Vol. 58 No. 9 - Beloved Saint Germain - May 1, 2015
Pledge Your Hearts, Your Heads and Your Hands to the Light
“Sail On! Sail On!”
As you are standing, ladies and gentlemen, I pray that the infinite grace of the eternal Father will make you aware of the fact that, by a simple act of thought and divine graciousness expressed through your lifestreams, you are able to turn now and to face the light from whence you came. And as you face the light, in much the same manner that a group of young Camp Fire Girls or Boy Scouts sit around an open fire, you will realize that the shadow is behind you and your face is toward the flame. And so, as your Knight Commander, I greet you today with the fullness of ascended master light and love and the dignity of the eternal Father, which rests upon you as a mantle of eternal purity.
Won’t you please be seated.
You know, blessed ones, I expect that the day shall come when I, as your Knight Commander, will have the opportunity of knighting a few of you within this group. Now, I am most anxious to knight some of the gentlemen, but I have not yet decided just exactly what I shall do with the ladies who merit it. But I suppose that when the time comes for it to be fulfilled, the problem will have been solved. For some of the ladies are truly “running a merry chase”1 (if you will pardon my expression), and the gentlemen will find it somewhat difficult to keep up unless they make a valiant effort. But I commend you both.
And I do wish to introduce a note of divine humor occasionally into these matters. For although they are somewhat solemn matters, God is (as you noted this morning) flooded with a spirit of eternal happiness. The addresses of beloved Fun Wey and Amaryllis, the Goddess of Spring,2 were intended to bring a lightness into your step. But I do not expect any of you who are beyond four score and ten to trip the light fantastic or waltz to any of the melodies of Strauss that I inspired.3 And yet, I should be most happy and gracious* to see you do so.
However, I hope that you shall endeavor to do so at inner levels, where you will find it much more effortless to be sprightly. And perhaps I shall have the privilege of welcoming you to our abode in Transylvania,4 where we do occasionally still entertain some of the advanced chelas. For we have not forgotten how to be happy, and I hope that we never will.
Ladies and gentlemen, the compassion of God enfolds you today, and the compassion of God is that which shall change the world by the power of the sacred fire. Mankind, through human sympathies and the pull of the emotions, are often controlled by other individuals. Thus they are not truly free, but they think they are free. And they walk around and tell themselves that they are free, but they are not. For they are victims of a malicious malpractice which is foisted upon them even by those throughout the world who claim to be religious.
Yet I would call to your attention that in the spirit of divine freedom and by the power of the sacred fire, each one, in facing the light of his own divinity, is able to find the purity of consciousness that shall give him full release from all human suggestions or human viciousness.
Beloved ones, you are intended to be free! When “La Marseillaise”5 is played, the people of France find a great stirring and quickening within their hearts. Little do they realize (that is, the average person there) the reason for this activity. They do not know that “La Marseillaise” is a keynote of the ascended masters and that it is truly charged with the power of liberty and the power of the beloved Goddess of Liberty. And yet, you know it! And you are happy, and you feel the pulsation of the beat of freedom.
Beloved ones, what would the mankind of Earth do, in this current crisis and in the crisis which has just passed,6 were it not for the violet flame? I ask you, ladies and gentlemen! The world does not know the debt of gratitude they owe to the ascended masters or to the ascended master activities.
But let us keep them in blissful ignorance until such time as they themselves shall seek illumination. And when they come to drink of the fount of our wisdom, they will indeed drink and they will be merry along with our other chelas. Beloved El Morya, in one of his dictations years ago, referred to the gingerliness of the chelas who said that they were timid and did not wish to open [wide] the door [into our octave]. And they said, “Oh, open the door a little bit, but please do not disturb our world.”
Well, blessed and beloved ones, we intend to disturb your world! We intend to transmute it. We intend to turn it upside down and set it right-side up, because that is exactly what has to take place in order to produce the perfection of God upon this planet!
Ladies and gentlemen, I want to express gratitude to you for the subscription which you have made to this activity, enabling beloved El Morya to have a means wherewith he can get his encyclical before the people.7 And I wish to thank those of you who have made sacrifices and those of you who have pledged from your hearts to this activity some measure of the portion which God has given to you. This is an act of your free will, generously given. And I am certain that the Keeper of the Scrolls, the one who keeps the records of each individual’s life circumstances, events [and actions], will not in any way be unmindful in recording the acts of your own generous impulses.
But, blessed and beloved ones, it is so utterly, utterly important for mankind to realize that the plans of God are awaiting externalization and that today it takes men and women with courage, with dignity, with wisdom, with strength, and with fortitude to call forth from God the necessary energy to accomplish the cosmic purposes upon this earth!
Some of you are aware of the great suffering of Saint Théràse.8 Some of you are aware of how Saint Bernadette passed up the stairs with a great wound upon her leg and continued to scrub floors and perform menial tasks. And yet she did not utter one word of remonstrance.9
Beloved ones, you may not all be Saint Théràses or Saint Bernadettes. You may not all be Saint Germains. But I would like to point out to you that I was not always Saint Germain. There was a time when I was no different from any of you. In the days before my ascension, I was at times filled with a somewhat timorous feeling concerning some of the gargantuan monsters which stood before me and which had to be slain before I could make progress.
These beasts, beloved ones, which are referred to in some of the old fairy tales, are more real than they are fictitious. For invisible creations of the black magicians that existed in those days were fierce to behold and had to be contended with at astral levels. You can be most grateful that these [monsters and] conditions have been transmuted and that you do not have to handle all of the viciousness which we handled in those days.
But, ladies and gentlemen, you are aware that the measure [of darkness] that you are handling today is very great. God indeed does temper the wind to the shorn lamb, but I do not think that you are shorn. For your strength is increasing, and it will increase and continue to do so by leaps and bounds as you maintain a measure of faith and a binding together of your hearts in love toward one another.
You will recall that the twelve apostles10 performed a momentous work in the early days of the Christian era. You will recall also that I myself, when I was embodied as Christopher Columbus, continually persisted across the vicious seas that I faced [as I sailed] into the then uncharted areas of the world, until this land [North America] was discovered.
Beloved ones, there were many times when doubt assailed me, but I continued to cry, “Sail on! Sail on!” And, therefore, those of you who would win your ascension, who would attain the victory of Saint Théràse, of Saint Bernadette and of El Morya, and who would attain ascended master qualities must realize that mastery comes by “sailing on,” by continually doing. This is not for the sake of glorifying your egos. For that, beloved ones, in itself has never brought you [true] happiness, and you are the first to acknowledge it. But [happiness] will come to you when you serve the ascended masters and your own mighty I AM Presence continually.
Now, no one else can do this for you. There are perhaps millions of people on this earth who would tell you that they can, but they cannot. And, ladies and gentlemen, I want you to be aware of that fact—that no one can perform the service of light for you that you can perform for yourselves by invoking and calling forth your own mighty I AM Presence and then by making a call to those of us of the ascended host to assist you in becoming free, even as we are. Oh, there is nothing wrong in calling to us, beloved ones. But I do not wish you to be victims of individuals who will promise you liberty when they themselves are still the servants of corruption.
And so, in this activity, I hope self-reliance will be a medal, a badge of honor, which will be pinned upon each one of you. And I hope that you will tend more to the keeping of your own home fires burning than you will to worrying about the “beacon lights” of your neighbors or the lack of their attainment in achieving some form of recognition from the ascended masters’ octave.
Recognition from our octave comes, beloved ones, because of purity of heart. It comes because it is merited and not because we desire to cater to some individual’s ego. And, therefore, if we choose to honor some blessed individual at one time or another, we dishonor none else. We honor all. Every time an ascended being honors an individual, that one is honoring all of life. For all of life is God.
And therefore I am sure that because of this class many of you will return to your homes fired anew with spiritual and cosmic enthusiasm. You will recognize that your Knight Commander has spoken to you and said: “Sail on! Move on! Make progress! Be exalted! Lift up others! Do the work of the Christ! Assail the hordes of evil, and transmute all over the world the forces of shadow and darkness! And bring victory to this earth!”
And then as this earth rolls through the heavens, it will emit the beauteous tone which it was intended to emit. And the love tone of the earth will be heard in the great cosmic chord, resounding through the solar system and out into the universe of which this solar system is a part.
As I am speaking to you now, there comes from the Great Central Sun a band of magnificent violet-flame angels sent specially to bless this Easter class. They are taking the form of a great Maltese cross.11 And they shall form a band of light around the Washington Monument, with the center of the Maltese cross directly over the tip of the Washington Monument. And they shall radiate out to the four corners of the earth a flame for exactly seven thousand miles in every direction around the curvature of the earth to bless all who are under this canopy of the Maltese cross.
These violet-flame angels have come in answer to the calls of the students, and they shall remain here from now until Easter Sunday is over. And they shall bless the world with a remembrance of him who taught you to do unto others as you would have them do unto you.12
And so I urge you to continue to give the cups of cold water in the name of the Christ13 and, if necessary, to give more material substance. And, above all, I urge you to give of yourselves without reserve. For it is only in the giving of yourselves to your Father in heaven that you can receive the full vestments of his authority and the full release from all that ought never to have been.
And yet when you receive our fullness of light, it shall seem to you as though these things never did exist. And you will shake my hand and say, “Beloved Saint Germain, I am grateful to you for that day, that Saturday afternoon, when you spoke to us and said, ‘Pledge your hearts, pledge your heads, pledge your hands to the light; and the light will serve you in return and usher you in to the beauty of eternal glory.’”
Ladies and gentlemen, I expectantly await the time when I can vest you with knighthood in this sacred order of the Keepers of the Flame.
Thank you and good afternoon.
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This dictation by Saint Germain was delivered by the Messenger of the Great White Brotherhood Mark Prophet on Saturday, April 21, 1962 during the Easter Class of 1962, held in Washington, D.C. [N.B. Bracketed words have been added by the editor for clarity in the written word.]
1. Running a merry chase. The idiom “to lead someone on a merry chase” is a form of expression meaning “to lead someone in a purposeless pursuit.” By “running a merry chase,” Saint Germain is using the phrase in a positive manner, to mean pursuing the path of chelaship swiftly and in good spirits.
2. For profiles of Fun Wey and Amaryllis, see Mark L. Prophet and Elizabeth Clare Prophet, The Masters and Their Retreats.
3. Saint Germain inspired most of the wonderful strains of the Strauss waltzes. In her lecture “Freedom Is a Flame,” Elizabeth Clare Prophet explained that before mankind could understand the meaning of a fiat of freedom, Saint Germain “fed into the...earth the momentum of the violet flame” through the Strauss waltzes, presaging the Aquarian age. She said, “The music of the flame of freedom was released by Saint Germain...while he was busy at work as the Wonderman of Europe, moving as an ascended being among the courts of Europe, coming forth from his retreat in Transylvania, where the flame of freedom is anchored in the Rakoczy Mansion.” She also explained, “The three-quarter time of the waltz has the rhythm of the threefold flame of power, wisdom and love. It is the beat of your heart; it is the actual rhythm of the fire within.” Elizabeth Clare Prophet, The Great White Brotherhood in the Culture, History and Religion of America, pp. 28-29.
4. Our abode in Transylvania. The retreat of the Great Divine Director and Saint Germain, the Rakoczy Mansion, is a focus of freedom in the foothills of the Carpathian Moun- tains in Transylvania, now a part of Romania. For a description of the Rakoczy Mansion, see The Masters and Their Retreats, pp. 455-56.
5. “La Marseillaise” is the national anthem of France (adopted in 1795), composed in one night during the French Revolution (April 24, 1792) by Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle. In the Book of Hymns and Songs, song 724, “Beloved Liberty Flame,” is sung to the melody of “La Marseillaise.”
6.Crises in 1961 and early 1962. John F. Kennedy was sworn in as President on January 20, 1961. A few months later, a covert operation (planned by the previous administration of President Eisenhower) was authorized by the new president. A brigade of Cuban exiles invaded Cuba with the intent of eventually overthrowing Fidel Castro’s communist regime. In two days, the exiles were captured at the Bay of Pigs, and the operation collapsed. It was considered a stunning failure and set-back for the new president.
In late 1961, a stand-off between Soviet and U.S. military forces took place regarding the Berlin Wall. Leading up to this, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev had given the United States, France and Britain six months to withdraw from Berlin. Then, in August, a barbed-wire wall was erected to seal East Berlin and stem the exodus of citizens to the West. These actions nullified the World War II pact (by the Soviets and the Western allies) that gave East Berlin to the Soviets but allowed for some travel within the sectors. The wall was reinforced with cement, and U.S. diplomats were increasingly challenged when travelling to East Berlin. In response to a potential conflict, President Kennedy activated 148,000 troops and increased defense appropriations. On October 27, Soviet tanks faced U.S. tanks at a checkpoint between the two Berlins. The tanks carried live ammunition and any wrong move could have sparked a war. Kennedy communicated with Khrushchev and the leaders agreed to end the confrontation. On October 28, two months after the Berlin Wall had been constructed, the tanks were withdrawn without incident and the crisis ended peacefully. (See also “The Berlin Crisis,” Pearl No. 6, footnote 1, this volume.)
In early 1962, the geopolitical crisis in Southeast Asia was intensifying as communist insurgencies in Laos and South Vietnam, supported directly by North Vietnam and indirectly by the Soviet Union, sought to overthrow existing governments and install communist dictatorships in those nations.
7. See El Morya, Encyclical on World Goodwill: A Report to the Earth, in Mark L. Prophet and Elizabeth Clare Prophet, Morya I, pp. 195-223.
8. Thérèse of Lisieux (1873-1897), French Carmelite nun, known as the Little Flower of Jesus. Born Marie-Françoise-Thérèse Martin, January 2, 1873, in Alençon, France. At 14, Thérèse had such an ardent desire to enter the convent that on a pilgrimage to Rome with her father she boldly asked Pope Leo XIII during a public audience for his permission to enter the Carmel at age 15. He responded that she would enter “if God wills it.” The next year her request was granted by the bishop of Bayeux and on April 9, 1888, she entered the Carmel at Lisieux where she took the name Sister Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face. She became acting mistress of novices in 1893 and considered it her mission to teach souls her “little way,” the way of “spiritual childhood, the way of trust and absolute self-surrender.” Her path was a path of love, for, she wrote, “it is only love which makes us acceptable to God.” Her favorite works were those of Saint John of the Cross, the Gospels and The Imitation of Christ. Théràse suffered tuberculosis, and in the final months of her life she was racked with pain. She said that this was a time of great spiritual trials. Thérèse died September 30, 1897, at the age of 24.
9. Saint Bernadette (1844-1879) was a devout fourteen-year-old peasant to whom the Blessed Virgin appeared eighteen times in a grotto near Lourdes, France. She later served as a Sister of Notre Dame at the Convent of Saint-Gildard, where she performed many menial tasks in the convent. During this time she was often ill and endured the painful and debilitating disease of tuberculosis of the bone. In the last years of her life she developed a large tumor on her knee, which she kept a secret as long as she could so she would not be relieved of her duties (as portrayed in the 1943 film The Song of Bernadette, based on Franz Werfel’s novel by the same name).
10. Twelve apostles. In the New Testament, the term apostle (from Greek apostolos, “person sent”) is commonly associated with the special inner circle of Jesus’ twelve disciples, who were chosen and commissioned by Jesus to accompany him during his ministry. They received his special teaching and training, observed his actions, and transmitted the message or otherwise carried out his instructions. Apostolic lists appear in Matt. 10:2-4; Mark 3:14-19; Luke 6:13-16; and Acts 1:13. The term is sometimes also applied to others, especially Paul, who claimed the title of apostle because he had seen the Lord and received a commission directly from him. This is consistent with the condition in Acts that a newly appointed apostle should be capable of giving eyewitness testimony to the Lord’s resurrection.
11. The Maltese cross. In Saint Germain On Alchemy, Saint Germain explains that the Maltese cross, “emblem of my dedication to the cause of freedom” is “a balanced thoughtform which may be used to illustrate the qualifications of Power.” See “Power Defined” and “The Maltese Cross: Symbol of God-Controlled Power,” pp. 262-64, 271-77.
12. Matt. 10:40, 42; Mark 9:41.
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