"I AM the house of Victory. I AM the house of Victory. I AM that house, beloved, and in my house there is not a mouse. There is neither a dullard. Neither is there one who does waste time."

     What is the Lighthouse, if it is not the House of God? And what is the Lighthouse, if it is not a House of Victory? And why are there no mouses in HIS houses? Because He keeps the traps set, and loaded with bait. And when the mouses come to munch the cheese, whack! One more mouse taken out of circulation.

     Now, it has been said, and you will probably remember hearing this, that when the cat's away, the mice will play. And so, when the Messenger moved out of the house, the mice came out to play. Whoa! Did they come out and play! I see you are nodding your head. We forgot to set the traps! Way to harsh a fate for a cute little mouse! And all the traps were left in the kitchen drawer. And look at them multiply. And the whole house is overrun with them now!

     (Did you see that episode of the Crocodile Hunter, wherein Steve Irwin showed us those granaries somewhere out there, or down there, in Australia overrun by millions and millions of mice? When the grain shoots were opened, thousands of mice poured out. There was no grain! Only thousands of mice pouring out of the grain shoots! And they were still hungry, and if you can believe it, they were ready for even more sex.)

     And what do the Lighthouse Keepers DO? They set the traps! Up and down the stairs of the Lighthouse we set the traps. And when we hear the snap of the trap, we go and look, and see whether the luck of this or that mouse has run out, and if it has, we open the trap, grab the little critter by the tail, and we drop it into the trash can. No solemn ceremonies for the mice. And no more chances for them to multiply.

          And so, what we are about here, is to show, dear reader, when we open a particular granary bin, that there is no grain left therein. Here is proof positive, that the granary of our precious legacy is being consumed behind the warm and cozy blanket of our starry eyed indifference. This is one case in point, but it is not the only one. That's right. A granary has many bins, each one giving you access to one of many grain storage silos of our precious legacy. We are going to open only one here. And when you see that it is empty, at least of all the grain, you can predict exactly what is going on in the other silos.

     In the January 2004 issue of the Church's Heart to Heart newsletter, we were introduced to two new charts of the Presence, tailored specifically for those of the Hindu and Sikh faiths. Let me say, that there are two (2) major problems with the content of both of these charts.

     The First major problem with these charts, is that they both introduce man-made structures, that are placed more prominently in view, and are therefore more accessible, than the original foreground pine trees, and even the lighthouse itself. This is very problematic for the following three reasons.

     A) I will have more to say about the subject of trees below, but notice that the pine tree has a prominent foreground role to play in the original chart. A pine tree is first and foremost, a creation of God, to be sure, created through the hearts and minds of the nature spirits who create only after the patterns of divine beauty. Our connection to them is a very important part of the path. They teach us much about co-creation with God. Those who created these new charts, set the trees back, way back, and placed man made structures in the foreground. This expresses the psychology of the dweller, that places its own creation, above the creation of God, which is primarily the Christ. The Christ (symbolized by the Christmas Tree) is the supposed to be the most prominent and authoritative factor in our lives. But the Dweller says no. It says, let me build more stately sand castles to dwell within and to feel proud about. Make no mistake about it. The vibration associated with putting the human creation above the divine, carries the seed of spiritual defeat, and that vibration is sent out with these new charts.

     B) The first time that man-made structures (apart from the lighthouse itself) found their way into a chart of the presence, was in the TOP organization, run by those false messengers, and tools of the false hierarchy, Monroe and Carolyn Shearer. Following their example, is like following a herd of blind cattle over the side of a cliff. Very foolish.

     C) There is absolutely no reason for man-made structures to show up in the chart of the presence, except for the lighthouse itself. The Lighthouse is an exception, because the Lighthouse has a very well defined purpose. Without the lighthouse, ships cannot make it to safe harbor. The Brotherhood uses this universal symbol to communicate to the world that when the little boat sets out to cross the wide open ocean of samsara, that the danger of shipwreck looms ever present, and that this organization has been established to help them avoid those dangers. It should be noted that these new structures displace the prominence of the lighthouse itself, making that important symbol of secondary importance. And of course, we will talk about that more shortly. And so, in regards to these other structures which have been placed in these new charts, what purpose do they serve? What exactly are these structures? This is left up to the imagination to decide. And this fact alone communicates to the seeker, that there is something in the material creations of man, and even within his own imagination, that are on the same level of importance, as the concept, and the reality, of the I Am Presence, and the soul's relationship to that Presence. This of course, is a false teaching. There is nothing more important than the actual Presence of God, and persuading the soul of this great truth, is what the path is all about. It is tremendously difficult, as it is, to fend off the competing priorities within the swamp of the fallen soul. To magnify the importance of the false priorities of the synthetic self, by planting these upside down principles within the subconscious, can only work to undermine the individual's desire and determination to divide the real from the unreal within his or her own temple. Why set aside the human creation so quickly, when it has some equivalence with the great teaching of the I Am Presence? This is not a useful counter-point to tack onto the mind of any genuine seeker.

     What is the core meaning of the Lighthouse? What is its sole purpose? The sole purpose of the Lighthouse is to serve as a navigational aid. This is its reason for being, no more, no less. The idea here, is to warn ships away from the shoreline rocks that would tear the hull of any ship to shreds. The idea here, is to mark the most dangerous features of the sea route, so that ships will be able to pass them by safely, and arrive in port safely.

     Now, the founder of our movement, the Messenger Mark Prophet, in consultation with the Brotherhood, adopted the Lighthouse as the primary symbol of our organization. In "Memories of Mark", author Annice Booth tells us that after Mark Prophet had arrived in Washington D.C., and put the question to the Master El Morya, as to what the name of the new organization ought to be, a strong wind came through the window and knocked a volume of Longfellow's poems off the table, and when the pages came to rest, Longfellow's poem, "The Lighthouse", was staring Mark in the face. And it was then, that Mark Prophet understood that the name of the new organization was to be, "The Summit Lighthouse." Of course, let us consider how strong a wind needs to be to knock a book off the table. That had to be a very strong wind.

     Longfellow penned this poem at Portland Head Lighthouse in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, that's right, Cape Elizabeth. The name "Elizabeth" has an important meaning to us, because that is the first name of Mark Prophet's twin flame and co-messenger, Elizabeth Clare Prophet.

     The construction of the Portland Head Lighthouse, at Cape Elizabeth, Maine, began in 1787, the very year the U.S. Constitution was drafted. So it is stands at the very nexus of the founding of the new nation sponsored by the Master St. Germain which was intended to be a beacon of liberty unto the entire world. But construction was halted due to a lack of funds, a situation that was not reversed until the new Constitution was ratified, and the new U.S. Government was set up in 1789, and the first President George Washington inaugurated. Shortly thereafter, the U.S. Congress appropriated the money to complete the lighthouse, an appropriation bill signed by President George Washington himself, one illustrious incarnation of the soul who later became the Messenger Guy Ballard, and upon his ascension, the Ascended Master Godfre that we know and revere today. The Portland Head Lighthouse became operational, during George Washington's first term as America's first President, in 1791, and he had the honor of appointing the first Lighthouse Keeper there. (More history).

     Now, the content of this important poem ought to be seriously contemplated. It is our legacy, giving full expression to the universal concept, that the purpose of the Lighthouse, is to warn ships away from hazardous areas. Please take the time to read this poem now aloud, and become familiar with its cadences, and rhythm, and content. Yes, give a little performance right now, for the angels and elementals that stand beside you. They love this poem and they will listen in rapt attention, and with great respect for the words you speak.

     This poem has great importance, because the author, Longfellow, was a previous embodiment of Mark Prophet. And so, who will argue with me, when I say, that for ascended master students, if you are to sufficiently anchor the divine legacy of our movement, that there is a very high priority in committing this poem to memory. Therefore, let there be a competition during every quarterly conference, wherein students will stand and recite this blessed poem, and a prize be given for the best performance.

     One of the earliest uses of the Lighthouse as a symbol of this organization adorned the Pearls of Wisdom. And it was used thereon, in faithful harmony with its universal definition, as a navigational aid for shipping, positioned on the shoreline where it could fulfill its reason for being.

     Look closely, and notice the path that leads to the front door. Please keep this in mind, as well as the trees to the left of the lighthouse. And of course the inland mountains. All of these points will be important later in the discussion.

     Look at how prominent those rocks are. They are big rocks, that will do great damage to the hull of any ship that might be so foolish as to embrace them. And the lighthouse towers above them, and sends forth a very bright light, and that light carries an important message. It is this. Stay away from these rocks by many hundreds if not thousands of feet. Steer clear. Don't come so close as to be caught in the tides that no power of sail can hope to deliver you.

     Of course, there is no mistaking the purpose of this lighthouse. It is right on the shoreline, and it marks an outcropping of rocks that have sunk ships in the past. Make no mistake about it. It is not as if people build lighthouses at every point along a particular shoreline. They normally build lighthouses where ships have a problem navigating safely. Lighthouses are built where ships have actually crashed on the rocks before. Because the losses are so painful to bear, there is an outcry for the building of a navigational aid, to make sure no additional ships and lives are lost.

     The building of the famous Bell Rock Lighthouse, 1807-1810, off the coast of Scotland, by a relative of the famous author, Robert Louis Stevenson, I believe it was his uncle Robert Stevenson, is another case in point. And yes, it still stands, keeping the vigil at its appointed location some 200 years later. Now, here was a sandstone reef, that was 12 miles away from the nearest coastline. Many sailors, surely wanted to believe, that if they were that far away from the coastline, they would be safe. But not so. At low tide, Bell Rock was visible, and in the day time at least, it could be avoided. But at high tide, it was invisible, covered by 16 feet of water, so even in the day time, a ship could be wrecked upon it. At night, there was no margin of safety. Dozens of ships and many many lives were lost because of that rock. And the fact that it lay submerged for half of the day, made it particularly difficult to build a lighthouse upon it as well. But Robert Stevenson was on a mission, and his zeal, and his engineering skills, persuaded the Lighthouse Commission to give it a try, and because they succeeded in building this steady and immovable structure, its beacon glowing brightly by night, an incalculable number of lives have been spared over the last two centuries. This is a superb example illustrating this important principle, that Lighthouses are located precisely where there is danger, where mariners need to have a relevant warning. And this principle is beautifully illustrated in this painting by JMW Turner.

     Now, every reader needs to start paying very close attention right now. You want to see the dweller-on-the-threshold WITHIN YOU close up, and exposed? Then look and learn. Get out your specimen jars, and stand at the ready. Every feeling, every thought that would tend to justify or rationalize the placement of these lighthouses at the mountain top, that is the dweller-on-the-threshold.

Lighthouse in Hindu Chart

Lighthouse in Sikh Chart

     There are three major problems with placing the lighthouse on top of a mountain.

     First, and obviously, when a lighthouse is positioned on the top of a mountain, no longer can it be used to warn people away from shoreline hazards. In this regard, it becomes useless. Behold the useless lighthouse.

     What is that modality of mind that can lapse into that numbness of ignorance, that could allow the lighthouse to become useless? Well, that is the dweller-on-the-threshold, which is in a state of rebellion against Reality itself. It is in a state of denial when it comes to the entire subject area of shoreline hazards. It does not recognize shoreline hazards. It desires only to do what it wants to do, and rejects the idea that there is any danger associated with any of its behavioral choices. And so, this not-self, will minimize, well, it will actually deny, repudiate, abandon, and rebel against that aspect of the Teaching that sets forth the list of shoreline dangers the soul is admonished to be wary off. Why? Because it is wedded, through pride, to dashing itself, lifetime after lifetime upon those very rocks. That's right. And when the Masters say, you must stop doing that, if you want to live, you must stop doing that, the not-self raises the middle finger in a clear expression of defiance, and leaps into the abyss yet again.

     Within the domain of this anti-mind, the role of the lighthouse is not even comprehended. It is not comprehended, because the barriers of rebellion push away the very light of understanding. And so, inside of that dark shell of emptiness, there is a different kind of logic, upside down, operating there, the logic of pride, that will try to use every opportunity to exalt its own superiority (over the Christ, over principle, over even the most humble filaments of understanding). You see, this mind is not using the Teaching for the purposes for which it was intended. It is not applying the Teaching to save either itself, or to save anyone else, unto the victory of eternal life. It is using the Teaching only as a prop to make itself look wise, to make itself appear to be endowed with great spiritual authority. This explains how and why the lighthouse was moved from its traditional shoreline location, to a position on the top of a mountain. Yes, the anti-mind has another purpose for the lighthouse. It has its own definition now, and that is what we see in these charts. It has been twisted, by the upside down logic of the dweller of pride, into a symbol of superiority.

     The fact that the current leadership has allowed this perversion to be expressed in graphic form, speaks to the modality of consciousness they themselves indulge, and this is collectively. The dweller, who refuses to recognize the dangers the masters have warned us to avoid, this is what is in control of the minds of the current leadership. This is what allowed them, one and all, to abandon the definition, purpose, and meaning of the lighthouse. Anyone could have spoken up to turn this perversion back. But no one has. Even if there were perhaps a few people on staff that were not comfortable with the mountain top placement of the lighthouse, they nevertheless refrained from speaking up, and so, we must ask why? Why did they remain silent? Obviously they were convinced, at some level, that there was a higher priority in remaining silent, than in speaking the truth.

     That modality of consciousness that convinced them to remain silent, which convinced those who knew better, that they need not do better, it is the same dweller that perpetrated the original corruption. It is that anti-mind that resides within that hollow and empty shell of pride, its shadowy and mushy interior characterized by that same ignominious ignorance of the law. Yes, the same darkness of ignorance which subjects the soul to the same delusions, to the same erroneous conclusions, persuading it to believe that it can serve the agenda of the dweller, which is always the abandonment of the law, the abandonment of rules, the abandonment of definitions, the abandonment of purpose, the abandonment of responsibilities, and suffer no negative or destructive consequences whatsoever.

     Here are the two faces of ignorance, one aggressive, one passive. On the one hand you have the dweller that inspired this move, and justified it, thereby proudly abandoning definition, meaning, and purpose. On the other hand, you have those who look on, who have the responsibility to speak up and to reverse such corruptions, but they remain silent, abandoning their responsibility to be the guardian of the truth. These are the two sides of the same dweller. The front side, and the back side. They always work hand in hand, one with the other, to bring forth this ignominious fruit of corruption, decay, and collapse within all human organizations.

     And of course, we have several examples of the leadership expressing this dweller consciousness right to our very faces.

     For example, this is precisely what we have in Church Manager Rev. Linda Worobec's performance of a Beatle's tune on the Altar of the Holy Grail in King Arthur's Court on July 4, 2003. And what applies to her specifically in relationship to this event, applies to the leadership generally, because the leadership, to a person was complicit and approving of the corruption.

     Prior to that performance, the Lighthouse stood solidly on a particular section of the coastline, radiating a bright beam of Light, warning mariners away from the jagged and unforgiving coastline rocks associated with sympathy for the fallen angel idols of Rock Music, and with Rock Music itself.

     On the evening of July 4, 2003, Church Manager Rev. Linda Worobec extinguished that beacon, she put it out, made it invisible, made it disappear from the coastline.

     In her performance of a Beatles song on the Altar of the Holy Grail that evening, Linda Worobec moved the Lighthouse away from that particular section of coastline, whereby, the light no longer provides any warning from its designed location. And where did she move it? She moved it to the top of the mountain, and some people are thinking ivory towers I am sure, and not without reason. The mountain she moved it to, is a mountain of falsehood, a mountain of false superiority, yes, a mountain of self-justification. This mountain of self-justification postures itself before us, as if it were the mountain of truth, but it is built up, layer upon layer, by rationalizations only, each one designed to raise the appearance of her behavior, and the behavior of any aspect of the dweller, out of the pit of rebellion, and into the domain of acceptability, and higher, to a false position of superiority over and above the common sense of the people.

     And in the aftermath of this event, many spoke up and demanded that the lighthouse be returned to its original location. These good souls quoted the Teaching, extensively, which sets forth the blueprint for both the lighthouse location, and that of the radiant beam itself which ought to issue forth from the top of it. But to no avail. The entire collective leadership refused to allow the Lighthouse to be repositioned back to its proper location. Not one of them would say that the performance of a Beatles song on the Altar of the Holy Grail was wrong. Not one. If just one had spoken up, and spoken the truth, the Lighthouse could have been repositioned. But they all maintained either the posture of praise for the corruption, or remained silent in the face of it. And so, you see, once the dweller-on- the-threshold moves the lighthouse to the position where its purposes are served, where the Christ is debased, where the truth is debased, and the dweller itself is raised above both, it will not suffer to bend or recant or agree to move the lighthouse back.

     The reason the lighthouse will not be put back, and I am speaking both allegorically and literally, is that all of those who were complicit in putting it there, whether they manifest the aggressive mode of the dweller, or the passive mode, are all caught in the same web of anti-logic which is associated with this dweller consciousness. This anti-logic is characterized by a common misconception of priorities. It is a self-centered, pride based model of priorities, that values the survival of the not-self, rather than a Christ based model, that values the survival of the soul over the not-self. If you place the idea in the mind of any of these individuals that this lighthouse needs to be moved back, the presence of this idea of pure light causes a chemicalization within this web of anti-logic. And the soul reads the rings of chemicalization around this seed idea of truth, and what they read are reasons not to act upon that truth. This web of anti-logic will affirm all ideas that go towards amplifying the posture of personal superiority. After all, this is a web of pride. And those ideas will be acted on. But when it comes to ideas that serve truth only, that serve the Christ only, these ideas cause that chemicalization, wherein rings of reasons to not act form around it. They are literally trapped into outpicturing only that which will in the end cause the destruction of their own souls. And they are blocked, by this web of anti-logic, from doing that which would allow their souls to survive in the Light.

     Now, in the moving of the lighthouse to the top of the mountain, we have two fundamental corruptions, not just one. We have the corruption of the definition of the lighthouse on the one hand, and on the other, we have the corruption of the symbol of the mountain itself.

     This corruption of the mountain has two fundamental dimensions.

     The first is the most obvious, as I have described it. The mountain that is supposed to symbolize truth, has become a mountain of anti-truth, a mountain of self-justification, justification of the rebellion of the not-self, composed of layers of rationalization, false logic, supporting, albeit it on thin air, a particular act which is completely out of alignment with the divine law. The dweller will always turn the shining mountain into a paltry prop, a mere pedestal for the rebellious repositioning of the lighthouse. Remember, that even as we have that exact symbol before us, executed in the region of the graphic arts in the charts above, we are speaking of the geometry of the dweller's mentality, as it exists not simply in the psychology of the current church leadership, but also within the psychology of every fallen soul who has yet refused the opportunity for freedom that the Path of Initiation offers. This first aspect of the mountain's corruption is an expression of the callous opportunism of the dweller-on-the-threshold. It is unthinking, mechanistic, and total self-serving in the most surface kind of way. It is that nearly instinctual king-of-the- mountain mentality. It is pure posturing, based on the deeply felt need to achieve the most immediate appearance of superiority, while remaining oblivious to all of the internal contradictions it retains, which, taken together, exposes the utter emptiness of its assertions. That is, if the internal contradictions could be seen all at once, its assertions of superiority would be exposed as the most grotesque deceptions. That which is in rebellion against the law, cannot be superior to anything. It is life in a state of disintegration, falling into the abyss of death before our very eyes.

     But this callous opportunism, this instinctual posturing for the appearance of superiority, extends from a much deeper corruption of divine principle. Much deeper. It points to the core of the dweller that has totally rejected the essence of what the mountain is supposed to symbolize, of what the mountain is supposed to Be. Here we are talking about a core rejection of the essence of truth itself.

     The mountain is supposed to symbolize the very highest truth. The mountain is supposed to symbolize this truth, that the soul, beginning in the deep and shadowy valley's below, can climb again to the very summit of life, to the very summit of being. And therefore, the mountain is the quintessential symbol for the Path of Initiation. When the Masters placed a mountain on the first Chart of the Presence, that was the meaning they intended to convey. When the Ascended Masters put the title, "Climb the Highest Mountain" on book one of their everlasting gospel, written down by their Messengers, Mark and Elizabeth Prophet, that was the meaning they intended to convey.

     The Path of Initiation encompasses the entire climb, from start to finish, upwards towards the summit of being, through the process of surrendering the not-self into the radiance of the Light of Christ. The not-self simply put, represents patterns of allegiance to falsehood. The Christ, simply put, represents patterns of allegiance to truth.

     And the greatest truth is this. The soul who keeps its attention locked upon God will live, and live forever. The soul who allows its attention to be drawn away from God, will die. The greatest falsehood then correspondingly, which the fallen angels would have the children of God adopt, is that the soul, who takes its attention away from God, will not surely die. That there exists the possibility of life, apart from God. This lie was sold to a vast number of souls in the great rebellion which precipitated the great fall. And in the aftermath of the fall, the hosts of heaven launched the largest redemptive effort the cosmos has ever known. The center of the redemptive effort is the Path of the Initiation, the mountain the soul can climb, to regain its heavenly estate.

     The mountain, and the Path of Initiation that it symbolizes, is also the symbol of divine forgiveness, and the symbol of the very hand of God, extended to the soul as a real potential for redemption, embodying this immutable promise, that there is way home for the fallen soul, if it will only surrender its allegiance to falsehood, and allow an allegiance to truth to be reborn within it.

     And so, we climb the highest mountain by surrendering our allegiances to falsehood, and by taking on, a new found allegiance to the truth.

     For example, through the study of the Teaching, we come to understand that we must surrender that within us which does not respect God, and to work with the Masters to bring about the reignition of that flaming awareness that is dynamically alive with respect for God; to surrender that which does not hold God in the highest esteem, for the consciousness that extends to God the highest esteem; to surrender that which does not honor God, for the consciousness that always honors God; to surrender that which does not appreciate God, for the consciousness that always appreciates God; to surrender that which is not grateful to God, for the consciousness that is always grateful to God; to surrender that which does not feel affection for God, to surrender that which does not admire God, for the consciousness that allows the soul to feel that affection and that admiration towards God; to surrender that which does not adore God, for the consciousness that adores God always; to surrender that which does not cherish God, for the consciousness that cherishes God always; to surrender that which does not love God, for the consciousness that loves God always.

     These are just the first steps up the mountain. It is a very high mountain, and the climb is quite steep. To stand at the top of the mountain, is to stand merged with the Reality of God. It is to stand at that place where the soul's awareness penetrates into the infinity of God's creation, and touches the beauty and majesty of every square inch of that creation.

     Of course it is true, at least in most cases, that the soul does not turn its face to God all in one great 180 degree swivel. This is done incrementally, as the soul chooses to come into alignment with basic principles first. Though, it is also true, that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. That was one of Mark Prophet's favorite sayings I believe.

     The climb to the mountain top is a metaphor for the acceleration of consciousness into these domains of greater and greater cognition of the Reality of God. But there are always two halves to the whole of divine cognition. On the one hand you have the reality of God that registers on the soul. This is a beauty that is infinite in all conceivable dimensions. The registration of that beauty occurs within a chalice of awareness. And the shape of that chalice is respect. The shape of that chalice is esteem. The shape of that chalice is honor. And so forth. As these chalice geometries become more deeply and precisely defined, the soul can retain the awareness of God's reality over longer and longer stretches of time. Therefore, the mountain top is a metaphor for a state of Being, wherein the soul has learned how to take on and hold all of the proper chalice geometries, within which, within each chalice, the reality of God is the only thing that resonates, achieving thereby a clarity of perception which is absolute, wherein the only thing that the soul perceives, is the beauty of God everywhere. Not just the beauty of the creation in terms of its manifest qualities, but the beauty of the law that undergirds it, and the beauty of the purpose for which it came into being.

     I would just say this. Anyone who understands the path in this manner, would never be so presumptuous to position themselves at the top of the mountain, in as much as it is understood that the top of the mountain is reserved to those who have achieved the total fusion with the Christ Identity that comes to us after the Ritual of the Ascension.

     Now, there are degrees of fusion the soul can and must achieve prior to the Ritual of the Ascension. I have just named a few. Beginning with respect. Continuing with esteem. Advancing further with honor. And so forth. Each step up the mountain represents such a degree of fusion. But while yet in that state of incompleteness, the soul experiences each point of fusion as a point of communion with a certain subset of the whole. Not the whole, but a piece of the whole. And I would point out that this subset consciousness will remain with the soul, up to the very hour of the Ascension. Now, the soul may very well have many subsets of the whole within its possession before that hour, and should. But no matter how many subsets of the whole you have in your possession, you do not have the whole. This is a very clear distinction. Just as the climber can sometimes see the summit above him, as he inches up the shear granite walls, he remains clearly cognizant of the fact that there is yet much ground to traverse between here, and there. And as the summit comes into view more and more clearly, it becomes clear, that the summit represents the state of total fusion with God-Reality that only the Ritual of the Ascension can deliver. When the soul arrives at the Summit, never again will a veil cover its eyes.

     And so, the summit of the mountain is a very sacred place. It is place for those who have passed every test, and been victorious all the way home.

     And the current leadership has used that sacred place as a display pedestal for their rebellion, as a display pedestal for their willful abandonment of the role and the mission of the lighthouse. And yes, as a prop to telegraph to the world the superiority of the dweller-on-the-threshold consciousness that they indulge.

     Therefore, this mountain top placement of the lighthouse communicates a definite ignorance when it comes to understanding what the path is all about. No surprise there. But it also communicates a certain bold presumptuousness on the part of all who have agreed to this mountain top placement. But that is no surprise either, because if the dweller is anything, it is presumptuous, or shall we say, readily willing to usurp positions of authority, to which it has no lawful right to possess.

     To have placed the symbol of our entire organization at the top of the mountain, is to gather together the entire membership within their domain of ignorance, misconception, irreverence and rebellion. The use of this symbol challenges every one of us to either confront the corruption of the law that it represents, or to accept it. When we accept it, we are drawn into it. Therefore, the power of this misplacement to corrupt the minds of hundreds and thousands, and perhaps millions, is immense.

     What is it, within us, that will use the Path itself, as a prop, to make itself look superior in the eyes of other people? It is the dweller of pride plotted on the 3 o'clock line. This mountain top placement of the lighthouse is a blatant symbol of the spiritual pride that has taken complete control of the minds of the current leadership. It speaks of a condition of total darkness posturing itself as total spiritual authority.

     Perhaps there are many in the leadership who will say, "Well, I had nothing to do with this." But this is the truth. Most looked at this, and said in their hearts, "Well, I have no problem with that. I am ok with this mountain top lighthouse. It adds nicely to my own sense of superiority. I am happy to be reminded that I am associated with the highest teaching on the earth. It makes me feel good." For the dweller of pride, these sentiments substitute for the truth. These sentiments sweep the truth off the table, and make it of no consequences whatsoever. The truth in this respect is the enemy, which would rob the soul of this category of ego stroking sympathies. It can only be the dweller of pride that would vibrate with any degree of sympathy for this mountain top lighthouse. It is the hallmark of the dweller of pride, that it can be comfortable with the abandonment of fundamental definitions, especially in those cases wherein the greater purpose of self-exultation is being served. I have already spoke to the subject of those who might have registered some degree of discomfort with this but who chose to remain silent.

     In this mountain top lighthouse we have expressed one of the most common and fundamental characteristics of pride, and that is the sincere belief that an appearance of superiority is far more important than adhering to rules, and laws, and definitions. This is the principle which the lighthouse on the mountain communicates. It says, I am superior, even as I abandon the rules. This expresses the core character of every fallen angel. I am superior, even as I abandon the rules. And of course, the situation regarding Rev. Linda Worobec expresses the very same principle. Prior to July 4, 2003, the law was clearly understood. The Masters required their students to sever all sympathetic connections with the authors and purveyors of Rock Music. But on July 4, 2003, Linda Worobec willfully, and consciously, abandoned that law. She wrote down a new law. This is her new law, her new standard: Sympathy for the Beatles is now ok. And absent the original warning beacon, many ships have been wrecked upon the coastline rocks of sympathetic attraction to the forces of darkness. And does she not yet stand above us saying clearly, that "I am superior, even as I abandon the rules"?

     Now, her departure from the law in this respect, is of the same magnitude, as that associated with moving the lighthouse to the mountain top from its original position on the coastline. Many objected to her departure from the law in this respect. But in the aftermath, she refused to bend to the law, she refused to return the lighthouse to its original position. She stubbornly retains her superior position, that Beatles on the Altar are OK, and she also retains her superior position as Church Manager. Her behavior mirrors exactly the symbolism presented to us in this lighthouse on the top of the mountain.

     When you move a lighthouse to the top of a mountain, it is not a lighthouse anymore. It is a false lighthouse.

     And so, from this superior position, the relocated lighthouse radiates a beacon, but the beacon is no longer communicating the original message, but a new message.

     The original message of the shoreline lighthouse communicated truth. It told the soul, if it was ever to reach the summit of being, the not-self must be surrendered.

     The new message sent abroad by the mountain top lighthouse, communicates falsehood. It tells the soul, that the not-self itself, arrayed in its colorful robes of rebellion, can stand at the summit, in fact the very summit of power, of prestige, and authority. And from that position of authority, the not-self can be in the possession of, and in control of, the highest teaching the world has ever known. And in the realm of appearances, these upside-down images have a certain power to persuade. But the message is an illusion, because the message is predicated on rebellion. Look at what the message is built on. It is built on the abandonment of the divine purpose of the lighthouse itself. To raise the lighthouse up into that position of superiority, to give that appearance of superiority, they had to abandon the mission of the lighthouse.

     When the lighthouse is at the top of the mountain, the lighthouse cannot fulfill its reason for being.

     And therefore, from its new position, the beam that radiates from the lighthouse, is not actually light, but it is a beam of darkness. It proclaims the superiority of the rebellious ego, while many ships are wrecked on the coastlines below, for want of the necessary warning beacons.

     Art has always been used as a primary avenue for the fallen angels in their quest to destroy the divine orientation of consciousness. Music is one form of art. Our Church Manager Linda Worobec is certainly familiar with that. Painting another. And you can be sure that as Church Manager, that she oversaw every step of these new chart designs.

     Both art and music, can be used to purvey words, and the principles they embody, in distorted and corrupted forms. The form of a lighthouse depicted in art, impresses the image of a lighthouse upon our minds, which in turn invokes the word, and its associated definition from our memory. The definition at first, comes forth whole. But when the Lighthouse depicted in art does not conform to the definition in memory, the mind will store the new definition, this one representing a corruption of the law. The form of a mountain depicted in art, impresses the image of a mountain upon our minds, which in turn invokes the word, and its associated definition from our memory. The definition at first, comes forth whole. But when the mountain depicted in art does not conform to the definition in memory, the mind will store the new definition, this one representing a corruption of the law.

     The definition of a word, is like the bone structure of the body. You cannot expect the body to stand, if you remove the bone structure. Definitions in this respect, are organizational principles within the mind, from whence ordered thought and actions proceed. Destroy or confuse definitions, and you limit the individual's ability to produce orderly thoughts, thereby crippling the individual in terms of his or her capacity to act in the world of form in an orderly, constructive, and purposeful manner.

     In placing the lighthouse at the top of the mountain, they have removed the bone structure from the meaning, definition, and purpose of both the Mountain and the Lighthouse. And as noted above, this will corrupt the soul's relationship to that aspect of the Teaching for which the mountain is a symbol, and for which the lighthouse is a symbol.

     In regards to the Lighthouse, to corrupt this symbol is to compromise the soul's relationship to that aspect of the teaching which admonishes the student to take shoreline hazards seriously, both in terms of their own personal voyages, but also in fulfilling their responsibility to give necessary and appropriate warnings that will allow others to cross the ocean safely. The will to fulfill this important aspect of the teaching is weak in all souls who are just finding the path anyway. The corruption of this symbol will further weaken resolve in this area.

     In regards to the mountain, in as much as this is a general symbol for the Path of Initiation itself, to corrupt this symbol, is to compromise the soul's relationship to that aspect of the teaching which admonishes the soul to prepare to be tested, to pass its tests, specifically in regards to the identification and surrender of the not-self. To compromise the symbol of the mountain, is to compromise the soul's relationship to the entire path, for there is no path without the surrender of the not-self. It is difficult as it is to find the will and the determination to pass difficult tests. There are always great pressures to hesitate and to put off the tough decisions. The corruption of this symbol has the effect of further reducing the will of the individual to make the hard choices. Why make the hard choices, when you have this powerful message that tells the soul, that your rebellion can have a place at the very top of the mountain? Yes, let your own rebellion stand at the pinnacle of authority within your own temple. I mean, it is so righteous after all. There is no need to unseat it.

"By injecting distortions of the divine art into the consciousness of the people, they were able to capture their minds and emotions and to divert their attention from the Presence, causing their energies to flow into matrices of dense desire." [Mark L. Prophet and Elizabeth Clare Prophet. Climb the Highest Mountain. Book One. The Path of the Higher Self. Pages 110 and 111. Copyright ) 1972, 1977, 1986 Summit University Press. (Fourth Printing 1979, p. 89)]

     Now, as to the Second problem with the placement of the lighthouse on top of a mountain, again, at the most basic level, everyone knows what the purpose of a lighthouse is. And therefore, that meaning is communicated into the consciousness of the person who looks at this. But, in this regard, in terms of the placement of the lighthouse on the top of a mountain, this sends a very destructive subliminal message. And it is this. Because a lighthouse is used to mark navigational hazards, the mountain therefore, must be a navigational hazard. Therefore, steer clear of the mountain. In other words, steer clear of the Path. Steer clear of actual communion with the masters and God. Steer clear of any and all tests. Especially steer clear of any idea, or thought, about passing your tests. Of course, this is the message the dweller sends to the soul. And this is the message sent to all who take in the image of this mountain top lighthouse.

     I am hoping that more and more people will begin to understand why it is so important to hold our leaders accountable to the precepts of the Path of Initiation. If you don't hold them accountable, they will become fused to their dwellers, and then the message of the dweller will be transmitted to the membership in everything that they do, yes even in the product of the graphics art department, expanding thereby the preeminence of the dweller consciousness throughout the entire membership as hundreds and thousands ingest these destructive subliminal messages, resulting in the incremental destruction of Christ potential, and leading to the complete failure of the Ascended Master mission.

     As to the Third problem with the placement of the lighthouse on top of a mountain, again, at the most basic level, everyone knows what the purpose of a lighthouse is. Here, notice that the Lighthouse, positioned as it is, on the top of a mountain, is also positioned above a harbor in both cases. Harbors are supposed to be places of safety. This sends a similarly destructive subliminal message. The lighthouse marks the harbor as a navigational hazard, therefore, it sends this message, steer clear of safe harbors. What is an example of a safe harbor? One safe harbor is obedience to the law written into the Teachings. So, steer clear of the teachings, just like the current leadership has done, when it comes to their own personal actions. In terms of the plans and purposes of the false hierarchy, this is exactly the kind of message they would approve of. But, as far the purposes of the Masters are concerned, this is a very destructive message.

     The Lighthouse is a symbol with a very well established historical meaning. This much is crystal clear. It means only one thing. It is a navigational aid. And that is exactly how Mark Prophet, the first Messenger, caused the Lighthouse to be depicted in all publications. When people see it depicted in a manner that abandons traditional meaning, this sets up the vibration of confusion within the psychology of the soul. Confusion is a perversion of the mother light at the base of the spine chakra plotted on the 6 o'clock line. Where there is confusion, the light cannot rise to illuminate the crown chakra. Moreover, when the light cannot rise, the soul awareness cannot be lifted up to the nexus of the heart, which is plotted, on the cosmic clock at the nexus of the 6/12 axis and 3/9 axis. This is the point of strength, cohesion, and peace, at the nexus of the four blue flame cardinal lines. Where there is confusion therefore, the light of the heart cannot manifest itself. The cohesion, stability, and peace that people are supposed to experience when they confront the teachings will not be able to manifest. And therefore, because it is only the light of the heart that can bear witness to the value of the Teaching, many true hearts will be driven away. The destructive nature of this mountain top depiction of the lighthouse is very substantial indeed. Clearly it draws into the organization those who are comfortable at the soul level with the confusion that this image portrays. These are not lightbearers. This is how the fallen angels at the top, draw their own kind into an Ascended Master organization, overpopulate it with people who are literally brain dead, when it comes to the harmony of the Christ Consciousness, and as true lightbearers object to their continuing corruptions, it is the true lightbearers who are thrown out.

     The history of our organization began with the establishment of the Summit Lighthouse. After that was added the Keepers of the Flame Fraternity. After that was added Church Universal and Triumphant. This is a very orderly progression. The Summit Lighthouse, publishes the Teaching, which provides the appropriate navigational aids so that seafarers can find the safe harbor, which is obedience to the law. But once the safe harbor is found, that is not the end of the journey. That is only the beginning. There is still the Path of Initiation to walk, and it begins on level ground, and the path leads the soul overland to the base of the Mountain. That is the role of the Keepers of the Flame Fraternity, and the Keepers of the Flame Lessons. The path has just as much to do with the issue of Becoming the Real Self, as it does with the issue of avoiding the pitfalls of the not-self. The juxtaposition of the two defines a path of testing that leads the soul to the base of the mountain. And this path is characterized by tests passed, not failed, within the domain of illumination. Once the student arrives at the base of the Mountain, the climbing begins, and that is the purpose of Church Universal and Triumphant, providing the atmosphere of collective divine worship, and service before the Altar of the Holy Grail, which is required to actually climb the mountain.

     And finally, we have the Inner Retreat, which is the place of great encounters set aside for the mass ascensions that will follow once the Teachings of the Ascended Masters becomes a household word in America, and throughout the nations of the earth. Yes, millions flock to the Teachings because they feel the pure radiance of hearts transfigured within the furnace of divine obedience.

     Now, if one wants to serve in the Lighthouse, one knows exactly where it is, and it is easily accessible. You take an overland route to where it has been built upon the sea shore, and one can enter into service to other souls, who are yet out at sea, by tending the lighthouse, not on a mountain top, but on the sea coast, at the edge of the astral ocean, where so many ships are trying to make the crossing to the safe harbor.

     The actual light that powers the lighthouse, well, of course, that Light is derived from the Summit of Being upon which the Ascended Masters stand. The Light of Ascended Master hearts, through the heart of the Messenger, has crystallized into many diamonds, giving us the published teaching. When the student assimilates the Teaching, building thereby a soul fabric composed of those very same diamonds, but now returned into the domain of radiant light, he or she can become a lense through which the Light of Ascended Master Hearts can shine into this darkened world. Yes, the heart of the student, merged with the heart of the Master, combines to generate the Light of the Summit Beacon, which, in terms of the organization, remains at the seashore, to continue the all-important task of guiding lost souls safely into port. In this regard, the soul becomes one of the genuine Lighthouse Keepers.

     And what Lighthouse Keeper would ever consent to removing the lighthouse from the shore, to the mountain top, where its very purpose is totally defeated? No true lighthouse keeper would ever consent to that.

     Obviously, those who have been involved in the repositioning of the Summit Lighthouse, from the seashore to the mountain top, have no internal conception of what the Lighthouse is for. And these are the people who are leading this organization today. These are the people who conceived of this move, who approved this move, and who flaunt this move in front of our faces, as if they have done something good and useful. This is the delusion of the carnal mind, all decked out, with the fraudulent baubles of spiritual pride as noted. They look at their positions. "Wow", they say in their hearts. They marvel at the grand titles which grace their humble names. "Wow", they say in their hearts. They look at their shining golden hands which rest deftly upon the many spoked helm of Maitreya's Clipper Ship. "Wow", they say in their hearts. And they think moreover, that after breaking every rule in the book to get into the positions they now hold, that only the most wise would ever be allowed by God to steer Maitreya's Clipper Ship along its course. You see, the illusion of divine approbation is derived from the trappings of the very offices they have usurped! As if the robes in the closet a king makes. And the illusion of self-importance, the illusion of their role in the victory of the organization, based on these same visual parameters, is equally empty of any substance.

     This particular issue, lays bare before the eyes of the entire membership, that state of consciousness that has grabbed hold of the minds of those who lead this church today. It is blatant and unreserved spiritual pride. Pride describes the posture of the dweller, that has raised itself up into a position of authority, above the Christ. It usurps a higher position in the scheme of things, than that which God has assigned to it. This usurpation is expressed, by the leadership of this church, in the act of raising the Lighthouse from its appointed role as navigational aid upon the coast line, to a place of false prominence upon the summit of the mountain.

     Remember the saying of the Master. The greatest among you, will be the servant of all. That is what is meant by the Summit Lighthouse. The highest light, standing its vigil upon the loneliest shores. Therefore, in the Summit Lighthouse, we have the principle expressed, that the highest is actually the lowliest, and at the same time, the most steadfast too. The Lighthouse Beacon, which carries the knowledge of the Teaching, allows you to make it safely to your home port, and then to travel the path overland to the base of the mountain, from whence, the great expedition, the final expedition to the Summit of Being is launched. Yes, Climb the Highest Mountain. Those who have reached the Summit of Being, even if they have spent only a few brief moments there, know that as their Light is added to the Summit Beacon, that the Lighthouse itself must remain on the shoreline, yes down low, so that it can continue to serve those who are trying to cross the raging astral seas.

     And remember, the central purpose of the Lighthouse, is to warn the ships away from the rocks that will tear their hulls to shreds. The parallel to the spiritual path is exact. All of the additional teaching, the overland path, and the great expedition to the summit of the mountain, is useless, if the ships don't make it past the navigational hazards, into port.

     And in this removal of the Lighthouse from the coast, to the mountain top, we have expressed therein, the rebellion in the hearts of our leaders, who have refused to serve, as God, and the Masters, require that service. Again, I point to the performance of a Beatle's Tune, by our Church Manager, (Rev. Linda Worobec), upon the Altar of the Holy Grail in King Arthur's Court on July 4, 2003. The great warning light the Masters put forth to telegraph the fatal danger associated with any amount of sympathy with Rock Music, was extinguished by this individual on that day. The duties of her office required her to stand fast on that piece of coastline where the lighthouse was originally built, and to shine forth the warning light at that location. But she refused. She picked up the lighthouse, to remain associated with its stature and authority, and put it on top of a mountain of rebellion that she had already built a mile high. And from way up high, she beamed forth a new and different message. She said, a little sympathy, a little adoration in fact, of this wonderful little Beatle's tune will be helpful to us. In this, she has guided many ships right onto the rocks. This was a tremendous betrayal.

     Remember where we began this exposition. When the cat's away, the mice come out to play. And they have the run of the whole household, within and without. These are the mice that get into the granary, and they eat all that is stored there. And they multiply, and they multiply, and they multiply, and pretty soon, there is no grain left. This deep reservoir of meaning associated with the Lighthouse, this is one aspect of the legacy left to us by the Messengers, by the Masters. And you can see, that in the minds of the current leadership of this church, that granary is now totally empty. They have no sense of value for the original and traditional location of the Lighthouse. If they ever had that sense of value, it is now totally gone. That granary has been emptied. And by placing this image before the people, the mice are allowed to eat from the larger granary of spiritual value, right out of the minds of the people. Until, a day will come, and you will ask this person, or that person, what is the value of having the Lighthouse at the shoreline, and they will say, it is more important to have it on top of the mountain. We want the people to know that we have the highest and most superior teaching. This is what is important. And so, their response will tell the sad story, that their granaries have been emptied as well. They have no will, no desire, no recognition of the need to stand in defense of what is truly valuable.

     It's time we set our traps. The population of mice that have overrun the granaries of our church, must be turned back. And when we catch one, we must reload the trap, reset it, for the next mouse to come along. Remember, a mouse is a symbol for the principle of mindless consumption. They consume and consume and consume without a thought for what tomorrow will bring, without a thought for what the grain was first intended for. Whenever you see a person consuming the promises of the Masters, filling themselves up with the comfort they derive from their association with the highest teaching on the planet, consuming the light of the genuine students, but refuse to recognize the responsibilities associated with the fulfillment of those promises, you have a mouse, a point of mindless consumption which, in the presence of food, will continue to multiply.

     Now, moving the lighthouse, from the shoreline, to the summit of the mountain, is clearly an act of rebellion. And let us see how colorful and pretty they can make an act of rebellion appear, and yes, how far and wide they can make it spread and multiply, so that all the members of this organization will swallow this seed of ultimate destruction without a single voice raised in opposition.

     Here is the main header graphic in the heart to heart newsletter. Notice, that they have now adopted this lighthouse on the mountain, as their symbolic flagship. Look at how pretty it is, and yet, understand all the while, that it is a picture of rebellion. The extent of the rebellion that this represents is made clear by the simple comparison of this image with the original image of the lighthouse in the chart of the presence (reproduced above) where it is positioned in the traditional shoreline role as a navigational aid. Again, behold the useless Lighthouse. Behold the Lighthouse that refuses to serve in the location originally assigned by God.

     Yes, you have a bright light in the doorway, and that is appealing, but there is no way to get to it.

     These people are really into sending very destructive subliminal messages. It plants the idea in the mind, that the lighthouse is inaccessible at best, dangerous to approach at worst. Who would approve of that message, other than members of the false hierarchy? I am very serious here. This implants within the mind a barrier to the assimilation of the Teaching. This barrier keeps all the important principles in the Teaching from being assimilated, keeping all the higher realities at arms length within the region of intellectual abstraction. There is no freedom associated with abstractions, I can assure you.

     Where is there a person in the leadership who will take a stand for what is in the best interests of the Ascended Masters, and the promulgation of their Teaching? If they are there, they are silent, keeping their wisdom locked tight inside of their hearts.

     Remember, above, where we set forth the depiction of the lighthouse on the Pearls of Wisdom? Remember, please, that I pointed out the fact that the artist went to the trouble of making sure the reader got the impression that the lighthouse was on solid level ground, and that there was even a path that led up to the door. The message of accessibility was clearly drawn into that image, and it was done so consciously. That message is completely lacking here. But more importantly an opposite message of inaccessibility is communicated here, with the surrounding ambience of danger, and even fear.

     This is not complicated. Set yourself up a focus group of 100,000 people. Ask all of them a simple question. Would you try to get through the door of the lighthouse, as depicted? And to a man, to a woman, they would all say NO. Why? There is no way in. There is the promise of nearly certain death if you try. Its right there, in front of our faces. It requires no oblique interpretations.

     This issue of accessability represents the additional ring of chaos projected by this image. You have an appealing light in the doorway, and the soul is attracted to Light, but there is no way to approach that Light without falling to your death. This sets up a very fundamental vibration of confusion and chaos within the subconscious mind.

     Moreover, I pointed out to the reader, that to the left of the lighthouse (in the original Pearl of Wisdom depiction), the artist had drawn in trees. Trees are things that people love. Trees are very accessible parts of God's creation. Trees offer us many things, like wood to build our houses, and wood to fuel our campfires, and if we don't chop them down, they give us shade on a hot day, and fruit to satisfy our hunger, and perhaps an even deeper psychological stability, in as much as we know that trees produce the oxygen we need to breathe. By adding trees to the drawing, an image of comfort is placed in the mind of the student. This helps the student approach the Lighthouse. But what have they done here? They have placed cold snow all around the lighthouse. This is like the proverbial cold shoulder. And they have placed the lighthouse up there, way up yonder, where we know the air is very thin. How many people have died trying to climb to the Summit of Mt. Everest because they did not bring along enough bottled oxygen? There is a long list.

     Now, why is a lighthouse called a lighthouse? Who lives in a house? People live in a house. It is called a lighthouse because one or more persons live there, tending the beacon day by day. The depiction of trees in the rendering just referred to, makes this association. Obviously, in the mountain top lighthouse, there is no one home. There is no one home, because no one can get into the door. When there is no one home, it is a very lonely place. And moreover, when there is no one home, there is no one to tend the beacon. Very Freudian, I must admit.

     Moreover, I pointed out to the reader, that in rendering the lighthouse which adorns the Pearls of Wisdom, that the artist made an effort to depict a PATH that led to the lighthouse door. On the Chart of the Presence, of course, this was not possible to depict given that the lighthouse is located at some distance down the coast, but nevertheless, given that the lighthouse is on land, and on level land, you can deduce the truth, that there is certainly a path to that lighthouse. Here they have abandoned the PATH. That's right. This is just an echo, crystalized before our eyes, of an inner truth, that is clear enough. They have long ago abandoned the Path within, the Path of Initiation that would have produced the fruit of INNER LIGHT, yes, even the light of common sense itself, which would have made these images impossible to execute, let alone to display before the eyes of the membership.

     Now, the leadership appears to be so enamored of this image, which carries this seed of rebellion, that they are using it in more and more places. They are so PROUD of this new look and this new location they have given the lighthouse, that they printed it in full color on the entire front side of their latest stewardship mailing (February 2004). Like so:

     And of course, they are using it on the Summit Lighthouse website too, as you can see here:

     The clearly stated message of inaccessibility, in terms of the snow cover rock face high on a mountain top, is the most prominent message sent by this artistic rendering.

     On every other page throughout the TSL website, the connection to the ocean is dropped entirely. What is all important, in all the other depictions, is to show the lighthouse on the top of a mountain. In other words, to make the point that this is the Summit Lighthouse, in a literal sense, in other words, this is the highest lighthouse. This is the lighthouse that is above all others. It is the only lighthouse in the world, that resides on the summit of a mountain. Therefore it is the highest, and I suppose that so many people on staff, and throughout our membership, simply go along with this, because they think perhaps, that they are communicating the idea that we have the highest teaching. But the image contradicts this for the reasons we have already stated. Not the least of which, is that the greatest among us, is the servant of all. As you can see, the mountain top lighthouse serves no one. In that position, it is totally useless. To serve as intended, the lighthouse must be on the coastline. It must remain located where the lookouts, on those ships which are yet out at sea, can spot the light, in such a position, and in such a location, that they will be able to steer safely around whatever hazard that would otherwise have claimed their ship in a disastrous wreck.

     This, by the way, is how the lighthouse is depicted on every other page throughout the TSL website. It gives the clearest impression of being high up on a mountain top, in the clouds even. Isn't it amazing how a beautiful drawing can communicate the concept of total disconnection with reality? All the captains of all the vessels on all the seas, are all scratching their heads. What are you doing up there? What good are you doing up there, when we need you on the coast line, to mark the hazards, so we can make it into port safely? But those who love this rendering, do not hear those practical words.

     What kind of people will this depiction attract? It will attract those who place great stock in appearances of superiority, those who are ruled by the dweller of pride already, those who are looking for another badge of honor to pin upon their own chests. Look at me, I have the highest teaching. Aren't I just wonderful to behold? Indeed.

     This is the modus operandi of the false hierarchy. They want the children of God to swallow their distortions, and perversions of common sense. And just like empty food is loaded with sugar to get the children to gobble it down, so too can these empty images be arrayed with a visual allure that inspires the eye to gobble it down just as quickly. As these seeds of mental and emotional chaos and confusion are anchored in the subconscious of otherwise good souls, they cannot find inner peace, and because of that, they have only one place to turn for stability in their worlds, to outer symbols of superiority on the one hand, and on the other, to outer leaders who give them (false and baseless) assurances that everything is ok. And in this way, filling the children of God with the very substance of ignorance regarding the dangers that are coming fast upon them, the hordes of shadow lead the children of God not just away from the Path of Initiation, but into a greater darkness of astral confusion and finally death, as those dangers overtake them, and consume them.

     Of course, the popular culture is full of examples of this practice of distorting reality. Look at what they did with the word "gay". That word used to be a positive, wholesome and innocent word, describing the pure happiness of innocent childhood. Look at how they are using the rainbow as their symbol. And now look at what they are trying to do with the word "marriage". Once the distortions start, they keep pushing for more. So it is in every dimension of life, and so it will be in the life of this organization. The process of distorting truth has already begun in a major way.

     We must devise, within this organization, those institutional mechanisms that we can invoke as necessary to arrest these trends of corruption before they are allowed to go too far.

     And so, that is the challenge we are facing in this organization right now. Those who cling to the idea that these leaders have divine authority, are the very ones who have swallowed these distortions of common sense. These distortions interrupt the proper operation of the mind. Under the influence of these distortions, they can't think, they can't reason. They are confused. In that inner state of confusion, there is no stability, but only fear, only anxiety. Where do they reach for stability? They can only cling to the false promises of these imposters. Somehow, they think that their salvation rests upon their loyalty to those who can so readily trample the Teaching, important traditions in this church, and common sense along with it. I don't claim to understand them. I only know that they are driving this organization into the abyss of spiritual failure.

     Nothing I have said here departs one inch from the domain of pure common sense. Yet, the wall of resistance and opposition to acting on these observations, and reversing course, returning to the path of truth, you will find to be nearly impenetrable. The pretty appearances will carry far more weight in the minds of the leadership than any of these substantial observations. And again, I ask the reader to consider what is that mind, wherein the vanity of the physical eye rules? It is the carnal mind, the dweller of pride on the 3 o'clock line, and that substance of rebellion, that produces the idolatry on the 4/10 axis. Their minds are not capable of locking into the value of these observations. If they had been capable, we would not be talking about these images today. And so, what they have done, they have done, and they will stand in endless self-justification regarding what they have done, even though it breaks all the laws of common sense. This tells you exactly who is in control of this organization at present. It is not the Ascended Masters.

     For those who sense a glimmer of understanding taking hold within their minds, fan the flame I say, draw courage from it, and stand with us in defense of the mission of this organization. Join us in our daily recitation of the Ritual of Exorcism for the casting out of these forces of darkness from the leadership and even the larger membership of our Church. That's right. Don't leave. Stand your ground with us, and keep the vigil at the altar for the casting out of these tools of the sinister force from every department of our organization.

     My friends, an APE is an ANIMAL. Animals represent the energy of God trapped in imperfect forms. An Ape cannot walk the Path of Initiation, nor ever hope to become a point of healing power in the earth, nor ever hope to attain to the Ritual of the Ascension. It is impossible. To have an animal form like that in the Chart of the Divine Presence, is simply a sick and audacious joke perpetuated by the false hierarchy who yet maintain levers of control, puppet strings if you will, right into the minds of those who should have thrown that ape face out, long ago. But hold onto your hats, and get ready for the chorus of those who have this untransmuted momentum of animal worship still vibrantly alive in their electronic belts, who will now rush forward to safeguard this precious focus of upside down energy, yes, right in the Chart of the Divine Presence.

     Before proceeding, allow me please, to place onto the record, the fact that the Subliminal Ape Face was not always in the Chart of the Presence. Here is a copy of the Chart of the Presence, that appeared in the second printing of Climb the Highest Mountain, in 1973. This is the only chart that Mark Prophet knew. If you look closely, you can see the 1964 copyright notice at the bottom right.

     I am resurrecting this issue of the subliminal ape face in the chart of the divine presence, because it represents a profound parallel to the situation we are facing, as the membership is being asked to come to terms with an actual rebel in their very midst, a center of rebellion from which much destruction is being perpetrated upon the entire organization, yet wherein, that rebel is covered all over by all kinds of appearances of power and authority and righteousness, and the people have a very very hard time dividing the real from the unreal in this situation. Where confusion reigns in the minds of the student body, you can be certain that the flame of victory will never get a foothold there.

     This was exactly the case with the presence of this subliminal ape face in the chart of the Divine Presence. I brought this issue up more than three years ago, in March of 2001, and published a statement concerning it in the Footprints section of this Journal. Click here to see the original statement. But no one wanted to come to terms with it then. And there was one person who actually tried to make it look like the artist had some kind of a divine inspiration, which is completely absurd. God our Father, and Mother, nor their adoring Sons and Daughters, our Brothers and Sisters, who we know as the Ascended Masters, would ever inspire an artist to place a subliminal image in such a crucial place, where it could only have the effect of planting a seed of defeat in the minds of God's little children here on earth.

     Let's review what was said at the time, and the images that I published at the time. First, this was the statement of discovery that I recorded in my journal on March 28, 2001, which was published in Footprints:

"     I was just looking at the snow covered mountain on the Chart of the Divine Self that is depicted to the left of the Tube of Light. I just noticed that if you change the orientation of that snow covered mountain from its present horizontal position, and rotate it 90 degrees to the left, that you have the profile of a ape face! I think that should be changed. That could not have been intentional. Certainly one can draw a mountain that doesn't look like an ape face. We noticed this during this (3x) divine revelation recollection affirmation: "The endless fields of divine wisdom revealed to me by the Great Divine Director." 3/28/2001 Wed."

     That's what I recorded in my journal on that day. And I made reference to what I was doing when I discovered this. Of course, I was in the midst of a regular decree service, seated before the altar, and I was engaged in what I call a Divine Revelation Recollection Affirmation. This is how a student Holds Fast to that which he, or she, has received. You make the effort to remember it. And you make a concerted effort to affirm it. You set aside time to do this. And that is what I was doing at the time. This is the most perfect form of obedience there is. The particular divine revelation that I was affirming, was one in which, some time previously, probably during calls to the Great Divine Director, I was shown "The endless fields of divine wisdom ..." as noted.

     The message in this for me, was that it was both obedient, and wise, to do whatever it takes to get that subliminal image removed from the chart of the presence. No case can be made that it serves a useful purpose, and a very large case can be made that it serves a destructive purpose. So why doesn't anyone do anything about it? Well, the same thing can be said of Linda Worobec's performance of a Beatle's tune on the altar of the Holy Grail, in King Arthur's Court, on July 4, 2003. No case can be made that it serves a useful purpose, and a very large case can be made that it serves a destructive purpose. So why doesn't anyone do anything about it? There is a common reason why the student body cannot come to terms with either. It is a combination of idolatry, fear and doubt, and confusion, which happens to be the classic perversion of the water trine on the cosmic clock.

     If you have not figured this out before, the number 666 refers to the perversion of the water trine. This is the mark of the beast. The number six by itself, refers to the six o'clock line, and the three six's refer to the three points of the water trine anchored there on the six o'clock line. Idolatry on the 10 o'clock line of God-Vision. Doubt and fear and records of death on the 2 o'clock line of God-Mastery, and indecision, hesitation, and confusion on the 6 o'clock line of God-Harmony. Why is it called the mark of the beast? Perhaps it is as simple as this. The vision of a beast induces fear, which causes the collapse of the light of the spine, which causes the soul to run away. The beast retains control of the battlefield.

     You don't think the false hierarchy understands the perversion of the water trine? They do. They continuously throw rocks into the pond, so that a mirror surface, parabolic in shape, and pointed towards the sun, will never be able to form.

     These are the images that I first published back in March of 2001. The Images were scanned from a 21 in. by 36 in. laminated Chart of the Presence. A significant amount of detail has been lost in the scanning process. A lot of excess image clutter was introduced when the image was converted from a bitmap to a jpeg image. Nevertheless, on an actual Chart, the APE FACE is clear, and it is clear even on the wallet sized chart:

     I take this to mean, that the person would need to stand North East of Mt. Shasta, that would be on the Nevada side, having the state of Oregon at your back, looking South West, towards the distance ocean more or less. I looked through Kevin Lahey's photo's, and I found a few taken from that perspective, and I reproduce one of those here. Please visit his website to see all the various faces of Mt. Shasta. They are many.

     The artist had an array of choices to depict Mt. Shasta, but he chose the one that was most likely to appear as an ape face. No other perspective of the mountain could produce such an effect. And if he had produced this perspective faithfully, it would be difficult to see the ape face at all. But he made certain adjustments, as noted, so that the ape face would be as clear as day. Why? Does it matter? Probably not. Though we could probably say, and this accurately, that the ape is a beast, and a beast is a representation of the dweller on the threshold, and we all have that beast lurking in our electronic belts from one extent to another. The idea is to call for its binding, and to be watchful that we never express it. Here it has been expressed. Let that expression be erased. What matters now, is that the image of the ape be removed.

     I am aware, because I have heard this argument already, that the ape is some kind of a divine symbol in eastern religions, and perhaps the Masters desired to have this divine symbol displayed on the most important chart that we have. This argument can be easily refuted. The Masters have never said anything positive about apes or monkeys. Nothing. Please review their statements with me. First, this statement by Sanat Kumara:

Vol. 42 No. 34 - The Ancient of Days - August 22, 1999 International Resource Conference 1968 Architecture of the Spirit: Engrams of Light from on High      When you understand talismanic magic, you will also understand how it is being used today in the world of form. Each symbolic outpicturing of psychedelics manifesting in the world today, together with the misuse of color, is an abortion of the pure color ray that we on Venus would bestow upon the earth--this beautiful planet that we love, our Terra.      We of Hesper, then, would create new worth in men, a sense of cosmic architecture, noble, grand, and then would build each soul in this fair land to understand the need to be an architect of freedom in the world. But what will you make yourself free from? From all of the negative energy in the world that has been sustained by the dark ones. They have created it. They sustain it and they have spread their symbology in psychedelic art all over the world and are promoting it now even in your television programs so that commercial advertisers also seek to bring these psychedelic swirls, these reverse spirals, these awful manifestations into being because they are a form of talismanic magic. Avoid them as the plague. Simply to gaze on them has a tendency to bring you into that activity. It opens up Pandora's box into the psychic realms of horror. It creates and recreates abortions of the Cosmic Law. It enslaves the world and seeks to keep men underneath the paw of the ape , of ape creations, of slave creations, of darkness, of blackness, of density and of violations of the Law. In the name of freedom they seek this awful thing and manifest the strangeness of the sting of human horror and its creative manifestation.      We would free the world tonight from that blight, that bane. Tonight we would invoke our flame into the world order to seal the door where evil dwells, to put the stone of the Christ over that opening and say, "Never shalt thou be anymore. Retreat into your caves of darkness and horror, into your material realm where you will be consumed. For the atoms of light substance within you must be released by the fiat that rolled away the stone on Resurrection Day!" [This previously unpublished dictation by The Ancient of Days was delivered by the Messenger of the Great White Brotherhood Mark L. Prophet on July 28, 1968, at the International Resource Conference held in Los Angeles, California.]

     Now, here is the Messenger, Elizabeth Clare Prophet, referring to an ape, in a lecture to Summit University students in 1992:

Vol. 43 No. 31 - Elizabeth Clare Prophet - July 30, 2000 Mother Teaches Summit University Meeting Your Inner Master      The traits of consciousness, the conditions of consciousness that make you and me unacceptable to the inner Master come out in the very course of the work. "My Father worketh hitherto, and I work," <2> and as we work with one another, as we get under a department head who we think is a fool or an ape or a bozo who doesn't know what he's talking about and we know much more than he does, we forget that we came to Maitreya's Mystery School. And if we choose to serve here, we will serve under the person nearest to us in the stage of our karma and the stage of our dweller. We may think that we're much smarter and better than he is but, as a matter of fact, he is the best medicine we'll ever have because if we do it right he will bring us humility and expose our human stubbornness.      People who have been around a long time get outraged because another staff member may comment on what they're doing or not doing. Yet I have encouraged every staff member to treat others equally, to gently remind one another when someone is in a wrong vibration and then to accept a correction from that one's Holy Christ Self.      We want to be certain that we give that correction in love, but even if somebody comes along and bawls you out or criticizes you in a harsh manner and it's not done well, learn from that person. I have made my enemies my, quote, "masters" and have listened to every last thing a self-styled enemy has said against me or about me and evaluated it objectively. Forget about the hatred that came with it or the condemnation. Is this or is this not true? Is Maitreya giving me a lesson? One of the very first lessons I got from Mark Prophet that came through El Morya was "If the Messenger be an ant, heed him." We love the saying but we still have to obey it. You never know who is the instrument and best friend of your own inner Master who tells you something that upsets you tremendously and causes you to say, "How dare you speak to me in that manner!" If you see yourself having that kind of a reaction to someone, that is when you start identifying pride. It can be when something is said to you that you really can't take because you are insulted.      So meeting the master is not only meeting your point of limitation but it is also having to meet the master in unexpected places. It can come with the most unexpected points of wisdom that someone gives you, even though you think that person knows nothing about the teaching and came in yesterday. [This is the conclusion of the Messenger's teaching on Mark L. Prophet's lecture, "Meeting Your Inner Master," given to Summit University Winter Quarter 1992 on January 30 and February 7, 1992, at the Royal Teton Ranch, Corwin Springs, Montana.]

Vol. 28 No. 2 - Beloved Archangel Michael - January 13, 1985 The Judgment of Peshu Alga      The highest mountain of your divinity is your crown chakra. Go then! Go to the Royal Teton Retreat! Go then to the Himalayas! Go to the highest mountain, Mount Everest, and find the rest and peace of the Buddha, the eye of the Mother. Find the strength and find the perception that directs the ray of God into the core nest of seed of Serpent still carrying on their habit pattern of destructivity midst the children of the Sun." [This dictation by Archangel Michael was delivered through the Messenger Elizabeth Clare Prophet on Saturday, December 29, 1984 (1:31 p.m. PST), during the 6-day New Year's Light of the World Conference, at Camelot. p. 17-18.]

     Here, we have the Master Jesus Christ refer to an ape, in the course of a discussion of Robert Louis Stevenson's story, Jekyll and Hyde.

Vol. 40 No. 35 - Beloved Jesus Christ - August 31, 1997 Easter Retreat 1997, 16, Embrace the Guru      All it took was a tinge of prideful thought and down he went, so great was his investment in evil by that time. He was revolted by his plight: He thought of Hyde, for all his energy of life, as of something not only hellish but inorganic.      This was the shocking thing; that the slime of the pit seemed to utter cries and voices; that the amorphous dust gesticulated and sinned; that what was dead and had no shape, should usurp the office of life.      However, now one of the components of his potion had run out. But the original supply of this component contained an unknown impurity that turned out to be the needed active ingredient. And this ingredient was no longer to be found anywhere in or around London. So he could no longer reproduce the original formula.      The good Dr. Jekyll was doomed to live out the remainder of his days as his own nemesis, subject to the apelike spite and murderous craving of Edward Hyde.      As I am in silence, I am surveying levels and compartments of your beings, your chakras, your lifestreams. You cannot withhold anything from me, beloved, for I am your Lord and I see all things. [The dictation by Jesus printed in this Pearl of Wisdom was given by the Messenger for the Great White Brotherhood, Elizabeth Clare Prophet, on Sunday, March 30, 1997. (N.B. This dictation was edited for print by the Messenger under Jesus' direction.)]

     Here is another instance in which the Messenger, Elizabeth Clare Prophet, referred to the ape:

Vol. 33 No. 12 - The Messenger - March 25, 1990 Prophecy for the 1990s, III, by Elizabeth Clare Prophet 9, Why We Are Vulnerable to Returning Karma: The Abuse of Mother Earth and the Loss of the Aquarian Age Mandala      Then there is the problem of genetic engineering.      What will be the response of Elohim in this day and age when and if scientists in their laboratories should again combine the genes of humans and apes to produce a slave race, as was done, according to Zecharia Sitchin's research, 300,000 years ago? According to Sitchin's book The 12th Planet, ancient Sumerian texts tell the story of the creation by Nephilim of the first Homo sapiens as a race of primitive workers. According to Sitchin's interpretation of the texts, the Nephilim were alien beings who came to earth in spacecraft. He says they fertilized the egg of a female Homo erectus (or ape man) with the sperm of the Nephilim, and reimplanted them in the wombs of female Nephilim.      Mark Prophet described this process before Zechariah Sitchin ever wrote his books. The story of the creation of "mechanization man" is in our paperback book, The Soulless One, and was also published in the 1965 bound volume of Pearls of Wisdom, The Mechanization Concept.      Those who have eyes to see can see that genetic engineering has gone on for hundreds of thousands of years on this earth and other planets.      Well, on May 14, 1987, it came to light that scientists in the United States and other countries have been secretly experimenting with the very same techniques of artificial fertilization. A professor at Florence University in Italy said that scientists are capable of cross-breeding a female chimpanzee, fertilized with human male sperm, to create a new breed of "slaves" to perform menial tasks. We haven't heard any update on this story since then but clearly there are scientists who are determined to pursue these experiments. The when and the if are here. How do you suppose Almighty God and his servants, the Lords of Karma, will respond to this new beginning of a new slave race? [ "Prophecy for the 1990s III" is based on a lecture given by Elizabeth Clare Prophet May 21, 1989, at the Sheraton Centre Hotel, New York, updated for publication in the 1990 Pearls of Wisdom.]

     Here is another statement along these lines from Beloved Enoch, this time referring to the Darwinians, who, as you are well aware, try to convince the people of the earth that we are all descended from apes.

Vol. 24 No. 5 - Beloved Enoch - February 1, 1981 The Class of the Archangels - God Has Sent the Seven Archangels for the Rescue of the People of Light on Earth, II, The Elect One Cometh At the Convergence of Golden-Ratio Spirals Ascending and Descending      And whence cometh the lesser creation? It is also the product of genetic manipulation.      And therefore one can look back and further back and discover these self-styled Darwinians <26> who, in the very origination of the evil of their hearts, <27> determined to enslave the Christic Light gainst whom they rebelled in the courts of heaven.      Thus there are levels of rebels called fallen ones.      And the Watchers represented a class all of their own who responded to the lust of power, to the mockery of God, to the entering in of the misuse of the life-force itself.      Beloved hearts, these fallen ones have never, never in eternity to the very present hour of my speaking to you repented of their deeds. They, therefore, have stolen the essence of the sacred fire and in it sought to deify the lesser self to enthrone it and to dethrone the Godhead and its entire hierarchy. Against the absolute misuse of Life itself, there is no forgiveness, there is no mercy. For to forgive would be also to endow that creation with a permanent place in God's own being. But this perversion of God cannot dwell in God. And therefore it cannot dwell anywhere.      Thus in the hour of the harvest, <28> my beloved ones, there comes forth the intensity of Light that calls unto itself. And by the accelerated speed of light passing through the golden-ratio spirals ascending and descending, there is produced then the separating out of all misuse of the very seed of Christ! And thus, this creation that is neither here nor there must cease to be. For in the very beginning it has chosen not to be but only to propagate the antithesis of God who is Life which is death and the death consciousness. Endnotes: 26 . In their linkage of the ape with the seed of fallen angels they created the link between theanimal and the human race which they later as reincarnated Darwinians used to prove their Darwinian theory of evolution thus intimidating the children of the Light (the Christic seed) to believe that they are of the animal creation.

     There is another important lesson in the words just quoted that I would like to underscore. Whenever the behavior of anyone begins to look like this: " ... these fallen ones have never, never in eternity to the very present hour of my speaking to you repented of their deeds." That person should be very concerned. This describes the behavior of Church Manager Linda Worobec.

     Now, having displayed all the instances wherein the Masters have mentioned apes, we will move from the "ape" to the monkey, being a related animal creature. We will look at what the Masters think about monkeys. And the first statement, we take from the very same dictation by Archangel Michael that I referred to above, in relationship to the crown chakra as the highest mountain. Here, the Master refers to the monkey three times.

Vol. 28 No. 2 - Archangel Michael - January 13, 1985 The Judgment of Peshu Alga , The Archangel in Prayer before the Eternal Father      Now, beloved ones, change is the alchemy of this conference and this new year the alchemy of the violet flame. If you desire to be a new creature in Christ, then you must forsake the old creature. You cannot have both. You cannot become the new creature and carry the old image on your back.      We take no monkeys into our chambers; and the old image is the monkey mind and the monkey imitator who can never integrate with the Word because the vessel is not adequate, the chalice cannot prevail. Thus, I ask you to symbolically take a step forward where you are, even in place, to sense the dropping from behind you of the old self, to sense that there are cosmic moments, there are moments of destiny, even as I had my moment of destiny to choose to move on in a most painful parting that I myself had to undergo the parting from one who determined to follow that Lucifer, the fallen angel. And therefore, I had to stand alone and move on and forsake that one. [This dictation by Archangel Michael was delivered through the Messenger Elizabeth Clare Prophet on Saturday, December 29, 1984 (1:31 p.m. PST), during the 6-day New Year's Light of the World Conference, at Camelot.]

     Here is another reference to a monkey.

Vol. 28 No. 24 - Beloved Surya - June 16, 1985 Easter Conclave at Camelot, "Come, leave your nets I will make you fishers of men." VII The Sun behind the Sun      Why, the human being alone is nothing but the monkey mind, nothing but the evolved animal. It takes far more than this to change the course of men and nations and civilizations! And therefore, let us leave off from thinking that we will ever accomplish this by the mere mortal manifestation of selfhood. Thus, I urge you to rise beyond it, to believe you can rise beyond it, to know you are rising beyond it, and to know that the Sun behind the sun of manifestation truly the Son of God shining in all His strength <20> is your divine Reality. [This dictation by Surya was delivered through the Messenger of the Great White Brotherhood Elizabeth Clare Prophet on Easter Sunday, April 7, 1985, during the 5-day Easter Conclave at Camelot.]

     Again, the mountain is the symbol of the summit of being, which is the crown chakra, or shall we say the divine mind. And yet, it is depicted in the shape of an ape face. So the mountain, in this shape becomes the symbol of the ape mind, which is far worse than the monkey mind, which the Master admonishes us to leave behind.

     Here is an interesting point brought out by Sean Prophet, during those years when the Masters still stood between him and his own dweller.

Vol. 30 No. 36 - Sean C. Prophet - September 6, 1987 Expos‚ Rock and Roll in America Open Warfare by the Seed of Darkness upon the Children of Light, Part I Heavy Metal: Abuse of God-Power      We do not allow heroin addicts to remain addicted just because it is their free will. Neither do we blame them for their continued craving for the drug. They have a "monkey on their back," and we should take a stand for them and against the monkey . The addict will hate us in the moment but thank us profusely upon regaining his senses. [This lecture by Sean C. Prophet was delivered on Thursday, July 2, 1987, at FREEDOM 1987 in the Heart of the Inner Retreat at the Royal Teton Ranch, Montana. It was edited for print by Sean C. Prophet and Elizabeth Clare Prophet for this week's Pearl with material taken from a lecture delivered by the Messenger on February 21, 1982.]

     Here is one of my favorite quotes, again from a lecture given by the Messenger. It is just dripping with irony.

Vol. 31 No. 7 - Elizabeth Clare Prophet - February 14, 1988 New Year's Retreat at the Royal Teton Ranch VII The Race for Space America, Accept the Challenge to Master Time and Space for Saint Germain!      One of the key reasons the Soviets are ahead in space is sabotage. And our people, our government and our media are absolutely unwilling to see or to do anything about it when it parades before their wondering eyes. It's like the monkeys , "See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil," and that's the prevailing metaphysics of this country: pretend it isn't there, see nothing of war, hear nothing of war, speak nothing of war. Don't look at what the enemy is doing, don't listen to what he's really saying, just think peace, think it hard, see peace, see it with all your mental might, and enter into dialogues of peace citizen-to-citizen via satellite and believe with metaphysical faith that peace will come because you have willed it so. [Based on a lecture by Elizabeth Clare Prophet delivered on January 3, 1988, at the Royal Teton Ranch, Montana, updated for print as this week's Pearl. ]

     We have so far covered apes, monkeys, and now, we can look at what the Master St. Germain has to say about "dumb beasts".

Vol. 23, No. 46 - Beloved Saint Germain - Nov. 16, 1980 A Victory Celebration, Almighty God is the Winner!      Thus God holds in store for each and every one of you who catch the vision of the Mighty Blue Eagle in this hour that there is indeed a mighty eagle soaring over America! It is the formation of legions of light. You can join them, if you will! You can seize the opportunity—as some elected officials have done—to ride not upon the coattails but upon the wings of light of the Great White Brotherhood. . . . . .       You are not dumb beasts! You know how to sing and praise God and affirm his name. And I assure you that no one has ever entered the courts of heaven without this as the antecedent to the victory.

     Now, let us turn to the issue of subliminal seduction. The Masters have spoken to this. Let us consider the sense of danger they attach to this modality of visual communication.

Vol. 25 No. 70 - Beloved El Morya - December 31, 1982 A Mighty Release of the Heart       Now, I have told you that this magazine is Climb the Highest Mountain, and we have published in its entirety, according to the direction of the Darjeeling Council, the chapter one, "Your Synthetic Image," so that the world might have the undiluted truth. First is the image of Jesus Christ and his teaching, then the synthetic image of where the people are, and then the powerful exposé, that is given concerning subliminal seduction in advertising–selling products to the subconscious mind.

     Just one more reference to the issue of subliminal seduction. That reference comes at the end of this excerpt. I have included some additional material preceding that, which speaks to several of the fundamental issues that we are dealing with here.

Vol. 18, No. 43 - Archangel Raphael - October 26, 1975 Vials of the Seven Last Plagues, IX, The Judgment of the Carnal Mind as the Seat of Authority in Mater       And so it is with the flame of truth. It brings all things to the fore of consciousness–the elements of the mind and of the emotions, the substance of the subconscious as well as physical densities. When the ray of truth is used as the catalyst, that which is unseen becomes the seen. And the disobedience of Lot's wife precipitates the pillar of salt, that all who seek to raise up the feminine ray might know that obedience is the key to godly alchemy. . . . . .        I come forth from the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony. And the heavens are opened this day as I pour out from the golden vial the wrath of God upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom is full of darkness this day; and those that worship the beast shall gnaw their tongues for pain and blaspheme the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores; yet they repent not of their deeds. This vial contains mankind's wrathful misuses of the fifth ray of life and the science of life, of healing and healing truth, and of the abundance of the immaculate consciousness of the Cosmic Virgin. All of this the fallen ones have taken to create the beast of the carnal mind sitting in the seat of the soul. Now we unseat the carnal mind! We dislodge it from its moorings! We cut it off from the light of the soul! No longer shall it vampirize the solar energies of the sons and daughters of God. It has laid claim to earthly existence. Let it stand this day before the Court of the Sacred Fire and present proof of its origin, its lineage, its heritage.      Let those who rely on the carnal mind as the seat of a human authority and a human personality prepare themselves to give testimony before the Four and Twenty Elders. Let them receive our warning that all that proceeds out of the light of the logos and all that is of God, showing forth allegiance to Alpha and Omega, will live in the eternal kingdom. And all that is of the world must receive the judgment of this world. . . . . .        While the souls of mankind prepare to make right choices, the structures and the superstructures of the fallen ones come tumbling down; for their foundation was in the seat of the beast, whose kingdom is filled with darkness. . . . . .        And let all that has been precipitated out of the astral plane, out of the collective subconscious, out of the seat of the beast, be challenged by the sword of truth! . . . . .        Behold, mankind, now is the accepted time! Now is the day of salvation! Now let those who are contributing to the pollution of the body of the Mother through the manufacture and sale of alcohol, cigarettes, marijuana, and every harmful drug be exposed! And let them repent of their deeds. Let the selling of sex and the promotion of products accompanied by subliminal sex symbols be exposed! And let those with bloodstained hands repent of their deeds.

     And as to the issue of subliminal seduction, the Archangel says, "Let the selling of sex and the promotion of products accompanied by subliminal sex symbols be exposed!" He is talking about sex here. But the general principle applies to the use of subliminal advertising to promote any destructive concept, principle or image.

     What is the subliminal effect of having the all important mountain summit shaped in the form of an APE FACE? Given what we know about the impact of subliminal imaging, it's very likely that this subliminal image reinforces, or adds to, the soul's existing electronic belt momentum of confusing the Dweller on the Threshold with the Real Self. This means that its effect tends towards failure on the path, rather than victory on the path.

"There is a great responsibility in holding any concept in your mind, because as the concept is, so will the manifestation be." Mark L.Prophet, Elizabeth Clare Prophet, The Masters and the Spiritual Path, p.52

     Throughout American society are already spread the diabolical tentacles of Darwinism, everywhere they choke and squeeze the very light out of the minds of the people, in terms of least their own native common sense. This Darwinism, an origin myth inordinately twisted and diverted away from the sunlight of divine hope, though taught as science fact, holding that man has evolved from apes, already colors the collective mind with this false and destructive principle which holds that good can evolve out of the carnal, material, lower nature. And so, enter Ape Mountain to affirm the validity of these pre- existing chains, causing them to hang the heavier upon so many innocent minds. Having this false principle ratified by the image of Ape Mountain, and thereby anchoring it more firmly in the subconscious, makes what is already difficult, more difficult, requiring even more effort, than would otherwise be necessary, to gather up the determination to divide the real from the unreal within the temple of the soul. This image strengthens human pride, because Darwinism represents the very apex of human pride, which is to say, that false logic that embodies the greatest rejection of the soul's relationship to God. And it thereby strengthens false hope, that a better day can arrive from human effort alone. This subliminal ape face uses the pre-existing momentum associated with Darwinism, and adds to it, and even capitalizes on it. What is the seed of such a deep dark lie doing in the Chart of the Presence?

     Where, I ask you, are those hundred and thousands of souls who have succeeded in this great feat of throwing off the monkey mind, who have merged with the radiance of their own Christ Identity? Where are they? Where are those who are supposed to be walking the earth right now, showing mankind the way through the portal that will lead the entire planet into a Golden Age? Where are they? The ascended master student body stands, as a whole, clearly confused, not able to divide the real from the unreal within themselves. They cannot even see the advantage of casting a veritable rebel out of the leadership of their own church. This confusion is in fact a reflection of the juxtaposition, within this one chart, of the great truth of the I Am Presence, with this Ape Mountain image, and the upside principles associated with it, leaving the soul with the suggestion, that they can have both a relationship with God, and a relationship with the monkey mind. And so, we have no clean separation, and thus, no progress. That is what we have. We have no progress towards the fulfillment of the hopes and dreams of the Ascended Masters.

     Where, I ask you, is the clear crystalline radiant spark of truth, that illuminates the mind with an understanding, non-erodible, of exactly why those who advocate and justify rebellion against the law, must be required to step down from their leadership positions? That sparkle, and the radiant filaments of light associated with it, they are swamped, they are stifled, by the many tentacles of the monkey mind itself, which feels only fear at the prospect of losing all the advantages associated with having the monkey mind rule over us. What the monkey mind fears, it hates, and the light itself is driven out of the awareness by the many whips of contempt and derision.

     Given its clearly destructive nature, who in the world is going to stand up and argue for the retention of this image? Let me guess. I can hear their main argument already. "Mother was Ok with it. So, don't worry about it." This illustrates how destructive idolatry can be, arguing powerfully for the ingestion of falsehood itself, just because it appears that some otherwise respected leader approved of it. In this regard, idolatry is the worst form of mindlessness.

     Now, idolatry is the worst form of mindlessness. I can assure you that idiolatry is the worst form of mindlessness. Believe me, idiolatry is the worst form of mindlessness. I am not kidding you. Idiolatry is the worst form of mindlessness. Make no mistake about it. Idiolatry is the worst form of mindlessness. Let us be clear about this, idiolatry is the worst form of mindlessness. This is the truth. Idiolatry is the worst form of mindlessness. Now here is a secret, that perhaps you have never heard before. Idiolatry is the worst form of mindlessness. Rest assured, that idiolatry is the worst form of mindlessness. You can take this to the bank. Idiolatry is the worst form of mindlessness. I am searching for the next euphemism. How about this. A wise man once said, idiolatry is the worst form of mindlessness. And so it has been written, and this accounts for the twelth time, idoltary is the worst form of mindlessness. And so, if you found this question on a test, What is the worst form of mindlessness? You know the answer. It is idolatry.

     Well, speaking of mindlessness, why did the Masters allow the mind of Elizabeth Clare Prophet to be consumed by Alzheimer Disease? A person who is under the influence of Alzheimer Disease, is by definition MINDLESS. How is it possible, that the Messenger of the Great White Brotherhood would be allowed by all the sponsoring Masters, who could just as easily heal her, as blink an eyelid, to manifest a condition of undeniable MINDLESSNESS?

     Now, let's not act like those see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil monkeys the Messenger herself referred to above. Let us not hide our faces from the warning signs written by the very pen of circumstance.

     Ape Mountain is a symbol of the monkey mind. The monkey mind is not the divine mind. The monkey mind is mindless, in relationship to the divine mind. Again, the monkey mind is mindless, in relationship to the divine mind. Again, the monkey mind is mindless, in relationship to the divine mind. Ape mountain exalts the principle of the monkey mind, even as the Teaching demands the students jettison it. As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words. The image of Ape Mountain on this chart has impressed a state of confusion upon so many, making them nigh to incapable of throwing off the monkey mind, greatly prolonging their stay in that region of monkey mind mindlessness. Therefore, all who were responsible for adding this image of the monkey mind to the Chart of the Presence, must bear the karma associated with chaining souls more thoroughly to the monkey mind, or shall we say, to a prolonged condition of mindlessness which it represents. And so, the person who is the most responsible for this, is our own Messenger, Elizabeth Clare Prophet. She did not paint it. But she appointed the person who did. And approved his work. And when the ape face was pointed out to her, she refused to take it off. She was aware of it, and she did nothing to eliminate it. And so, she bears the karma of encouraging mindlessness in the student body. And so, it is perfectly fitting, like unto a glove, that the karma for encouraging mindlessness, is to suffer mindlessness herself. The law is just. This is very straightforward, but we are not finished.

     Why did she not remove it? She knew about it, and as you can see, her own views on the subject of apes are clear. She associates apes with stupidity. So she had no affinity for the image herself, at least not consciously. But she allowed it to remain. Why? We can only conclude that she was afraid of taking a huge hit of embarrassment upon her public image, when it become known that the precious chart of the presence had to be altered, to remove a subliminal ape face. She could not accept this hit upon her image, so she remained silent, and ignored it. What is it that motivates a person to guard the public image, making that a higher priority than the soul's service to truth? It is pride. And what is the soul guarding in terms of the public image? Is it God? Is to truth? No, it is the idol of the not-self. Her public image had become an idol in her own mind, that could not suffer any hits, at least not of this magnitude. You see, she had adopted the idea that the success of the movement was based more on an appearance of personal flawlessness on her part, than it was on the membership's capacity to attune to the truth. This is an upside down idea. The idea that the success of the movement could be built on the mindlessness of the student body, that is an upside down idea.

     Of course, I am not saying that these specific geometries of thought passed through her conscious mind. No. When a person faces the test of idolatry, they are by definition pigeon-holed at that moment in a domain of mindlessness, which is self-supported by the glittery presence of various modes of self-justification. I don't want to do that, and this is why, a, b, c. And we will now move on to more important things. The person, operating in a narrow domain of fear, will make a decision, and close the door of wisdom with a slam, and quickly. But, as I have delineated it, this is the logic that undergirds the choice to dodge the responsibility to take that ape face out of the chart.

     This is why people need to be challenged. It is because when they fail a test, they do not know they failed it. These mechanisms of the dweller operate nearly instinctually. It is the responsibility of those looking on, to tell her when she was making a grievous mistake. But, there was no one like that around her.

     And so, here we have the issue of idolatry entering into the equation on a personal level. And what did we observe above, about idolatry? We tied it to mindlessness. But this was on the part of the membership. In other words, and to repeat myself, to swallow a falsehood, just because an otherwise highly respected leader believes it to be ok, is the epitome of mindlessness. And so I observed, and rightly so, that idiolatry is the worst form of mindlessness. It is form of self-poisoning.

     And so, we can see the truth. Idiolatry is the worst form of mindlessness. I can assure you that idiolatry is the worst form of mindlessness. Believe me, idiolatry is the worst form of mindlessness. I am not kidding you. Idiolatry is the worst form of mindlessness. Make no mistake about it. Idiolatry is the worst form of mindlessness. Let us be clear about this, idiolatry is the worst form of mindlessness. This is the truth. Idiolatry is the worst form of mindlessness. Now here is a secret, that perhaps you have never heard before. Idiolatry is the worst form of mindlessness. Rest assured, that idiolatry is the worst form of mindlessness. You can take this to the bank. Idiolatry is the worst form of mindlessness. I am searching for the next euphemism. How about this. A wise woman once said, idiolatry is the worst form of mindlessness. And so it has been written, and this accounts for the twenty-fourth time, idiolatry is the worst form of mindlessness. And so, if you found this question on a test, What is the worst form of mindlessness? You know the answer. It is idolatry.

     But this also applies to the person who is defending a public image which has become an idol in their own mind, the survival of the image becoming more important than the survival of the truth. This form of idolatry is also mindlessness. This is because, for the soul to turn its back on the truth, for the soul to turn its back on the best interests of its constituency, the Mind of Christ must be suppressed. You see, she did not want to take the hit upon her personal public image. But the divine mind in her, would have argued in the opposite direction. The divine mind would have said, "Fix this please. Save the little children from this poisonous influence. Fix this please." To reside in a state of "mind" wherein the counsel of the divine mind is ignored, that is mindlessness. And I suppose there are all kinds of rationalizations that go along with that. Perhaps minimizing, in her own (monkey) mind, the import of this particular issue. But such rationalizations, these are also the expressions of the mindlessness of the dweller of pride. It can always produce a foundation of logic that can make any act appear righteous (to itself). That is why the Teaching is so important. Actions must square with the principles elucidated in the Teachings given to us by the Masters. If they do not, we have pinned the tail on the monkey.

     And so, what is the karma that she must bear, for indulging this state of mindlessness in her own temple? It is fitting, that a condition of greater mindlessness will come upon her, and so it has. She sits in her little apartment, day in, and day out, incapable now, if thinking any thought that could carry the purposes of the Ascended Masters forward to victory. If you are offended at this statement, take a second look, and notice what I have said is true. And then consider this truth. That your reaction is the sign of idolatry in you, which is a barrier to your own victory, as long as you indulge it.

     And then we can look to the instances in which she actually encouraged people in their own idolatry towards her. Where she encouraged them to accept her (personal) pronouncements and opinions without thinking about them at all. She went way too far, in my judgment, in encouraging people to believe that every thing she did and said came straight from the heart of the Masters. Leading to this condition which is now all too prevalent among the student body, that says if Mother did it, or Mother said it, it is pure gold. Such statements point to the presence of a virulent condition of idolatry again within the membership, which again, is a state of mindlessness. It is a state of darkness. It is a state of non-illumination. And this condition of mindlessness is defended with great passion, even when the Masters tell us that this Messenger made mistakes, and when some of her mistakes are well known.

     To the extent that she encouraged this idolatry among the student body, in terms of her statements and actions, this expansion and further infliction of a state of mindlessness, will carry the same karma. That which she inflicted on others, she will have fall upon her own head. And so, we see her now in a state of mindlessness, a state of mindlessness that is even lower than the monkey mind itself. The law is just, it is exact, and it is precise. It is written, to those who have not, that which they have will be taken away. This applies to those people who have been given much, and from whom, much is expected. And when they do not deliver at the level that their mission requires, then they are stripped of what they have. She has been stripped of nearly everything she once had. That is an objective fact and it cannot be disputed.

     And so, we see that the karmic burden of mindlessness that she bears today, is a composite consequence of the mindlessness that she indulged in these three categories. The percentages indicate my (intuitive) sense of the extent to which each category contributed to the total karmic burden she is now carrying.

1. The mindlessness that was inflicted on the student body as a result of the Ape image in the Chart of the Presence. (50%)
2. The mindlessness that she indulged in terms of her own pride driven self-idolatry, based on the need to guard the integrity of her public image. (30%)
3. The mindlessness that she indulged in other people, as she encouraged their idolatry of her. (20%)

     Now, this infliction of certain amounts of mindlessness on the student body, in each of these three categories, has the effect of robbing the student of opportunity to become the Christ, in other words, to put on the divine mind. We would expect that the karma associated with that, would manifest as an equivalent loss of opportunity in her. That is exactly what we see. The Messenger, in 1995, looked forward to 20 years or more of service, writing, giving lectures, and communing with the masters in the course of that service. By 1998, she was forced to retire. And soon, all capacity to serve was withdrawn from her. Her opportunity to put on more of the Mind of Christ, in the course of her own service, was taken away from her.

     And of course, there were certain situations in which through the misuse of her executive power, she unjustly robbed people of their opportunity to serve in a direct manner. Where there is point of self-idolatry, it is associated with a region of blindness. And if the Messenger could be tempted to enter that compartment of being, she could, and she did, make decisions out of that blindness. And so, injustices were inflicted. But what made things worse, because of the idolatry that she encouraged, both in herself, and in others, the people around her were incapable of confronting the injustices she herself authored. This allowed the injustices to have a much longer life span, accruing a much greater karmic debt, than would otherwise have been the case if the injustices were confronted and overturned.

     Those who feel that I am condemning the Messenger here, and who are feeling offended, are just experiencing the challenging of their own idolatry. In many this is a very thick shell of indeed. And they should understand that it is a shell of spiritual failure, woven over the course of many lifetimes. Now is the time to break that shell, and allow the butterfly of freedom to fly into the arms of God. To this end, we are interested in forging a middle way of truth.

     One extreme of the idolatrous consciousness, which sees the Messenger as God incarnate, will not accept the idea the Messenger could make a mistake at all. And they embrace everything she did as pure gold, though if what she said in a particular situation exposed a condition of error in them, they will be the first to deny the Messenger's words. (Look at Linda Worobec if you need an example of that). After all, the idol of first import is always the resident not-self. The other extreme of the idolatrous consciousness, which sees the Messenger as the Devil incarnate, will search the record for every little mistake the Messenger made, and they will use that information to prove that she was no Messenger at all, and of course, that the Ascended Masters are fiction.

     The middle way forges a stable path between these two extremes, and enables the soul to remain a steadfast devotee of the truth in all situations. And this means serving the best interests of all concerned, whether we are talking about the best interests of the individual soul, of the membership, of the organization, of the Ascended Masters, of God our Father himself, and of all the people of the earth. The middle way begins on a foundation of truth. The Ascended Masters are real. They are far more real than anything in this physical world. They are our heavenly brothers and sisters each one, whom God our Father has sent to lead his fallen children home. This Messenger, was in fact the Messenger of the Ascended Masters, of the entire spirit of the Great White Brotherhood. She did in fact deliver dictations from the Ascended Masters which outline a Teaching and a Path that will lead the Children of God back home to their divine estate. She did a superb job in the delivery and publishing of the Teaching. And when the many on earth adopt this path, and walk it, the social structure that will blossom forth, even like rose, will be called a Golden Age. The Messenger was not an ascended master. The Messenger was never even described as an adept. Never. The Messenger was a student just like us. And she had to take her tests, and pass her tests, just like us. And just like us, some tests were so difficult, she failed them. She made mistakes. She had foibles and weaknesses just like any student has. And of course, she worked under enormous pressure nearly 100% of the time, a pressure that none of us can even imagine. We respect her the more, because we know that she trained long for this mission. We respect her the more, because the Masters chose HER to deliver their word. And so, all the good she did, all the good she accomplished, we recognize, and we extend our eternal gratitude. And where there are mistakes made, they must be clearly illuminated, so that the mistakes can be fixed.

     This is the only healthy way to proceed. We cannot have students, in their monkey minds, mimicking her mistakes, and thinking they are walking on water while they are doing it. No. Her mistakes must be clearly illuminated, so they can be fixed, so that students do not carry those mistakes forward. Those mistakes are no part of the foundation of the Aquarian Age. This is an especially significant point, when you remember that the central part of the Teaching has to do with dividing the real from the unreal. And that applies to the Messengers's life, just as much it applies to every other part of life. Could it possibly be a condition of Christ-Illumination, that refuses to divide the real from the unreal in the Messenger's life? That's impossible. That refusal to divide the real from the unreal in the Messenger's life, making believe, in that all too familiar world of 9 o'clock delusion that everything in her life was REAL, is an expression of the one extreme of idolatry that I mentioned above, and it represents a certain anti-logic that has a grip upon the whole mind of the student, holding that student back from making progress on his or her own path of freedom. I hope you see and understand this.

     The importance of this great challenge, of throwing off this anti-logic from the minds of the student body, is so great, and so pressing, that the Masters required the Messenger to bear the burden of her karma, associated with these mistakes, now, on center stage in front of us, so that we will learn this lesson, so that we will assimilate this lesson. Yes, so the student body can achieve a state of freedom from this great mistake which has a grip upon their very souls.

     But as we consider the need to wiggle out of these chains, let us keep the middle way in perspective, even as our vision penetrates through the mist ahead, along this well-defined path, and into the future. What do we see? We see that the contribution of Elizabeth Clare Prophet, in terms of the Teaching delivered, provides the foundation upon which we will build the Golden Age to come. And as we look forward to the blossoming of this Golden Age, we can see, and we would have it no other way, that the memory of her honorable service will be carried forward, generation unto generation. The honor we extend to her, the honor all future generations will extend to her, will be predicated alone on the value of the Teaching that she delivered from the hearts of the Ascended Masters. The honor we extend to her, the honor that all future generations will extend to her, therefore, is not predicated on the level of perfection she herself manifested in this one chapter of her life. And because it is not, her flaws and mistakes cannot detract from the glory that the Teaching alone can take credit for in all future times. As we assimilate that teaching, and receive the great fruits therefrom, our duty becomes clear. We have no duty to maintain this delusion of a Messenger who never made mistakes. We have only the duty to raise up the truth, and to expose error. Our duty, one and all, is to make sure that we bequeath to future generations, a foundation more pure and perfect, than what the Messenger herself could deliver. Wherever the actions of the Messenger depart from the truth which the Masters desire to promulgate in the Teaching, that action must be extracted out of the whole treasure chest. It is not to be confused with the jewels which surround it on every side.

     I hope you see this. When the organization comes to terms with this, and adopts the middle way as I have described it, showing forth a well- balanced willingness to understand and accept the great contributions she made on the one hand, but on the other, to identify her mistakes, and to fix them, her karmic load will become less, and she will be more likely to step out of that condition of self-imposed mindlessness in our lifetime. I hope the reader understands this.

     Idolatry is the worst form of mindlessness. You can see why this is so. In each case where the Messenger made a mistake, she is going to have to carry a karmic load associated with it. If we can identify that mistake, and fix it, her karmic accountability will be far less than it otherwise would be. Take Ape Mountain as an example. Here, we are talking today about the mindlessness imposed on students over about a 30 year period. And that has a certain karmic debt associated with that. She is carrying the karmic load now. But if the problem is fixed now, that is all the karmic debt that will be associated with that particular mistake. On the other hand, if we allow Ape Mountain to remain in the chart now, and for decades to come, and perhaps even a millennia, think about the mountain of karma that will pile up for her, over that stretch of time. If we fix this mistake now, we save her from having to deal with that much larger mountain of karma. This is so easy to understand. It makes so much sense to fix it now. But those who are gripped by this idolatry which has them refusing to believe that the Messenger could have made such a mistake, I would like you to consider what the result of that mindlessness will be. That idolatry, if it prevails, will keep Ape Mountain right where it is, and this will actually have the effect of heaping the larger mountain of karma upon the shoulders of the Messenger. And so, that is really and truly a grotesquely mindless posture to take. And so, it is clear. It is crystal clear. Idolatry really is the worst form of mindlessness. It is so blind and selfish as to prolong the suffering of others, and this to a very great extent. And for what? To maintain the integrity of a delusion, that somehow makes the soul feel safe in the present moment.

      Her very condition, right now, living within a mind that is void of all of her most precious hopes and dreams, speaks to the truth, that there is problem here, that we must solve, before we can move forward as an organization.

     The tests that she failed, we are required to pinpoint, and then we are required to pass them. If we cannot identify the tests she failed, let alone summon the will to pass them, how can the organization move forward? It is impossible.

     Idolatry is rooted in rebellion, which in turn, is rooted in hatred of God himself. Those who turn a blind eye to the problem we are discussing here, refusing to accept the idea that the Messenger made this grotesque mistake, are expressing their hatred for God, not their love for the Messenger. They are expressing their hatred for truth, not their love for the Messenger. They are expressing their hatred for Christ, in the form of illumination itself, not their love for the Messenger. For if they loved the Messenger, they would be quick, and very quick indeed, to identify where she made mistakes, so that they could be fixed as quickly as possible, setting her free from centuries of karmic accountability associated with a mistake that would otherwise live on and on and on.

     Here is the clincher. The mountain in the chart was an artist's rendition of Mt. Shasta as I noted above. When the Messenger refused to take seriously the problem associated with this ape face in the chart, and it was pointed out to her, what was left for the Masters to do, to force the issue with her, than to ABANDON MT. SHASTA ITSELF! Finally, here is a reason that no one can deny, to take that mountain off the chart. The Brotherhood itself has removed the flame from that mountain. It is no longer a focus of the Brotherhood. I believe that they did that, for this precise reason. To give the members of this organization, finally, a sign, if they would have the will to recognize it as such, that it is OK to take that Ape Mountain off of the Chart of the Presence.

Vol. 31 No. 4 - Beloved Sanat Kumara - January 24, 1988 New Year's Retreat at the Royal Teton Ranch, IV The Warning, Darkness May Come at Any Hour and Any Day Ho! Let the Word of the Lord be upon his own!      I make known to you this day, inasmuch as this is a branch of the Great White Brotherhood sponsored by the level of my office with the Seven Holy Kumaras, that in this hour there is the withdrawal of the Brotherhood of Mount Shasta from the retreat physical of Mount Shasta . This entire brotherhood, therefore, does withdraw and does transfer their forcefield and focus both in[to] the Grand Teton and in[to] another area of the Northern Rockies. Blessed hearts, this announcement is a sign unto you and let it be a sign unto every heart and let it be known from within. I give you, therefore, this report that you might accommodate and understand your position as the pillars in the temple of our God. Therefore, deliberations at the Royal Teton Retreat continue, beloved, and we express gratitude for the light released and the calls given.

     Shifting their focus from Mt. Shasta, to the Grand Tetons, makes it pretty clear, what the shape of the mountain on the chart ought to look like. Why not an artist's rendition of the Cathedral Group? That is the most intense focus of Light of the Brotherhood in North America. This would be perfect for the Chart of the Presence.

     While we are waiting for the leadership to make the necessary changes in the Chart of the Presence, though I would counsel people not to hold your breath in the regard, there would be more oxygen in a plastic bag I believe, I would like to suggest an interim fix for everyone to implement immediately. This is for the health of your own soul, and for the reinforcement of your path. It is a step to enhance the potential for real victory in this life for every member of this organization.

     In this regard, for Charts of the Divine Self that are currently placed on our altars, as an interim fix, until new charts can be manufactured and distributed, I would suggest that the student take a copy of The Chela and the Path to the local copy shop, reproduce the cover illustration on a color copier, cut out the duplicate illustration, and tape it over the image of Ape Mountain. This is what that color illustration looks like:

     I have this image from the Chela and the Path pasted over Ape Mountain on the chart over my Altar, and my Altar area is absolutely an area of tremendous victory every day. Please, don't hesitate to implement this temporary fix.

     Here is what the temporary fix looks like on the central chart on my altar. This is scanned from the full size chart.

Vol. 17 No. 11 - Beloved K-17 - March 17, 1974 Agents for the Cosmic Christ, Part I      I would like to say that when in embodiment, there came a time on the Path when I came to the conclusion that I no longer cared what anyone thought of what I said or did as long as I spoke the truth. And thus I have noticed in recent years that some of you have become more bold. You have feared not to be called crackpot or "kook" or any other name for the sake of the Light. And I say, that is a wise decision; for you never know where you might be that you might extend the cup of knowledge of Hierarchy to one who has been searching not for one, but for many embodiments. And so, precious hearts, I came to the conclusion that mankind would speak ill of me, would gossip about me, would revile me whether I was silent or whether I was outspoken. And thus I chose the path of outspokenness when I was guided to speak. And sometimes I spoke when not guided, desiring rather to make a mistake of extra effort than to have on my record a sin of omission.

     One could say that Ape Mountain is the legacy that she left to us. Of course this is true, but not in any negative kind of way. Not necessarily. What she left to us, in this regard, was an opportunity, an opportunity that no one has taken advantage of to this very day. Who has the courage to stand on that small piece of ground called principle, and to do battle with the forces of confusion, foolishness, and idolatry, and come out the victor? Perhaps there have been others who have seen this problem, and perhaps they even spoke up about it. I know of one case where this is actually true. One person. But that person did not defeat the forces of foolishness, of confusion, of idolatry. He was overcome by them. He turned aside from the pole star of truth, he turned aside from the flame of understanding that was pleading to be re-ignited right then and there within the fabric of his own mind, and yes, he turned aside from what his own eyes reported to him, and he knelt down, and worshiped the Ape Image, thinking, erroneously, that the Messenger had no problem with it. And the Messenger said, so be it. This was no knight after all. Let another have a whack at this dragon (of idolatry).

     And so, here I am, taking a whack at this dragon. I hope others will now join me, and that there will finally appear on the battlefield, a veritable army of truth seekers, who will no longer stand for this desecration. After all, that is what it is, a desecration of the pure and holy mountain. The Masters abandoned it. There is no reason for us to hold onto it.

     I am only showing you what is actually recorded in the akashic record, yes, right on the very Altar of the Holy Grail. The performance of a Beatles Tune, by Church Manager Rev. Linda Worobec, anchored the electronic presence of the Beatles on our sacred altar. That record is still there. Do you know why it is still there? Because of the free will of those who put it there, and because of the free will of those who allow it to remain there. The only way to remove that record, is for the Church Leadership to admit that it should not be there. Very simple. But you know, they have never admitted that. To admit that, well, they would have to admit that Linda Worobec did something wrong, and to do that, her whole mountain of self-justification would have to come tumbling down, and the rock slide might just carry them with it.

     Many people still wonder what was wrong with Church Manager Rev. Linda Worobec belting out a Beatles tune, authored by the infamous John Lennon, on the very Altar of the Holy Grail in King Arthur's Court. (See Program). These two images tell the story. The first image is of Anton Lavey, the author of the Satanic Bible. This image is taken from the back of the Satanic Bible. Look at his left hand. That is the hand sign that signifies the worship of Satan. They call it the "Il Cornuto". Look at the right hand of John Lennon in this detail taken from the back of the Yellow Submarine Album. That is the same hand sign. See more examples of the use of the "Il Cornuto" here.

     Now, by saying this, am I saying that because Satanism equals John Lennon, and John Lennon equals Linda Worobec, that Linda Worobec equals Satanism? Yes. I am saying that this is true within the domain of her consciousness, where she harbors a sympathy for John Lennon, so much of sympathy that she would share his music with the community from the very Altar of the Holy Grail. And most people would think, and rightfully so, that this is probably more than sympathy. That component of sympathy, which borders on a very high respect, ties her into the vibration of all Satanists. That's the Teaching. And her complete inability to overcome that pride that keeps her from admitting a mistake, verifies the accuracy of these observations. She is tied into the monolith of all Satanic Pride, and it will not budge. And therefore she will not budge. Her strength, in standing her ground, in refusing to admit a mistake, it is derived from the dark side, from that monolith of Satanic pride that connects the hearts of all rebels against God.

     And so, through what avenue did the false hierarchy move to destroy the unity of the Russian Congregation? They moved right through the electronic belt of Linda Worobec, and there was nothing to stop them, because this wide avenue of sympathy with a devil worshiper, John Lennon, is stubbornly defended by her freewill.

     It jars every fiber of common sense in me, as I try to understand how students of the ascended masters would complacently sit back and allow a person to serve in the office of Church Manager who has clearly demonstrated Satanic sympathies. Because they sit back complacently demanding no accountability, the record on the altar remains.

     The Masters can allow the light to sweep away that record, only when the freewill of those who put it there will allow it. It is their record. It is a record that belongs to the whole community through their agreement. If you don't like the above image, I can tell you how to get rid of it. Demand that the Church Leadership make a public admission that their Church Manager made a horrible mistake by performing a Beatles tune on the Altar of the Holy Grail. Demand that she be disciplined appropriately for this audacious rebellion. When that happens, the record can be removed, and not before.

     By leaving this image on the Altar, what does that say about who or what the leadership is worshiping? What are they putting above God? What are they putting above the truth? What are they putting above their faithfulness to the Teaching? What are they putting above the good of the organization? In their minds, something else has a higher priority to them than all four of these things put together. And they are teaching the membership of this organization, by their example, to honor that other thing, just as they honor it. What is that other thing? What is it?

     Hint: It is not the Bride of Christ. It is the _____ of the ___ ____ .

     And it is clear to me as well, that the revelation of this spherical cluster of shining diamonds, measuring 2 to 3 feet in diameter, was not just for my benefit. It was for your benefit, and for the benefit of all those who have an interest in this issue area. It was for the benefit of all those who have an interest in bringing resolution to an area in which we have seen the divine treasure of Russian Unity looted by the hordes of darkness. We must get that treasure back. And we can't move on until we do. Here is the scepter of authority, given to me by the Masters, that I carry onto this battlefield, where I would encourage everyone to join me in this great chase, as we go after these looters, to get back the treasure they stole from us. A spherical cluster of shining diamonds, 2 to 3 feet in diameter, within the very fabric of my own awareness. It is for the slaying of the slimy creatures of doubt that hang upon the precious body of the soul, my soul, your soul, like a veritable garment of leeches. Let the leeches of doubt be cast off, in order that the soul might be able to evaluate the issue at hand much more seriously than they have heretofore been able to do.

     Now, it seems to me that there are many who have not quite grasped the severe consequences associated with Rev. Linda Worobec's betrayal of the Teaching itself in her July 4, 2003 performance of a piece of music on the Central Altar authored by a group of individuals (the Beatles) who she clearly knows to be among the darkest and most destructive enemies of the Great White Brotherhood. And they are likewise not grasping the severe consequences associated with her refusal to admit a mistake in this regard. And they are likewise not grasping the link between that, and the severe consequences associated with the developing situation, in which people are being pressured to show outward allegiance to this church leader, in lieu of paying homage to their own conscience.

     This is a very destructive situation we have developing here, where the membership is being taught, by example, and by leadership decree, that allegiance to a personality, is more important than allegiance to the truth.

     Now, I would like to try to explain exactly why this situation is fraught with so many destructive consequences, the dividing of the Russian congregation being only the first sign. And make no mistake about that. The emergence and growth of the Russian Congregation was one of the first fruits of this organization. Our decrees over 30 years brought the dissolution of the Communist Structure in the old Soviet Union, establishing an opening for freedom. Russian Lightbearers seized the opportunity to establish a foothold for the Teaching of the Ascended Masters, as I noted before, amidst a political landscape still strewn with the boulders of a historical and long established legacy of totalitarian control. Those boulders still loom high above the people, ready to roll this way, or that way, as the boulders themselves think proper. So, what has Rev. Linda Worobec done with these precious first fruits? She has squashed that fruit under her heel. The structure of the fruit has been crushed, and all of the vital juices have been squished out onto the pavement.

     There is one fundamental principle, that when understood clearly, will help each member of this organization see the extent of damage that has been done, and the extent of damage that will inevitably follow if this problem is not resolved immediately.

     In this regard then, the principle that ought to be understood, and which ought to be operative in all of our deliberations, at all times, and under all circumstances, is the principle of the square. What is the principle of the square? The principle of the square holds that all of our thoughts, our desires, and our actions must square with the Teachings of the Ascended Masters. What does that mean?

     When I use the term "square", I am NOT speaking about a four-sided rectangle with equal sides. I am speaking about a measuring device that is associated with the carpentry trade. The square is a very old tool used to ensure that when structures are built upon a foundation, that they rise vertically, with no leaning, to the left, or the right, so that when the great weight of additional responsibility is placed upon that structure, that the force of gravity will not be able to bring it down. Let me explain how this works.

     When you build a house, you lay down a foundation. A foundation is necessary to ensure that the structure will stay in place, and not be moved. This foundation can be fairly shallow, and simple, or it will need to be very deep and complex, depending upon the geology of a particular building site, depending upon the forces of nature with which the finished structure must contend, and depending upon the overall mass of the structure that will be built upon it.

     Now, as we move through this discussion, we must keep in mind that the physical foundation and the things we build upon it, those things that we have just mentioned, have a parallel within the Teachings of the Ascended Masters. The Teachings of the Ascended Masters provides us with the foundation upon which we will build the multi-floored sky scraper of our own Divine Identity. When this organization has succeeded in building many of these multi-floored sky scrapers, you will have a Golden Age City, as it were. Because these structures will be so tall, and so vast, and will have to endure the greatest hurricanes of opposition that the false hierarchy can throw against them, we can be sure, that the Ascended Masters have foreseen the need for the strongest of foundations, and that they have given us a foundation that is anchored in the immovable bedrock of absolute God-Reality.

     A simple modern day residential home built on stable ground uses only a concrete slab foundation reinforced and held together by an embedded lattice work of various lengths of half inch steel bars. In this case, the foundation, i.e. the concrete slab, is the first floor of the residence. All the walls of the house will be built directly upon the foundation slab. When the walls are built, and raised up, and secured in place, the builders must make sure that the walls are perfectly vertical. Why? A wall that is not vertical will fall over. For example, a wall that is built at a 45 degree angle will clearly fall over. A wall built with as little as a 5 degree lean will fall over. Perhaps a wall built with a one or two degree lean will stand, depending on how securely it is fastened to the foundation. If the foundation is solid, and there is solid connection between the wall and foundation, then the foundation can compensate for the lean. But as you add weight to the top of a wall that is slightly out of plumb as they say, that weight will magnify the problem and bring the wall down sooner.

     This is the more relevant when you understand that the houses we are speaking about, in terms of the divine skyscrapers that the Masters desire for us to build, must be able to withstand the greatest hurricanes of opposition that the false hierarchy can throw at them. To the extent that the walls are not firmly attached to the foundation, and to the extent that they are not exactly vertical, to that extent will the structure be less strong than the design specifications require, and be vulnerable to toppling.

     And so, the builders are very conscientious when it comes to making sure that all walls are vertical. But how does one create a perfectly vertical wall? The first step in this process is making sure that you have a level foundation. Second, when the carpenters cut the studs for the walls, they make sure that the cross-cut is square to the long dimension of the stud. The carpenters square is used here first, to make sure this is so. If the cut is made exactly 90 degrees to the vertical length, then when several studs are nailed to the base plate, they will rise vertically, and not lean to one side or the other, when that base plate is secured to the foundation.

     Assuming then, in a perfect world, that the foundation is perfectly level, and all of the studs have been cut at a perfect 90 degree angle, then the angle between a vertical wall, and the foundation will also be a perfect 90 degrees. And this again, could be checked with a carpenters square. Does the square fit snugly, with no gaps, against both the wall and the foundation? If it does, the wall is said to be square to the foundation, and if it is square, the wall is vertical, and it will carry the designed load, without the worry of it falling over under extreme outer pressures.

     For the sake of real-world accuracy, as it were, I would note that the walls of a house are typically too tall to make practical use of the carpenter's square for ascertaining the final verticality of the wall. A carpenter's square that would be useful in this regard, would have to be at least six feet long in both dimensions. Not only would such a tool be too cumbersome, and too expensive, to be used by the average homebuilder, such a large square would not be useful in tight spaces where you do not have the floor space to lay the whole length of the square upon the floor. Another factor that makes a carpenter's square unsuitable for ascertaining the final verticality of a wall is the fact that concrete foundation slabs are rarely perfectly level. If the foundation slab is not level, something that is square to it, will end up leaning some degrees off vertical. So, the tool of choice, to ascertain whether the wall is vertical, after the wall itself is built, and raised up, is a carpenter's level, that has a little glass tube with liquid in it, and a little air bubble. The builder will place the level up against the wall, vertically, and secure the wall in place, only when they see that the level's bubble is between the two little lines.

     Notwithstanding this caveat, I am hoping that the reader will still get the idea of what a carpenter's square is used for. And perhaps we have even focused the use of the square more appropriately for our purposes as well. It is used in the first stage of wall construction. Again, the wall studs (2 by 4's) are measured to length, and then the carpenter's square is used to draw the 90 degree cross cut line, so that when the studs are nailed to the base plate, and the wall is stood up, it will be close to vertical, with only minor adjustments necessary. If the first cuts are not square to the vertical length of the wall studs, there is no chance that the wall can stand vertically. Once all the walls are built, and their verticality ascertained, only then does the building process proceed with the placement of the roof, if it is only a one-story structure, or the addition of other floors, if it is a multi-story structure.

     I would also note that a smaller version of the larger carpenter's square is an essential tool used to establish the essential 90 degree angles in many aspects of furniture building, and cabinet making. Cabinets that stand straight up, and have level shelves, owe these characteristics to the use of the common square.

     Now, as noted above, the principle of the square, when we apply it to the Path of Initiation, holds that all of our thoughts, our desires, and our actions must square with the Teachings of the Ascended Masters. Why is that important? It is important, because the principles that the Masters have communicated to us are intended to serve as the basic structural units of the first floor of our Divine Identity. In this respect, every soul that rises out of the ash heap of mortality, into the upper atmosphere of immortality, symbolized by the Divine Skyscraper, will have a first floor that is firmly attached to the foundation, and moreover, all the walls will be appropriately vertical, being perfectly square to the foundation. And this is a very important point. Everybody's foundation, and first floor will be largely identical. In this regard, the foundation, and the first floor, have a universal geometry. The Master's have set forth this geometry in the Teaching. In this regard, we all must have that secure foundation and divine structure that will be able to hold the greater weight of subsequently added floors.

     (Perhaps there are those who don't like this idea that all of our foundations, and all of our first floors, must be generally identical. But they need to get over that little burr in their saddle. Our very physical bodies provide a metaphor for the universality of this divine foundation and structure. Take a look at yourself, and then look at other people. We all have two legs don't we? We all have two feet don't we? We all have ten toes don't we? All of which helps us to stand upon the earth in a vertical posture. Moreover, we all have two arms, ten fingers, and all of the common organs. Everyone even has the same basic brain. We are all nearly identical in our general appearance. As a general rule, none of us can be "different" from another in this respect, even if we wanted to be.)

     When we find that a particular belief structure, and feeling structure, of a student on the path, does not square with the Teachings of the Ascended Masters, we know that they are not building according to the divine blueprint that the Masters have given us. There are two important things that we can conclude from this observation.

     First, given the fact that all internal building is a cooperative effort between the Masters and the free will of the soul, we must conclude, that when any soul stops cooperating, no matter who they are, the building process comes to a stop. The Master will not help a soul build the next floor, if they can see clearly that there is something in the present floor that will cause the whole structure to collapse (when the weight of the next floor is added). The building process must stop, until this soul can be persuaded to return to the blueprint that the Masters have provided. This is an important point.

     In the original rebellion, the original Divine Skyscraper collapsed, because of disobedience to the law. In the process of rebuilding that skyscraper, the soul must surrender each point of disobedience, and substitute for it, a point of obedience. Now, we have noted before that the test of obedience is on the 4 o'clock line of the Cosmic Clock. This is the Taurus line, it is labeled God- Obedience. This is why the sign of Taurus is known as the sign of the builders. The pure and holy energies of the Taurus Hierarchy, administered by that Ascended Master who is known as God Obedience, fills the soul with a sense of the importance of building to the divine blueprint. But, whether a person is born under the sign of Taurus or not, we all have a 4 o'clock line, and we must therefore, all learn to be master builders on the 4 o'clock line. All of us, without exception, must take and pass the tests of obedience to the divine blueprint on this line.

     So, when we see a striking example of disobedience to the law, we see a soul that has stopped cooperating with the building process. We see a work site that has come to standstill as far as the work of building the skyscraper of the divine identity. The Masters are not working with this soul to add additional layers of light to this structure. For the Ascended Masters, building the skyscraper is not the immediate goal with that particular soul. All of the efforts of the Masters in regards to this soul are directed at a much more basic level. The Masters are all focused on getting this soul to understand the importance of building to the divine blueprint. This soul must be persuaded to bend the knee before the divine blueprint before any further building can take place. And we must understand, that as long as the soul is rejecting the ministration of the Masters in this regard, rejecting the requirement to bend the knee before the divine blueprint, that this soul is, in all truth, rejecting wisdom, rejecting illumination, posturing itself within that vibratory realm that the Masters describe as being anti-Christ, i.e. anti-illumination, anti-wisdom, anti-understanding.

     All of us, the entire community, needs to learn this lesson, and to learn it well. You cannot bypass tests of obedience on the 4 o'clock line. When those tests are presented, they must be passed. All building comes to a stop until the particular test, which has been presented to the soul, is passed.

     Now, when the construction on a particular building site stops, there is another thing that is happening there, or more precisely not happening there. This is the second point. The soul is no longer experiencing the building process itself. The disobedient soul, is not receiving the inner experience of Divine Power that is associated with the normal building process. The experience of Divine Power, tells the soul that new walls are being added, and particular milestone revelations tell the soul that whole new floors have been completed. The obedient builders know that they have a firm connection to the foundation, when they experience the presence of Divine Power, each time a new layer of light is added to the divine structure. When the student stops cooperating with the building process, the Masters stop adding layers of light. Beyond that point, the disobedient soul is not aware of any divine construction activity at all. In fact, in spiritual terms, the disobedient soul has moved off the divine building site entirely, moved off the foundation itself, and is now building its little house off site. Having lost its connection to the divine foundation that it once knew, it now builds on a false foundation consisting of its own fear based desires, fear based ambitions, and all of the upside-down thoughts associated with these.

     And yes, all this can be true of people who hold leadership positions in this church. When they refuse to admit mistakes, you know what foundation they have neglected, and in turn what false foundation they are clinging to. It is very simple. Their positions of power have become the foundation of their identities. Anything that might challenge that foundation they push away. That is why they do not admit mistakes. They live in terror of losing the very foundation of their identity when they are asked to resign because of those mistakes.

     In this case we are dealing with a very clear example of a soul who has stopped cooperating with the building process. As noted, Rev. Linda Worobec has exhibited a striking departure from the divine blueprint, in her July 4, 2003 performance of a piece of music on the Central Altar authored by a group of individuals who she clearly knows to be some of the darkest and most destructive enemies of the Great White Brotherhood. When confronted on this, she refuses to bend the knee. In this regard, she refuses to recognize that she is out of alignment, and she refuses to reorientate her feeling and thought processes in accordance with the divine blueprint.

     When we focus our minds on the Teachings set forth on this subject, by the Ascended Masters themselves, we can see that this characterization is correct. I would offer here, in approximate chronological order, three examples from the Teaching to validate this point.

     Now, I was not given the blessed opportunity to personally meet or know Mark Prophet when he was in embodiment. And I do not personally know anyone who knew Mark Prophet. But there are people who are still around who actually knew, and worked with Mark Prophet. In the storm of controversy that gathered up after the July, 4, 2003 event, one of these rare individuals who knew and worked with Mark Prophet, made a comment concerning the performance of a piece of Beatle's music on the Central Altar in King Arthur's Court, as follows:

"They actually said they played a Beatle's tune?! I don't believe that !!!!!! Mark would NEVER allow a Beatles tune to be played. I don't care how they changed the beat or tempo. [Mark Prophet] told me that the Beatles (beat Ei or EL for God) were the perversions of the 4 elements of fire, air, water, and earth and that they introduced the wave of darkness and the perverted music that sank Atlantis."

That's a first hand account of what the original Messenger Mark Prophet had to say about the Beatles. And here are two important statements made by the Masters which makes it so clear, that what we are dealing with here, are the enemies of the Light.

Vol. 13 No. 8, Saint Germain, February 22, 1970, INTERMEDIATE STUDIES IN ALCHEMY III,      "Therefore, the trends toward misqualification must be challenged at the same time that they are being reckoned with as karmic factors by those who are determined to override man's density and to bring into manifestation the long-awaited kingdom. Have men failed in the past? Then the record of that failure is a magnet to draw them down, and strong counteracting forces must be kindled. The power of heaven must be reharnessed and men must turn from darkness toward the light.      There is, then, a purpose for spiritual alchemy. But before I go into it enough to enable you to draw forth greater measures of cosmic energy and to learn how to qualify this energy correctly, I must show the relevance of this study to the present age.      The destructive energies which poured through the Beatles and entered the subconscious minds of the youth, popular though they were in the world of form, are gradually working their way to the surface, revealing their true colors and Satanic origins. These unholy emanations have drawn many young souls into the mistaken belief that the taking of drugs, the practice of witchcraft, and illicit sex can give them freedom from all imposed limitations. Instead, these indulgences have held them in bondage to the legions of darkness."

Vol. 25 No. 14 - Elohim Peace & Aloha and Arcturus & Victoria and the Keeper of the Scrolls - April 4, 1982 The Class of Elohim, "For the Turning of the Worlds", VIII,      "Thus, there is a spiritual warfare engaged against the souls of Life. And there is a physical warfare against the temples, the minds, the bodies, the hearts with which the soul is integrated. Therefore, beloved ones, note well that the original declaration of war against this very nation and the youth of the world occurred on a similar occasion, December 31, 1959. On this occasion, there was the moving into position of certain individuals incarnated among the youth for their betrayal through the upsetting of the mighty rhythm of the flame of peace those groups known as the Beatles , those individuals who were also their counterparts in the Rolling Stones, and all who followed after them. <1>      That very position astrologically in the stars of the heavens was the turning point diametrically for the moment of the conception of individuality in the Cosmic Christ, through the teachings of the Divine Mother, as they were brought forth in that hour through the Three Wise Men who, under the leadership of El Morya, sponsored the prophet of the decades, your own beloved Lanello, to give those teachings of the Great White Brotherhood that would enable the youth of this nation and the world to bring forth their own individuality in Christ.      But the false prophets appeared. And by the intense sound and perverted rhythm of their energies, they involved decades now of youth in the culture that comes out of the pit <2> the rock music, the drugs, and the ensuing rebellion that has channeled forth the entire rebellion of the fallen ones who are seated comfortably in the lower levels, the uttermost levels of the astral plane." (Endnote) 1. On December 31, 1959, astrological configurations based on the conceptual chart for the U.S. indicated a period of extremely stern testing, including a strong potential for war and a challenge to individual identity. On this same date, the North Vietnamese government under Ho Chi Minh adopted a Communist constitution and called for the reunification of Vietnam, marking the beginning of active infiltration of the South by North Vietnamese. This led to further U.S. commitment of troops in 1964 to aid the South in their fight against Communism. In December 1959, the Beatles (then called the Quarrymen) were playing in a small backstreet club in Liverpool, England; the Rolling Stones (Blues Incorporated) made their debut in London in March 1962. In February 1964, the Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr) conducted their first rock concert tour of the U.S., making two landmark appearances on "The Ed Sullivan Show." The Rolling Stones (Mick Jagger, Brian Jones, Charles Watts, Bill Wyman, Keith Richards, Mick Taylor, Ron Wood), nicknamed "Satan's Jesters," followed with their own U.S. tour the same year. The Beatles and the Stones ignited the counterculture revolution of the sixties with their advocacy of drugs, sex, and social protest.

     We need to understand that Rev. Linda Worobec is aware of this Teaching. When she chose to include a Beatle's song in the program for the July 4, 2003 concert in King Arthur's Court, she was aware of this Teaching. When she got on stage, and those words came out of her mouth, she was aware of this Teaching. As she relished the process of having hundreds of people absorb those words, precious students of the Masters, she was aware of this Teaching. But she consciously chose to ignore this Teaching. But not only that. You can be sure that the Masters sent many angels to her, to ask her not to do this. They stood around her and said, "Please Linda, do not do this. We implore you. This will sow a seed of corruption into the minds of our students." What did Linda do? How did Linda respond? She put her hands over her ears, and proceeded down the course that is now part of the history of this organization.

     This is a very interesting point. She knew that those words were authored by the greatest enemies of the Great White Brotherhood. Yet, she enjoyed the process of performing those words on the Altar of the Holy Grail. And she enjoyed the process of pouring those words into the ears, into the minds, and into the hearts, of hundreds of Ascended Master students.

     Linda Worobec's behavior in this regard is a shocking in-your-face departure from the Teaching, and it leads to the desensitizing of the membership's moral sensibilities, preparing them for the day when they will be asked to swallow even more shocking departures that will come (and have come, and passed).

     Now, many people spoke up to protest this departure. But the leadership said, in the vernacular, "get a life". They wanted us to know that this departure was perfectly ok, that the people who have the problem, were the people who were protesting. And we have on the record, in the circulated correspondence on this issue, one person, who initially had great problems with this, actually I believe she was the first person to speak up about this, but after hearing the leadership's defense of it, she came back, and participated in ridiculing those who stood their ground. That soul was desensitized (corrupted) very quickly. The fact that we have not heard a more widespread outpouring of revulsion at the leadership's destruction of the Master's work in Russia, could be traced to this process of desensitizing the moral sensibilities of the membership. Please make note of the fact that the Masters have decried for decades, this very same desensitizing process going on in the culture at large. With each new low, the people become less able to appreciate the depths into which their culture and society are sinking. Now we see it happening right within our own organization.

     The foregoing pronouncements of the Masters, quoted above, on the issue of the Beatles, must be taken as the architectural proclamations of God our Father concerning the structure of the divine blueprint. What is that pronouncement? It is this, that any amount of sympathy, held in the mind, and the feeling world, for the Beatles, does not represent a component of the divine blueprint, but rather, it represents a component of darkness designed by the false hierarchy, intended to bring an element of corruption to the divine building process.

     The use of this music, then, does not "square" with the Teaching. This is clear. Now, when confronted with a point of disobedience to the law, we are required to quickly self-correct, and never to self-justify. Rev. Linda Worobec has refused to self-correct. What she has given us is only self-justification. When considering the Master's admonishment, that those who know better, must do better, she has her hands over her ears again. These after-the-fact behavior patterns do not "square" with the Teachings either. What does that mean for her?

     She is not just building walls that are just a few degrees off the vertical. She is building walls upon her foundation that extend in the opposite direction. They extend 180 degrees in the opposite direction. In other words, the structure she is building is extending below the foundation, in other words, she is building upside down in relationship to the Teaching. Every time she justifies her choices and actions in regards to the July 4, 2003 event, she is adding another floor to this upside down structure. When someone is building upside down, clearly, the Masters will not extend any assistance to her in this process. The only assistance they will extend to her would be to help her realize the folly associated with building in that direction.

     If a soul remains impervious to reason, the only other option that the Masters have is to stand back and wait for the structure to collapse. When she is sitting in the rubble, she will then, hopefully, be more open to the idea that she has not been wise in her refusal to adhere to the building patterns that the Masters have set before us, and before her.

     The July 4, 2003 event, and her subsequent refusal to bend the knee before the law, exposes the fact that Linda Worobec is building a reverse structure on the inside, while she builds the appearance of a right-side-up (Ascended Master Congruent) structure on the outside. She desires for all of us to ignore the evidence of the internal reverse structure, and look only to the outer appearance of a right-side-up structure. But we have seen the folly of our own collective ignoring of the law in this regard. If we could have come to grips with what happened on July 4, 2003, and taken the appropriate steps to remove her from her leadership position then, it is very possible that history would have been completely different. Clearly, the Masters would have greatly rewarded the entire organization for such a righteous choice to defend the Truth and the Teaching over personality. Such a choice would have allowed them to step in to hold the balance in the relationship between leadership and the Moscow group. Moreover, her vortex of rebellion would not have been present to draw the Montana Leadership Team into such an inflexible hardness of heart. Some accommodation of the Russia situation would have been found that would have allowed Unity to prevail.

     But, here we are.

     Church Manager Linda Worobec is playing the role of serpent in our Garden of Eden. The Messenger taught us that the Garden of Eden story was an allegory for the destruction of Maitreya's Mystery School on Lemuria. She taught us that the serpent was a metaphor for a person of great sophistication who appeared very wise, and had great authority in the eyes of the students. The word of God in that story, in regards to the prohibition against eating from the tree of relative good and evil, was a metaphor for the Teachings of the Ascended Masters. The Teachings in that day set forth a clear prohibition with clear consequences, even as it does today. The serpent, the person with apparent authority, tells the people that they do not have to cleave to the Teaching, that it is ok to depart from it a little bit. One bite is ok. Surely you will not die if you take only one bite. But the parameters of the test of obedience were the same in that day. When the test of obedience (on the 4 o'clock line) was not passed, the divine building process stopped, and the structure of the soul's life after that was simply a gradual process of dissolution and disintegration (death).

     Now, Rev. Linda Worobec is wrapped with many layers of apparent authority. The golden robe she likes to wear the most is the one that says that the Messenger trained her to do this, trained her to do that, basically placing a permanent stamp of approval upon her behavior and actions for all time. Yes, that coat is very shiny and it glitters, but with whose Light? And her outer demeanor, from what I hear, has completely disarmed many. But out of that mouth of seeming authority comes not the sword of truth, but the same old lie. Just a little bite from the tree of disobedience is ok. And the whole organization actually took that little bitty bite. Everyone knew about it, word of it was spread everywhere throughout the organization. After all, the leadership officially accepted it, justified it, in writing no less. And so, the entire membership accepted her disobedience, and they accepted the lie that there would be no consequences associated with either her disobedience, or the organization's acceptance of it. But the law is the law, and the outworking of the law came quickly. The great treasure of the Master's work in Russia was destroyed shortly thereafter, and who was at the center of that act of destruction? That's right, Church Manager Linda Worobec.

     Ok, the Masters said to us, you think Linda Worobec is so wise? We will step back and let you see how wise she is. And what followed was an act of destruction without equal in church history.

     In one Keeper of the Flame lesson that I was reading the other day, I came across this really interesting little poem, which I will reproduce in part here:

     One of the most important lessons that the Ascended Masters desire for us to learn, and learn well, is the fact that the perversion, and destruction of Mystery Schools on earth, is not a rare event. It is the rule, rather than the exception. They desire for us to know this, so that we will be prepared when we see the process of perversion and dissolution occurring right in front of our faces, yet again. And what is that preparation supposed to buy us? This prepared state of mind is supposed to buy us a clean escape from the failures of the past. That is the Master's intent. This prepared state of mind is supposed to give us the ability to grab victory right out of the very jaws of defeat. That is the Master's intent. This prepared state of mind is supposed to buy us the great treasure of victory. That is the Master's intent.

     Their words were not intended to reside unheeded on the printed page as so many pretty jewels in a box.

     In the destruction of the Master's work in Russia, the charred and shattered rubble of the greatest defeat our organization has yet suffered, lies at our feet. And beyond, yes, look beyond, there to that gaping abyss of ignorance, blindness, and disobedience, that beckons us forward, desiring to swallow us up whole.

     Let us not rush forward into that abyss, please. Let us stop here, and take the time to heed the Master's word, and reach out the hand of wisdom therefrom, and grab our victory out of those gaping jaws of certain defeat.

     And if we do that, and I hope we will, what can we expect the future to hold? In other words, what will this victory look like?

     Victory will look like the Light of Illumination, residing in the minds of the members of this organization as understanding. When Mark Prophet talked about the crystallization of the God Flame, that is one of things that he was referring to. And out of that understanding, will proceed right action, illumined action. And what will right action, and illumined action look like?

     This is what illumined action will look like. Church Manager Linda Worobec will be dismissed immediately from her position as the Manager of Church Universal and Triumphant. In all the years that she worked under the Messenger Elizabeth Clare Prophet, she did not surrender that streak of rebellion and disobedience, and we cannot afford any more on-the-job training for her in that respect. The levers of power must be taken out of her hands now.

     This is what illumined action will look like. The Leadership will set the clock back to 11:00AM, August 29, 2003, and restore all things to where they were before that infamous meeting in Moscow took place. And then the leadership must work to resolve the differences they have with the former Moscow Board, with the idea that killing the Goose that Laid the Golden Russian Egg is not an acceptable outcome. Some accommodation must be reached.

     This is what illumined action will look like. The leadership will design a program for their own penance, and they will make this program public, and they will give the membership week to week updates on the progress of that program. Each member of the leadership who was pulled into the vortex of Linda Worobec's rebellion, contributing to the justification of her disobedience, and contributing to the destruction of the Master's work in Russia, has a heavy debt to pay, and they need to start that payment process immediately. Any member of the leadership team that resists this penance must be removed.

     This is what illumined action will look like. At the end of that penance program, the leadership will work to devise a system of checks and balances, that will allow us to deal with audacious streaks of rebellion that show up in the consciousness of our leaders, before those streaks of rebellion come even close to crystalizing into church policy on any issue. Remember, these streaks of rebellion in leadership are used by the false hierarchy to derail and to ultimately train wreck the organization. When these streaks of rebellion show up, they must be nipped in the bud without delay. We need a systematic and sane process to accomplish this.

     Remember, that every life is like a broken record. You put the record onto the phonograph turntable, swing the arm over the recording, place the needle into the first groove, and it will play fine, up to the point where the big scratch is located. When the phonograph needle comes to the scratch, it gets stuck in the rut, and that little section starts to play over and over and over again. The rest of the record will never be played until the scratch is removed. We have come to the place in the playing of the record of Rev. Linda Worobec, where the deep scratch of rebellion is located. And she has again got stuck in that rut. And this will happen again with other leaders as well. The membership of this organization needs a plan and a program to deal with this.

     As a fundamental principle in this regard, I would propose that any person who reaches a position of leadership in this organization, must have, as a prerequisite, an established momentum of passing tests on the 4 o'clock line of God-Obedience. How do you test for the presence of that momentum of victory? It's easy. No matter where a person may find himself, or herself, positioned in the leadership structure today, they must be challenged openly on any point of disobedience to the law that they express in the course of church business. Do they quickly recognize the mistake, or do they dig in their heels and self--justify? If they quickly self-correct, and quickly agree to a program of penance, then you have a person who has a momentum of passing tests on the 4 o'clock line. In that person, you have a Taurus Builder, not an Anti-Taurus destroyer. Remember, a word to the wise is sufficient. We want wisdom in our leadership. If a word to the wise is not sufficient, then you can be sure that that particular individual does not have any actual wisdom, and we don't need that person in our leadership structure. If they resist the process of bending the knee, they must be asked to resign immediately. We gain far more over the long term by making sure that the destroyers in our midst do not have access to the levers of power, than we might lose in the short term, by the inconvenience of having a particular leadership position vacant for the time it takes to appoint another person.

     And finally, when it comes to the power to abort the divine plans of other people, we need an insulating layer of justice, that will stand in between the innocent, and the immediate expressions of disobedience and rebellion on the part of top leadership individuals. The power to immediately remove the leaders of local Teaching Centers, whether domestically, or in foreign lands, must be eliminated. We must replace this unilateral power with an open public procedure that will allow the due process rights of all effected individuals to be respected. The procedure itself, and the content thereof, must be open to public scrutiny. This would be an actual crystallization of the Golden Rule into institutional form. And that would be a good thing. What in the world is the Golden Age all about, if the Golden Rule is not institutionalized within the very organization that is supposed to bring in that Golden Age? We lose far more by allowing individuals to use our collective power to wreak great injustices, than we would lose by any delay in the removal of individuals from their posts.

     It is sort of ironic that as I call for the immediate dismissal and removal of Church Manager Linda Worobec from her post as Church Manager, she will be the first person to think in her heart, "hey, what about due process rights for me?"

     If we do these things today, we will be taking action that will help to guarantee the successful completion of the Master's plan for this organization many years into the future.

     I would conclude on this sad note. It has been said of old, that evil triumphs when good men do nothing. So far the good men and women of Church Universal and Triumphant have done nothing concerning the presence of this overt disobedience and rebellion in their very midst, leaving the hand of evil armed still with the sword of institutional power. Whom will it cut down next?

     Think about this. At the very time all hands are needed on deck to save the central ship from the band of pirates (see note below) that have taken it over, do you think that the Real Ascended Masters would produce such distractions? Do you really think that at such a crucial hour, when all of their hopes and dreams for the fulfillment of their plans for the Inner Retreat are on the line, that they would produce such distractions? Do you really think, that at a time when unity is so important, that they would set before us other messengers to dilute our sense of allegiance to the body of teaching already given? It is impossible. All of this is impossible. There is too much on the table before us now, to think that they would do such a self-defeating thing, and work against the fulfillment of their own hopes and dreams in this manner.

     What is needed, is Unity around their plans, as those plans have been set before us in the body of the Teaching that we have. That is the unity the Real Ascended Masters would foster at this time. Kim and Lorraine Michaels are the work of the false hierarchy to further divide and distract the students, so that the critical mass of concern, which is so important to achieve now, cannot be reached within the student body, when it comes to saving the Summit Lighthouse, Church Universal and Triumphant, and the Master's plans for the Inner Retreat.

     I came across this paragraph in a dictation by El Morya that holds the key to understanding why Kim and Lorraine Michaels are NOT sponsored by the Brotherhood.

Vol. 31, No. 77 - Beloved El Morya, November 13, 1988 Thus I come to tell you, beloved, that unless you avail yourselves of that which I have already given you and [that which other Ascended Masters] from the Darjeeling Council have given you, and that which the Messengers have given --- unless that be put to use fruitfully, abundantly, wisely and obediently, I will see, for my part, no new dispensation that I may offer [my chelas].

     I do not see any evidence at all that what the Masters have given us, has been put to use "fruitfully, abundantly, wisely and obediently". My God, we have a Church Manager no less, that tramples proudly and arrogantly upon one of the most fundamental aspects of the Teaching. Given the state of the organization today, I think we can see, in this, the evidence to the very contrary.

     For a new messenger to be considered worthy of a new dispensation, what would that messenger have to do as their first priority? That person would lead the student body into a new appreciation for what has already been given, and provide the keys to waiting minds, that would help everyone achieve a higher level of fruitful application, again, of the teachings already given.

     Do we see this in Kim and Lorraine Michaels? Absolutely not. We see them producing new, distracting material, and the expression of viewpoints that draw the students away from the body of the teaching already given.

     Here is another key. What is one of the most important and valuable things already given? It is the Heart of the Inner Retreat. Certainly, a new messenger, if that messenger was genuine, would see the value of that, and his or her actions would enhance every possibility that this great treasure would be exploited to the maximum measure that the Masters originally intended in their original plans.

     But what do we see Kim and Lorraine Michaels doing? They are proclaiming, or rather the imposters they are channeling, are proclaiming that the Summit Lighthouse, and Church Universal and Triumphant is no longer sponsored by the Brotherhood. This proclamation by the Michaels divorces them personally from any opportunity whatsoever of making use of that treasure. If the Michaels were true messengers, they would not divorce themselves from that treasure. If they were true messengers they would understand the value of that treasure, they would understand the plans the masters have for it, and they would position themselves in such a way as to contribute to the fruition of those plans. But they have done none of that. As the behest of the imposters they channel, they have divorced themselves completely from it, and burned all bridges. The false hierarchy wants the children of God to abandon that essential aspect of the divine plan, and so that word of falsehood goes forth from the mouths of the Michaels.

     The Inner Retreat, in many ways hold the key to understanding who the false messengers are. The Masters tell us that they have had their eye on that very land for millennia. Now that they have it secured, they are going to walk away from it? Impossible. Any messengers who trash this organization, burn their bridges to it, and draw the children of God away from it, are abandoning the Master's plan for the Inner Retreat. This act of abandonment is the sign of the false messenger.

     Now, some might say, that in the current inability, or even reluctance of the membership of this organization to apply the teachings already given, that you have there the very evidence of why the Masters need to sponsor a new Messenger. It does appear, that in many ways this organization is filled with un over abundance of ungrateful people. But that argument overlooks the criteria that the Master set forth. He set forth only one criteria. What has been given thus far must be used "fruitfully, abundantly, wisely and obediently." If this criteria is not met, there will be no further dispensations. What the Masters have given is the Messengers, the Organization they established, the Teaching, and the Inner Retreat, and all the plans that go with that. The Master was speaking of all of this. All that has been given, must be used "fruitfully, abundantly, wisely and obediently." If you see the sign in anyone, of abandoning what has already been given, you can see that the Master will not extend any additional Light to those individuals, no matter who they are.

     Now, establishing a relationship with Kim and Lorraine Michaels will definitely put the students path in jeopardy. The Master El Morya presented us with a very important principle in this subject area. When a soul comes before the feet of a psychic channeler, there is an exchange that takes place. The imposter harvests the light of the soul, and the soul receives a portion of the imposter's electronic belt energy. This is dangerous, carrying the consciousness of the soul into the twilight zone of the astral plane by degrees. And of course, the Master El Morya said that the Law required him to sever his own ties to any student who enters into such a figure eight flow with a channeler of ascended master imposters. As long as a student is associated with Kim and Lorraine Michaels, their path is not only on hold, but they are losing ground every day they maintain that tie. If the student has such an association, it must be severed completely. So, please stay clear of Kim and Lorraine Michaels. Use the Teaching that has already been given. The Masters assured us that it represents the foundation for the age of Aquarius, and moreover, that what has been given thus far, is sufficient to carry any sincere soul home.

Note: The reference to a band of pirates refers to instruments of the false hierarchy operating on the astral plane who can operate through church leaders, pushing and pressing their minds and emotions into taking foolish actions. One prime example of such foolish actions which serve only the purpose of the false hierarchy was the destruction of the Unity of the Russian Congregation. These pirates operate through astral portals that the church leaders themselves establish through actual points of willful disobedience to the Teaching. The Real Ascended Masters cannot touch those portals, because they are established by the freewill of the individual. Each such portal, each such point of disobedience is a point of astral control, through which the false hierarchy can operate. Through those portals of disobedience and rebellion, the false hierarchy can pour suspicion, and fear, and thus, their feeling worlds are filled with a sense of inordinate fear, and through the device of aggressive mental suggestion, they can be pressed to take unwise actions out of that fear. This is the genesis of the current crisis. The solution to this problem is the closing of those portals of astral control. To close those portals of astral control, the members of the leadership must bend the knee before the Teaching, on each point of disobedience and rebellion that they have thus far manifested. If they refuse to bend the knee before the Teaching, they need to be replaced. Of course, the same principle applies to Kim and Lorraine Michaels. This describes exactly where their "dictations" come from.

     Under the leadership of President George W. Bush, the slide of the American culture into the abyss of moral decay could be arrested right here, and turned around. The American culture could actually start climbing upwards towards that Shining City on the Hill, rather than continuing its apparently irresistible and apparently unstoppable downward slide away from it. And as the people again start to climb that hill, and they come to occupy that Shining City, America can become that Golden Age beacon for the rest of the planet, which God our Father intended from the beginning, fulfilling thereby her destiny divine.

     This vision of victory will come to pass if we the people, and our President, properly leverage the situation that we find ourselves in. It is as simple as that.

     We are in a very tough spot in Iraq. There's no doubt about it. But that is the context for this monumentally fantastic opportunity. But let there be no doubt about this. We are in Iraq for a noble purpose. Restoring the blessings of freedom to God's Children, no matter the culture, no matter the nation, is always a noble undertaking. But the forces of darkness, of hatred, of tyranny, are inflicting increasingly excruciating casualties upon American soldiers, and striking fear in the hearts of the American people. And because of the pain, and the fear, the specter of defeat for yet another American dream looms on the horizon. Americans dreamed of freedom for the people of Vietnam, but that dream was defeated. And now the same monster of despair looms before us again.

     Let's be clear about this. Only the Power of God, which is applied through the instrumentation of Angelic Legions can defeat that monster of despair that looms so large now, and will only become larger. America will not prevail in this great cause if the power of God is not invoked by America collectively.

     And who is so blind as to see not, that the shadow of that monster has already engulfed the minds of millions of Americans? And who will be so audacious as to deny that once it has taken up residence within the soul, that this monstrous shadow will not let go, no, not of its own accord. A great percentage of the American people have already lost all hope, and we are only into the difficult part of this great work, less than one year. It took 12 years and 50,000 dead in Vietnam before Americans surrendered to that monster of despair. Here, we are into the battle less than a year, and lost only 700 soldiers, and great swathes of the American public are ready to retreat.

     Americans are weaker today, not stronger. So many modalities of cultural decay have metastasized within the body politic. It is like the Flag over fort Sumter, shot full of holes by the forces of darkness. How long can it hold together?

     The terrorists read our opinion polls with glee, and they leap out of bed every morning with renewed hope, that if they can kill a few more Americans that day, they can defeat the American Giant, and drive it out of the Middle East for good.

     If we do not grasp the hand of the God now, the hand of God who sponsored this nation, now, they will succeed in fomenting enough fear, in enough Americans, that the political consensus there is now, to stay the course, will surely dissipate. And we will withdraw. No doubt behind the banner of an illusory honor. But what honor is their in cowardice? What honor is their in spinelessness? There is none. Our enemies know it. And therefore our withdrawal will signal the end of America as a world super power, because, it will telegraph a weakness beyond their wildest dreams, drawing terrorists attacks upon the American homeland like a piece of red meat attracts ants.

     How has it come to this?

     All of the woes of America can be traced to one fundamental mistake. The mistake we made is over 40 years old now, and it dates from the day we turned our back upon God our Father in October 1962, when the people allowed the Federal Courts to take the first step in removing prayer from the public schools, and when, in the aftermath of that infamous decision, the people could not summon the collective will to overturn it. It has been all downhill from there.

     When prayer was taken out of the schools, the good injected into American society by billions of industrious Angels each day, ceased. It was like telling the garbage collectors of New York City not to come to work. The garbage has been stacking up on the streets day in, and day out, ever since. We have become accustomed to walking around in it. The smell does not offend anyone anymore.

     And the garbage itself has given life to a new order of stinky creatures, like unto the Michael Moores of this world.

     Now, I will tell you, that there are many signs that we are close to hitting bottom. The people are so confused now, as to whom they owe their allegiance and their very lives, that they cannot find the will to stop the slaughter of millions of Americans in the womb each year. They cannot find the will to stop the deluge of pornography, and the saturation of our culture with ever more degrading and base examples of depravity. They cannot find the will to stop even the latest outrage against the laws of God, the marriage, if you can believe it, of homosexuals. Every new low, requires God our Father to step further away from us as a culture. What does he say? He says, I know them not. And this allows the downward slide of the whole society to accelerate.

     No, we have not hit bottom yet. The bottom is yet to come. When the culture disintegrates, then you will know you have hit bottom. When all of the institutions people have worked lo these last 200 years to build, are brought down, then you can be sure you have hit bottom. When there is nothing left to hold these institutions together, then you know you have hit bottom. When there is no divine hand to stay the forces of chaos that we are unleashing in our very midst, then you know you have hit bottom. But by the time you are sure that you have hit bottom, it will be too late to turn it around.

     School prayer was a beloved institution. It was dissolved under the acidic insensitivity of secularism. The womb of the mother was a beloved institution. It was dissolved under the acidic insensitivity of secularism. The innocence of childhood was a beloved institution. It was dissolved under the acidic insensitivity of secularism. The privacy and sacredness of sex within the boundaries of marriage, this was a beloved institution. It was dissolved under the acidic insensitivity of secularism. The very relationship between a man and woman was a beloved institution. It was dissolved under the acidic insensitivity of secularism. And now marriage, the foundation of family life since the very appearance of man on this planet, was a beloved institution. It too is very close to being completely dissolved under the acidic insensitivity of secularism.

     Where is the Divine Hand that would hold any of these institutions together? It has been withdrawn. When the divine hand is withdrawn, and the most sacred institutions are disintegrating, you know that you are very close to hitting the very bottom. It will not be long before the very institutions that maintain even a semblance of peace, order, and civilization in our lives, will begin to bend and collapse. And in this respect, it is no coincidence that we see the rise of terrorism at this point, with the prospect of nuclear detonations in major cities that have the ability to trigger economic convulsions that will bring exactly the level of chaos which our institutions will no longer be able to check. Look at the economic downturn produced when the terrorists took down just two New York high rise towers. What would happen if nuclear device was detonated in the main New York Financial district? The prospect of this is right now on the horizon.

     And so, we are very close to the bottom right now.

     Yet, in light of all of this, we are provided with an opportunity of inestimable value, right here, and right now, to turn this all around. To stop this slide, and to reverse it.

     How do we do it?

     President George W. Bush must take the lead on this as Commander in Chief. He must explain to the American people the dire situation we are in, a situation that we will not be able to prevail in, if we do not summon the help of God as a nation. This of course has nothing to do with restoring school prayer. This has everything to do with enlisting the people in a great call to the very Throne of Heaven for divine assistance for a very practical and immediate purpose. We need Divine Assistance to help our soldiers succeed in the great task of bringing liberty to the Iraqi people. We know that President Bush is committed to giving our troops everything they need to succeed. But one thing the Defense Department can't give them, is the Divine Assistance that only the American people can invoke for them.

     We must prevail in Iraq. The survival of our nation depends on it. But we face great obstacles. These obstacles are too great for us to overcome alone. I know this to be true. We must seek the help of God our Father, who sponsored this nation from the beginning, to help us prevail in this noble cause. This is a very serious situation that will require all of us to sacrifice. And this includes sacrificing those loud but petty objections to the idea of school children praying once again, so that our soldiers will have a fighting chance to succeed. And therefore, I am asking every citizen of this great nation to shoulder a new responsibility in these troubled times, and that is to make the effort, in every possible free moment, to ask our Common Heavenly Father, to help our soldiers succeed in their mission of bringing liberty to the Iraqi people. That's all. There is only One Heavenly Father. And he will listen to these righteous pleas made by citizens of every faith. We are all in this together. We are all share this common time of peril. We all share the hope of success for the victorious outcome of the mission to which we have set the fighting men and women of this nation. Please, make it a point to ask God our Father to help our troops. The demons of darkness that inhabit the hearts of the terrorists will shudder at this moment, and that is a good thing. Their day is done. God our Father will see to that, if only we ask him to help us. That's all.

     Our president needs to speak of this at every opportunity. Could John Kerry ever bring himself to do that? Absolutely not. A heart of darkness does not look to God for anything. Only the heart of President George W. Bush has the appropriate posture. It needs to become a part of the national life of this nation. And of course this will make international news, because the forces of darkness will be absolutely livid at the audacity of this president. And this serves another important purpose. This will help reassure the Muslim peoples of this world, who are not quite sure where America stands when it comes to our allegiance to God. As this becomes a fixture of our national life, they will be comforted, feeling a new kinship with Americans, and this will bring us more allies throughout the Muslim populations.

     And as the American people respond, and follow the lead of the president in this regard, a certain additional space will be opened in the American mind for a more serious consideration of the Presidents recommendation that we pass a Constitutional Amendment to outlaw marriage between homosexuals. As the president gets more positive feedback on this issue from the citizens of America, he will be able to take a more and more bold stand in this area, and this will have again, a positive impact on the public opinion of the Muslim populations of the world. The issue of homosexual marriage gives America a black eye in the minds of the Muslim populations of the world. To see that the American people are devoted to the law of God in this respect, and have found the will to stand against this offense against heaven, will boost our public image in all Muslim lands. All of this will help us get the cooperation we need to defeat the terrorists wherever they are.

     You see, that battle against terrorism will become more easily winnable, because we will have brought to the equation two additional factors that are absent now. First is the help of God himself. Second is the increased help of the Muslim people because of America's stand for what is right in the sight of God.

     And it will come to pass, that with the help of God, the situation will eventually stabilize in Iraq, and the Iraqi people will have the freedom they deserve, and the people will marvel at the efficacy of the approach taken by President George W. Bush. He will have helped the people to realize, that they do have a friend in God their common Father. And because of this, finally, and historically, perhaps sometime into his second term, President Bush, having succeeded in shepherding through a constitutional amendment to outlaw homosexual marriage, will have created an atmosphere in which the people will consider a constitutional Amendment to overturn all the federal court decisions that have taken prayer out of the public schools of America. And this amendment will pass. And the children will again be able to start their school days with a collective prayer, and because of this, the trash collections will begin again. The stink of all that refuse which has built up over four decades will be cleared away because of the billions of Angels who will leap into action as a result of the prayers of the school children. And the minds f the people will become more clear as a result, and understanding will return to their hearts, and they will finally feel ashamed that they have allowed millions of Americans to be slaughtered in the womb, and the movement will finally go forth then, and perhaps this will be long after President George W. Bush has left office, to propose and to pass an amendment to the Constitution that will guarantee the right to life of the unborn child.

     With this act of the American people made official, and all abortion clinics finally shut down, God our Father, in his infinite gratitude will release the bowers of heavenly treasures upon the American people, and lo, the first Golden Age in recorded history will coalesce right here in America, and America will lead all nations in the science of divine gratitude, and it will come to pass, that the earth will shine so brightly, that the central sun of our solar system will bow down in awe before what God and his people have accomplished here on earth.

     In the current conflict, we need to find a path guaranteed to lead us through this thicket of ever increasing complexity, to victory. God our Father will create that path for us. And so, I would encourage our President to adopt a New National Strategy for Victory. And it is simply this. This New National Strategy would recognize our Need for God's Help, and would implement a Systematic Program to Seek that Help. And when we do that, the path to victory will unfold before us day by day, to consternation of all of our enemies.

     And so, President Bush, please take the lead in encouraging the American people to pray for the safety of our troops in Iraq, and for the success of their mission. Mr. Bush, please encourage the American people to do this. We see engraved on our coins, the words, In God we Trust. That's our national motto. What is it about God that we trust? We trust in his promises. He said, "Ask, and ye shall receive." We need his help now more than ever. But we need to ask for it. He doesn't give it, unless we ask for it. Please lead the nation in asking for God's help in protecting our troops, and for his help in fulfilling their noble mission. Please add this sober request to every public speech and statement that you give. Every time the T.V. cameras are rolling, please take the opportunity to encourage the American people to do this. They will respond. But they need a leader. Leadership in this area is all important.

     I appreciate the contribution that Sean Prophet has made to the debate over the Naked Chakra Man. His statement is published in full directly above. I would like to respond paragraph by paragraph, and in some cases, sentence by sentence.

     Now, because his statement reflects a spirit of uniform and seamless rebellion, and is nearly completely lacking in any creative detail or specifics, there is not much of an opportunity here for an interesting dialogue unfortunately. Though I will try to make up for that. While I think his statement does indeed reflect his current state of mind, his response is meticulously fashioned like unto a press statement, so that if any of his friends or business associates plug the name "Sean Prophet" into the Google Search Engine, and this page comes up, they will find nothing here but a statement they will find to be appropriately politically correct, and his standing, in those blankly staring eyes which do not telegraph the presence of any light at all, will not be harmed in any way. It is sort of self-serving in that respect.

Sean writes: "With regard to your article, I support broad tolerance of political, artistic, and sexual expression."

     See what I mean? These words could have been spoken by the press secretary of Senator Barbara Boxer. Senator Ted Kennedy would have at least been bombastic about it.

Sean continues: "I am not gay ... "

     Ok. If you say so.

Sean continues: "I am not gay but I support alternative lifestyles and the people who live them."

      You support the death spiral these people call an alternative life style. I suppose the phrase "alternative life style" is appropriate. What alternative is there to life? The only alternative to life, is death. " I am not gay but I support alternative lifestyles ..." I see this as a distinction without a difference. To promote the bondage of others, makes you prey to the same degree of bondage. In other words, it is one prison cell. You may not be sharing the same cot, but you are all behind the same cell door.

Sean writes: "I would support gay marriage ... "

     You would support locking two individuals more securely in a habit pattern that will lead to the death of their souls. That is a sad state of affairs if you ask me.

Sean continues: " ... except I believe that the entire institution of marriage is corrupt and outdated."

     Here is a rather provocative statement, that goes beyond even the politically correct viewpoint of the Hollywood elite. Very courageous in a upside down sort of way. I see in this statement the ultimate desire to destroy civilization, denying the opportunity for souls to incarnate, and where that opportunity still exists, to deny them a stable growth environment. The idea that love between a man a woman that is stable and mutually supportive, and which provides a nurturing environment for the growth and evolution of all family members, has become "corrupt" in your mind, well I would say to you Sean, that is not your mind. There is another mind thinking through yours. Your soul is like the Princess Leia Organa sitting in the lap of Jabba the Hutt. The Masters warned you that by setting the tuning dial of your soul to the frequency of the Rock Musicians, you become a receiver for their destructive thoughts and feelings. I suppose you can say from your own experience, that the Master's warnings were true and righteous all together.

Sean continues: "Other than for legal protections, it is not clear to me why gays would want to espouse this outmoded institution."

     Homosexuals passionately desire to drape around themselves the appearance of legitimacy, respect, and honor, that the great majority of American's associate with the institution of marriage. It is another way for them to elevate the crude to a level of respect, and on the other hand, to blend into the social woodwork to avoid being challenged for their self-destructive lifestyles. They did the same thing with the word "gay". At one time being "gay" was a respectable institution. It meant innocently happy, without a care in the world, associated I think with the natural outlook of most children, albeit decades ago. They took that institution and draped it over themselves for one purpose. It is a mask of deception, giving the false appearance that they possess a particular shiny virtue, which their lifestyles are completely void of in all truth. Technically speaking, there is no such thing as a "gay" homosexual. The soul of a homosexual is being eaten alive by an infestation of guilt and shame which they will never be able to shake, unless they take the Hand of God, and allow him to lead them out of their self-imposed prison cells. In their current state of bondage, they are, of all people, the most viscerally unhappy. Unhappiness is in their very bones.

Sean continues: "Neither human law nor spirituality should have any bearing on the private behavior of consenting individuals with members of either sex. Like religious belief, decisions about this private behavior must be respected so long as consensuality is maintained."

     No, Sean, you are mistaken here. We are our Brothers Keeper. When you see a soul in the jaws of a shark, you move quickly to do everything you can to set them free. We have that responsibility. Moreover, we have the responsibility to look ahead, even if they cannot. The misqualification of the Light during a particular lifetime will place them in a various precarious situation in the future. I know that they don't like to think about the future. But the Masters have allowed us to look through their eyes, so we know that there is a future. These soul's will face horrendous consequences for their misqualification of the light, even if it is only the high probability that they will be assigned to the lowest levels of the astral plane between embodiments, and that they will be forced to stay there for many thousands of years before they are given another opportunity to embody. These lower domains are ruled by the darkest demons, and the most cruel task masters. That is why they call it "hell". In those regions, there is no mitigation or mercy manifest. The soul must face directly the consequences of its rebellion. It is cruel to stand by and do nothing while these people are headed in that obvious direction.

     It is important to remember that every aspect of the life that we enjoy today is extended to us by many hundreds of thousands of selfless servants who extend the energy of their own heart flames to provide this platform for our redemption. The price for continued access to their good will, is gratitude. And gratitude, if it is genuine, will translate to a willingness to cooperate in God's purpose and plan. Where there is no gratitude, there is no cooperation. Where there is no cooperation there is obstruction. Those souls who take the pleasantries of this world for granted, taking callous advantage of the good will and noble efforts of these selfless servants, abusing the opportunity they provide to us, will find that they will not be given that opportunity again for a very very long time. And the (after- life) regions within which they must sojourn, as they ponder the inner callousness which will not allow them to manifest the quality of gratitude, will be regions in which the heart flames of this selfless servants are not allowed to extend their mitigating influences.

     We see around ourselves many things that allow comfort to come to the soul over the course of our physical lives. Sunrises and sunsets come to mind. The beauty of waterfalls. The majesty of the mountains. The fragrance of roses. These are only a few of the innumerable examples of the mercy that God extends to us through these selfless servants. But in the lower regions of the astral plane, there are no such comforting influences. Existence there is torment. It is torment only because God our Father will not allow more Light to be invested in providing comforts for which the soul has no capacity to feel grateful, and having no capacity to feel grateful, no capacity therefore, for cooperation with or even understanding of the divine plan. Homosexuals are clearly in the category of the ungrateful and non-cooperating who are headed for those regions of great distress. That is why it so important for us not to be confused by their own delusions and assertions of normality, but to do everything we can to try to shake them awake.

Sean continues: I do not believe that straight men or women have any reason to feel threatened by expressions of nudity or eroticism from members of the same sex ...

     Nudity and eroticism activate, in a very natural manner, our sexual desire nature. When our sexual desire nature is activated Light is released through the chakras, and flows into the object of our lust (or prurient interest). This light flow is lawful between man and wife. In that situation the light flow is balanced, and we receive as much as we extend. This energy exchange between husband and wife works to build stability in the relationship, and that stability enhances the growth environment for the children.

     When objects of lust are presented before the eye, but outside of the husband-wife relationship, energy is released in the direction of the lust object, but no positive energy stream is received in return. I believe there is a return current, this is the law, but what is returned represents the dregs of the electronic belt of the lust object. For the "luster" as opposed to the "lustee", this represents a net loss of Light, and has an unbalancing effect upon the psychology. One of the most obvious factors of unbalance is the loss of Light itself. The soul needs Light to illuminate the mind, so that the path ahead can be seen clearly and walked safely. Without that Light, many stumbles and falls are added to the portfolio that would not have otherwise been included. Another factor of unbalance is in the creation of desires that can never be fulfilled. If a man looks at a Playboy centerfold for example, desires are generated, and those desires will never be fulfilled. That man will never hold that woman in his arms, and will never consummate that desire. The same is true from the female standpoint. I remember hearing this from a very wise woman. It is foolish to lust after something that you can never have. And that is the truth. These focal points of desire, as they multiply produce a sense of enduring dissatisfaction in the lives of both men and women, and this can have no other effect other than causing their own personal relationships to slowly disintegrate.

     Whether the viewer of the lust object is the same sex as the lust object, or the opposite sex, these principles hold true. But I would note that if the viewer of the lust object is the same sex as the lust object, additional disintegration factors are inserted into the equation. The energy flows will have a much more intense vibration of rebellion connected with them, a much more intense downward spiral, which will greatly multiply all disintegration factors previously discussed. This is why 99 males out of 100 will feel very uncomfortable looking at Michelangelo's David. The energy flows set up by such an encounter take on a geometry which is the very opposite of God Harmony.

     The longer a soul is subjected to these forces of anti- harmony, the greater impact they will have on the very structure of the soul's outer expression. This is why the native beauty of the woman, when it comes to long time Lesbians begins to disintegrate, and they appear more and more male like. And the same is true for homosexual men. Their native maleness slowly disintegrates, and they begin to appear, act, and sound, more and more like women.

     I believe, in this respect, that homosexual men, who look, act, and sound like normal men, have not been homosexuals very long. Perhaps one or two lifetimes. I would surmise that those homosexual men who are beginning to manifest a pronounced effeminate quality have been homosexuals for much longer. The same principles apply to women who have been pulled into the homosexual lifestyle.

     And so, Sean, you can see, if you will allow your mind to penetrate into the deeper regions where life is defined in terms of energy flows, that nudity and eroticism produce disintegration factors in the fabric of society itself, causing it to tear itself apart, and eventually collapse.

Sean continues: "(The concept of nudity as sin 'reductio ad absurdum' puts us all on the road to wearing burqas)."

     Both men and woman can dress in a tasteful and modest manner, that allows us to appreciate the beauty of God's children in a way that does not activate our sexual desire natures. Bare skin is what activates our sexual desire natures. And it is bare skin in certain areas. Keep those specific areas covered, and you can enjoy the rest without any problem. I have noticed many times exactly where my attention goes when any amount of cleavage for example is displayed by a female. Women display breast cleavage only for one reason. They know that this will activate the sexual desire nature of any man that looks in their direction. This is pure manipulation.

     Compare and contrast this to a beautiful woman that does not allow the bare skin of her breasts to be exposed in any manner. The attention of the male takes in the full body of course, but the attention will rise to the face, and that is where the greatest sense of inner beauty is communicated. Your eyes will rise to her eyes, and behind those eyes is her MIND, where her soul resides. This vision of beauty will invoke a sense of deep appreciation. That's right, deep appreciation. And this is what is supposed to happen. In other words, you can allow the flame of your heart to expand, in terms of the flame of appreciation, by looking at the face of a beautiful woman. And this is a very pleasing experience. But compare that to the inner reaction of the male when the female exposes her breasts. Your attention is locked into a completely different domain. Your sexual desire nature has been activated, and that is the most powerful aspect of our physical natures. We simply cannot rise out of that into the flame of appreciation, because there is business to attend to.

     And so these females, by exposing their breasts, draw our Light, they actually steal it, but at the most base level, and at the same time provide us with an obstacle to entering into the flame of appreciation itself. Do this too often, and you will create males who cannot rise into a genuine flame of appreciation, and there you have another disintegration factor that will put heavy strains upon the husband and wife relationship.

Sean continues: "The display of the human body cannot possibly be immoral."

     I have just explained to you exactly why the display of the nude physical form is contrary to the laws of God. The activation of the sexual desire natures which the nude form produces, and the release of Light associated with that, is only lawful within the husband/wife relationship. Outside of that relationship, viewing of the nude physical form generates various unfulfillable and unbalanced energy phenomena, which in turn become factors of disintegration within the social fabric.

     And so, when you say "The display of the human body cannot possibly be immoral." you are wrong again. What is immorality? On the first level, it is human behavior that expresses rebellion against God's purpose and plan. On the second level, it is behavior that produces a destructive impact, one that is easily quantifiable, upon the existing fabric of God's purpose and plan.

Sean continues: "For if we believe god created man in his image, then gazing at naked male or female bodies can only be a meditation on god."

     For all the reasons stated above you have again stated a very substantial error. For a husband to gaze upon the naked body of his wife, this is lawful. For a wife to gaze upon the naked body of her husband, this is lawful. To gaze upon the naked body of other human beings outside the domain of holy matrimony, this is unlawful for the reasons stated above. Now, in this respect, in regards to these unlawful activities, it is impossible to mediate upon God while you are engaged in the very act of rebellion against his law. I hope you can see why that will hold true in every instance. But even within the bonds of holy matrimony, gazing upon the unclothed physical form is not technically a meditation upon God either. Technically speaking, our bodies were not created in the image of God. Our soul's were created in the image of God. Our consciousness, and our capacity to be aware, and to participate in His creative scheme (far beyond the current capacity of the physical bodies we now wear) this was created in the image of God, not our physical bodies. We reside in these physical bodies only because we have fallen away from our original divine image. They were designed only as temporary containers, lasting only the length of one lifetime in most cases. And so it is said of these physical bodies, dust to dust.

Sean concludes: "It is man who has created the sense of shame and sin."

     Technically speaking again, I believe it is true to say, that God our Father created this matrix of life, and I am speaking of this system of redemption wherein souls reincarnate over many lifetimes, in the quest of the grail of holy freedom, and as a part of that matrix, he created the capacity for man to feel shame. And the feeling of shame was intended by God to be a catalyst for change.

     Now, this system of redemption, and the matrix of life associated with it, which allows man to experience this phenomena we call "shame", was the result of man's rebellion against the plan and purpose of God. When man fell, the need for redemption was born. And so God our Father created this system of redemption to meet that need. If man had never fallen, he would never have the need to feel shame, because shame is not a part of the divine life in the heavenly octaves. You see, if man chose to reside wholly within the Divine Law, appreciating the wisdom of that Law, he would have nothing to feel shame about. And within that domain of illumination, he would not be tempted to commit any sin (any act of rebellion) for which he would later feel ashamed.

     But here, in the physical octave, within this system of redemption, we have those souls who have long ago adopted sin, or shall we say rebellion, as a way of life, and therefore, there are many things for them to feel shame about, and many opportunities as well for shame to fulfill its appointed purpose. All in all, shame is a good thing when it is derived from an honest appraisal of how far the soul has wandered away from the treasury of divine reality.

     God our Father would only give the very best to his children. God our Father would only give the very best to his children. God our Father would only give the very best to his children. Yet the fallen angels have convinced those children to turn their backs on the very sunshine of divine abundance, in order to live a life of pain and torment under their auspices (here in the footstool kingdom). What a grotesque folly it is to think that God created the soul to sit mindlessly in some factory producing widgets hour after hour, day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year, decade after decade, and even lifetime after lifetime. When any soul clearly comprehends the utter blackness that pride alone has persuaded them to embrace, in place of a life of glory in the family of God, there is certainly room for some shame there.

     Here, I think we can see that shame might very well be one of the most important expressions of the redeemable heart. The heart that can see the goodness of God, and the blessedness of his purposes, and at the same time grasp the extent to which a certain act has betrayed that Heavenly Father and his purposes, is a heart that will feel some shame, which has a certain motivating power to bring the soul back into alignment with reality.

     Perhaps you are feeling a little bit of that yourself, when you contemplate the magnitude of opportunity the Master's moved mountains to provide for you, lavishing their hopes and dreams like unto a golden mantle upon your soul, which some voice out of the darkness then persuaded you to turn your back on. I mean, what would have been the path of less pain for you? I think the answer to that is obvious enough, given the shattered remains of your family life. Yet you proudly desire to believe you made the right choice. Well, wonders never cease.

     But I can assure you, Sean, that it is lawful for you to take hope in the story of the prodigal son. I have a feeling that Jesus gave that parable to the people, some 2000 years ago, just for you. I mean, who in the world could it apply to, if not to you? So, come on home, into the embrace of many welcoming arms, and let's see if you can pick up the golden thread of your own special mission within your Father's vineyard once again.

     I appreciate the contribution that Erin Prophet has made to the debate over the Naked Chakra Man. Her statement is published in full directly above. She has given us some very specific information about the Messenger's total culpability in the promulgation of this image to the student body at large. Because her statements present a point of view which adds additional justification for the promulgation of this image, I find that it is necessary to respond paragraph by paragraph, and in some cases, sentence by sentence.

Erin writes: "Your article about the naked chakra man is way too long to respond to in depth. It would require a complete statement of my beliefs and much history that I can't go into at this point."

     I am surprised at you, Erin, referring to things that are too long in a context like this. But let me say this, about that. No greater compliment can you give a writer, than to say that an article is so deeply penetrating that it inspires the reader to consider setting forth a full statement of their own beliefs. Thank you. I look forward to the day when you will respond in full.

Erin continues: "However, a few points need to be made and I hope you will stand by your pledge to disseminate them on your website along with Sean's words."

     I will make an approving note here, regarding your belief that it is very important to keep our pledges. Yes indeed. When we make pledges to El Morya for example, and we have kept them, even in the face of the greatest opposition, it really speaks to the level of honor, that we have invoked from God, and that we have allowed to reside in our own character. Against the greatest opposition, I have kept my pledge. Here is your statement, actually above is your statement, and Sean's too, published in full.

Erin continues: "As you know, I was in training to be a messenger and I can emphatically state the following points as true:"

     Excuse me for saying so Erin, but this is like saying "I was in training to be an astronaut, although I dropped out of the program before my spaceship lifted off, but nevertheless, let me tell you about the surface of the moon. Or maybe about the gas clouds of Jupiter. Or even about the icy badlands of Neptune." Notwithstanding this interesting wrinkle in your presentation, according to your wishes, we will give you that wink, and listen respectfully to what you have to say.

Erin continues: "First: Mother was fully conscious and aware at several points in her life and career when she directed the use of Michelangelo's David statue as an object of meditation, both with and without the chakra overlay. For you to claim that she was somehow duped, that other people manipulated her into it, etc., is just silly."

     I believe you missed the nuanced dimension of that aspect of the article. You see, I was hoping that it was somebody else's fault, and my theories went in that direction first. Now we have first hand testimony that Elizabeth Clare Prophet was 100% responsible, and accountable, for the use of the Michelangelo David statue in all instances.

Erin continues: "Second: You try to imply that because Mother meditated on this statue when she was pregnant with Sean, it may somehow have affected his attitudes towards homosexuality and the 'failure' of his mission. First of all, your argument is logically impossible."

     Ok, I am listening, and I am waiting for you to tell me why this is logically impossible. But you don't. For you to argue this point persuasively, you must counter the principles I set forth in support of my thesis. In my article I set forth the law regarding the flow of energy. The first law that I applied holds that energy flows in the direction of your attention. The second law I applied holds that a figure eight flow of energy is set up between the student and the teacher. In this case, the "teacher" is Michelangelo's David. Applying these two laws, I am concluding that while meditating on this statue, energy is flowing into orbit around it, and returning, and this applies to the thousands of homosexuals who have their attention on that statue, and all ascended master students who have their attention focused on that statue. As far as the ascended master students are concerned, it is my contention that the rebellion of the homosexual movement returns to the student, on the return current. That would mean that the rebellion of the homosexual movement would have flowed into the forcefield of Elizabeth Clare Prophet. In as much as it was the clear and conscious intent of Elizabeth Clare Prophet to transfer the fruit of her meditation to Sean, then it is reasonable to conclude that these geometries of rebellion coalesced around Sean in his most formative years. In the few statements that we have on the record in regards to Sean's relationship to his mother, I see the expression of a deep resentment. This could very well be the source of that resentment. This is a logically coherent application of the law. And I will note that nothing you say in your entire statement addresses these fundamental points.

Erin continues: "Not only did Mother say that she had meditated on the statue while pregnant with Sean, but she also encouraged people to use it during their meditations."

     You have stated here that Mother was encouraging others to enter into a figure eight flow with this Statue of David. The error she had made in terms of her own meditation, she is now encouraging others to adopt.

Erin continues: "See the Family Designs for the Golden Age seminar (1974) where she recommended that expectant parents hold a replica of the statue and run their fingers over it in order to transfer the perfect form to the child."

     Here you are expanding on this theme. Mother has now institutionalized this error in an album that people will listen to for generations to come, encouraging them to make the same mistake that she made.

Erin continues: "Are you somehow implying that all children born after such meditations are somehow tainted?"

     I am not "somehow" implying this. I believe I stated my conclusion in that regard rather explicitly. Yes, indeed. Every mother who does this, ties her consciousness into the rebellion of the homosexual movement, and the Godward evolution of that child in the womb will be compromised.

     The only thing that will protect them against the negative impact of the Messenger's advice in this area, is their native obedience to the laws of modesty which I discussed in depth in my September 2004 article "Bare Breasts in the Everlasting Gospel?"

     Gazing upon the Michelangelo Statue of David, breaks the laws of modesty. Most people sense that, and they will not adopt this practice, even though Mother encouraged it. Moreover, there is a general theme that runs through the entire body of Ascended Master Teaching, and it is that the appearance of the physical body is of no importance, when it comes to the spiritual evolution of the soul. There is a disconnect here, between the Messenger's belief in the importance of this perfect body, and the Master's Teaching that the perfection of the physical body is of no importance. The obedient ones will register the Master's teaching, and ignore Mother's misguided beliefs in this area.

     Of course, our physical bodies need to be healthy. We need to eat correctly, get plenty of good exercise, and take care of our physical vehicles in every possible way. But the particular shape of the physical body has no bearing on the capacity of the soul to reach for God, or not reach for God. In fact, the more obsessed a person is with the appearance of their physical body, the less likely they have what it takes to reach for God.

     Part of the reason that Mother was drawn into this so thoroughly, may well be because of the unique form of pride that is associated with a human mother. The human mother will see the child as an offshoot of her own ego. She will want that child to be perfect, so her own self-conception of perfection will not be challenged. The human mother wants the child to be perfect in every way, so that when she shows the baby off to other mothers, the only thing she will receive is approval. This pride is vain, it is shallow, and it is blind. But what can you do? It is what it is. For a female student who has successfully bound the dweller of pride, this may be less of an issue. But at that time, Elizabeth Clare Prophet was only a beginner on the path when it comes to the issue of dweller binding.

     Now, on a related issue, I remember during Summit University (1983), during a particular lecture, where Mother stated that Marilyn Monroe was some kind of a highly evolved soul. And that it was a tragedy that her life ended so soon. This really illustrates the presence of a blind spot in the Messenger, and this is the more so when she knew, and we all knew that this individual tempted a sitting president into a state of adultery jeopardizing the stability of the entire nation. Marilyn Monroe was a rebel to the core, who based her life on the breaking of the laws of modesty. She was the first person to pose nude for Playboy Magazine, helping to launch one of the greatest and most successful vehicles of darkness on the planet. I am theorizing here that Marilyn Monroe was a teenage idol of Mother's, and she brought that idol into the Teachings with her, no different than a young girl's idolatry of Brittney Spears today. Marilyn Monroe obviously enjoyed the fact that men gawked at her everywhere she went. And many women, I believe, adopt that desire, to likewise have men gawk at them everywhere they go. Many young girls lived that fantasy vicariously through Marylin Monroe as they live that fantasy through Brittney Spears, and others like her, for example Madonna, today. And so, Mother carried this momentum of teenage idolatry with her into the teachings, unaware that it represented a state of consciousness completely out of alignment with the law of modesty, and subsequently, the Light that surrounded her all about, made that point of darkness, look like virtue to her. In other words, she could not divide the real from the unreal on this point.

Erin continues: "Third: As a side point, Mother was already acting as a messenger when she was pregnant with Sean, so you are mistaken on that point too, that her use of the statue was somehow a mistake allowed in because she didn't yet have the mantle."

     The same principle applies here. Mother had a life outside the Teachings up to about 1961 I believe. She had been fully absorbed into the popular culture, and she even went to college and got herself a degree where she probably took some classes in Western Art. My point is the same. She adopted her respect for Michelangelo's David before she came into the Teachings. And the Light she found herself amidst, tended to validate that part of her previous life, in the same way that it appeared to validate her idolatry of Marilyn Monroe.

     Her idolatry of Marilyn Monroe is an important point to consider in this. Marilyn Monroe was a rebel against the laws of modesty. For Mother to have an idol, who embodies rebellion, speaks to the presence of rebellion in herself. In this case, it is a rebellion against the laws of modesty which existed in her own electronic belt. And that rebellion was expressed in her adoption of the Michelangelo David statue, which also breaks the laws of modesty. In other words, she respected the way in which both Marilyn Monroe, and Michelangelo's David broke the laws of modesty. She respected that. This was a good thing to her. That was a point of upside-down morality that she carried forward from her immersion in the popular culture, and probably from previous lifetimes.

     Obviously, no human being is perfect. And the Masters cannot wait until someone is perfect for them to be called to their mission. The Masters will work around our weaknesses, and our pre-existing streaks of rebellion as much as possible. But with the Master's sponsorship comes a great responsibility to be the more meticulous in dividing the real from the unreal within our own psychology. Mother failed to divide the real from the unreal on this point, and her failure here — because of the membership's idolatry of her, wanting her to be perfect, and therefore thinking that she is perfect, not able to accept the idea that she had flaws, not able to accept the idea that she could act and behave out of those flaws — is twisted into a virtue that lives on in the minds of the membership.

     Don't be confused on this point. Maitreya's Clipper Ship, as a metaphor for the Mystery School, was brought down into the physical octave by your parents, both Mark and Elizabeth. Now, there are many thick oak planks that make up the hull of that ship. And the hull, as long as it is watertight, allows the whole ship to remain buoyant, keeps it from sinking it does below the waves of the astral ocean. Here we have a hole in the hull. This hole is masquerading as piece of pure oak. But it is not a piece of pure oak, it is a hole in the hull, and the organization is taking on water because of it, and the Masters and their angels have to do a lot of bailing albeit below decks, just to keep it afloat. They are happy to bail, I am sure. But they could be doing more important things if we could only agree to plug this hole.

     Now, to carry this metaphor one step further, let's say, for the sake of discussion, that the surface area of the hull comprises 144,000 square feet of solid oak planks. Your parents get the credit for all of those oak planks, and they will get the credit for those oak planks forever and forever. But there is a hole in the hull, perhaps it is only one square foot in diameter, and it is certainly nothing, when you compare it to that huge expanse of 144,000 square feet of solid oak planks. But the problem is, through that hole, the ship takes on water. And holes that are not repaired, they tend to get bigger, and more water will pour through them over time. Let's plug this hole.

Erin continues: "Fourth: Mother often directed the use of a slide of the statue as an object of meditation during stumps and conferences."

     Again, you are just telling us more about how the Messenger was spreading her own respect for the breaking of the laws of modesty among the student body. I am thinking that we can see here perhaps the genesis of why some people in this community thought it was ok to photograph children in the nude and display those photos on a public website.

Erin continues: "What this all comes down to is that symbols can mean different things to different people. A case in point is the swastika, which is used as a sacred symbol in Hindu and Buddhist art but was also taken by Hitler and used for a very different purpose."

     As your mind reaches for an appropriate and readily accessible argument to make the case that the symbol of Michelangelo's David does not mean anything in particular, that it can mean anything that the viewer wants it to mean, it is no coincidence, that the one thing that is nearest at hand, and this is in terms of vibration, is the swastika, which symbolizes naked aggression and the extermination of God's children.

     The common denominator which these two apparently dissimilar symbols have in common, is rebellion against the laws of God. On the one hand, you have in Michelangelo's David a focal point of rebellion that operates at inner levels, inserting factors of disintegration into the psychology which tears the fabric of society apart slowly and by imperceptible increments, causing the falling away, and the ultimate death of far more souls than Hitler ever exterminated on the outer. And in this way it the more insidious. On the other hand, Hitler's rebellion, which the swastika symbolizes, brought the destruction of life to the very surface, where everyone could see it more clearly.

     Now, in regards to the apriori status of sacredness which the swastika supposedly enjoyed prior to its adoption by Hitler, I remember your own father, Mark Prophet saying, that not everything from the East that glitters, is gold. The swastika is a case in point.

     The swastika was a sick symbol to begin with. Hitler adopted it because it already embodied a certain focus of darkness. Look at how jagged it is. It is not, by any stretch of the imagination, an harmonious symbol. It does not vibrate with any amount of natural beauty or symmetry. It is perpetually out of balance. It looks more like a spider than anything else.

     And so, what we have here are fallen angels who have ensconced themselves in a particular spiritual tradition, in this case Buddhism and Hinduism, foisting symbols on the Children of God which hamper and obstruct their Godward progress. That is no surprise. And these symbols live on century after century, robbing the people of those traditions of their opportunity to ascend, century after century. And this is no surprise either. In a different place and time, here we have another fallen angel, in Hitler, pick it up, and adopt it for his own purposes, and that should be proof enough. The symbol had no divine content at all, but was the perfect focus for the mindless obedience of the masses to a false idol that would lead them on a rampage of murder and destruction the likes of which the earth had never known before.

     The use of the swastika in Hindu and Buddhist art is a fringe phenomena only. Only the rebellious enjoy it. Those who have a sense of true beauty push it away. And they did so long before Hitler ever came onto the world scene.

Erin continues: "Just because Michelangelo's David has been used as a symbol by the gay community does not mean that it was not fully approved by Mother for use as an object of meditation ... "

     My fondest hope, which you allude to here again, that Mother was not actually responsible for promoting the use of Michelangelo's David, has been set aside by your previous statements above. We now both stipulate to the truth, that Mother fully endorsed the use of this symbol. There is no question about this any longer.

Erin continues: "Just because Michelangelo's David has been used as a symbol by the gay community does not mean ... that it cannot be used as a symbol of God in man, etc."

     No, this is not correct. Michelangelo's David is a symbol of rebellion against the laws of modesty. Meditate upon that statue, and your soul is programmed to begin respecting that quality of rebellion. Learn to respect that quality of rebellion, and you will learn to respect other qualities of rebellion. All rebellion is outside the domain of God-Reality. If the soul is vibrating at the level of rebellion, then God, as the purity of the sacred fire, as the pure updraft of the very energies of victory and freedom, these cannot manifest within the domain of the soul's consciousness. In that vibration of rebellion, what will manifest within the domain of the soul's consciousness are the various and sundry energies of anti-God which are delineated as the perversions of the 12 lines of the Cosmic Clock. We are talking about the differences between an upward spiral, and a downward spiral. Mediating on the statue of Michelangelo's David, initiates a downward spiral.

Erin continues: "In saying this, I am not comparing homosexuals to Hitler or trying to make a judgment about their lifestyle. My comments about them are solely within the context of people wanting to interpret my parents' work."

     Yes, at some level you have actually realized what you have done in pulling the swastika and Hitler out of your toolbox of arguments in an attempt to help us understand why homosexuals love Michelangelo's David, and why the rest of us shouldn't worry about that. But, when you push a particular button on a vending machine, you shouldn't be surprised that what comes out of the chute matches the little picture under the button. You can't escape the fundamental truth that they exist within a region of vibrational proximity. That's why they came to mind so readily. But on the other hand, let's make sure that the members of the homosexual community are not offended by what you are saying. And look at the reason you have given them to set aside their hurt feelings, to overlook the real offense they feel having the truth thrust into their faces. This is really going to bring them a lot of comfort and peace. "My comments about them are solely within the context of people wanting to interpret my parents' work." That's the only sentence you've written in your entire response that makes no sense at all. Talk about a twinkie, sweet and empty. Did you ever notice how close the word "sense" and "sentence" are in appearance?

     Now, thinking that I have some explaining to do, the twinkie, which is loosely connected to my vending machine metaphor, you will probably have to reread the last paragraph to get what I mean, is the planet's universal symbol of junk food. It is sweet, but it is empty of all nutritional value. If that was the only thing you ever ate, you would die. And so, I am using it here to make the point that sympathy is sweet, but all logic set forth in the vibration of sympathy is empty of all truth and principle. There is nothing there for the mind to hold onto. Take a look. What you said can not be understood. It is therefore empty of meaning, but supposedly soothing (sweet) to the sensibilities of the homosexuals. But that hope is also empty, because you left your reference to Hitler and his swastika standing. Now, this is interesting too. When I first wrote that word down there, I used the spelling "twinky". I went into the dictionary, and I could not find it in there. I then went to Google and typed it in there to see what came up. 80% of the hits were from homosexual websites. The word "Twinky" is also the title of a movie released in 1969, about an adult male pornographer that falls in love with a 16 year old. The fundamental harmonics of the sweet and empty , have their resonant manifestations in every dimension of the physical plane.

Erin continues: "Fifth: Mother also approved the use of the Michelangelo statue as chakraman at the time it was adopted."

     Thank you for verifying this. The theme of 100% culpability (for this particular error) is made stronger still.

Erin continues: "What this all comes down to is that anyone can make whatever he wants out of a symbol."

     No, this is not correct. A symbol is what a symbol is, no matter what people think a symbol is. That is the truth. Michelangelo broke the laws of modesty when he fashioned his Statue of David. That is a truth that cannot be gainsaid. Those who long to look at that statue, are those who respect Michelangelo's rebellion in this regard. Homosexuals like that statue for that reason, and so does each and every person who feels good about looking at it. They all have that in common. They are all very comfortable and approving of the fact that this great artist rebelled against the Laws of God. And of course they will call that rebellion virtue, but isn't that the way of the rebels and their rebellion from the beginning? I think so. They will then ridicule us for standing in opposition to their new definition of virtue. And then as this upside down definition of virtue becomes tradition, the people become trapped in the very rut of that rebellion by the all too familiar chains of social pressure.

     Along these lines, on a recent edition of "Special Report with Brit Hume", the talking head panel at the end there, were telling us why Attorney General John Ashcroft resigned. And in the course of the discussion they talked about his effort, at some point at the beginning of his term, to put appropriate coverings on various statues at the Justice Department which depicted any amount of nudity. Clearly, here was a man, in John Ashcroft, who was in tune with God's law, and it was very natural for him, regardless of the ridicule he received, to be obedient to that law. But all the members of the panel, even though they are fairly sane people in most other respects, chuckled with that distinct vibration of ridicule, at John Ashcroft's efforts to be obedient in this regard.

     Now, until we have been stripped of our pride, to be laughed at, is one of the worst things that can happen to any of us. No, we don't like it. And when possible, we will avoid it, even like the plague. In other words, we will go out of our way to make sure that we don't give people any reason to laugh at us. And so if a statue is erected in our local town square, and we see that it needs to be covered in certain strategic locations, we will not step forth with the fig leaf or whatever other covering might be appropriate. No, we don't like to be laughed at. And that is how the tradition of rebellion creeps into our culture, and becomes established there, and accepted, so that no thought of challenging it will enter into the mind of any citizen from then on. All that is required for evil to triumph, is for good men to do nothing.

     And that is exactly what has happened in our own town square, the town square of the Summit Lighthouse, the town square of Church Universal and Triumphant, with the erection of the Naked Chakra Man. Here we see how effective is that mechanism of peer pressure, to keep souls in line with a conventional wisdom that has wandered well away from the straight and narrow, yes in support of the very vibration and manifestation of rebellion. This manifestation of rebellion now has a position of honor in our community, just as does in the homosexual community. That should make everyone feel really good.

Erin continues: "As far as your comments on Sean's and my paths, I would just say that you are not in a position to judge whether anyone has "failed" in his or her mission. "

     We are all admonished to judge righteous judgment. That is our duty before the truth. Rather than taking issue with my lack of standing in this regard, it would be better if you would point out the deficiencies, if you see any, in my judgments. I have set forth some very easy to understand principles. For example, when NASA spends decades, thousands and thousands of man-hours, and hundreds of millions of dollars training an astronaut, and that astronaut walks off the launch pad at the very last minute, and decides to go do something else, well, all the officials of NASA would be correct and righteous in their judgment, that that astronaut did not fulfill his or her mission.

     Common sense itself is in the position, the righteous position, to form conclusions, and to arrive at certain judgments concerning the obvious.

     And tell me what chance that astronaut will have convincing anyone to spend that kind of time and resources on them in the future? All the investors take a loss. A bitter loss. And woe unto that one who has given them that bitter lesson, for they will remember. It is far better for that one to return to the launch pad now, and to continue with the mission, while the training is still applicable.

     And of course it is true, that it is absolutely ludicrous to believe, that the Master El Morya who sponsored both you, and your brother, for this mission, did not have the highest hopes for the completion of that mission. Like he throws money down the drain just for the fun of it. No, Erin, this is the truth. Before you were allowed to embody in the family of the Messenger, the Master El Morya was as certain as he could be, that you had the capacity to fulfill your mission, and that you would do just that. Much of his certainty in this respect was composed of your own pledges and vows and assertions of trustworthiness. At that point you must have had some sort of a track record to back up those assertions. This track record had to be the source of your own desire for further victory. In other words, you knew what victory meant, and you desired to manifest more of it. And this track record had to be, at least in some measure, the source of the Master's own faith in your ability to fulfill your promises, your vows, your pledge, to that end. You were passionate at the time indeed, and he knew the passion for victory was genuine.

     Many souls desired to have those slots. But you were chosen. Consider the scene. Out of the long line of likely candidates, he tapped Sean on the shoulder, and asked him to step forward. Out of the long line of likely candidates, he tapped you on the shoulder, and asked you to step forward. And into both of your hands, he placed the scroll of his trust, in the form of navigational chart, which carried an energy dispensation, that was sufficient to carry the project forward to complete success.

Erin continues: "You clearly don't understand what Sean was trying to accomplish with his Black Sun journal, which was meant to encourage people to look to the roots of hypocrisy and other dysfunctional behaviors. Carl Jung wrote extensively about these ideas in his work on the shadow, something that my mother was interested in but unfortunately lost the capacity to understand before she had the chance to study it. Sean's thoughts on these issues are too complex to state here; perhaps people who want to understand Sean's point of view would be better off reading his "What is Black Sun?" than the few excerpts you have posted."

     Of course, it makes no sense at all, at least to me, that anyone who is in state of rebellion against God's law, could help anyone understand the "roots of hypocrisy and other dysfunctional behaviors." That is about the most absurd assertion that I have heard in a long time. It is written, physician heal thyself. Find the root of hypocrisy in your own garage, and then you can help others find it in theirs. And this is especially precious in light of the fact that it is a given, that the root of hypocrisy, is in the state of rebellion against God, and in the strata layers of the not-self that clings to that rebellion and continues thereby to push God, and life itself away, in the most mindless manner. The soul's reunion with God is what erases all hypocrisy. And the Ascended Masters provide a Path of Initiation to that end. And here we have Sean, turning his back on that Path, turning his back on God again, and he is going to encourage others to look to the roots of hypocrisy?

     Now, I did not include all of those examples from the Black Sun Journal in the Naked Chakra Man article, with the intent of helping anyone to understand what Sean was trying to do with the Black Sun Journal itself. That was not my intent. I included those examples for a very narrow purpose, and that was to show that a cause and effect relationship existed between the act of his mother impressing the geometry of rebellion upon his soul as a little child, and the level of rebellion that he had actually sunk too in his later life. It was important to have examples to illustrate the degree of rebellion into which he had fallen. Moreover, given the link of Michelangelo's Statue of David to the homosexual movement, this cause and effect relationship was all the more evident, in as much as there were examples in the Black Sun Journal which shows that Sean was exhibiting a very pronounced sympathy with the homosexual lifestyle. These examples speak for themselves, illustrating that cause and effect relationship, regardless of whether anyone understands, or doesn't understand, Sean's overall purpose or agenda in publishing the Black Sun Journal.

     However, I do know this. Sean made a pledge and a vow to serve the Ascended Master cause prior to entering into this embodiment. If he had not made that pledge and that vow, he would not have been given that opportunity. And so, given where he is today, are we to conclude that he made those pledges, and those vows, under false pretenses? Is that possible? Was it possible that Sean was in the grips of hypocrisy itself at that time? Was he feigning to be something that he was not, when he made those promises? I don't really think that is possible. When the vow was made, it must have been sincere. If the Masters did not genuinely believe that the promise was sincere, they would not have accepted it. They would not have built so many of their hopes and dreams upon the pledges Sean gave to them at that time.

     And so, given Sean's original level of sincerity, and given the fact that he has totally forgotten about that sincerity, it must be true, then, that Sean is feigning to be something now, that he is not. How about that. He is pretending to be nobody, when in fact he is somebody. He is pretending to not know the Ascended Masters when in fact they are the best friends he could ever have. I see that Sean's interest in hypocrisy has some roots in genuine reality.

     But perhaps, just as importantly, given Sean's original level of sincerity, and given the fact that he has totally forgotten about that sincerity, it must be true, then, that Sean carries forward from previous lifetimes a more than ordinary momentum of being sidetracked into the arms of the false hierarchy.

     Perhaps he is a uniquely qualified soul, in terms of his skills and talents in serving the cause of light in higher realms, at least in the past, and because of this, the false hierarchy has made it a project of sidetracking him lifetime after lifetime. Perhaps all the things the Masters said about his potential are actually true, and the false hierarchy is terrorized by the idea that he would actually be able to fulfill his mission during any single embodiment. So they invest enormous resources of darkness to try to trip him up. And the Masters then invest enormous resources in helping him outwit the opposition. And then the opposition invests even more resources in tripping him up. And then the Masters invest enormous resources in helping him outwit the opposition. And so forth, lifetime after lifetime. I am just speculating.

     Even if Sean is only a karmic child, all of these observations apply. In other words, let's say that Elizabeth Clare Prophet had a great debt to pay to Sean, that was repayable only by giving him the most profound opportunity for service. This would mean that she robbed him of an opportunity for service in a previous embodiment, and that she had to repay that debt. Let's say she had become the unwitting tool whom the false hierarchy used to trip Sean up in the past, and to cause a mission to end in failure. Let's say that this was the case. Sean would have been looking for repayment of that debt. Sean would have wanted the grand opportunity for service that his future mother would extend to him. And when given that opportunity, he would have desired to make the most of it. After all, what good is a repaid debt, if one takes the cash into one's hand, and then flushes it down the toilet? No. That was never his desire. Under this scenario, all of the above observations apply. The opportunity for service would be given again, and everyone involved would be sincerely looking for a totally victorious outcome.

     Now, given the undeniable backdrop of stupendous opportunity, and seeing Sean where he is today, I believe it is fair to say that Sean is developing a serious weakness when it comes to being sidetracked. The Masters can place him right at the banquet table, he doesn't even have to find the banquet hall, or the banquet table, or his own chair at the table. He is born and raised right on that very chair, at the table, in the hall. And when it comes time to reach for the chalice cup, which is right in front of him, the forces of darkness can pull his chain, and he will get out of his seat, march out of the hall, like a good little robot, and go do their bidding for the rest of his life. That is fairly amazing. History will record it.

     What we see now, in Sean, is a soul who gave a vow to serve the Ascended Master cause. And we see him turning his back on that cause. We see him doing things that go against the Ascended Master cause, like promoting the idea that a vow made to the Ascended Masters means nothing. That is a very destructive message by the way. We see him promoting Rock Music. We see him promoting sympathy with the homosexual lifestyle. In this we see him promoting modalities of soul enslavement that the Masters have repeatedly warned will lead to the death of the soul. This knight was knocked clean off his horse and onto the ground, and there he sits with his head spinning round and round. And before he regains his wits, he was trampled by hordes of demons into a doormat. Where were the legions of Archangel Michael at that crucial time? Is it possible that Sean left off giving his daily calls to Archangel Michael? Was his mistake that simple, that fundamental? Whatever. His consciousness and understanding is now very thin in that regard. I am speaking about the doormat. And so, whatever he is doing, he is doing at the bequest of the false hierarchy. He is not operating in the domain of free will any longer, but has become like a leaf that the demons can blow in this direction, or that direction, as their whims dictate.

     Yes Sean, stay pinned to your little editing machine while the whole world goes to hell.

     Sean Prophet, where is your spine? That's what we all want to know. Get up and start fighting back! There is still time to win.

     Regarding the mind of Carl Jung, wasn't this like unto a muddy cup, or perhaps only a thimble, when compared to the brilliant oceans of wisdom that came to us from the hearts of the Ascended Masters? Why trade the mind of Carl Jung for the mind of the Master El Morya for example? Perhaps it is as simple as the fact that in the Mississippi meandering of the mind of Carl Jung, you are guaranteed to see nothing that will remind you of your own mission? Isn't that true? He is your best friend Erin, why did you leave him? He stands yet upon the fortress walls, but you are not there.

Erin continues: "My own thoughts are also very much more complicated but I will state for the record that I do not have a homosexual relative that I am aware of but if I did, I would treat him or her with love and respect, not presuming to judge."

     Whether the soul trapped in the homosexual lifestyle is a relative or not, I am sure of this. It is not love that will stand by and just let them slide down the mountain to their certain deaths. The illuminated mind understands the danger that a state of rebellion poses to the very survival of the soul. That illuminated mind will form the proper conclusions regarding what words or actions are necessary to save a particular soul from a destructive end. And then those words will be spoken, and those actions will be taken. This is called love in action.

The
Expansion
Equation The Master El Morya
Tests our Trueness
to Him

     Here, this is what he said in a dictation given in April of 1995, "Since I am about to sponsor millions of souls for this activity and this Path, I must be certain that you who are here and who form the foundations of this Community throughout the earth are true to me. You must be true to the souls who are entering in." (Vol. 38 No. 26)

     Isn't that interesting? He said, "I must be certain ..." What does that mean? When the Master is certain about something, that means that he doesn't have a single doubt in his mind about it. Wouldn't that be amazing to have the Master El Morya look upon us, and in his mind he has no doubt about our trueness, we have shown it so many times to him, that he no longer wonders at all. He no longer factors in any percentage of uncertainty, when it comes to us passing our tests of trueness. Whenever a test of trueness comes upon us, he is certain that we will prove true, yet again.

     Unfortunately, there are many events and situations that have occurred within the collective life of our community, that makes it impossible for this Master to have such a level of certainty.

     How can Morya be certain of our trueness, when WE indulge a Church Manager so mired in rebellion, that she will plan a performance in King Arthur's Court which includes a Beatles' song, and who will perform that Beatles' song herself, on the very Altar of the Holy Grail? How can Morya be certain of our trueness, when WE indulge a Church Manager who will not admit to any mistake in this regard, and to whom the spirit of repentance appears alien? How can Morya be certain of our trueness, when we indulge a leadership generally, who to a person, has no spine to stand up and say that was wrong and demand accountability? How can Morya be certain of our trueness, when the membership has allowed that event to be swept under the rug? How can Morya be certain of our trueness, when WE indulge a leadership team who will shut off El Morya's own keynote, at the beginning of the first, and last, meeting between that leadership and the Moscow Study Group? Remember, and don't ever forget this. Their first act was to shut OFF El Morya's keynote. I pray for the day when the implications of that finally sink in. How can Morya be certain of our trueness, when WE have a leadership team who will destroy the unity of the Russian congregation, and the membership allows that to swept under the rug as well? How can Morya be certain of our trueness, when WE have a leadership team who will destroy a thriving ascended master publishing operation, again in Russia, and the membership allows that to be swept under the rug as well? How can Morya be certain of our trueness, when the organization has a resolution process to resolve disputes and allegations, but the church leadership refuses to apply it in high profile situations? In other words, in any situation that might expose their own corruption? How can Morya be certain of our trueness, when the membership at large will stand by and allow the leadership to trample all over due process principles? How can Morya be certain of our trueness, when a prominent piece of art used for meditation purposes, and has been printed on the front cover of many books now, turns out to be an icon of the homosexual movement, and 99.999% of the membership turns a blind eye, refusing to raise a peep in way of objection? I could go on, and I will go on. You can be certain of that.

     How is it that the membership of this organization has become so spineless? That's what I'd like to know.

     You can be certain of this. All of these points, and more, were tests of trueness to the heart of the Master El Morya, and we have failed them, each one.

     In that statement, made by the Master El Morya, you have the clearest equation for expansion. Look for all situations which test our trueness to the Master El Morya. Look for those situations! Be vigilant and watchful. And when they come upon us, we must use that precious opportunity to prove our trueness, not our spinelessness! Every single situation that has come before us, wherein our trueness has been tested, and we failed that test of trueness, and I have listed several here, what? Do we just forget? Is that supposed to solve the problem of El Morya's uncertainty? Make no mistake about it, that is the problem. All of these failed tests, makes the Master very uncertain regarding our trueness, and therefore, no expansion can take place under those circumstances. He said it, "I must be certain ... " For expansion to take place, we must give the Master El Morya tangible reasons to be CERTAIN about our trueness.

     And therefore, what is the path for us, what direction must we go, to help erase the Master's uncertainty? How to we get from point A, to point B in this respect? How do we get from that condition, which amounts to complete uncertainty in regards to our trueness, to complete certainty in regards to our trueness? We go back and we identify each situation in which our trueness was tested, wherein we failed that test. We go back and we make amends. We revisit each situation, and we bring the Divine Law to bear on each of those situations. And we pass those tests.

     This is no different than any college course. The tests that are given, must be passed. You don't get to go around the tests. If you fail those tests, you go back to the very same tests that you failed, and you retake those tests until you pass them. When the Master El Morya is testing our trueness, when we fail one of those tests, we must go back and pass them. We must, or we cannot move forward.

     I am the goose that lays the golden egg of realization in this respect. Really, I am that goose. I am going to sit on that egg until it hatches. I am going to sit on that egg until it hatches, until that realization blossoms in the minds of every member of this community.

     And why do you think John Kerry decided to go goose hunting? The forces of darkness want to shoot those gooses down before they can lay their golden eggs.

     Seriously, the Master has given us the equation for expansion. It is so simple. If you desire the organization to expand, if you desire for these teachings to reach millions, you must adhere to the equation given by the Master. Each time your trueness to the Master El Morya is tested, you must pass that test. And if you don't pass it, you must go back and pass it. You can't walk forward in this condition of mindless wishful thinking that you can abandon those tests, and everything will be ok. No, they will not be ok. You must turn around, you must go back, and you must pass those tests! You must. Thereby, as the frown on the Master's face, begins to turn into a smile, as each test is passed, when the Master is finally CERTAIN that you are true to him, and I am speaking to the whole community, then, and only then, will expansion occur.

     And so, the road to expansion is, without a doubt, in the resolution of these grievous corruptions of the Teaching that we have before us now. We add two more to the list with the addition of the exposes that lead off this Front Page. These items must be resolved in truth. That is the only way forward into the domain of total victory for this planet.

     Consider just one of these points in detail, before moving on. Take the act of overt rebellion that occurred upon the Altar of the Holy Grail on the evening of July 4, 2003, the highlight of the Freedom Conference for that year. In the planning stages, when Church Manager Linda Worobec was tempted to include a Beatles tune in the Opus V performance, and the Holy Angels counseled her to leave it out, that was a test of trueness to the Master El Morya. She included it anyway. She failed that test of trueness. When Linda Worobec was counseled by the Holy Angels to not perform that Beatles tune on the altar of the Holy Grail, on evening of July 4, 2003, that was a test of trueness to the Master El Morya. She performed that tune anyway. She failed that test of trueness. When the entire leadership was counseled by the Holy Angels to challenge Linda Worobec's rebellion, and to hold her accountable for that act of rebellion, that was a test of trueness to the Master El Morya. They refused to challenge her, or to hold her accountable. They all failed that test of trueness. When the membership of this organization was presented with this collective act of rebellion on the part of the leadership of this church, the Holy Angels counseled everyone to stand up and challenge that rebellion, and turn it back. That was a test of trueness to the Master El Morya. The membership refused to stand up and challenge that rebellion, and to turn it back. The membership failed that test of trueness. And so here we are.

     Everytime you wonder what we need to do to bring about the expansion of the Teachings across the entire planet, your attention must return to at least this one failed test. And when your attention returns to that test, and you allow your mind to think about it, and you are confronted anew with the inescapable understanding that indeed we must go back and pass that test, you are smack dab in the middle of another test of trueness to the Master El Morya. That understanding is the Christ in you. Will you bend the knee, and take the actions that understanding requires? Or will you turn your back on it one more time? Each time you turn your back on it, you are failing that test of trueness again. The organization will NEVER expand, as long as the members keep failing this test of trueness.

1. inordinate use of the mantle of the Guru
2. misuse of the mantle of the Messenger
3. abuse of power as ... pertained to her exercise of the mantle of Minister at the altar
4. serious and repeated infractions of the code of honor under which Susan was obliged to function as a minister
5. "I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow."
6. Both of these false hierarchies comprise the world cult of idolatry and the abuse of power to which consciousness Susan was prey, and of which shemade herself heir.
7. The offenses that came through her were seldom challenged and certainly not brought to the attention of the Messenger with the consistency needed to shatter the image of the beast of idolatry.
8. And when the children of the Light do not take the precious word of the Ascended Masters and the Messengers and lovingly give obedience to that word
9. the karma of failure to speak up in defense of justice
10. the failure to confess that sin of commission
11. the need both for penance for the acts of scarring other lives

     Some of these things sound sort of familiar I would say. When it comes to the current leadership, who is holding their feet to the fire? Nobody.

     This is an historic document, and it speaks to the issue of holding leadership accountable. You can see from what is said here, that there is a combination of both false adulation and fear that keeps people quiet when it comes to challenging wrong doing in their own midst. We have a lot to learn from this incident. And those lessons must be applied to every person in leadership, now and forever.

     This situation came to a head in the late summer or early fall of 1985. Notice that Robert Worobec is made mention of here as one of the Master's best students, yet in 2003 he participated, along with his wife, Linda Worobec, in the performance of a Beatles tune on the Altar of the Holy Grail. Perhaps he is one that never recovered from Susan Krister's abuse, never recovered his Christhood.

MEMORANDUM From El Morya, Chief of the Darjeeling Council of the Great White Brotherhood To:The Board of Directors of The Summit Lighthouse, Church Universal and Triumphant The Elders of the Church Department Heads Permanent and Probationary Staff Re: The Discipline of Susan E. Krister The Hour of World Transmutation      On June 28, I sent the Messenger to Camelot to deliver our address, opening the healing seminar prior to the July conference. That very afternoon I sent her to the office of Susan Krister with a message which I encapsulate as follows: that she had become the prisoner of a tower of idolatry which she had built but did not have the power to tear down; that this tower consisted of an entourage of individuals, herself ensconced dead center, held together by inordinate relationships of several kinds, specifically those held in mutual sympathy, idolatry, or fear, including self-hatred; that this tower was founded upon an inordinate use of the mantle of the Guru which she had been warned against repeatedly and that to continue in such a state would result in her undoing, even her death.      Contrary to what was believed by some, all of her physical problems, were due to the misuse of the mantle of the Messenger, for the most part without the Messenger's knowledge or foreordaining.      However, on a number of focused occasions, Susan had been corrected by me through the Messenger on her abuse of power in dealing with disciplinary matters of staff and students and as pertained to her exercise of the mantle of Minister at the altar. On each separate occasion it was pointed out to her that she could not conduct herself with the authority she had assumed and the discord she displayed.      The conclusion of the message was that in order to restore her health and retain the option for service in this life, the cult and tower of idolatry must come tumbling down and the misuses of power must cease. Susan confirmed her immediate understanding of the teaching and the necessity for my intercession to deliver her from the overpowering structure she had created. She said she had been reborn and would nevermore go back to her former ways. Alas, if only those words had been kept. Yet, following the meeting of June 28, she once again devastated some of our best servants-Ellen Goodman, Robert Worobec, and others, as well as decreers and decree leaders. Such is the dye of sin that stains the garment. (Please see my dictation of July 19, 1985, published as Pearl vol. 28, no. _ for the explanation from Maitreya's Mystery School on the refinement of Good and the replacement of Evil.) [Ed: Vol. 28 No. 43]      Needless to say, because of the immaculate love which our Father Alpha focuses continually through the Messenger on behalf of all Earth's evolutions, the Messenger was not outwardly aware of the serious and repeated infractions of the code of honor under which Susan was obliged to function as a minister and as an executive assistant to the Messenger. Neither was the Messenger aware of the extreme burden which Susan had placed upon numerous individuals on and off of staff and midst the student body over the years of her service at the time when I dictated my message through her to you, "Idolatry and the Abuse of Power."      Thus we cherish the mantle and the instrument that may be used to deliver our thrust for our purpose-in this case the dismantling of a human tower of power-without that message being tainted by preconception, misconception, or no conception at all on the part of the Messenger.      However, since the meetings wherein this dictation was read to you have been held at Camelot and the Royal Teton Ranch, letters and verbal communications have been given to the Messenger whereby she has been apprised of grievous burdens borne by many inflicted by the jealous tirades of Susan Krister over the years. Those who have never seen her so engaged by the powers of darkness will be shocked to hear these words. But I say, no more so than you should be shocked at the words of Jesus to his own disciple Peter, "Get thee behind me, Satan" when Peter was out of alignment with the will of God.      The injury to these lifestreams is more than a scarring of the memory or the searing of the soul, because it resulted in the suppression of the threefold flame, the Christ-intelligence, the personal integrity and sense of self-worth of all who came within the range of her vituperation, as well as many who never heard her most unfortunate deliveries.      In her ambition to be all things to the Messenger, Susan displaced many who could have done the job equally as well or better, exhausting herself in the process and trampling upon the true mantle of Chela that belongs to all in our community---as well as the mantle of Guru. The magnitude of this sin can be measured only by the setback, not only to individual lifestreams and those who have come and gone under her shadow, but also the setback to the organization as a whole, For the full flowering of Christhood in our chelas has in many areas been aborted and must now be restored by the able ministrations of the legions of the Maha Chohan.      In view of the above, as well as in consideration of her stated exhaustion incurred thereby, on August 18 last, I had the Messenger phone Susan Krister at Camelot and deliver her the following discipline in the presence of Ward Stuckey, Susan Brailsford and Erin Prophet. The teaching given in the seventh year of her service on the 18th of the month was taken from Revelation, chapter 18, verse 7, and Matthew chapter 18, verse 7-not without coincidence.      I explained to her through the Messenger the interpretation of the words in Revelation, "I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow:" That she had wade herself a queen, a hierarch in the midst of the community without acknowledging her loss of the Bridegroom, the eternal Christ, nor placing herself subject to him as his true queen.      Thus exercising royal office without the sponsorship of the Mediator, she did not accept the consequences of her misuse of the office of the Mother and denied that her accountability would be unto her: "I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow." Thus she professed to know not the hurt she had caused so many; though denying accountability, whilst having set up this she had been so engaged untrue standards of authority as, "my right." [Editor's Note: The last sentence in the last paragraph must have been garbled in transcription, as it makes no sense. The only sense I can gather from this, is reflected in these rearranged sentence: though denying accountability, the untrue standards of authority she set up whilst having been so engaged, she considered nevertheless to be, "my right."]      These chapters 17 and 18 of the Book of Revelation,, together with chapter 47 of the Book of Isaiah-specifically verses 6 and 7 describe the fall of Babylon the Great. As you know, there are two Babylons: the ecclesiastical and the political Babylon; one the false hierarchy of anti-Christ in church, the other the false hierarchy of the International Capitalist/Communist Conspiracy.      Both of these false hierarchies comprise the world cult of idolatry and the abuse of power to which consciousness Susan was prey, and of which she made herself heir. Thus, with the judgment of the ruby ray upon the tower of Babel and Nineveh and the modern Babylon, those who have become drunk with power, the power of the blood of the saints-the essence of their light-are also judged.      The second verse pertinent to the hour taken from Matthew 18:7 reads "Woe unto the world because of offenses! For it must needs be that of offenses come; but woe to that man by whom that offense cometh!" The explanation of this text which I gave to Susan and which I now give to you is that the Great Law allows each one to outplay himself: you to outplay yourself, Susan; and you to outplay yourselves, the staff.      The offenses that came through her were seldom challenged and certainly not brought to the attention of the Messenger with the consistency needed to shatter the image of the beast of idolatry. Thus, offenses must come. For the offense of the Christ is inherent in the plays of darkness amongst the princes of this world. And when the children of the Light do not take the precious word of the Ascended Masters and the Messengers and lovingly give obedience to that word, from time to time they are given task masters, such as the Egyptians or a false hierarchy king such as Saul, that they way for a season know the tyranny of the nephilim gods and desire ever more purely and preciously the direct contact with God's love through his emissaries.      Thus, it is in part the karma of the community and each one who himself must slay the Babylonian beast and the great whore within himself, and in part the karma of failure to speak up in defense of justice on behalf of those who were persecuted for righteousness' sake, that offenses have come.      Thus there is the twofold error on the part of the staff and a great learning experience as well, as a great healing, that is taking place as the surgery in the body of God is knitting together again. And there is a twofold error on the part of Susan: first, in the abuse of that power and the building of the tower after having been fully warned of the consequences; and secondly, the failure to confess that sin of commission when it occurred repeatedly outside the Messenger's presence.      Had atonement and interior self-correction been sought by Susan, as well as the intercession of the mantle of the Messenger, had she truly desired to cease her tyranny, she could have come through her seven years of initiation under the seven chohans with a goodly portion of that beast of idolatry slain and defeated, ready now for the true initiations of the ruby ray that are beyond the judgment which she has incurred. (Ironically her professed addiction to coffee seemed of greater concern to herself than her addiction to tyranny-the latter being the greatest danger of all to her health!) Thus, though the offenses came to Israel through Egypt, Assyria, and Babylon for their disobedience, yet ultimately the oppressors one and all were themselves judged. So you have endured for a season, so now it is your hour of opportunity to realize your individual Christhood and to make giant strides to catch up with the levels of initiation and service with which you should be draped, from your shoulders to your toes, by the mantle of Kuthumi and the cowl of Saint Francis.      This head covering, ever the sign of humility desiring to be covered until one's karma or sins be wholly purified and one is ready to stand in the presence of his God bareheaded, unashamed, the valiant knight or lady of the flame returned from the quest victorious.      Though the latter was not part of my message to Susan, I did conclude the teaching on scripture I have given you also (with greater detail to yourselves than that given to her) with a message that the need both for penance for the acts of scarring other lives and for attention to her health which has suffered all the more for her karmic infractions, I did extend to her a six-month leave of absence by way of discipline and by way of relief to herself from herself--and to the community that they might find their identity apart from the presence of one who, for so many, became, so sadly, so unnecessarily-the specter of denial of their own integrity in God.      Thus I am apprising you of the fact that this leave of absence was given in love-the love of the third ray of Paul the Venetian and the Maha Chohan, and the love of the third ray of Chamuel and Charity as the judgment of the ruby ray.      Let all consider the meaning of a seven-year tenure of service affording initiations under the seven chohans and chart their cycles accordingly in the expectancy of receiving the fullness of opportunity of initiation under Serapis Bey and Chamuel and Charity as the eighth year approaches. If you have skipped any of the steps of the teachings of the seven chohans in your measured beat marching to the Sun, may I recommend that you review the meaning, the way, the path, and the teaching of the chohans and place yourself earnestly under our discipline that you might unfold your cosmic Christhood in the seven bodies of man.      A review of the dictations of the chohans from the beginning of this activity would afford a mighty course of achievement for achievers and those who truly desire to be ministering servants. This opportunity should not be missed lest the path of the ruby ray become a burdensome exercise in futility, frustration, irritation, and-ultimately and inevitably-contempt for the LORD God himself in the person of Sanat Kumara and the one who wears his mantle.      Thus I commend you to place pity where pity is due: to the souls and the afflicted to whom Jesus Christ himself was sent, the lost sheep of the House of Israel who have been deprived of the knowledge of their joint heirship by tyrants through the ages.      May your decrees resound from the halls of the Holy Grail and the halls of Luxor on behalf of those who have been sent away from the Great White Brotherhood over the centuries by those who have set themselves up as the false mother--delicious but cunning- without sincerity or the true desire to enter the flame of God and be consumed thereby.      Thus, if the Messenger be missing from your midst know that she has entered the Holy of Holies to be consumed thereby; that she might come forth to you a new creature demanding of you excellence beyond yourselves. Thus in her absence prefer to mourn than to accept the substitute image of the beast in thyself or another, and fill the vacuum with thine own Christhood, however imperfectly chiseled out of the white stone of the Great Alchemist.      Know the LORD in thyself and thou shalt know the LORD in the Messenger. We are impelling you higher. No progress can be made unless the leader precede you up the mountain. Accept no substitutes for thy Christ Self, and then you will also know that there is only one Messenger, one God, one goal. Thus leave to us and to Susan the privacy of her initiation, and thyself to thine own.      If compassion is to be given, it will be given by us and it will be complete. We also judge not lest we be judged, and our testimony is of Him that sent us, even the Lord Maitreya. Thus learn by example the lessons of the path of the Ruby Ray. Applaud not the defeats of another but make his defeats thy victory, that the universe might not be found wanting in victors before the LORD. Imitate the path and pray for those who despitefully use you, yet do not let your garments be entangled with those who have soiled their own.      This is a new day and a new opportunity for Saint Germain to speak through you, the compassionate word, the Comforter's teaching, the enlightenment, the upliftment, the assurance, to all who have been burdened and bowed down by that harshness which must never, never be again in our community of the Holy Spirit.      The Darjeeling Council saluteth you, for again you have endured through the temptations and trials of our Messenger, confessing her love before men. Therefore, she does confess your love before the Holy of Holies in the presence of seraphim. May their chant ever be your own, "Holy, Holy, Holy is the LORD of Hosts: the whole earth is full of His glory."      If you will give this mantra into the day and into the night direct from the heart of Justinius, captain of seraphic bands, you will be caught up in the aura and the wings and the electronic fire rings of seraphim, and by the turning of the wheels deflect all infamy against our Light and Light-bearers.      With the sign of the ruby cross I, Morya, salute you in the hour of tribulation that shall be, I declare it, the hour of world transmutation. I send you to GOD robed in violet-flame garments with wings of seraphim ascending.      Morya ECP: The Messenger would like to remind those to whom this letter is directed that on August 8, 1958, El Morya wrote his letter "Chelas Mine" in which he benched Frances Ekey for usurping the office of the Messenger-rewriting the dictations and the Pearls, sending walloping and resounding waves of discord to the Messenger Mark, criticizing and condemning him, even decreeing that he be taken from embodiment. His message on idolatry and the abuse of power together with this letter to you and his message to Susan Krister by phone are the conclusion of his 1958 August message to his "Chelas Mine." May you all profit thereby and walk newly in the paths of Righteousness for His name's sake, the name of our dearly beloved El Morya who has once again rescued us from the toils of the tempter, and indeed rescued Susan Krister for that salvation which is now hers to pursue fully and freely.

     I therefore demand, by the authority vested in me, through the Master's timeless and eternal admonishments set before us in this Memorandum, that my membership in this Church, with all of the rights and privileges associated with it, be fully restored, and that without delay, for of a truth, I have only spoken the truth, challenging only the wrongdoing and rebellion of the current leadership, manifesting thereby obedience to the Master El Morya, and nothing more.

     Let the membership pay close attention here. People in leadership positions can appear to be paragons of virtue, even to themselves, especially as they lead the congregation in their devotions, but behind the scenes their exercise of power can be so egregiously out of alignment with the divine law, that if the Master could, he would dismiss them forthwith. The only reason that Susan Elizabeth Krister was ever held accountable, was that enough people finally spoke up, it sounds like it might have been a chorus at one point, which finally got the Messenger's attention, and the Master finally spoke through the Messenger to dismiss her.

     I see the name of Erin Prophet mentioned above, as one of the three who were present, I am assuming at Camelot, when the discipline was delivered. Perhaps she can be persuaded to share her recollections of the situation, to help us understand the importance of challenging wrong doing before it has a chance to spiral out of control. How about it Erin?

     If you want to know what Thomas Jefferson really thought about God, and the relationship of the people to that God, well, you need look no further that the Declaration of Independence which he authored. "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that we are endowed by our Creator ... "

     At any rate, it didn't help matters when Thomas Jefferson, as the President of the United States, refused to declare the traditional days of thanksgiving unto God, which his predecessors George Washington, and John Adams established at the federal level, a tradition that continues to this day.

     And so, the opponents of school prayer use Jefferson as their poster boy, to make their point, that government should have nothing at all to do with religion. Of course, they have taken this way too far, as the following document testifies, a document that has never appeared before in the school prayer debate, as far as I know.

     At the time that Jefferson served as President, there was still a major effort abroad in the land to keep the hands of the federal government out of the business of the States, and Jefferson was the more attuned to this, because he himself had served as the Governor of the State of Virginia, and therefore had a very clear sense of State's Rights. This is a very important point that is often overlooked. He was the first President who had also served as a Governor of the one of the States. Neither George Washington, or John Adams had that experience.

     We should remember this as well, that the federal government at that time was not trusted. The people who were the most likely to mistrust the federal government were those who had something to do with the governance of the States, and who could appreciate exactly what it was that the federal government could take away. Therefore, there was a fear rampant almost everywhere, that the U.S. Constitution had actually created a Beast that would eventually gobble up all power. And so Jefferson was one who kept the vigil on that particular wall. He kept the vigil on the wall of that fortress, which was called Fort State Sovereignty, in relationship to a newly evolving and growing federal government whose appetite for power and influence was just then being felt.

     And when Jefferson spoke of a wall of separation between Church and State, there is this added dimension of meaning that must be taken into account. Jefferson stood first and foremost on the wall that separated federal power from the powers and prerogatives of the States. And one of the things that gave definition to that wall, was the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which proclaimed that Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, nor abridge the free exercise thereof. The purpose of these words at that time was to keep the hands of the federal government out of the religious affairs of the States, which had their own various and traditional arrangements with the religions and churches that were located within their boundaries.

     When Jefferson, as the President of the United States, used the "wall of separation" metaphor, in his letter to the Danbury Baptists, and moreover, refused to proclaim days of Thanksgiving at the federal level, he was acting as America's first strict constructionist, when it comes to interpreting the First Amendment. He was saying first and foremost, that he would not allow the federal government to meddle in the religious affairs of the states.

     But surely Jefferson, who had been intimately involved in the efforts to separate the church from the State in Virginia in the mid 1770's, certainly had a clear set of views on what church/state separation meant (at the State level). And so, his "wall of separation" metaphor certainly encompassed those views as well especially given the fact that he was speaking to a group of people, the Danbury Baptists, who suffered as second class citizens in the State of Massachusetts, which had an Official State Church at the time, which was the Congregationalists. There is no doubt then, that Jefferson's "wall of separation" metaphor embodied his belief, based on his experience in Virginia, that the State must guard the religious rights of all the people, and not persecute any.

     And so, in trying to understand what Jefferson meant by the wall of separation metaphor, we must include both halves of the whole.

     The problem is, that the anti-prayer forces, being intent only on their goal of erasing the footprints of God from the public square, have skewed, in a very self-serving manner, the views of Thomas Jefferson way over to one side only, looking only at his efforts as a member of the Virginia Assembly to forge a separation between church and state in colonial Virginia. They totally ignore his equal interest in keeping the hands of the federal government out of the affairs of the states, where those hands did not belong.

     In this respect, Thomas Jefferson would have been flabbergasted at how the federal government has reached into the States and swept away all of their divine traditions, beginning with the practice of prayer in the public schools, and posting of the ten commandments. To use the church/state viewpoints of Thomas Jefferson to justify what he himself would have thought anathema, is of course disingenuous to the extreme. Remember, there were State established religions within various States during that period, but Jefferson never made any kind of a plea for the use of the power of the federal government to eliminate them. The States, by 1833, on their own prerogative, were able to eliminate all of the most classic examples of church/state partnerships that then existed.

     We have in this document below, further proof that Jefferson's views on church/state separation have been taken to an extreme. In other words, this document highlights the truth in this regard, that his memory is being used to promote an agenda of divine sterility in the public square that he would have never approved. This document shows that Thomas Jefferson himself, as the Governor of the State of Virginia, pursuant to a resolution of his own State Legislature, issued a Thanksgiving Day proclamation, and signed his own name to it. That's right. Here is the text of that proclamation.

     Finally at the end of the work day, when I get to experience that blessed thing we call sleep, before I roll over and close my eyes, I make one last effort, and give three judgment calls, and three 7.21 calls, and then I think, finally, the day is over, and this great reward now awaits me, wherein I get to close my eyes, and leave all of the business of the world completely behind for a time. Make no mistake about it. When I roll over, and my eyelids fall down over my eyeballs, the next thing on the agenda is the weightlessness of oblivion.

     Somehow, God our Father has arranged this special time, when we can become completely separated from all the cares of the world, and I look forward to it. And I am grateful for it.

     But an interesting thing happened to me when I did my usual roll over. My outer mind was looking to fall into the arms of oblivion, but surprise! I am confronted with very special revelation that I wanted to share with you. Who else can I share it with? Actually, I think it belongs to all of us.

     I saw a golden chalice, and there were inscriptions on the upper part, and inside and spilling out of the top was a bright and radiant white light. And over this were the bands of a rainbow. And so, I had to get out of bed, and write it down in my journal. And when I came before the computer today, I wanted to see if I could somehow reproduce what I have seen. I don't claim to be an artist, so it takes me a lot of time to come up with something that is somewhat close. And I would like to share with you my labors for today.

     This poll, our May/June Poll, has more questions than our last one, twelve (12) in all, and therefore deserves a polling page all to itself. But before you go there and cast your vote, for life, or for death, let me explain to you how our contest will work this time around, and of course what the prize is.

     This time, the contest is part of the poll itself. Yes, they are ONE. I think its Question No. 9, yes, that's right, which asks, "Would you like to participate in our contest?" If you check the "Yes" button, then when you submit your answers to all of the questions, your contest entry will be submitted at the same time.

     Now, the contest will be pretty much along the same lines as our last one, which was so gloriously fruitful, in terms of the dazzling sparkles of serendipity that burst forth from it in all directions (see the contest results for the first contest, the remarks of the contest winner, and the challenge presented to her, and of course the summary of it all in the article above). And so, again, the prize will go to the person who can predict the number of people who think it is important enough to participate in this life and death poll. The person who comes closest to predicting the right number, will win! What will they win? They will win a two-cassette audio tape album of the landmark lecture given by the Messenger on October 7, 1977, on the Summit University Campus in Pasadena, California, published under the title, The Science of Rhythm for the Mastery of the Sacred Energies of Life - Uses and Misuses of the Word in the Music of East and West - A Lecture by Elizabeth Clare Prophet.

     Of course, we have presented some quotations and audio excerpts from this album in the main article on the Journal Front Page for May 2004, so if you have read that, you will have a taste already, of what wonders to behold await you when you get to listen to the whole thing! Allow me please, to present the front and back covers of the album here. What is written on the back cover is very interesting.

     And so, without further adieu, knowing now what a great prize awaits the most prescient member of our community, I would invite you to please participate in this important poll, and at the same time, enter our new contest!

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