chela, they maintain a certain anonymity and prefer to remain elusive to the outer consciousness, almost playing hide-and-seek with the chela. And this is a means of keeping the chela in pursuit of the guru; for it is the pursuit - the intense pursuit - of unity that is the hallmark of the victor.
Over the centuries, those disciples who are willing to fully submit to the ritual known as the "submission to love" have taken the quickest steps, sometimes balancing enough karma in a single lifetime to bring about the nirvanic union we prefer to call the ascension into light. Such a person was John the Beloved, who rose above the twelve by love and was the only disciple to achieve ascension at the end of the Galilean mission.
As you meditate on your place on the path, on the circumstances of your lie - what you are, what you want to be, where you are and where you wish to be - remember that love is the fulfillment of the law of the path of chelaship. And if you would enter that path as the shortcut to self-awareness, you must be fearless in your acceptance of his word "He who tries to save his life will lose it; but he who for my sake loses his life will find it.[1]
He who spoke these words serves today with Master Kuthumi in the position of World Teacher. He is a teacher who has thousands of followers - some devotees, some disciples. But in the strict sense of the word, the chelas of Jesus Christ are few and far between. For a lack of love and for a lack of laying down one's life for one's friends, those who are the future chelas of the Christ, those who could be, fall short of the mark of this high calling.
From the Temple of God's Will high in the Himalayas rings the sound of the ancient bell. It is a call to the humble throughout the world, to servants of the will of God, and to the avant-garde who would wish to carry civilization forward into a new age. Morya calls chelas of the sacred fire who would want to become adepts, followers who would want to become friends of Christ, exponents of the word of living truth, followers of the master, and finally the heart, head and hand of our cosmic entourage.
We seek planetary alignment. We seek to eclipse, to become one with, to work through - yes, to pour the essence of our selfhood into lifted hearts, the chalice of consciousness lifted on high. We already demand it of those to whom we would give our all. The question is, Are you ready to exchange your lesser self for our Greater Self?
The oath that offers much requires much. As you say in the world, you get what you pay for. The price is high, but then you buy the ultimate reality.
I AM a guru of many chelas and a chela of the one Guru.
Morya
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