Understanding Yourself: A Spiritual Approach to Self-Discovery and Soul-Awareness

In every age the great spiritual teachers have established their communities--Gautama Buddha and his sangha, Jesus and his disciples, Saint Francis and his brothers. In this book Elizabeth Clare Prophet draws on the teachings of the ascended masters and her many years of experience as a leader of a spiritual community to present examples of the challenges and joys of applying universal principles of community in the real world. She said, “I wish to bring you a deeper understanding of the meaning of the flame of community. It is the flame of the Holy Spirit, hence it is the flame of love. The figure-eight flow of love that stands between the guru and the chela contains the entire community, and it contains the worldwide community of the unascended chelas of the Great White Brotherhood.”

Mark L. Prophet walked before mankind as a friend on the spiritual path. He illustrated Truth as a day-to-day experience of God that could come to all. For him, the path of Truth led to cosmic consciousness. This book captures Mark Prophet's rare compassion and deep sensitivity. The author, a twentieth-century mystic, shares teaching on the Divine Mother, the presence of love, the eternality of being, and the aura as an expanding egg of cosmic consciousness. Includes a guided meditation for nourishing the heart and the soul.

Throughout the ages, there have been men and women in every race and religion that have mastered time and space, transcended the cycles of karma and rebirth, and returned to the Source of all life. By attaining the goal of life, the ascension, these souls have become Ascended Masters. The Great White Brotherhood is the body of Ascended Masters guiding this system of worlds. Working with earnest seekers in every field of human endeavor, the Brotherhood is setting forth the progressive revelations of God for the Aquarian cycle and expanding the dimensions of consciousness in all who aspire to self-mastery. Behind the culture, history, and religion of America lies the Spirit of the Great White Brotherhood; for by the unseen hand and the very specific guidance of the Ascended Masters, America was born, her independence was declared, her constitution was written. America is the land created as a repository of freedom that millions of souls might realize their potential to become one with God. It is the place where freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom.