Those who see the collapse of the old order look forward to the new. The path of chelaship is the path of transition. To those who wish to arrive at the station of the new cycle, we offer answers and a formula - and there is no turning back. In those whose vision of the new day is not tainted by selfishness, there is the burning desire to be free and to make that freedom accessible to all.
For this purpose, the Darjeeling Council in Washington, D.C., established The Summit Lighthouse in 1958. Beginning with simple means but with the torch of our trust, handed down from God and anchored in the hearts of a group of dedicated souls, we built our organization - an outward branch of the Great White Brotherhood, a forum for God's will, a focal point for the purity of the fiery core of that will. Mark Prophet - and later his twin soul, Elizabeth - was trained by me as a messenger for the hierarchy of adepts, which consists of all those who have passed the earthly school of learning with honors.
These are those who have gained mastery over the laws of their own karma and have escaped the wheel of rebirth through the pursuit of Buddhic light. These are the ascended beings, whose souls have been lifted up into the glory of universal and triumphant life. Through their perseverance, through their excellence in self-discipline and by the grace of the Christ, they have become the victors.4 Found wanting in nothing, they have entered through the ritual of ascension into eternal communion with the source of reality.
To ascend to the plane of reality as they did, you need to build up in your soul the thrust of power, wisdom and love. To transcend planes of consciousness, to make the tremendous leap into God's arms, you need thrust. Therefore, draw from the source of life, from the fountain of living light that Almighty God has anchored in your heart, and draw from it the thrust of faith, hope and love.
Whether you are Christian or Jew, Muslim or Zen Buddhist or none of these, know, O seeker of higher reality, that wherever you are you can tread the path of initiation. However, you must take the first step. My responsibility is to lead and protect; yours to follow.
With the full power of your mind and heart and soul, you determine the course of your life. If you wish, the grid of the hierarchy and of initiation can be laid over your course by the hierarchy. If you do not wish to be initiated, if you do not harbor the deep desire to replace the old man with the new,5 if you do not long for freedom, then you are not capable of magnetizing the molecules of our thrust on the path, nor will you have attraction for the spirit of the Great Initiate, who provides not only the trials, but also that which you need to endure those trials well.
The hierarchy steps forward to reveal the truth for this age. We gather the atoms of self-determination. The New Year is the open door for initiation. Our call is addressed to many who have come of age, who are ready to be received by their own Christ identity. Indeed, the Lords of Karma have given the dispensation that a million souls currently in incarnation - a certain million for whom the proper time in their evolution has arrived - will receive a more than usual support on the path of life. These souls will feel the radiance of our word. They will know the presence of the ascended masters. Although still invisible, this presence will be clearly marked by divine guidance and by inspiration leading to solutions to the world's current problems.
El Morya - The chela and the path, chapter 1
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