And so, you would assume that the leadership of the Summit Lighthouse, and Church Universal and Triumphant, given the fact that they often place the word of love on their lips for this Holy Brother, would hold the principle of a free press as precious within their own hearts, as the Master holds it precious within his. But this is not the case. The current leadership of this church hates and fears freedom of speech. Their most recent pronouncement, framed in red, and adorned with the presence of Comrade Stalin, makes that clear enough.

     Make no mistake about it. This is a case of institutional life and death for me, and along with it, the existence of freedom of the press in this community. Who will be so bold as to deny the obvious? After I have been sentenced to institutional death, how can it be denied that every member of this community will live in fear of the same sentence being pronounced upon them if they speak up and challenge the leadership?

     The most precious thing I have in the world, in terms of organizational affiliations, is my membership in the Keepers of the Flame fraternity, and my longstanding association with this community, which is my institutional life, and now, it has been stripped away, utterly and completely, and for what reason? Because I have spoken the truth. I have demanded accountability. I will not let the leadership of this church sweep their infamous crimes under the rug.

     Yes, destroying the unity of the Russian congregation, and destroying the successful Ascended Master publishing operation associated with it, was an infamous crime when it was first perpetrated, and remains so today. Those who perpetrated this crime will be behind bars soon enough, but let's not add insult to injury by polishing their boots ere the cycles turn.

     And so, turning their own backs upon the great frothing wake of pain and injustice they have left behind them, what admonishments fall henceforth from their lips upon the ears of the innocent? They admonish forgetfulness, and they spread that forgetfulness like a dark and heavy mist through the minds of the membership.

     But I am the advocate for memory. I am the reminder. I say, remember.

     I say remember the desecration of the Altar of the Holy Grail on July 4, 2003, when a Beatles tune was performed thereon, in direct rebellion against everything the Masters have ever taught on the subject of rock music and the false hierarchy. The darkness that hatched that rebellion, and the darkness that sympathized with it, that darkness is still afoot within the leadership.

     I say remember the utter destruction of the unity of the Russian congregation on August 29, 2003. The darkness that hatched that rebellion, and the darkness that sympathized with it, that darkness is still afoot within the leadership.

     I say remember the destruction of a successful Ascended Master publishing operation in Russia on August 29, 2003. The darkness that hatched that wanton act of destruction, and the darkness that sympathized with it, worshiped it even, and the darkness that looked the other way, that darkness is still afoot within the leadership.

     I say remember their early September 2003 appointment of a former member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union to the interim presidency of the Moscow Study Group. The darkness that hatched that utter repudiation of the Master's teaching on Communism, and the darkness that sympathizes with that rebellion to this very day, that darkness is still afoot within the leadership.

     I say remember the petition, signed by more than 600 church members, asking that the principle of due process be applied to the Russian situation. And I say remember how the leadership utterly and completely ignored that petition. The darkness that would not respond to those sincere and genuine pleas for justice, yes, that darkness is still afoot within the leadership

     Paint it gold, paint it purple, paint it blue, but darkness is darkness, through and through.

     I advocate the challenging of all darkness, and I advocate remembering, clearly and distinctly, when those who express darkness do not recant, do not repent, do not apologize, do not surrender even a smidgen of their rebellion. I advocate remembering, because the darkness that is not surrendered, is a darkness that continues to corrupt the Teaching, and the Master's Mission.

     It's amazing. Whenever the fallen ones slither into leadership positions, and they are able take over, you have to fight the battle for a free press all over again. It's as if the American revolution was never fought. It's like this nation never won its independence. It's like the U.S. Constitution was never written. It's like the Bill of Rights never existed. The founding principles of America, are so much mist in the minds of these creatures who shake in their boots, every time someone speaks the truth in their presence. And the only thing they can think about is how to shut them up.

     What is their definition of true inner peace? Think about this. All tyrants have this in common. A silent and spineless membership is the only thing that allows them to drive away their inner trembling and anxiety, just as silent and spineless populations have always represented paradise for every totalitarian dictator that has ever walked the face of this earth.

     I will tell you the truth. If the Master St. Germain himself stood before them, and spoke the truth to their face, they would tape his mouth shut too.

     Opps, I see I have used the "F" word. Sorry. Well, lightbearers understand the importance of a free press. They understand how power corrupts. They understand why people must be able to speak freely, to expose corruptions within the management and leadership of organizations, communities, states, and nations. This is self-evident to every votive heart. The future is guarded by a free press. Yes, my fellow Americans, the future is guarded by a free press. Every rational mind agrees with this. And that is why the fallen ones hate the principle of a free press. They have no interest at all in guarding the future, only protecting their behinds in the present. And to that end, when the opportunity arises, they will squash the beautiful yellow butterfly of free speech, like a cockroach.

     Well, let every cockroach be squashed, and without a tear, this is cosmic justice. That's what I say. But let the beautiful yellow butterfly, the symbol of metamorphosis unto higher wisdom, fly free upon the holy breeze of liberty.

     Now, when fear is used to shut the mouths of the people, this is what guarantees the defeat of the light, the defeat of the truth. Look at how many people were shocked at the manipulation of the election process at the New York City Teaching Center (April 2004). But who dared speak a word about it in public? No one (Except Eva Baumann, God Bless her Courage). Look at how many people were shocked at the cancellation of Eva's pro-life vigil at the New York City Teaching Center (September 2004). But who dared speak a word about it in public? No one, this time, not even Eva. This is what ushers in the reign of darkness, both now, and in the future. It is fear, and the bitterness that eats the soul alive. And those in leadership who are comfortable with that, they are not lightbearers. They have stepped forth from the ranks of the fallen ones.

     When the corruptions of leadership cannot be spoken about in public, what do you have? You have a system of fear that keeps those corruptions in place.

     When it is impossible to hold leaders accountable for their corruptions, because of this blanket of suffocating fear which they lay over the souls of the peons under their feet, what do you have? You have a system of intimidation that allows corruptions to continue.

     Consequently, what you have is a process of disintegration unfolding in front of your very eyes. This disintegration occurs most significantly in the organization's potential for victory. Corruption within the leadership erodes this potential. Fear within the membership erodes this potential. And soon, because both spiral out of control, you will find that that potential is completely gone. Look at the Catholic Church. Where a brilliant lake of divine opportunity once stood, water skiers skimming over the surface on a sunny afternoon, look again, and you have dry lake bed, like unto California's Death Valley, which they have made into a monument nevertheless. No potential for victory left, but plenty of opportunity to kiss the boots of those who have barricaded themselves in their ivory towers untouchable beyond the heavy bars of fear and intimidation.

     History repeats itself.

     And therefore, in this particular situation, we would not be surprised to see no sign whatsoever of that love. We would not be surprised to see that the current leadership of this church trampled on the law, yes, they trampled on the law again, to get what they want. Isn't that interesting? When the rebel confronts the fence of the law, the fence of principle, if they want something that is on the other side, they will just trample down that fence. Trample it down flat. If the fence is too high for heavy boots to trample, they will rent a T-54 tank, and drive that tank right over that fence.

     What happened to the resolution process? That's what I want to know. Study the letter written by Church President Lois Drake. (We will do that below). Where in this letter does it mention that all of these dark and loathsome judgments were the product of a resolution process which they are bound by their oaths of office to uphold? You will not find that resolution process mentioned one time in that entire letter. Why? Because there was no resolution process implemented. None.

     I have taken the liberty to reproduce the official church document that describes the resolution process. This document was developed by the church leadership, and it is distributed by the church leadership to whoever will ask for it. A full copy of that document will be found HERE. The first part of the first paragraph, and the last part of the last paragraph, as in Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, are of particular interest to us, at least from the standpoint of virtue, especially the virtue of honor and the virtue of integrity:

First Paragraph - "Resolving alleged violations of conduct are tests of our organization's ability to embody and practice the teachings of the Ascended Masters as well as the principle of fairness, balance, judiciousness and adherence to truth. The process our organization adheres to is intended to insure fairness and to foster dignity, self-discipline and personal growth."

Last Paragraph - "When necessary and when infractions are serious and/or repeated, headquarters will receive notices of alleged behavioral misconduct and will apply and continue to apply the resolution process as outlined in this paper."

     This is contract language. Those who occupy offices of this church, especially at the level of the Board of Directors, and the Church Presidents, take oaths, and sign covenants before taking office. They pledge to adhere to the Articles of Incorporation, the Bylaws of the Church, and the various contracts of trust the leadership has entered into with the membership. This is one such contract of trust. Here they have given their word. There it is, spelled out. "and will apply and continue to apply the resolution process as outlined in this paper." They say they will do this. But they have not done this.

     Let us apply the very criteria they have set before the membership: "Resolving alleged violations of conduct are tests of our organization's ability to embody and practice the teachings of the Ascended Masters as well as the principle of fairness, balance, judiciousness and adherence to truth." There isn't any doubt about it. By refusing to implement the resolution process, they have failed the very test which is described here, in their own words.

     The following is the seven-step core of the resolution process. The paragraph that introduces this seven-step core again expresses the idea that this process will be adhered to. There are no maybe's about it.

     To be fair now, Vice President Jon Springer did try to invoke this resolution process on February 26, 2004. Read that letter here. He wrote to me complaining about my investigation of Olga Perminova's ties to the Communist Party of the former Soviet Union. If you will recall, Olga Perminova was appointed as interim president of the Moscow Study Group in the fall of 2003. It came to my attention that in appointing her, they had appointed a former member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. After making various incorrect and wildly distorted characterizations of my investigation, he indicated that his complaint to me, was also an official complaint to the Board of Directors, which would initiate the resolution process on this point, as follows:

"This letter will also serve as a formal complaint to the Board of Directors of Church Universal and Triumphant regarding your status as a Keeper of the Flame, and to initiate the resolution process regarding this action you have taken." - Jon Springer

     Of course, I totally reject all of his characterizations concerning my investigation, which he set forth in that letter. It is completely unrealistic on his part, or anyone's part, given the Master's teaching on Communism, to think that former members of the Communist Party can be appointed to leadership positions within this church without any possibility of review, without any possibility of fact finding by the membership. His letter was sent for one purpose, and that was to shut down a lawful investigation that was conducted in an open, honest and fair manner. The intent of this was to cover over a significant instance of wrong-doing on the part of the current leadership. I ignored this letter, and for good reason. A free press cannot bow and scrape before the altar of intimidation. Our work must continue at all costs.

     Notwithstanding the fact that his complaint was without merit, he did nevertheless show us how the resolution process is started. You see, it's written right there. It proves he can read, and when pressed, can obey. He made a complaint, signed it, and forwarded it to the Board for review.

      But, it never went any further than his complaint. The Board of Directors never notified me that they believed this complaint had any merit, which is step two in the process. If this particular complaint was to go anywhere under this resolution process they would need to notify me of the complaint, and give me an opportunity to be heard. But, it is clear enough, that they dropped it, because the last thing they wanted was to initiate a "fact finding" activity that would have been required by Step 4 of the process. You see, what the intent of the leadership was in this case, was to kill off a fact finding activity. The last thing they wanted to do was to institutionalize a fact finding activity. So this complaint died. Not another peep on this particular issue was heard.

     Given the nature of alchemical processes, I cannot comment on whether or not my investigation of Olga I. Perminova's Communist Party affiliations continued at that time, or even continues to this day.

     About one month later, Church President Lois Drake wrote me a threatening letter dated April 23, 2004, in regards to the Journal articles on the subject of Church Manager Rev. Linda Worobec's July 4th, 2003 performance of a Beatles' tune on the Altar of the Holy Grail in King Arthur's Court. You can read that letter here. This letter was made public and discussed in public on the Journal Front Page for April 2004. In this letter she tried to refute my position on the issue of the rebellion of Rev. Linda Worobec, and the complicity of the collective leadership in allowing that rebellion to not only stand unchallenged, but to stand forth with applause. Of course, Lois Drake had nothing new to say, only the same tired rationalizations that have kept her soul in chains for tens of thousands of years. I would point out here that the resolution process was not mentioned in this letter at all. So, she cannot point to this as the beginning of any resolution process.

     But she did include in this letter, an example of the misuse of administrative power that seems to come so natural to her. She communicates to me in this letter that she has used her executive authority to ban this Journal from all Church email inboxes.

"Because I am, with my partner and co-president, Kate Gordon, charged with managing the staff of this organization, and because I must act immediately to protect staff members from abuse and harassment, I am instructing that your emails be blocked from email Church accounts which are used by staff members, Elders, and the Board of Directors. Individual staff members, Council of Elders members, and Board members who desire to receive your emails can contact you directly. You may not participate in the On-Line Dialogue Forum. Effective immediately, staff members are not required to take phone calls from you." - Lois Drake

     Isn't it interesting now, that at the same time that she admits, at least in this paragraph, that she is CO-president, that both letters that she has sent to me, this one, and the current one, she makes no reference to her "CO" status below her signature, but choosing the title "President" instead. Yes, it is so much simpler that way. But this is truth about that. That in and of itself is a usurpation of power. She is not "President". She is a "Co-President". Where is Kate Gordon's signature on these documents? Has she been locked in a closet someplace? It was my impression that the reason to have two co-presidents, is that it would require the consent of both to exercise executive power in this manner. This was supposed to be a safety factor, that would tend to check the misuse of executive power. But that safety factor has apparently been abandoned.

     At any rate, the characterization of my communications as "abuse and harassment" is understandable, though patently self-serving, and false. This is what totalitarian dictators have felt about the truth from the beginning of time. Truth to them feels like a red hot cattle prod. They don't like to get poked by it. What can we do about that? It certainly isn't my fault.

     But this is the main point about this letter. She uses a patently disingenuous rationalization to exercise administrative power against a member of this church outside of the resolution process. And getting away with this, seeing that no one has challenged her, she goes the next step, and exercises the full scope of her administrative powers, again, in delivering this sentence of institutional death upon this publisher, outside the resolution process.

     When someone's behavior is at issue, we were told that every member deserves due process, and a process was devised, with sincere good will, so that complaints against an individual could be heard in a fair and just manner. Where is that resolution process here? It is nowhere. There was no resolution process. Again the many dark and inky black judgments rendered against this publisher in this case was not the product of the resolution process to which the leadership itself feigns loyalty.

     Clearly, when they send this resolution process out to the field, the words written inside of it, state clearly that they are bound to it themselves. Those statements communicate a loyalty to that resolution process. And so, when they do not implement that resolution process when they have the opportunity to do so, but instead, they rush around the perimeter of it, to imprint the ultimate logic of their hatred upon a particular situation, what other conclusion can we reach, that the loyalty to due process standards communicated in the resolution process document itself, is nothing more than a feigned loyalty? This is the most obvious and reasonable conclusion. It is borne out by empirical evidence no less, by their behavior which is now on the record for all future generations to contemplate.

     I am sure that the reader can see, without me having to point it out, that this is not the only thing they "feign" a loyalty to. They say they love the Masters, and are loyal to the Teaching. But the July 4, 2003 altar desecration situation was a good test to tell us whether this was true or not. Their actions and choices are on the record. When given an opportunity, seeing the Teaching totally trashed in front of their very eyes, they would not stand up for the Teaching. Neither would they bend over and pick up the pieces. They had no desire to glue the fragile porcelain figurine of truth, honor, and integrity back to together. They swept the fractured remnants under the rug and moved on. And so, they have their own priorities. They chose to pet and stroke Linda Worobec's dweller, and you can be sure, she returned the favor.

     Now, of what use is a resolution process that is applied at the whimsy of the leadership? O, we will apply it here, if we feel like it. Or maybe there if we feel like it. Or perhaps over there, if we feel like it. If we don't feel like it, we will just keep it in the drawer, the same drawer where we keep our conscience tucked away and folded neatly like a napkin that is never used. And when it comes to principles, we have our own. That's right, we have our own. We don't need fancy words written on pieces of paper by idealistic fools. We will use our own hatred as a substitute for the law. Golden rule, sinister tool, its all the same to us. What we hate, we will destroy. What we hate, we will cast out. What we hate, no law can stop us from stepping on it, until it is dead.

     I am not the first, nor will I be the last to have this totalitarian logic applied to the question of whether I will live or die, in an institutional sense.

     It is so amazing to me that we have to argue anew, within this supposedly enlightened organization, for the recognition of principles that were already born out of the very experience of western civilization itself.

      It's not like the principles of due process were just recently revealed to us by the Ascended Masters in the Teaching, and we have to persuade minds to adopt new and strange principles of mystical origin.

     No, these principles have been born out of the experience of centuries of human experience as our ancestors climbed step by step out of the grimy memory of the dark ages. They adopted these principles as safeguards to protect their cultures from falling back into those dark ages. And so, civilizations rose upon the foundation of this wisdom.

     But, as a noted before, when fallen angels get into control, its like we have to fight all of those battles all over again. Even though we are actually in the 21st Century, even though we live and depend upon institutions that recognize and adhere to these principles as a way of life, the minds of our current leadership are like unto voids of ignorance, right out of the dark ages, where the light of reason has apparently never penetrated. And this is the more perplexing, as we think we ought to expect that if you were to find illumined minds anywhere, it would be here, in an organization sponsored by the Ascended Masters. But, black holes exist amongst the stars. This much we have learned from the great astronomical telescopes.

     Now, this is the common sense of the matter. The more intensely the leadership despises a particular individual, the more important it is that a dispute resolution process be implemented fairly. This is common sense. And more importantly, it comports with the Teaching to a "T". We know that feelings of derision, contempt, and dislike, directed at a particular "nemesis", represents the pollution of the 1/7/4/10 axis of the Cosmic Clock. These qualities do not represent Light, but rather, pure Darkness. And therefore, this is the condition that produces blindness on the 10 o'clock line of God-Vision. And therefore, the product of the mind on the 4 o'clock line will be grotesquely out of step with divine law. The product of the mind will be an expression of disobedience unto the Laws of God by definition. This is predictable and knowable beforehand.

     It would be very good if the reader would take out his or her charts of the Cosmic Clock, and use them to grasp more fully the implications of what I am saying here.

     Principles of due process are intended to compensate for that 10 o'clock line blindness, and the 4 o'clock line stubbornness that supports it, like gristle and bone.

     And so, you can both see, and understand why it is, that due process procedures are written down. Under these conditions, where the rebellious substance of the 4/10 axis has control of the mind, the mind cannot be expected to produce patterns of justice. It is just impossible. It is not simply improbable. It is impossible. That is why you need the words written down. Those precious words can be read off the sheet of paper, and the principles can be followed, even if mechanically, and the procedure implemented fairly, and in this way, errors associated with contemptuous sentiment can be avoided.

     Clearly, contemptuous sentiment is involved whenever those who wield administrative power contemplate using the guillotine against someone under their control. By definition, they are fed up. Patience has run out. That is the time to take the due process procedures out of the drawer. Principles of due process say, go through the procedure, to make sure that the use of the guillotine in a particular situation is justified. This will save the leadership, and the organization from making horrendous mistakes, which if allowed to be fully expressed, will bring tremendous karmic backlash upon their own heads.

     You can see, that I do not make this case to save my own institutional head from being chopped off. Actually the deed is already done. I speak, even without my institutional body, to rally a sentiment of fairness within the membership at large, that might save future heads from rolling.

     And there is a good reason for every member of this organization to be listening carefully. Every person within the entire membership of this organization must bear the brunt of the karmic backlash when mistakes are made by the leadership, especially when due process procedures are available, and the membership does not demand that these due process procedures be used by the leadership. The idea that life moves on, and that these things disappear into the past, is false. Every member moves on with that increased burden, and they carry it, every day, until justice is done in a particular situation. And so, you can see why remembering is so important. The moment the will to stand for justice can be anchored within the soul, that is really a day of freedom, because from that point on, the burden of injustice is lifted. And so, I hope the reader can understand this, that as I refuse to forget, that as I stand for the principle of remembering, I am your friend, and not your foe.

      And I hope this is becoming more clear to everyone, that when a due process procedure is available, and it is not implemented, this means that the leadership is embodying the very contemptuous sentiments that the due process procedures were intended to address. When a due process procedure is available, and it is not implemented, this means that the leadership is embodying the very contemptuous sentiments that produce horrible errors in judgment. When a due process procedure is available, and it is not implemented, this means that the leadership is embodying the very contemptuous sentiment that produces that very karmic backlash that I spoke about above.

     And of course, the evidence of the rulership, or shall we say the preeminence, of this contemptuous sentiment, and its disdain for due process, has been in the ascendency ever since the destruction of the unity of the Russian Congregation, yes wherein due process was denied at first blush, and when the membership demanded due process, and it was denied again.

     (When I talk about the ascendency of contemptuous sentiment on the part of our leadership, I hope that the reader can understand that I am talking about an advanced condition of dweller fusion. This is where the contemptuous sentiment, directed at a particular individual, rules the mental body. In this mind, all thoughts mirror the logic of hate, and where the dweller stands in total denial of any need for due process. Here, the logic of hate is the law. And that describes a state of rebellion on the 4/10 axis.)

     A dispute resolution process has integrity, only when it is applied to everyone equally. Otherwise is has no integrity. If it has no integrity, it is a sham and a fraud. And that is exactly what this resolution process is. It is just something they can point to, to assuage the concern of the gullible. It is sort of like the old Soviet Constitution. It was just for show.

     Where is the conscience that would help this leadership team feel just a tad bit guilty, for keeping their highly touted resolution process in the drawer in this situation? There is no sign of that conscience anywhere.

     And look at this. Darkness spreads. A long time member of this Church, Eva Baumann, had kept a Pro-Life Vigil, every Saturday at the New York City Teaching Center, for the last Ten Years. No greater friend of Mother Mary is there, than a soul who stands for the life of the unborn, not in word, but in deed. Every Saturday, for ten years she has kept the vigil. Then, without explanation, without warning, in September of 2004, the Board of the New York City Teaching Center, at the behest of the central leadership I believe, tells Eva she can no longer lead her pro-life vigil, nor may she even attend it!

     Now, if the Board has a problem with Eva, that problem should have been addressed through the prescribed resolution process. But since the central leadership has no need for that resolution process, neither do their supporters have need for it at the local level. And so, a ray of darkness, of ignorance of the law, "shines" out from the headquarters in Montana, and that ray "illuminates" the minds of everyone who is on that wavelength of forgetfulness, and compromise. And what is the fruit of that "ray"? First it strikes a death blow against the interests of the unborn, and the interests of Mother Mary herself, who desires to anchor the pro-life flame at that teaching center. Anchored there, it is no more. Second, it strikes Eva with the blunt instrument of cruelty itself. Cruelty mind you. To cut off a person from an established avenue of important service is cruel enough. But to do so without explanation, that is cruelty times a thousand. It was our Beloved Kuthumi who said, that to leave someone in ignorance, is the greatest cruelty of all.

     Just as the central leadership has saddled the worldwide membership with the greatly increased burdens of injustice, related to its desecration of the central altar, and its destruction of the unity of the Russian Congregation, now the leadership of the NYTC, following this example, has saddled the members thereof, with this additional very grotesque burden of injustice related to the destruction of an established pro-life vigil.

     The membership of this organization needs to understand something. When principles are trampled on, that does not earn anyone good karma. It earns them the opposite. All those who stand by and allow the leadership to trample on the Teaching, on the law, and on these fundamental principles of fairness which were originally embodied in the resolution process, they are accountable. What does that mean? That means that their personal paths are in a holding pattern, until they go back and make right, what they allowed to go wrong. All the decree work in the world cannot change that equation. You are required to make right, what you personally allowed to go wrong. By audaciously trampling on principle, and forcing the membership to swallow these corruptions, this leadership is effectively putting the paths of every member of this organization into retrograde motion. The only people who can move forward, are those who stand and challenge the wrong doing. And not just for a day, but for as long as it takes for that wrong doing to be reversed, and restitution paid to those who have been harmed.

     The fallen angels alone say, "move on". Those words are not in the Ascended Master Lexicon. In the Ascended Master Lexicon, as each test is presented, it is passed, and only then does the student take a step forward on the path, in the direction of the next test. Ascended Master students never "move on" in abrogation of their responsibilities, requiring the soul to sort of slink forward in shame, always cognizant of the courage never born in their own hearts. Ascended Master students only March On, from one victory to the next, the courage associated with the last victory, providing the foundation for the next. It's amazing how people can be persuaded by this leadership to "move on" into the future, using the foundation of failure as a stepping stone. Talk about delusion, believing you have an opportunity to climb a mountain, when all the while you are sliding down the hill, deeper and deeper into the valley of shadowed compromise, fear, and shame.

     Before getting into the text of the letter itself, I would like to set forth some fundamental principles that will help us to evaluate the content of this letter in light of the Teachings of the Ascended Masters.

     The letter is dated September 21, 2004. This is the point that the sun enters the sign of Libra, God-Reality, on the 9 o'clock line of the Cosmic Clock. The perversion of this sign is delusion, and self-deception, born of the pride of the human ego untransmuted on the 3 o'clock Aries line of God-Control. What is the great delusion on the 3/9 axis on which the heart chakra is plotted? It is the conviction that the contemptuous sentiment which it harbors in relationship to a particular individual is real, and that this contemptuous sentiment has the authority to set the agenda for the mental body. And therefore, it is the conviction that this contemptuous sentiment must be given expression, and in the case of those who wield administrative power, that this contemptuous sentiment be expressed within the context of that administrative power. Of course, this is what the Masters have taught us to be wary of, the misuse of power by the 3/9 dweller. Again, due process procedures are targeted directly at this problem area, with an eye towards taking the sword of institutional power out of the hand of this dweller before it can wield that sword to cut down the innocent.

     Now, this theme, misuse of power, is expressed everywhere in Lois Drake's letter. And this particular category of behavior, misuse of power, in terms of expression, as opposed to origin, is associated most directly with the 12 o'clock line of the Cosmic Clock. The 12 o'clock line of the Cosmic Clock is the line of God-Power. This is the line that the crown chakra is plotted on.

     The right-use of God-Power is in the expression of pure illumination, or shall we say, pure wisdom. One of the most fundamental hallmarks of wisdom, is the power inherent in it, to help people understand. Whenever someone says something that strikes you as very wise, you are bearing witness to an inner experience where your vision has been expanded, and you say, I see, or I understand. You will see no effort in Lois Drake's letter to help anyone understand anything. The only thing conveyed in this letter are judgments, conclusions, or shall we say broadly negative characterizations of what I have published, without citing anything specifically, except in one case. In the one case where something was cited specifically, it can clearly be exposed as a false characterization. Even with this exception included, the entire content of this letter represents expressions of a polluted crown chakra, in as much as there is no effort made to be specific, in other words, to help me understand exactly where I have crossed the line, if indeed I have ever crossed the line.

     And so, we are focusing here on the pollution of the crown chakra, which is always related to the indulging of contemptuous sentiments towards another individual. We should note the progressional order. Contemptuous sentiments are rooted on the lines of the clock associated with the ruby cross, 1/7/4/10, as we have discussed above. A Contemptuous sentiment represents the misqualification of the light on each of these lines. The dweller of pride on the 3 o'clock line, in a state of delusion on the 9 o'clock line, holds these sentiments to be real, and lawfully expressible. The crown chakra, now in service to the law of the ego, rather than the law of the Christ, gives conceptual form to the Contemptuous sentiments, as circumstances require, in service to the ultimate goal of assassinating the character of the opponent. In this case we are talking about an institutional death sentence that places an institutional condemnation upon the target individual, ensuring that the individual will be shunned by all who still retain their life within the institution. Finally, the throat chakra sends the expression into physical manifestation.

     Now, it is important to understand that the minds of those who harbor contemptuous sentiments towards another individual, do not generate thoughts outside of the context of contempt. In this respect, all of their thoughts are generated inside the context of contempt. In other words, they cannot think a thought of pure darkness, and then turn around and think a thought of pure light. When the sentiment of contempt is indulged, it is like an iron sphere, all thoughts are contained inside of it, and they are all of pure darkness.

     Thoughts that are generated inside the context of contempt will always fall into the category of criticism, condemnation, and judgment. This brings us around full circle again to the pollution of the crown chakra plotted on the 12 o'clock line of God-Power. The perversion of this line, as the Masters have told us, is criticism, condemnation, and judgment. These thoughts will be broadly negative, and tend towards the purpose of character assassination only. In other words, the contemptuous sentiment has already forced the mental body into an overall posture of condemnation, reducing the stature of the target individual into the microscopic, pressing down towards a value of zero, and all thoughts within the mind will mirror that fundamental judgment. Within the contemptuous mind, these judgments are considered a-priori as true. They are unquestioned, and need no explanation. That is part of the 9 o'clock delusion. It is seamless. And that is the key to clearly identifying the source of broadly negative characterizations. Those who harbor them, and express them, will have no desire to explain them. It is in the lack of any will to explain oneself, to provide an exposition of facts or principles that will help the reader to understand why a particular negative conclusion was reached that points to the lack of illumination. As a general rule, if this will to explain is absent, then the Christ is absent.

     The will to explain onself, I believe, is the hallmark of the line of God-Victory on the 11 o'clock line. This is illumination expressed into the physical octave, the very substance of the Christ made manifest where it can reach the ears of other people, having overcome all the temptations towards misqualification on all of the preceding lines of the Clock.

     Going a bit deeper into this situation, one might wonder how it has come to pass that we have a church president that can only feel a contemptuous sentiment towards me, and thus can only expresses the pollution of the crown chakra in my direction. Of course, this is not limited to her. I believe the great majority of individuals who are now in power in this church, are in this category. And what is that category? It is the category of pride bound, or dweller fused, souls. These individuals have long ago refused to surrender their pride. When the point of surrender came for them, where they were given the opportunity to choose to move forward into the light, or step back into the shadows, they chose the shadows, and thereby became fused to their dwellers instead of fused their Christ identities. As Shakespeare put it, To be or not to be, that is the question. At the point they refused to be fused to the Light, their forward movement on the path ceased, the Masters would not give them any further initiations, and their inner worlds became darker and darker, rather than lighter. Amidst all of this light associated with our movement, and our decree services, their worlds began to shrink!

     And so, they live in fear primarily, and they are more desperate than most, to find some basis for anchoring a sense of self-worth, and where are they to get it, if they are not getting it from their inner communion with the Light? They get that sense of self-worth from their outer associations. For those in leadership, this means their positions of status in the organization. Beware I say of those who desire to have the title of minister. This is a position of both status and control, the best of both worlds for the 3/9 dweller. And so, when they make egregious mistakes, and you challenge them, and demand accountability, they look at you with fear first, and then hatred, for you are threatening the very foundation of their psychology. The very offices they occupy have been woven into the very equation of self-worth. This is why they will not admit mistakes. An admitted mistake means accountability. And accountability means removal from office. And they are in horror of that prospect. Why are they in horror of that prospect? Because, if they are removed from office, they will have nothing.

     Now, just to be clear on this point. I do not advocate removing people from office because they make mistakes. No. I advocate removing people from office when they show you that they are so dweller bound that they cannot admit their mistakes. Of course, it depends on the level of the mistake. But in most cases, if a mistake is admitted by the office holder, and there is expressed genuine contrition, and the individual is willing to perform penance, what you have is person who has grown from the experience, and is now more capable of being a good servant, not less capable, so there is no reason to remove that person from office. Those who cannot admit mistakes are those who are dweller bound, who are no longer on the path, notwithstanding the appearances, and having therefore no relationship with the Masters, have no resources of higher guidance to draw from, and will continue to make ever more destructive mistakes. These individuals need to be removed from office as quickly as you can determine that they are indeed dweller bound. As it stands, I believe this applies to our Church Manager, our Church Co-Presidents, and all members of the Board of Directors.

     When you have people who will not admit mistakes, and more importantly, in their exercise of institutional power, will not bend the knee before due process principles, this is what you have, individuals who walk in total darkness. And of course, this helps to explain why they stand in fear of due process procedures. If their desire to judge the behavior of another person is put on the table, and they are required to explain it, and give reasons for it, and back it up with principles and facts, well, in the course of such an open and fair procedure, they would be exposed as having only darkness inside of their minds. Everyone would see it. And seeing it, they would be laughed at. And their days of rulership would be numbered. Just like you will see in the letter below. They have no light. And so they rule by fiat, and do things in secret. And use the whip of fear and intimidation to keep the sheep in line.

     Finally, consider what it is that triggers the expression of contemptuous sentiment, bringing it to the surface in relationship to a particular individual. This is important to understand and to look at very closely. Pride is what triggers it. Pride is plotted on the 3 o'clock line of God-Control. Whenever you think about pride, you must think of the 3 o'clock line of God-Control, the first line of the mental quadrant. Here, the human ego, the conglomerate of the synthetic identity, has refused to give God control of the temple.

     First, let me say that this has very profound implications. I will talk about this more below. But primarily, what does God do, when God is in Control of the temple? God fills the temple with the very power of freedom and paradise, that's what he does!

     And so, pride, plotted on the 3 o'clock line, is a form of spiritual insanity to be sure, that drives the Holy Comforter away. Pride is that form of spiritual insanity that does not allow God's holy and divine energy to occupy the temple. Pride is that form of spiritual insanity that does not allow the soul to come into contact with the absolute proof that a higher power exists. Pride is that form of spiritual insanity that does not allow the soul to come into contact with the fact that that higher power can actually occupy your own temple. And so, here is the origin of the paradox that can wrap itself in the Teaching, as a glittering uniform, and status symbol, the very armor of self-righteousness, but at the same time, turn its back upon it, in other words, to reject, and forcefully, every opportunity for genuine assimilation. Pride is a power of darkness that desires to wear the Teaching on the sleeve, but will not allow it to reside in the heart.

     And out of the prideful heart proceeds darkness, and that darkness will not bend down before the Light, before the Teaching, even as it wears the Teaching itself on its sleeve as a symbol of status. This explains how our Church Manager, who is in CONTROL of the day to day activities of this organization, yes, the pride-bound Linda Worobec could take the hand of one of the greatest enemies of God, in this case John Lennon, a SATANIST no less, and to use the power of the Holy Altar itself, to make John Lennon more popular among God's children. The darkness extended out of her pride-bound heart, and the Teaching required the surrender of that darkness. The Teaching requires the surrender of that darkness, because that is the only way for Light to replace it. And to allow this process to take place, to surrender darkness, so that Light can replace it, that is what assimilation is all about. But pride rejects assimilation. And so, Linda Worobec said no, I will not surrender that darkness. And for all intents and purposes, she called the darkness Light. And the entire leadership let her get away with it. Of course, Church President Lois Drake, with the approval of the Board, appointed Linda Worobec to that office. They are all very sympathetic to her point of view.

     This 3 o'clock dweller, which refuses to give God Control of the temple, and thus retains this experiential barrier, is reinforced by the false hierarchy beyond. A very important principle this is. They have a great interest in maintaining that barrier. If they can maintain the barrier, they can destroy the soul, and along with it, the mission of this church. But, if the barrier of pride is broken the Light will win, and this is the last thing they want.

     Here we see the ground upon which the genuine lightbearer will surrender to truth, because truth is paradise. Once the soul experiences the inrush of the Holy Comforter, the soul understands, and this is true illumination, that the magnitude of this reward is beyond all earthly measure. This is the foundation for all steps of surrender that will come on the path ahead. In each case, as the genuine Lightbearer faces each test, the soul compares and contrasts earthly values, with divine values, and will choose divine values every time. And so, what is the prerequisite for the inrush of the Holy Comforter that will allow the soul to have access to a sense of divine value? It is the surrender of pride, it is the surrender of the 3/9 axis dweller.

     And so, when you have before you a soul who will not surrender to truth, this tells you, that the soul is pride bound, and not receiving the entry of the power of God. Pride bound souls are not receiving the inner experiences that are common to the normal lightbearer, and everyone should focus on that fact. When you see the expression of pride, think of the 3 o'clock line of God-Control, and know that you see a soul in front of you who has not surrendered control of the temple to God, and thus cannot know the power of beauty, comfort, paradise, and all of the higher order experiences that God desires to anchor in the votive chalice. And therefore, you will know, that in that pride-bound soul, that the feeling world has not been conformed and acclimated into the harmony of the higher order experiences. Pride bound souls do not know what paradise feels like. What they know is sympathy for those who stroke their ego, and contempt for those who challenge it. And there you have the genesis of the contemptuous sentiments. If you challenge the pride of anyone, the reaction is offense, and the inner posture of thought and feeling takes on the shape and character of contempt towards the one who has offended. All subsequent thoughts are formed in harmony with the contemptuous context, and as noted above, as the crown chakra goes dark, all that extends from it from that point forward will conform to the definition of criticism, condemnation, and judgment.

     We all face this test of confronting the 3/9 dweller. When the confrontation comes, we are taught to see that dweller for what it is, and to surrender it, and quickly. If we choose rightly, we cooperate with the all-important process of fusion with our Christ Identity. If we choose wrongly, if we refuse to surrender that pride, that is when the process of dweller fusion begins, and that process is hard to stop, because one mistake in this regard, quickly leads to another. This is the essence of the slippery slope.

     Church President Lois Drake, and those who are in the leadership generally, are far advanced on the path of dweller fusion, not Christ fusion. The evidence of this is written clearly in their actions. Of course, they are like lambs when people stroke their egos. No doubt about that. And within the context of their self-righteous pride, they sincerely try to play their parts as leaders of the Ascended Master cause, because if they are not that, they are nothing, having no claim upon the offices that serve as the foundation of their entire sense of self-worth.

     But there is one particular and crucial place where their dweller fused condition is exposed to the light of day. Obviously, to begin with, it is in their trampling of the law and the teaching. And we have examples of that before us. That is the subject of most everything published in this Journal for the last few months. But more importantly, we see that dweller exposed most clearly in how they react to being challenged. They will not bend the knee before the law. And that dweller is further exposed in how they wield institutional power in regards to those who challenge them. They will use their institutional power to get rid of people, outside of all due process procedures. Those who challenge them are held in contempt, and they wield institutional power against them, out of that energy of contempt. And as they wield that institutional power they do what the dweller of pride has always done, and that is break the law, even of common sense. In a certain respect, they are out of control, even from the stand point of self-preservation.

     Just two examples.

     First, there is the issue of the resolution process. They are already on record denying the application of the resolution process in a high profile situation. Here I speak of the Russian situation. You would think that they would not want to be challenged on that point again, and so obviously. After all, the straws on the camel's back do add up as times goes on. But, they have done it again. That is not even smart. Why go out on this limb that has to be sawed off? Clearly, history will record the correct judgment in this regard. Institutional power wielded without regard to due process is invalid. It is invalid everywhere in the universe, including inside of this church.

     Second, it is fair to say that 90% of what I have published and written is in regards to Church Manager's Rev. Linda Worobec's desecration of the Altar on July 4, 2003, and her role in the destruction of the unity of the Russian Congregation at the end of August 2003. Because Linda Worobec was appointed by Church Manager Lois Drake, common sense would communicate to a five year old, the need to recuse herself from this situation, because there is simply no possibility that she could be objective in her dealings with me. Her pride has been sorely offended because I have made it clear that her choice of Rev. Linda Worobec to be Church Manager, was a very foolish, dark, and ignorant decision. Sorely offended she is, and she uses highly charged negative words that communicate that fact in her letter below. For example, she calls some of my metaphors "vicious". That's pretty intense. And so, it is impossible for her to be objective, and yet she wants to be, personally, the hammer to smash my head, i.e. my ideas, into the ground. Why in the world would she leave herself open to such a fundamental challenge? It is because the level of her contempt would not allow her to disengage. It would have been far better for co-president Kate Gordon to have written this letter. Or even one or another member of the Board. But for Lois Drake to do it herself, this does place the worst possible face upon it. And so, there was not even enough light in her mind, or in the mind of anyone on the Board for the matter, to communicate to her this simple principle of self-preservation.

     Now, we are getting to the letter. Given the fact that the resolution process was not implemented in this situation, this letter, as one whole expression, represents a misuse of institutional power on the 12 o'clock line of the Cosmic Clock. In light of the principles set forth above, we would be able to predict from this premise that you will see that general theme expressed throughout the letter, in the form of the pollution of the crown chakra, and its characteristic hallmark, the use of broad negative generalizations, with no effort made to explain, or help the reader understand. As you will see, this conclusion will bear itself out. The letter contains simply a litany of many negative vague accusations and judgments. There is no effort to explain anything, no effort to help anyone understand anything.

     The letter is one page, six paragraphs. I am going to plot the whole letter on the 12 o'clock line, for the reason stated above. And that means that the six paragraphs can be plotted sequentially from the 1 o'clock, to the six o'clock line. Now, given the fact that we are beginning on the 12 o'clock line, and ending on the 6 o'clock line, we have in this letter, a representation of the 12/6 axis on which the crown and base chakras are plotted respectively. This reinforces the initial conclusion as to the character of the overall letter as representing a misuse of institutional power on the 12 o'clock line. What makes it possible for institutional power to be misused on the 12 o'clock line? It is because the light of the base chakra on the 6 o'clock line has not been raised to the crown. Why has it not been raised? Because of the non-surrender of pride on the 3/9 axis, and the concomitant indulging of the contemptuous sentiments discussed above, which keeps the heart (plotted on the 3/9 axis) from being accelerated into the domain of pure light. Taking the 3/9 axis which I have talked about at length above, along with the 12/6 axis spoken of here, we have in this letter an example of an expression that represents the perversion of each of the cardinal lines of the Cosmic Clock.

     I have scanned the original, and made it accessible HERE, for those who would like to see the whole of it, and perhaps read it start to finish apart from the editorial comments that follow. As noted, it is only a one page letter, with only six paragraphs. Here is the first paragraph. We will try to plot each of these paragraphs on the Cosmic Clock as we go.

"For several months you have published and circulated critical, even vicious, and untrue statements about Church Universal and Triumphant, its ministers, staff, and other members."

     This paragraph corresponds to the 1 o'clock line of God-Love, St. Germain as initiator. The other end of the line, which must be considered, is the 7 o'clock line of God-Gratitude, the Goddess of Liberty as initiator.

     These words represent the most grotesque perversion of these two qualities that you can possibly imagine, in two respects.

     First, from a heart of light, the things that I have written ought to invoke love and appreciation. I have written the truth. This line is all about love of truth. For if you don't love truth, you cannot truly love anything. I have exposed conditions that endanger the victory of the Ascended Master mission. If what I say is heeded, then the mission of the Masters can move forward towards victory. If not, defeat only is on the horizon. If the reader loves the Masters, their Teaching, and the mission they espouse, they will love what I write, for it is written to safeguard the integrity of all three. A genuine student would appreciate that. So, love and appreciation is truly the response of the Christ to what I have written. By contrast, this paragraph contains only an expression of seamless contempt and derision for what I have written, representing a total perversion of the 1/7 axis of the Cosmic Clock.

     Secondly, considering that St. Germain, and the Goddess of Liberty, are associated with this axis as initiators, we must ask ourselves, what would be the result of successful initiations on this axis? And we would conclude that a love for freedom of the press would be an expression of a properly qualified flame on this line. Even if I published something that was anathema to the sensibilities of the leadership, this line requires them to say, "I don't agree with what you are saying, but I will fight to the death for your freedom to say it." Is that sentiment expressed here? No.

     I remember these very words coming out of the mouth of the Messenger, "I don't agree with what you are saying, but I will fight to the death for your freedom to say it." And this was understandable, because the Masters mission depends on a free press as I already noted. She supported freedom of the press for everyone. Why? Shut down freedom of the press for one, you shut it down for all. How long would this organization survive if those who hated the message of the Masters were allowed to shut down our printing presses? Not very long.

     Of course, all of the lines, one through six, that correspond to these paragraphs, are all interpreted within the context of the 12 o'clock line. This means that each of these lines should also express to some degree, the characteristics associated with the perversion of the crown chakra on the 12 o'clock line. Those characteristics include, as noted above, the presentation of broad negative generalizations, without any effort to explain them, or help anyone to understand them. Of course, this is exactly what you have in this paragraph. Such broad and sweeping accusations, with out any attempt to back it up with the facts, represents criticism, condemnation and judgment of this publisher. In other words, character assassination.

     In regards to this characteristic lack of desire to communicate understanding, which is associated with the pollution of the crown chakra, we must ask these questions. What exactly was published by the Journal that they considered "critical". She doesn't say. What exactly was published by the Journal that was "vicious"? She doesn't say. What exactly was published by the Journal that was "untrue"? She doesn't say.

     Of course, there is a certain irony embedded in these unsubstantiated allegations. And this goes back to the central issue on the 12 o'clock line, in terms of the misuse of institutional power, predicated on the fact that the proscribed resolution process was not implemented. This is the irony. The substance of all of these assertions should have been, and would have been, adjudicated in a resolution process, if they had implemented the resolution process. That's where these assertions are to be laid on the table. That's where these assertions are to be examined under a bright desk lamp, where I am given the opportunity to see the specific charges against me, and to answer them with specificity. To make broad charges like this, and to not give specifics, nor the opportunity to address the charges before the judgment is rendered, that is a superb illustration of injustice, if I have ever seen one. Though I have to admit, that I have seen this before.

     Now, I am ready and willing to listen to anyone who challenges the accuracy of what has been published by this Journal. If anyone believes that any publishing activity by the Journal breaks any Ascended Master Law, or violates the vow of the Keepers of the Flame Fraternity, and these violations are seen to be so severe, as to jeopardize my standing in the Keepers of the Flame fraternity, that is exactly what the resolution process is intended to adjudicate. If the allegations are laid on the table, and I find that my conscience requires me to stand fast, then at least the inevitable judgment will have the aura of honor and integrity. As it stands, it has neither honor, nor integrity.

"The articles in your online journal contain false and derogatory statements about the Messenger. You have passed judgment on her and conveyed a false impression among your readers of her mission and service by calling her a king and describing her service to the Christ in all as a position of power over others."

     This paragraph corresponds to the 2 o'clock line of God-Mastery, Beloved Jesus Christ as initiator. The other end of the line, which must be considered, is the 8 o'clock line of God-Justice, with Beloved Lord Lanto as initiator. This is the first line of illumination that we have encountered, and it is therefore related to the issue of understanding and explaining onself, and I note here, that this is the only place in this entire letter where Lois Drake made anything close to a specific charge. But the charge is false.

     Lois Drake asserts that I called the Messenger a "king", and made various mischaracterizations concerning this. It is true, that in my essay, "First there were Kings, then there was Democracy," I compared the period of time in which the Messenger reigned supreme, to the times when Kings ruled the people, and I used King Arthur (an embodiment of El Morya) as one example, and I could have used King David (an embodiment of Jesus Christ) as another example, or King Solomon (an embodiment of St. Germain) as another example. I made a point to say that under certain conditions, that it is the will of God for the people to be ruled by a King. And so, in those situations, that is a good thing. I specifically referred to the Messenger as an example of a good King. See, you can read it for yourself. I have included that whole essay below. It is mostly an indictment of the current leadership, discussing how power corrupts, and turns into the exercise of tyranny, which in turn gives birth in the people to a desire for a more just form of government, which is democracy, where checks and balances are instituted in the governing structure, and the people have a role in the making of the laws. Of course, for it to work people have to become more responsible, and that corresponds to the time when the people are asked to embody more and more of their Christ Identity. That is what makes democracy work more or less. And that is probably why Lois Drake hates that essay so much. She relates so intimately with the totalitarian way of doing things, that it must really grate harshly against her sensitivities to even consider the idea that all power vested in one individual, or in a small ruling clique, yes, like the Communist Party, is really not the best way to do things.

     Lois Drake's desire to bring up this point wherein I compared the reign of the messenger to the period of time when kings reigned, before the advent of democracy, also tells us something very important about the dark compartment of consciousness within which Lois Drake operates.

     Let me say it this way. Where is the presence of mind in Lois Drake that would have said to her, "Wait a minute Lois. Our Beloved El Morya was embodied as King Arthur. Remember El Morya? He is the sponsor of our community? You know, he is the Master that has made all of this possible. And so, being a King, is not a bad thing. Do you see? You will look foolish if you try to make a big deal about this particular point. And this is the more true, when you consider that Jesus Christ was called the King of Kings. When God anoints a King, that makes for a good king."

     Of course, that is the point. Lois Drake does not have the presence of mind, the presence of illumination, which is a product of the descent of Light into the temple, that would enable her to even conceptualize, even to the faintest degree, this idea of God anointing a King. Her mind is totally dark, ruled completely by her sense of contempt for me. If I said it, it has to be bad. And there is no counter-force of light to bring her back to a point of balance.

     Moreover, in relationship to El Morya, what she has said in this paragraph indicates that she has not allowed her heart to be tied into the heart of the Master El Morya. I say this because she is not registering any amount of endearment when she thinks on King Arthur. I mean, if you think on King Arthur, your heart tells you that kings can be really good people. But she is outside of this domain of experience. Additional proof of this would be in her complicity in the performance of a Beatles' tune in King Arthur's Court. She had no sense of loyalty to El Morya that would inspire her to keep the altar from being desecrated in his court. After all this is King Arthur's Court. And of course, if you don't mind me reminding you, this is related, in sort of an indirect way, to the action taken by the Montana Team that Visited the Moscow Study Group on August 29, 2003. Remember what the leadership team did when they walked into the Study Group Sanctuary? When they entered, the keynote of El Morya was being played. The first thing this leadership team did was move to turn that keynote OFF.

     When the fallen angels are among the children of God, they wear a suit of armor, and it is called deception. And it is so solid, by virtue of their own delusions of grandeur. And these delusions are sincerely held. But, sometimes that armor develops a crack in it, and the darkness inside spews out, so that all the world can see what is actually in there. The pressure of hatred builds up, and up, and up, and it finally has to break out through the surface, cracking the armor like a volcanic eruption cracks the surface of the earth. When Linda Worobec planned a performance with a Beatles tune, and performed that tune on the Altar of the Holy Grail on July 4, 2003, that was one such event, where the crack in the armor exposed what was underneath. That action on her part, was an action of pure hatred, for the Christ, for the Masters, for the Teaching, and for God. This event of turning OFF the Master El Morya's keynote, was another such event.

     Now, there will come a time when the many will stand before the Lords of Karma, and receive the bad news, that their karmic load was made heavier in this life, rather than lighter, by virtue of their complicity in the crimes of these fallen angels. When that time comes, no one will be able to say, "I didn't know." For it is right there in plain sight for everyone to see.

     The fact that this leadership team refused to implement the resolution process already described and spoken about above, in relationship to the Russian situation, that was another crack in their armor of deception. The mandate to adhere to the law is before them all. But do they meet that mandate with obedience? No. They meet that mandate with hatred. They hate the law, they hate the resolution process. Who they are, was telegraphed to the whole world, when they refused to implement the resolution process in that situation.

     And that is another reason for remembering. God gives us what we need to succeed. This includes making an effort to provide us with clear and unmistakable indications of the presence of fallen angels who are among us, stealing our light, and reflecting back into our eyes the illusion of life and chelaship itself. When indications are given, they must be remembered. Remember what was at one time, but is no longer, written on the front cover of every Keepers of the Flame Lesson, "Hold Fast what Thou Hast Received." Do you believe that it is any coincidence that they moved this statement to the back cover? This is no coincidence. They don't want to encourage anyone to remember.

     Now, in regards to this essay, "First there were Kings, then there was Democracy," if this is the source for all of the additional assertions of wrong doing in Paragraph No 2, then the reader will be able to see, once you read that essay, how completely and utterly false Lois Drake's assertions would be.

     But unfortunately, she uses the word "article" in a plural form, "articles", which expands the region of alleged criminal activity to a much larger though indistinct, and undefined domain. And so, we have in this the same characteristic expression of the 12 o'clock line, pollution of the crown chakra associated with the misuse of institutional power, in the making of broad allegations with no effort to precisely define the infractions.

      Another thing to look for, when it comes to evaluating how attuned a particular individual in leadership is, to the heart of El Morya, is their desire they express to be precise in their language. We all have a long way to go before any of us can claim perfection in this regard, but you can certainly tell something about a person who makes no effort at all to be precise when it comes to the exercise of institutional power.

"Self-discipline in the law of everyday living, obedience to the laws of God and man, exactness in detail, precision in the precepts of the Logos and of the Mother these prepare your soul and your consciousness to expand and to reach out for the coordinates of the higher geometry of selfhood." El Morya - Chela and the Path, Letter X

     And so, we can again ask, beyond the specific article cited, "First there were Kings, then there was Democracy," where are these additional false and derogatory statements which I have allegedly made about the Messenger? Where are the additional places where I have allegedly passed false judgement upon her?

     There is something very wrong, if these questions have to be asked AFTER judgment is rendered and AFTER the institutional death sentence is implemented.

     And so, the same irony is embedded in these assertions as well. If the resolution process would have been implemented, these assertions could have been brought forth and put on the table, and addressed one by one. And in this area more specifically, where someone in leadership has taken offense in regards to such an historically broad subject area, and I am speaking about the issue of kings, everyone involved would have seen that they have entered into an area that has been traditionally off limits when it comes to the exercise of institutional power to suppress freedom of speech. We have long ago, as a society, abandoned any notion that subjective opinions could be judged criminal, let alone carry the consequences of capital punishment, even if it is only the prospect of institutional death. Stepping into this domain, is certainly a step backwards, a de-evolutionary slip as it were. And seeing this I think, every member of the Board would have backed off. And so, due process procedures help people to see the edge of the cliff before they step over it. It gives them a chance to stop and back up. It gives people an opportunity to think twice before they step off that cliff of total folly, and fall into the abyss of total delusion with all of its attendant karmic consequences.

     In regards to the subject of the messenger generally, I would say this. And this is not anything new. I believe that Elizabeth Clare Prophet was and still is, the chosen Messenger of the Great White Brotherhood. I believe she delivered a Teaching, that if adopted by the people of the earth, would bring this entire planet into a shining Golden Age. Did she make some mistakes? Yes. I wrote about one of those mistakes recently, in regards to choosing a universal icon of the homosexual community as an object for Ascended Master students to meditate on. That was a mistake. I made no judgments concerning her, other than that she made a mistake that needed to be corrected. As I have said before, the Messenger brought forth a veritable treasure chest full of jewels of truth. But there are some things in that treasure chest which are not truth. They are paste, in the vernacular. This is an example. We need to pluck out the mistakes, and keep the real jewels. And clearly, a free press is absolutely essential in that process.

     More then 200 years ago, the founders of this nation, seeing through the eyes of the Master St. Germain, were convinced that the benefits derived from nurturing a free press far outweighed any negative consequences associated with some people going overboard, which cannot be helped, because people are not perfect. This wisdom, which is a timeless wisdom, ought to be adopted as a tradition within this church.

"This is only one of the numerous errors and false statements you have made ..."

     Here, Lois Drake is referring to my comparison of the reign of the Messenger with the reign of a King. She calls this one of my numerous errors. Well, as you have seen, if you have read the essay below, this was not an error. This comparison was conceptually correct in every respect, and there was no disrespect at all communicated towards the Messenger in that essay. Now, if Lois Drake can refer to an example of a truth, as an error, then what are we to think of her judgment when it comes to telling the difference between truth and error in all the other cases she is referring to?

     Doesn't this one example make Lois Drake look foolish? I think so. Here, I believe, is an illustration of why it is very wise for the leadership to implement the resolution process. The resolution process will weed out false allegations from the true, and save the leadership the embarrassment of standing so proudly and prominently on the ground of error.

     But this is the bottom line here. I believe that the rest of their examples, if they would set them down on paper, would be shown to be similarly flawed. But we would not know for sure until they set them down on paper within the context of a fair and impartial resolution process.

"You have continued to disseminate disinformation about the Church and its members and have chosen not to retract or correct any of the false statements and malicious analogies you printed and published online."

     This paragraph, part A and B together, corresponds to the 3 o'clock line of God-Control, Beloved Helios as initiator. The other end of the line, which must be considered, is the 9 o'clock line of God-Reality, with Beloved Mighty Victory as initiator.

     This is the axis of the 3/9 dweller, the dweller of pride, as we have discussed above. It is the human ego that will not give God control of the temple. And therefore cannot know reality. And therefore lives in a world of dark delusions. And is therefore, the expressor of the most audacious hypocrisies. In fact, and this may be quite a surprise to some, this paragraph is actually a perfect expression of the identity of this dweller. In other words, this 3/9 dweller is describing itself.

"I (Lois Drake) have continued to disseminate disinformation about the Christ and I have chosen not to retract or correct any of the false statements I have made in this regard."

     The 3/9 dweller wants us to believe that it is in fact the Christ. It wants us to believe that its trampling of the law, and its complicity in rebellion, is an expression of the Christ (i.e ultimate authority). And so it parades itself before us as something that it is not. It is a constant fount of disinformation in this regard. This was the beginning and the ending of the situation with Linda Worobec's performance of a Beatles song on the Altar of the Holy Grail, which Lois Drake, and leadership generally, has repeatedly defended.

     I would say that the word "malicious" is a very highly charged negative word, that is only used in those cases wherein the person in question is clearly held in contempt. And in this respect, gives expression to the misqualification of the energies of the heart chakra which is plotted on the 3/9 axis.

     Again, we face in this paragraph, the same deeply embedded irony related to the resolution process. There are serious allegations embedded in this paragraph. If the resolution process had been implemented, we would not need to ask the obvious questions here. What "disinformation" are they talking about? What "false statements" are they talking about? What "malicious analogies" are they talking about? How can anyone properly defend oneself against such broad and sweeping generalizations?

     Again, in our attempt to come to terms with their after the fact allegations, we see that this is what a resolution process is for. If they have specific "disinformation" in mind, if they have specific "false statements" in mind, if they have specific "malicious analogies" in mind, they need to set those before me, in the context of fair and objective resolution process. Let each point of contention be examined.

     Of course it is true, that if they were totally confident in regards to the case they desire to make against me, they would reach for that resolution process in a heartbeat. The fact that they do not, tells the story. They are not confident. They are fearful of having to make a case for truth, for they know they do not have a solid grasp upon that illusive commodity. It is illusive to them for sure. They resort, in lieu of a honorable process of adjudication, to taking out their baseball bats. And they club me to institutional death, with these blunt mischaracterizations and falsehoods which they make no effort to support with any facts. "Disinformation," "false statements", and "malicious analogies"? As far as I know, and I should know because I am the one who is supposed to have published them, they do not exist.

     Now, in regards to retractions, just because people write to me, and say they are offended about this or that, even if they are a member of the leadership, that is no basis to print a retraction. To print a retraction, I must be convinced that the alternate information is accurate. If the person requesting a retraction is not willing to go through a process where their information can be validated, then they cannot expect me to take them seriously.

     For example, Rev. Peter Duffy wrote me an email and challenged my assertion that a song, written by the Steve Miller Band, "Fly Like an Eagle" was performed at the Youth Night during the latest 2004 Freedom Conference. The Steve Miller Band is a Rock Band, and that song is a Rock Music song. Now, my source in this regard, I trust. And so, to retract the statement, I need convincing alternate information. So I wrote back to Rev. Peter Duffy, asking him to send me the program for the Youth Night, so I could see with my own eyes, that the song "Fly Like an Eagle" was not on it. I did not hear back from him. He did not respond. If the person will not make the effort to prove their point, then there is nothing I can do. I will stand by my original source. Though in this situation it would have been sort of ironic, if the email blocking measures instituted by Lois Drake kept my response from reaching Peter Duffy. I suppose that is possible. I remain open to receiving whatever corroborating information that Peter Duffy would like to present to me.

     As another example, I received an email from a person purporting to be Dorothy Lee Fulton. In the first email from this person, she was rude and contemptuous, and confusing. Obviously she did not like something I wrote, but she did not specify anything exactly. I was skeptical, but wrote back to her in a civilized manner, asking her to be specific. After a long time, she finally wrote back, and stated that my story, regarding the Messenger's disciplining of Linda Worobec in regards to Beatles music, was wrong. She again expressed contempt for my person. And so, I was skeptical. People who express themselves out of a contemptuous spirit are not vibrating in the region of truth. So, I wrote back to her, and told her, that I could only print a retraction if I could verify the information. Again, I trust the source of the original information, so I am not going to abandon it, on a whim, or under pressure. In this case this would require her to arrange a phone conversation with me so I could determine if this was really Dorothy Lee Fulton behind these emails, and I could ask her some additional questions. For example, what exactly about the story was wrong? She never responded. And moreover, there was something very strange about the idea that the "Messenger of Music" would come to the aid of a person who had performed a Beatles song on the Altar of the Holy Grail. That just didn't smell right. I suppose it was possible that someone was using her email account. Or perhaps, given her age, it is possible that a member of the leadership was twisting her arm to refute my report, taking advantage of her failing memory. Clearly, a phone conversation was necessary to eliminate these uncertainties. Given the fact that she did not respond further, I had no choice by to stand by my original story.

     I suppose in retrospect, when it comes to the threatening letter Lois Drake sent to me, April 23, 2004, where she tried to explain how wrong I was in my position on the issue of Rev. Linda Worobec's desecration of the altar, that it was possible that she had the expectation that I would simply accept her conclusions, and sweep my own off the table. But, there is no logical weight, no weight of reason, in anything Lois Drake said in that letter, so if she had those expectations, they were certainly unrealistic, which is another attribute of the 3/9 dweller. And isn't that a well-known character trait exhibited by totalitarian dictators from the beginning of time. Their word is the law. They expect people to bend down in adoration before their words. And when they don't, they use the power of the state to punish them.

     When it comes to inaccuracies in factual information, there is a clear cut duty to retract any error in this regard. I am committed to this. If someone can refute a particular point, with verifiable facts, or other substantial testimony, then I am happy to retract any errors I have set forth. When it comes to differences of opinion, in terms of conclusions that I have reached, of course I believe my conclusions correspond to the truth as far as I am able to see the truth. But here too, I am open to correction. But those who challenge conclusions have an added responsibility to be reasonable and civilized in their objections. I would say that 99% of all objections I have received are expressed out of a spirit of contempt and derision for my person. This is always the product of an offended 3/9 dweller, which as I have noted, will experience the truth as a red hot cattle prod. Their crown chakras are already dark, so they don't spend an time trying to convince or persuade in a rationale manner. They just send their little package of demons into my inbox, and when I open their email, they all climb out, with their baseball bats in hand, and proceed to pummel me over the head. This is no way to change anyone's mind.

"You have shown no interest in taking the opportunity for counseling or upholding the pledge of the a Keeper of the Flame. This behavior sends a message that you have no desire to be a part of this organization."

     This paragraph corresponds to the 4 o'clock line of God-Obedience, Beloved God Obedience as initiator. The other end of the line, which must be considered, is the 10 o'clock line of God-Vision, with Beloved Mighty Cyclopea as initiator.

     Here we have an expression that is very uniquely associated with the 4 o'clock line. The perversion of the 4 o'clock line is disobedience, and rebellion against the law. We find this in the reference to an "opportunity for counseling". If you look at the resolution process, the opportunity for counseling is referred to in two places. First in Step 3, "A minister from headquarters or a regional or local minister may provide counseling to the parties involved." But you only get to this step after a formal complaint has been registered with the Board, and the Board has notified the defendant, as it were of the charges. The subject of counseling is again spoken of in Step 6, where counseling is spoken of as part of a possible discipline. But this step is reached only near the very end of the resolution process when it has been determined, through a fair review of the allegations and facts, that the accused has a problem.

     I believe that this reference to an opportunity for counseling underscores the depth of the rebellion within which Lois Drake is mired. The first order of rebellion, is to refuse to implement the resolution process itself. The second order of rebellion is to go into the resolution process itself, and to try to use an element of it, but out of order, giving the false impression that a resolution process has been implemented. This would be rebellion against the truth itself, in setting before us a bold deception.

     Where is the presence of mind that would say to Lois Drake, the following: "You cannot refer to the opportunity for counseling, because that is part of the resolution process, and you have not implemented the resolution process. If you refer to it, you will be giving a false impression that the resolution process has been implemented. So, don't do it, don't refer to it." And we might even consider this to be the voice of the law of common sense itself. And what has she done? She has disobeyed, and rebelled against the law of common sense itself.

     Moreover, this reference to counseling is another example of the lack of realism associated with the 3/9 dweller. Every minister of this church has been complicit in the July 4, 2003 desecration of the Altar of the Holy Grail by Church Manager Rev. Linda Worobec. They have been complicit in the destruction of the unity of the Russian Congregation. They have been complicit in the destruction of the ascended master publishing operation associated with that congregation. How would it be possible, under these circumstances, for me to have any trust or faith in the counseling ability of any of these individuals? They are going to counsel me in how to better swallow the corruptions of this leadership? Given the issues that are in contention, this is completely unrealistic.

     And so, in this regard, to mention counseling at all, under these circumstances, is so much sophistry.

     Though it is also true, that the reference to counseling plays a more sinister role, providing a subtle point of character assassination. This is a common debating tactic of the 3/9 dweller, asserting a condition of mental illness, which is to say a structural fault within the heart, mind and soul of the opponent. "You have a problem. You need help. You need counseling." Used in this way, it is an expression of criticism, condemnation and judgment.

     In regards to upholding the pledge of a Keeper of the Flame, to make this assertion in a useful manner, so that it can stand any amount of scrutiny, the author of this letter needs to spell out how I have not upheld my pledge. There is no attempt to make clear how I have been remiss in this regard.

     Any reasonable review of this particular assertion would expose it to be false. And we will make that review here.

     What does it mean to be a Keeper of the Flame? If Lois Drake could articulate that, you could be sure that she would have done it. And she would have driven her point home, by showing how I have not kept my pledge. But she has done none of that. She sets the assertion out there, as if it were true. But it is not true. It is false.

"Before my own Real Self and the Great law of my being, before the hierarchies of heaven and all who have overcome the world, I pledge my life, my love and my devotion to the cause of world and individual freedom sponsored by Saint Germain and the ascended masters. Therefore, I apply to be a member of the Keepers of the Flame Fraternity."

     I affirm everything in this paragraph. Standing for the truth, when it comes to exposing corruptions in the leadership, and demanding accountability from our leaders, is an integral part of this cause. How can the cause of the Maser Saint Germain succeed, when the forces of darkness are allowed to take control of the leadership and remain unchallenged? It is impossible. Everything that is published in this Journal, as far as I can tell, fulfills this pledge.

     In looking at the specifics of this pledge, the reader might recall how in, "The Real, Honest-to-God Reason We are in Iraq Today - And Why the Forces of Darkness are Not Happy About It", I exposed the truth regarding the leadership's lack of interest in the cause of freedom in Iraq. Remember, in the first decree insert they produced on the issue of Iraq in March of 2003, the word "freedom" was never used.

"I vow to be a keeper of the Light of God in man and I affirm that I am my brother's keeper. I will strive to be a living example of the Law of Life, to espouse virtue and shun evil, and to bear witness to the Truth. I will recognize all members of the fraternity as brothers and sisters. I merge the flame blazing on my heart's altar with the flame of the Knight Commander to uphold and strengthen his thrust for a cosmic purpose in this age."

     I wholeheartedly affirm everything in this paragraph. Though there is one point that is a bit sticky I must admit.

     First though, as far as being a keeper of the Light of God in man, as you will see from the evidence I will set forth below, I am a keeper of the Light of God in THIS man, i.e. in me, and by the stands I have taken, I am convinced, and I have no doubt about it, that I am a keeper of the Light of God in my brothers and sisters.

     What does it mean to be a living example of the Law of Life? What is the Law of Life? Perhaps we could say that the Law of Life is the Law of Love. And what is it most important to Love? As I have noted before, if you cannot love truth, it is impossible for you to love anything else in a genuine manner. And so, the Law of Life, reduces itself to the Love of Truth in is most basic expression. I believe I have expressed this love of truth, and as you will see, that Masters agree, and they, along with God our Father and Mother, have rewarded me, and in these rewards, encouraged me to continue on with my work, regardless of the stinging arrows I must pull out of my body from time to time.

     Now, the interpretation of this sentence of the pledge, actually tells us what the Law of Life is, and it comports with the analysis just set forth. "I will strive to be a living example of the Law of Life, to espouse virtue and shun evil, and to bear witness to the Truth." This clause, " ... to espouse virtue and shun evil, and to bear witness to the Truth," should be taken as a definition of the Law of Life, not an additional set of standards to strive for. To espouse virtue, to shun evil, and to bear witness to the truth, is the Law of Life, for the purposes of this pledge.

     I espouse virtue, and I shun evil to the very best of my ability. When it comes to shunning evil, when I see evil in the leadership, I have shunned it. The record is there for everyone to read. And I have expressed the virtues of constancy, persistence, determination, and courage in this regard. When it comes to exposing corruptions in the leadership, and demanding accountability from our leaders, this is integral to my pledge to "bear witness to the Truth."

     By contrast, I think this might be a basis for a counter complaint. Everyone in the collective leadership has refused to uphold the pledge in a very specific regard. To perform a Beatles song on the Altar of the Holy Grail, is evil. Linda Worobec has refused to shun evil. And the collective leadership in their support of Linda Worobec has also refused to shun evil. As a part of this counter complaint, we could observe, that by foisting compromise of the law upon the membership, this leadership is encouraging the growth of darkness in the membership, and has therefore broken that part of the pledge to be a keeper of the Light of God in man.

      Moreover, Church President Lois Drake, and each member of the Board is in violation of this aspect of the Keepers Pledge, in the area where their offices require them to implement the resolution process in a fair an equitable manner. "I will strive to be a living example of the Law of Life, to espouse virtue and shun evil, and to bear witness to the Truth." Obviously they have refused to implement the resolution process. This, it seems to me, is the opposite of virtue, and might be the basis for a counter complaint as well. What is virtue, if it is not keeping your word, and keeping your promises? They distribute a resolution process out of headquarters that states clearly, they are committed to implementing it. When they don't implement it, that is the opposite of virtue. That is a corruption of integrity. It is a breaking of a sacred trust as they rush helter skelter to fulfill their selfish and short sighted ends.

     Now, here is the sticky part. "I will recognize all members of the fraternity as brothers and sisters." This is certainly the general rule. And I am committed to upholding it. But there is an exception to all rules as you know. When fallen angels enter into an organization of light, and begin to corrupt the very teaching, we deal with them in a different way, than we deal with those who are genuine brothers and sisters. We challenge their darkness, and we shun their evil, and we demand accountability for the crimes they commit. Jesus Christ himself referred to these individuals embedded in the leadership of the Jewish religion as "vipers". He referred to them as "whited sepulchers, full of dead men's bones." I have been far more lenient.

     It has been a gradual process for me, in making the determination that some in our leadership actually fit the definition of fallen angels. It was not an easy conclusion to come to. But as they have continued to give evidence of their recalcitrance, when it comes to refusing to admit to mistakes, refusing to show any sign of contrition, in this regard, in the very durability of their pride, that it where you finally see that you are dealing with a fallen angel. Pride is the sign. This is the seed characteristic of the Great Rebellion. This is the primary character attribute of Lucifer, Satan, and all their lieutenants. They will not bend the knee before the law. They trample the law of fairness and justice at will. And when they are challenged to repent, they spit back only defiance. Their pride is impenetrable. And consequently, their darkness was total. And they have the ability to posture themselves before the people as angels of light, and to deceive them, and through that deception, to steal the light of the people.

     They have this ability to stand before the people, as if they know the way to go, as if they are leading them up the mountain, and at the very same time, they are sucking the very lifeforce out of their bodies, leaving them hollow, and weak, and incapable of anything but dying.

     Hold fast what thou hast received. I have received a crystal clear, unshakeable, and immutable insight into the mass of darkness behind Church Manager Linda Worobec's rebellion. I can see clearly, that to have done what she has done, represents an inner alliance with the false hierarchy. It is a very strong alliance. Very strong. I hold fast to that insight. I will not drop it into the bin of forgetfulness, as the leadership suggests. Those who are comfortable in her presence, those who make excuses for her, have a taste for the vibration of death itself. The death of the soul.

"I recognize my responsibility to support the expansion of Saint Germain's mission for this age, both spiritually and materially. Therefore, each day I will recite "The Keepers Daily Prayer" and give my energies in invocation to the sacred fire on behalf of all life. And I will pay monthly dues to promote the publishing of the masters' teachings through The Summit Lighthouse."

     Of course, my most obvious expression of support is in the giving of my life for the casting of these fallen angels out of the leadership of this church. It is impo