Practical Mystic

Ich Dien means I serve. It was the motto of the school of nursing attended by Clara Louise Kieninger. Wherever she served, Clara Louise left the mark of disciplined love even as she set the standard of perfection. Whether on the battlefield in World War I, in the founding of the first school of nursing in Brazil under the Rockefeller Foundation, or as director of nursing in schools and hospitals in the United States, she exemplified the true spirit of nursing-Ich Dien-in all that she did. Clara Louise was also a student of the ascended masters. But more than this, she was their friend. She knew them intimately. Through years of service in the field of nursing, Clara Louise served the body of God on earth, every part of that body, with the honor and the love which she would accord the Christ. As the years passed and Clara Louise was promised her ascension by Mother Mary, her friend the master El Morya requested that she write her memoirs so that sons and daughters of the Flame who would carry the torch of illumination of the Divine Mother could follow in her footsteps. To read the story of her life is to participate in a meditation of discipline, one-pointedness, and constancy on a path of service that was preordained. Her sense of honor, her duty to her God, to her country, and to her fellowman took precedence over all else. To follow the events of her life is to traverse with her the cycles of a service ever renewed as her soul, shuffling off this mortal coil, moved from the finite to the infinite expression of God's consciousness. Download free chapter

The Bible explicitly records the life of Jesus, with one exception-his life between the ages of 13 and 30. Yet, ancient Buddhist scripture records the life of Saint Issa, which astoundingly parallels the life of Jesus of Nazareth. ISSA is a story of Jesus's life during the missing years, his journey through Asia, the power within he had to master and the tests of the heart he had to pass before he could change the world.

Freedom is a flame. It cannot be confined to the realm of politics, religion or philosophy. It encompasses all. Burning within the hearts of men and nations can be found the unquenchable fires of freedom. Throughout the centuries seekers have discovered the way of freedom, the freedom of which Jesus spoke when he said, “Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” How can we achieve this freedom? There are teachers—the ascended masters. Buddha, Maitreya, Confucius, Saint Germain, Jesus and Saint Francis are but a few of the saints and sages who have risen to attain liberation and union with God. They continue to work with earnest seekers who have made the great way of freedom their goal. If you will receive them, the masters offer guidance and instruction. Having reached the summit to which we now climb, they are releasing teachings that lead to self-mastery and the freedom of the soul in God.