Monday, February 28, 2005, 11:50 PM PST

     Yes, he did it again. And we are going to challenge him again. Let us not weary in well doing.

	Historical Links   November 28, 2004 - Jim Bardon: When Pride Becomes More Important than the Truth, the Fall is not very Far Off.   January 3, 2005 - Jim Bardon's Unfinished Business.   January 27, 2005 - Jim Bardon's Stubborn Pride: The Poisoning of the Soul unto Failure and Death.   January 28, 2005 - Study These Pillars of Pride, Linda Worobec & Jim Bardon, While You Have the Chance.   February 28, 2005 - Jim Bardon of the Chela News Says, in Effect, "I will not Surely Die" - We've Heard that Before.                        Archived Documentation of Jim Bardon's willful Publication of Misleading Information.

     Jim Bardon has again published the same incomplete, inaccurate, and misleading information concerning the 1984 Violet Flame Dispensation given by Beloved Omri-Tas. Please refer to the box at the right for links to the other five (5) times I have addressed this issue. Jim Bardon's latest expression of defiance and rebellion has been added to the growing list of examples that we are saving for posterity on this documentation page.

     What keeps him from admitting his mistake, and doing the right thing in this area? What keeps him from arresting this momentum of rebellion against the word itself? As we have discussed, it is pride. Pride is always the force that resists the confession of mistakes, and the correction of mistakes.

     And it has been noted before, that pride goeth before the fall. But in the case of Jim Bardon, he is in effect saying to myself, "pride does not surely go before the fall." Where have we heard that basic principle expressed before?

     Of course, it was expressed by the Serpent in the Garden, who tempted Eve to eat of the forbidden fruit. As the story goes, God said to Adam and Eve, Ye shall not eat of the forbidden tree in the midst of the garden. If ye eat of it, ye shall surely die. Of course, the serpent had to sell Eve on the immediate benefits that would acrue to her if she did eat of that forbidden fruit. And so it came to pass that a desire to eat of the fruit was planted within her, but there was something that yet held her back. She remembered the warning, that if she would eat of the fruit, that she shall surely die. But Serpent had an answer for that too. He told her, you shall not "surely" die. Perhaps you will, perhaps you won't, though most likely you won't, because it's really only a threat to keep you from enjoying what ought to be rightfully yours. Sure, it's a gamble, but look at what's to be gained if the bet pays off. And this sounded good to her, and rest is history. She ate of the fruit, and she and Adam were cast out of the garden, and they did surely die.

     In like manner, the Masters have said to us, that pride goeth before the fall. This is as concrete of a prophesy, this is as much an irreversible statement of the law, as the one given to Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden in relationship to the forbidden fruit. You can be certain of this. Pride goeth before the fall.

     If you retain pride, the fall will come. And over the course of the last few weeks and month, I have set before our readers some very easy to understand principles on how pride is to be identified. Again, pride is at the root of rebellion against God, and against his law. A person who is indulging pride will inevitably express that streak of rebellion not just in their private behavior, but in their public behavior, and they will trample on the law right in front of our faces, as Jim Bardon is doing.

	The Law   One important law that governs the Path of Initiation, is the one that requires students to challenge manifestations of disobedience and rebellion when they appear in other students. This law has been put into words by many of the Ascended Masters, including Beloved Sanat Kumara, and Beloved Jesus Christ. (source1)  (source2).

     Now, this is where our responsibility comes in. (See references in box to the right). When the person tramples on the law, we challenge them, and ask them to come back into alignment, which requires a confession, and an expression of repentance, and a genuine expression of contrition. If they follow the rules of the Path, and swiftly self-correct as El Morya has pointed out, they will have cast off the chains of pride, and moved up higher on the path to the Summit of Being. If they refuse to confess, repent, and express a genuine sense of contrition, this refusal is rooted in pride itself. And this is a very important point. In the midst of expressing that refusal, that resistance, that pride, they actually believe that this resistance is part of their real self. Of course, this is what it means to fail a test, to confuse the not-self, with the real-self.

     Thus, we see before us then, in those who refuse to self- correct, a point of fusion with the dweller of pride, and this is the pride that goeth before the fall. This is the pride that will take the soul down. Pride that is surrendered, is no threat to the soul. Pride that is retained, this will result in the fall, as certain as night follows day.

     Let us weary not in well doing. Pride is stubborn, that is clear enough. But we continue to challenge it, we do not cease challenging it, though we always remain within the confines of the law as we do this. We remain seated precisely on the point of the law that has been trampled on, for this is the marker that points to the greater monolith of pride that lies just beneath the surface. This is not just the marker we use to identify the presence of pride, it is the marker the pride-bound soul will use to identify that pride, and it needs that marker. Pride, most of the time, is totally hidden from the consciousness of the soul. It is only by these markers on the surface that the soul can understand what lies beneath. So, in truth, our efforts to sit on this point, is really the only hope Jim Bardon has for victory in this life. For if he does not surrender pride on a point that he can see and understand, he will never be able to surrender the pride that he cannot see.

     Given the stubborn nature of the pride that Jim Bardon is manifesting, the subscribers to his mailings should understand that they drink in that vibration of pride which he sends out with every mailing. He sends out the vibration associated with the false conclusion that he has reached, that he does not have to surrender his own pride, that he can make progress on the path, and balance his karma, and still retain his pride. That is really about the darkest falsehood that a soul can distribute to others, for it is at the root of the original fall from grace.

     Remember, Lucifer planted the seed of pride in many, and this was well before the Great Fall. And God said to those who had been thusly stained, "Beware, pride goeth before the fall." In other words, as we have noted, if you can identify pride in yourself, and you don't surrender it, the fall will come. And so that fall came for a third of the occupants of the heaven world at the time, those who had fallen under the influence of Lucifer's pride, and they were all cast out of heaven along with him.

     Now, it is sort of ironic in that respect, that while there is an appearance in the Chela News of being helpful, in terms of the path, the truth is, that a prideful vibration is being planted in his readership that will tend to block their capacity to rise higher on the path. Though this impact my be mitigated somewhat by the fact that 99% of his subscribers will delete 99% of most everything he sends out, because there is just too much of it, though it is also true that it is not good to train ascended master students, to program them, to daily delete the word of the masters.

     At any rate, I believe it is true that every one of his subscribers knows about this controversy. They know that he is refusing to do the right thing. And therefore, they are the more consciously and willingly drinking in that deadly falsehood, which encourages them to believe that pride can be retained, and one can still expect to make progress on the path. No, these are deadly delusions. The truth is, that pride goeth before the fall. This is an absolutely solid, and concrete guarantee.

     If pride is exposed in your life, and you refuse to surrender it, you know the final outcome right then and there.

     May you pass every test!

Sunday, February 27, 2005, 4:49 AM PST

     The title music is taken from a portion of the theme from the movie "Patton". The flame of freedom is on the march, and what sacrifices we make in the battle against the forces of darkness are counted as noble, and memorable in the archives of the heart, and of the Brotherhood for all time. Yet, even so, the battlefield does not look much like paradise while the battle yet rages. Nor are words always sweet when the lightbearer comes nose to nose with the enemy.

     Now, as noted in Commentary No. 1 and Commentary No. 2 on this issue, The Board of Directors, on January 26, 2005, released a document, drafted by Lois Drake, entitled "Provisional Criteria for the Discipline or Removal of a Keeper of the Flame." (See: Source Documents).

     Again, as noted, the Board of Directors is attempting, through the instrumentality of this notorious document, to institutionalize the experiences they've had over the past two years or so ejecting people from this organization. As I said before, this is very dangerous. The institutionalizing of bad judgment, or worse, is not a positive trend for this organization.

     The next "provisional" criteria for the Discipline or removal of a Keeper of the Flame, set forth in the extent document which we are obliged to take a closer look at is item #5 in the bulleted list, which reads as follows:

• Exhibiting rage.

     It is very important to remember the roots of this particular item. This item is associated with one of the most devastating events in the history of this organization. Yes, this is related to the rage that never was. On August 29, 2003, the current leadership of this church saw fit to dismiss the entire Board of the Moscow Study Group, thereby destroying the Unity of the Russian Congregation, and laying the groundwork for the destruction of a very successful ascended master publishing operation, which had theretofore been administered by said Board. The justification used by the Montana Leadership for this wanton act of destruction was the alleged expression of "rage" by one Ketino L. (then president of the Moscow Board) during the August 29, 2003 meeting between said Board, and the visiting Montana Leadership team.

     Though we must note here, that the Leadership has now raised the seriousness of this particular offense to a new level. At the time, in the aftermath of the August 29, 2003 meeting, it was then only used as a justification for the removal of an individual from a leadership position in a local group, and of course all those who supported her in her expression were also removed. At that time, Ketino was not removed from the Keepers of the Flame Fraternity for this alleged offense, only from her leadership position, and the current leadership used this fact in their public letters on this subject to illustrate how merciful and balanced was their reaction to Ketino's allegedly extreme behavior. But now, they have elevated the offense of "rage" to a level that will lead to the removal of an individual from the Keepers of the Flame fraternity itself.

     Why have they done this? We are not confused about the reason they have done this. They have done this as an act of self-justification, pure and simple. This criteria is intended to stand, for all time, as a marker within the traditions of this church, to justify their acts on August 29, 2003, which destroyed the Unity of the Russian Congregation. Setting this criteria before us communicates only one central idea, and it is this. In their estimation, the expression of "rage" is such a horrible offense, that it must result in the removal of a student from the Keepers of the Flame fraternity. Therefore, because the expression of "rage" is so heinous, and because Ketino (allegedly) expressed this "rage", and because the other members of the Moscow Board supported her in that expression, therefore, the Leadership was justified in removing them all, (and appointing a former longstanding member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, one Olga I. Perminova, as the interim president of the new Moscow Board.)

     Now, perhaps we can stipulate, that the expression of actual "rage" might be an offense that would justify removal of an individual from the Keepers of the Flame Fraternity, but only if that expression was stubbornly justified by the offender, and the offender refused to apologize for it, or do an appropriate penance. We can stipulate to this, that "rage" is certainly a gross misqualification of the light, and it is very destructive and hurtful to those that are the targets of it, and therefore, its expression is clearly the breaking of a fundamental rule of the Path of Initiation.

     But the problem is, and we will prove this here, Ketino never expressed rage, and therefore, the initial judgment of this Leadership against Ketino and the other members of the Moscow Board was based on an outright FALSEHOOD. That's right, and you will see that for yourself.

     And so, the leadership's elevation of this offense, into one that will require a student's dismissal from the Keepers of the Flame Fraternity, is not simply an act of self-justification. It is more than that. They are trying to give a blatant falsehood eternal life within this community.

     How do we know that their accusation against Ketino, of expressing "rage" is false? Because the audio tape of that portion of the August 29, 2003 meeting had been made public. You can listen to it over the Internet. This is called Freedom through Technology. Freedom from the chains of deception more precisely. And you can see for yourself whether or not Ketino expressed the quality of rage. When you make the effort to focus your mind on the definition of the word "rage" and compare Ketino's expression to that definition, you will reach the inescapable conclusion that Ketino did not express rage. Far from it. Rain showers and hurricanes have one thing in common, and that is water. But is a rain shower the same thing as a hurricane because of this single common denominator? Hardly. This tape comes to us through the cooperation of Ketino, and Michael McCann, the editor of the website, Victory's Voice.

     The tape covers the first 26 minutes of the August 29, 2003 meeting held in Moscow. This tape is represented to us as containing the most heated exchanges of the meeting. It is represented to us, that things cooled down after this. So, if there is an example of rage being expressed by Ketino, it will be in this portion of the meeting. The entire meeting lasted for about 3 hours.

     The former members of the Moscow Board, released a partial transcript of this portion of the meeting, along with a partial transcript of the remaining 2 « hours, along with commentary, in a document, released on November 24, 2003, under the title (and this is a link to that document), EXPOSE THE TRUTH 3: August 29th meeting. I would encourage readers to review at least that the portion of the transcript and commentary that deals with this first part of the meeting, so you will have a sense of what is going on.

     Before getting into the definition of rage, I would say that it is important to understand that differences of opinion had developed between the members of the Moscow Board, and the Montana Leadership on more than one fundamental issue. From what I can tell, the primary difference of opinion had to do with what kind of relationship Russian Law would allow their organization to have with a religious organization based in a foreign country. It is my sense that Ketino was trying to get the Leadership to understand that Russian Law did not allow a hierarchical relationship, wherein a Russian organization could be under the control of a foreign religious organization. And since the Leadership was interested in control, and would not settle for less, this stuck in their craw, like a chicken bone in their throat, and they were determined remove it, i.e. to remove the members of the Moscow Board, to replace them with more subservient individuals, notwithstanding the requirements of Russian Law.

     And therefore, prior to this meeting, word had reached Ketino that the Montana Leadership, if they did not get what they wanted, which was subservience, notwithstanding the requirements of Russian Law, then they would reach a decision to remove all members of the Moscow Board and replace them with other individuals. This threat of removal then, was hanging over the Moscow Board from the onset of the meeting. And in the midst of the most heated exchanges during this meeting, especially in regards to the presence of Julia Perminova, Linda Worobec actually confirmed that indeed this was exactly what they had on their minds. This is short excerpt (amplified to bring out the voice) of that statement, about 20 minutes and 52 seconds into the main audio recording.

     Now, during most of this portion of the meeting (the first 26 minutes) a very tangible controversy hung over the proceedings, and this controversy embodied this pre-existing conflict, and it served as the genesis of the most heated expressions from Ketino. This had to do with the presence of one Julia Perminova as translator. Julia Perminova, having stayed at the Ranch with Peter and Neroli Duffy for an extended period of time that summer, along with her mother Olga Perminova, who made all of the arrangements for the visit of the Montana Leadership, had the (sympathetic) ear of the Montana Leadership, and they were perceived by the members of the Moscow Board as behind the scene agitators for the removal of the current board members. It was anticipated therefore, that Julia Perminova might be chosen by the Montana Leadership as a translator for this meeting, and they had decided beforehand not to allow this, in as much as they could not trust her to translate their words in the spirit those words were spoken. And sure enough, this is what happened. Julia Perminova did enter the room for that purpose, and there arose a heated controversy over the question of whether she would stay, or leave the room. This controversy went on for a long time, as you will see when you listen to the tape, though she did finally leave the room.

     Now, it should be noted, that in the several months that led up to this meeting, that Peter Duffy served as the contact person for the Moscow Board, in relationship to the Montana Leadership generally. The conflict between the members of the Moscow Board, and the Montana Leadership most often flowed through Peter Duffy. And it may have been the case, that the members of the Moscow Board might have perceived Peter Duffy as part of the problem, because certainly he was no advocate for their position before other members of the leadership. Rather he tended to be the mouthpiece for opinions that the members of the Moscow Board did not agree with. And the fact that the Peter Duffy and his wife would offer room and board for Julia Perminova at the Ranch for an extended period of time, made the two quantities, for all intents and purposes inseparable in the minds of the members of the Moscow Board.

     As long as we are on the subject of Peter Duffy, let me say, that he was indeed the instrument for the first major controversy that arose between the Montana Leadership Team, and the members of the Moscow Board. As the aforementioned report of the meeting indicates, the members of the Moscow Board had already decided that the moment that the Montana Leadership team came into the meeting room, that they would stop whatever they were doing, and play the Master El Morya's keynote. The members of the Moscow Board felt they needed the Master El Morya's presence at this meeting, and they needed the attunement of all participants with this Master, to maximize the possibility that the Will of God would be made manifest in course of the meeting. The vision they had in this respect, was to play his keynote, and all the people in the room would have an opportunity to focus their attention on this Master, honor him, through his keynote, and absorb and assimilate his vibration into their hearts, minds and souls. And so, in this way wisdom might prevail.

     But, this was not to be. When the Montana Leadership entered the room, indeed, Ketino directed Stewart Montgomery to start El Morya's keynote, but one of the members of the Montana Leadership team moved quickly, and you will be surprised how quick it was, to shut off that keynote. Yes, the person who moved, and it had to be almost instinctively to have moved that quickly, to shut off the Master El Morya's keynote, was none other than Peter Duffy. Here is a short excerpt that encompasses this event. It happens quite fast, so you might need to play the segment over a few times to fully appreciate what is happening here. It starts with the sound of the Messenger's voice, and her invocation which was playing on the audio system before the arrival of the Montana Leadership Team. You will hear the point that the Montana Leadership team enters the room, and Ketino says "Welcome" and so forth, and you can hear her speak quickly to Stewart to begin the playing of El Morya's keynote. The sound of the keynote appears, and only plays for a few seconds before it goes off. Ketino objects, and then one of the other members of the Montana Leadership team, Norman Millman, distracts Ketino with the subject of how many chairs there are to sit on. I mean, isn't that precious? He is more interested in where they will be seated, its obvious there are enough chairs there anyway, than standing in honor of the Master. Listen to this:  

     And so, there is nothing that Peter Duffy could have done, that could have been more effective in placing the label of "enemy" across his own forehead (in the mind's of the Moscow Board) than this act of moving so quickly to shut off what they cherished the most, and in which they placed their hopes for victory. Moreover, given the link between the Duffy's and Julia Perminova, the label of "enemy" was writ large over her forehead at the same time. Of course, these labels were probably already there. This event just caused them to glow like bright neon signs. And when she walked into the room a few minutes later, the reaction against her was the more intense, I believe, because of this one event. And the controversy over this point, i.e. her presence, went on for some time.

     While our attention is focused on this audio excerpt, there is another important issue to focus our attention on. The meeting was scheduled for 12 Noon. At the time that this taping was going on, the Montana Leadership team was not expected to arrive for another 20 or 30 minutes. The Montana Leadership team arrived early. Look at the exact moment that they entered the room. The tape catches the commotion of their arrival. They arrive in the room, just as the Messenger was beginning to speak these words, "And therefore the spirals of the betrayal of her flame, twelve thousand years old, shall be bound, shall be arrested, shall be taken this day." I don't think there is any such thing as a coincidence. Listen to this excerpt again, over and over again if necessary, listening to the Messenger's words, and see if you can spot the moment when the commotion begins, and hear the words that are being spoken by the Messenger as the Montana Leadership Team files into the room.

     After the issue of the chairs is settled, Ketino wants to start the keynote again, but the Montana Leadership team wants to introduce themselves before the keynote plays. First they shut it off. Then they are interested in the chairs in which they will place their own behinds. And then they want to introduce themselves, all before the keynote is played. I believe it is clear that they have already introduced themselves by their insistence on placing every conceivable thing before the Master's Keynote. A few minutes later, there came a point where the people in the room were waiting, I believe for the arrival of Kate Gordon, and Ketino suggested that they play El Morya's keynote while they waited, this time giving another rationale, that perhaps they could make invocations while the keynote is playing. But immediately more than one member of the Montana Leadership objects, they have their own invocation they want to play. Though Ketino sidesteps this without further opposition. Please observe the knee jerk negative reaction these people have to the playing of El Morya's keynote. Listen to this (5 minutes 47 seconds into the main clip):  

     Finally, the keynote is started, and the people begin to make their invocations. In my opinion, a keynote is supposed to be listened to. It is an opportunity to attune to the vibration of the Master. But I understand that Ketino is settling for what she can get here. There would be no keynote played at all, if it was not associated with the giving of some invocations. Now, there is one voice on the Montana Leadership Team, I can't say who it is, but that voice overpowers the keynote, that person is obviously not listening to the keynote, but is intent on drawing the attention of everyone to her. Or you might say that the person is trying to rise above the keynote as far as she can get, towering over it, in terms of volume. You will be able to draw your own conclusions when you listen to the full clip.

     Now, all in all, even with these bumps in the road, interactions are proceeding on a fairly even keel, as it were, until Julia Perminova enters the room at 8 minutes and 45 seconds into the meeting. At this point, the fireworks begin. Ketino, who is the President of the Moscow Board, explains why Julia is not needed as a translator, but a member of the Montana Leadership Team opposes Ketino on this point. And this is when the argument begins. It turns out that the Montana Leadership Team is very much attached to having Julia Perminova in that room. This short excerpt, encompassing the beginning of this argument, will give you a taste of what will follow:

     This controversy will continue for approximately another 16 minutes. About 25 minutes into the meeting, after a very convincing speech by Ketino, the Montana Leadership Team appears to have made the decision to go on without Julia Perminova. After the various noises associated with someone moving around and out of the room, the Montana Leadership team immediately renews the controversy over the issue of taping.

     Now, before the reader listens to the entire audio tape, I would ask you to please review with me the definition of rage, and I will take that definition from several different dictionaries. Notice that, like all words, there are shades of meaning, and that only one of these shades in most cases, will correspond to the offense that we are talking about here, which would rise to that level of severity, where the behavior is so heinous, that it will put in jeopardy the student's membership in the Keepers of the Flame Fraternity. I have highlighted those narrow definitions in red.

  1. Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language, Second College Edition, Simon and Schuster, 1980.

1. insanity; amentia
2. a furious, uncontrolled anger; esp., a brief spell of raging fury.
3. a great force, violence, or intensity, as of the wind.
4. strong emotion, enthusiasm, or desire.

  2. The New Lexicon Webster's Dictionary of the English Language, Encyclopedic Edition, Lexicon Publications Incorporated, New York, 1987.

1. violent and uncontrolled anger, or a fit of this
2. (rhet.) the violence of a natural element.
3. (rhet.) passionate desire for something, the rage for conquest
4. intense emotion, passion, a rage of grief
5. an object of modish enthusiasm, big hats were the rage

  3. Funk & Wagnalls New Practical Standard Dictionary of the English Language, Funk & Wagnalls Company, New York, 1953.

1. Violent anger; wrath; fury.
2. Any great violence or intensity, as of a fever or a storm; extreme eagerness or emotion; ardent desire; great enthusiasm.
3. [Pop.] Any object eagerly sought after; a fad; fashion; as, diamonds are all the rage

  4. Webster's Encyclopedia of Dictionaries, New American Edition, Ottenheimer Publishers, Inc., 1978.

1. Violent excitement; extreme anger; craze;

  5. The Random House College Dictionary, Revised Edition, Random House, Inc., 1980.

1. angry fury; violent anger.
2. fury or violence of wind, waves, fire, disease, etc.
3. violence of feeling, desire, or appetite.
4. a violent desire or passion.
5. ardor; fervor; enthusiasm.
6. a fad or craze.
7. Obs insanity.

  6. Webster's New World, Compact School and Office Dictionary, Simon and Shuster, Inc. 1989

1. a furious uncontrolled anger.
2. a great force, violence, etc.

  7. Merriam- Webster Online

1 a : violent and uncontrolled anger b : a fit of violent wrath c archaic : INSANITY
2 : violent action (as of wind or sea)
3 : an intense feeling : PASSION
4 : a fad pursued with intense enthusiasm

     All of these definitions which apply to this offense, have at least two fundamental points in common. The first is the quality of anger. At the root of rage, is anger. But anger by itself, which is an intense emotion all by itself, does not equate to rage. Again, intensity of emotion, which is embodied in the definition of anger, does not equate to rage. Rage is beyond a general level of anger. In fact, there is an intermediate level of anger, that is beyond even the general level of anger, and this does not equate to rage either. We have all seen this manifest in children, which we refer to as a "temper tantrum". A temper tantrum is beyond a generalized anger, but it does not approach rage. Rage is beyond even a temper tantrum. The level of anger that is defined by the term "rage" is signified by the quality of violence, a quality that is common to all of these definitions. Another quality that shows up, not in all, but in most of these definitions is the quality of being uncontrolled. Rage is an extreme level of anger that is associated with violence, and is by definition, an uncontrolled condition. Rage is very destructive, and the term "violence" refers to that quality of destructivity.

     When the term "rage" is used to describe behavior which would both justify the immediate dismissal of a duly elected Board President, and all Board members who support her expression, and moreover, behavior that would put one's membership in the Keepers of the Flame Fraternity in jeopardy, what we are talking about is behavior that is extreme. Sometimes words in the abstract cannot really catch the quality of the actual behavior, because the behavior itself, when you are in the presence of it, will hit you with an emotional force that words, disconnected from the event, cannot convey. But, if you listen to the words of Ketino herself, during the event in question, which this tape allows you to do, then you will be able to discern for yourself, whether there is actually the presence of rage here, or something far more benign.

     The link to the full 26 minute audio file is located on the Victory's Voice website. Click here to go there now. Please select the 26 minute excerpt, and when you are done, please return here, to consider what conclusions might be in order.

     I will stipulate to the obvious, that Ketino is expressing herself in a very forceful way in the midst of a very heated controversy. This is certainly not the syrupy sweetness that the leadership team have programmed their own mouths to pour out in great abundance. But does her expression ever approach the quality of anger itself? And if it does approach a generalized level of anger, does it rise in intensity to the level of anger associated with a temper tantrum, and then, does it rise in intensity again, to the level of anger associated with the quality of rage? Remember, violence is a key part of the definition of rage. Is their evidence of the presence of violence?

     Under the circumstances, Ketino must express herself forcefully to oppose a course of action that the Moscow Board has already decided that they will not put up with, and that is the presence of Julia Perminova. This is certainly a clash of wills, and these clashes are always intense. But does the forcefulness associated with this clash of wills enter into the region of anger? Perhaps, at certain points it does. Does that forcefulness reach the intensity of a temper tantrum? I don't think so. A temper tantrum is associated with a level of anger that is pushing into the region of non-control. Does Ketino ever lose control? I don't think so. I think she knows what ground she must defend, and she is standing fast on that ground, and that is actually a sign of control. She does not move off that ground to attack, for example the character of Julia, or any member of the Montana Team. She sticks to the facts at hand, in this respect she is making a considerable effort to remain civil. That is a sign of control.

     Clearly, while under great pressure, Ketino is very straightforward in her remarks. Her honesty is quite blunt. She does not mince words. She is not devious in her communications. She does not slip and slide and dodge around the issue. She has what you call spine. She is right there on point, and she won't budge. Julia Perminova will not be allowed to stay, and that's that. She has her reasons, and she will not abandon them. Moreover, the meeting will be recorded, and that's that. She has her reasons, and she will not abandon them. She is holding the line defined by a collective decision of the Moscow Board. Julia will not be a part of the meeting, and the meeting will be recorded.

     And at the root of it all, as we have already discussed above, Ketino, and the Board, they have their views on what Russian Law will allow, in terms of their association with foreign churches. They are certain that Russian Law does not allow them to be subservient to a foreign church, and that they risk everything if they are seen to be subservient. Remember "due process" is not a tradition in Russia. If the authorities decide to shut you down, there is not much democratic space to fight back, not yet. The term "security" is mentioned a couple of times, and this is what they are referring to. The Board has its reasons, and as the President of the Moscow Board, Ketino will not abandon those reasons. In other words, Ketino is holding fast to principle. She is being obedient to her own conscience, and that of the collective Moscow Board in relationship to what they believe the survival of their activity requires..

     My conclusion, is that the accusation of rage, leveled against Ketino, is a false accusation. It is a false accusation contrived out of the dark imagination of individuals who are reaching for excuses to justify their desire to make Ketino walk the plank. And false accusations are leveled for the purpose of character assassination. Accusing Ketino of exhibiting rage, when it is not true, is an act of criticism, condemnation, and judgment. This accusation was leveled at Ketino, to denigrate her character in the eyes of the membership, to limit the extent that the membership would stand up in her defense. It appears that this has worked quite well.

     Now, this is the history behind the inclusion of this provisional criteria, of rage, into the extent document describing the criteria the Board will use to determine whether a student will be disciplined or removed from the Keepers of the Flame Fraternity. As you can see, it represents not simply a black hole of self-justification, but a black hole of dishonesty, and ought to be stricken. We cannot allow this leadership to institutionalize such a criteria, with such a deceptive and dishonest underpinning. Obviously rage is not a good thing, but rage is not something that the leadership need to worry about among Keepers of the Flame.

     But all of this is not meant to excuse Ketino for those times when she passed over the boundary of harmony, though when she did, it was not for long. However, even though Ketino may have crossed the line a couple of times into vibrations that do not represent the purest expressions of the Christ, she had the humility to confess her mistakes before her peers, and before the Montana Leadership Team. She apologized, as recorded in the November 24, 2003 meeting transcript document:

KETINO: I wish to apologize that I truly was not able to speak calmly and to state calmly that Julia P. would be not present at the meeting. I saw that you were not hearing me and all of you had a predetermined plan to have her here and I understand that it was a wrong vibration, but the message was right. For me it sounded as a big attack from you It was a greatest pressure and a great attack on us when you were insisting despite what the Board was saying. So I apologize and I ask you to forgive me for the vibration.

     I will not reproduce how Linda Worobec responded to this, because it represents such a tangled bottomless pit of darkness, that it would swallow up our whole attention just trying to shake the feeling of dirtiness off the fibers of our mind. If you want to read it, please go to the source document.

     Let us focus on pure gold here. What Ketino said there, that represents the pure gold of the path. Pride would have resisted making any concessions in this respect. The fact that she spoke up, was a sign she had her own victory over pride. This humility, which she has expressed here, ensures that she will be able to continue to make progress on the path. And of course, this stands in sharp contrast to the fact that this leadership team is absolutely incapable of confessing, and repenting in the most obvious cases of wrongdoing that we have discussed. They cling to pride, and in this, they cling to a state of perpetual darkness. And because of this, to maintain a sense of self-worth, they have to continually grasp after more and more power and control over the people of this organization.

     What we have here are a group of souls, who are totally bound by the steel bands of pride, with the darkest of hearts, (albeit glimmering all over with the appearance of spiritual authority, a glimmer thinner than Gladwrap), feeling only hatred and opposition to a true lightbearer whose name in this case is Ketino. And they moved to destroy her.

     In my view, by standing their ground for what they knew in their hearts was right, the former members of the Moscow Board sacrificed themselves, so that we might have the record before us, which exposes the darkness of the hearts of those who claim a divine right to rule over us. If readers would only focus and concentrate their attention upon the reaction of the Montana Leadership team to the Master El Morya's keynote, this serves to tell the whole story. It's on tape, you can hear it for yourselves.

     May you pass every test!

Thursday, February 24, 2005, 11:44 PM PST

     As noted in Commentary No. 1 on this issue, The Board of Directors, on January 26, 2005, released a document, drafted by Lois Drake, entitled "Provisional Criteria for the Discipline or Removal of a Keeper of the Flame." (See: Source Documents).

     Again, as noted, the Board of Directors is attempting, through the instrumentality of this notorious document, to institutionalize the experiences they've had over the past two years or so kicking people out of this organization including yours truly. As I said before, this is very dangerous. The institutionalizing of bad judgment, or worse, is not a positive trend for this organization.

     Though please pardon me for reminding the reader, that even though they believe I have been removed from this organization, this is a delusion on their part. If you look at the notebook that the Master St. Germain has in his back pocket where he keeps a list of those who are members of his fraternity, those he has always relied on to fight the battle for truth, and to never give up, you will see that my name is still on the list. It has always been there, and it will always be there. As far as outer appearances go, clearly, the pirates who are in charge of the physical ship believe they have successfully forced me to walk the plank, but did I drop to the bottom of the ocean? Nay, I tell you. I floated down, like a feather, into a little boat that Beloved Neptune and Luara had waiting, and I came to rest, cur-plunk, right onto a little bench, and it has a cushion on it no less, and I found that there were oars in my hands already, and from that moment I have never ceased rowing alongside the mother ship, for the day will come, mark my words, when these pirates will be overthrown, like shadows the sun will consume them, and I will be hoisted back on deck by the faithful, to take my place, as it has been, and remains ordained, as part of the divine plan for the victory of this age. And so, the ship will sail on to victory. But not until real people have their hands on the helm again.

     Now, in terms of the dangers associated with the institutionalizing of bad judgment, and that is our subject here today, this is especially true when it comes to their efforts to squash, stifle, and ELIMINATE dissent within this community. What they want are only soft and pretty words to caress their sensitive eardrums. Anything more grating, they have taken extreme offense at, and out of that sense of offense, out of the very vortex of their smoke and fury at having been challenged, they have ejected people from this organization. And we find in the extent document, one paragraph that embodies their experiences in this respect in particular, and within it we see the naked attempt to derive a universal rule from it, that will live for all time within the traditions of this organization. This is the paragraph, point 3, on page 2:

"Blatant lack of respect for mantles including repeated and widespread incidents of public criticism, condemnation, and judgment of leadership of the organization or others, or spreading other peoples' malicious gossip, criticism, condemnation and judgment by e-mail or in any other way."

     This paragraph embodies their vision of freedom. And what is that vision? Their vision of freedom encompasses the thousands of people at their feet, and the more the better, and as they look at each face, and you focus on their lips, you see that each pair of lips has a zipper attached, and they are all zipped shut. And in this we see freedom defined only as THEIR FREEDOM to hold the positions of power and control for which they feel superbly fit, and to which they feel entitled. They desire to be free to exercise the power of their offices, without challenges. Truly, when they speak about peace and tranquility, this is the only thing they have in mind.

     By the way, and excuse me for pointing it out, but this definition of freedom is shared by a group of individuals who have played a common role over the millennia and centuries, of villian, and this through the many cultures that comprise the populations of the earth, and they have been variously referred to, from culture to culture, by the name of tyrant, dictator, or the like.

     Now, this paragraph gives a prominent position to the subject of "mantles" and it is therefore mete, that we press in on that point first.

     As for mantles, we challenge wrongdoing for the very sake of the mantle. We challenge wrongdoing, for the very reason that we respect the mantle. We challenge wrongdoing because our respect for the mantle is higher, and greater, than our respect for the synthetic identity that is out-of-alignment with the mantle. We demand accountability by those who claim to have the authority of this or that mantle, because we desire the authority and the wisdom associated with the mantle to have real and tangible expression in the affairs of our organization.

     You see, a mantle is not just a prop, to provide an abstract appearance of authority to a person who holds a particular office. The power and authority and wisdom of the mantle is supposed to express through the chakras of the office holder. And this energy flow from on high can occur, only if the office holder is in alignment with the law.

     A mantle is not some kind of a crystal ball that provides its benefits to the one who possesses it irrespective of the worthiness of that individual. Like all power from on high that descends into this realm, a mantle is a focus of light that is sponsored by the Ascended Masters, who extend the mantle out of the very power and light of their own ascended hearts. As in all other cases, they withdraw power when power is misused. When the soul has aligned itself with the energies of the rebellion, the law requires that the power of the mantle by withdrawn, and not extended where that power will be misqualified. And so, we can say accurately of those who are in leadership positions in this church today, because of their refusal to bend the knee before the law, that you have no power. And that is really unfortunate, because there is much potential for victory inherent in the mantle, equations of success and achievement that the masters extend from their hearts that they would like to see manifest within the affairs of the organization. Yet, all of those hopes and dreams are still born, when an office holder will refuse to bend the knee before the rules and the regulations of the Path of Initiation. This spirit of rebellion separates them from the power of the mantle, and the energies of victory that are inherent in it.

     This is not a new phenomena. The Master Jesus Christ himself, spoke of this more than 2000 years ago, speaking of the current leadership of the particular religious tradition into which he had been born. "But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in." (Matthew 23:13)

     The "kingdom of heaven" in that statement can be accurately interpreted as the "mantle" which the Heavenly Hierarchy has provided as a portal into the divine life for all who are under the authority of a particular spiritual leader.

     Now, the Office of Chela, carries a mantle, as the Masters teach, and this mantle, if it is being expressed through an aligned heart, and obedient heart, has precedence, not necessary over the mantle associated with a higher office in leadership, but certainly over the person of the office holder, when that office holder is out of alignment with that mantle, which is clearly the case with the current leadership. The mantle of the Office of Chela, in these cases, is actually coming to the defense of the mantle associated with these higher offices. And when the Office of the Chela comes in defense of the mantle of a higher office in leadership, that Chela is coming in defense of the divine plan, in the defense of the equations of victory that the higher mantle is supposed to bring into manifestation through the office holder, but which the office holder is blocking, by virtue of their rebellious state.

     Thus, in truth, all efforts to hold leaders accountable for wrongdoing, are efforts to remove the dam that blocks the flow of the divine waters.

     We are taught, and the Office of the President of the United States is an example, that this office (in Hierarchy) has a mantle that goes with it, but if the office holder is out of alignment with the mantle, the mantle has no expression in that office. And here, the mantle of citizen trumps the authority of the office holder, in as much as the citizenry can demand the impeachment of the office holder, and there are provisions in the U.S. Constitution for the impeachment of the person, notwithstanding the fact that there is a mantle associated with the office. Remember that the Master St. Germain sponsored the U.S. Constitution, and his wisdom is embodied in it. When an office holder is not in alignment with the mantle of the office that he or she occupies, it is wise to initiate proceedings that will bring that person into alignment with the mantle of that office, or when the office holder resists such proceedings, to remove that officer holder.

     And so, this goes to the root of the issues that we have been discussing, in relationship to the current leadership of this church, lo these many months, that because of their behavior, because of their refusal to confess wrongdoing, and repent, and perform penance, they are out-of-alignment with the mantle associated with their offices, and they no longer have contact with those mantles, if they ever did. And so, to point to the authority of a mantle associated with a particular office, when the office holder has no access to it, is meaningless, and actually deceptive, in as much as the assertion of the authority of the mantle, is an assertion that they have a connection to it, and that assertion, in the case of the current leadership, is false. Because of their wrongdoing, because of their collective refusal to bend the knee before the law, they have no access to the mantles associated with their offices.

     Now, there may be some readers who say, where is the proof and the evidence of wrongdoing? I would say to them, that these things have been written about at length in the pages of the Homeward Bound Journal.

     And so, it is in service to the very mantle associated with the office, that we demand that leadership be held accountable, for only through the process of being held accountable, can these individuals come back into alignment with the mantles associated with their offices. And if they refuse to be held accountable, what point is there in allowing them to stay in office, when they have no access to the mantles associated with those offices, where there is no possibility that they can serve as the instruments for the equations of victory that the Masters desire to release through those mantles? Those who refuse to be held accountable for wrongdoing, thus refusing to come back into alignment with the mantles associated with their offices, must be removed from those offices, to make room for a new generation of leadership whose hearts will be aligned with the mantles associated with those offices.

     Thus, whenever the current leadership talks about their "mantles" let the reader consider these principles, and be aware, then, of the falsehood and the deception that these leaders are trying to impress upon their souls.

     Now, let us refresh our memory, as to the content of the paragraph in question, in order that we might proceed to expose the corruption that lies at the heart of another key subject area to which they have given prominent play.

"Blatant lack of respect for mantles including repeated and widespread incidents of public criticism, condemnation, and judgment of leadership of the organization or others, or spreading other peoples' malicious gossip, criticism, condemnation and judgment by e-mail or in any other way."

     There are two remaining clauses in this sentence, and the subject of criticism, condemnation, and judgment are at the center of both. And I will stipulate, and we all will stipulate, that the practice of criticism, condemnation, and judgment, is a heinous crime, and it is clearly cause for a person's removal from the fraternity. I have quoted the words of Beloved Helios on this question, just recently, so please allow me to paste that quote in here again, as it is particularly relevant. Of course, it is very interesting to consider the context in which Beloved Helios talks about this crime. That context is abuse of power. I especially find interesting the reference to " ... fallen angels and their elitist clubs.

Vol. 27 No. 48b - Beloved Helios - October 3, 1984 A Study in Christhood by the Great Initiator XLIII B Our Refuge and Strength The Ratification of the Lord's Judgment The Plug Is Pulled on the Seed of the Wicked One . . . . .       Thus I come for empowerment, and it is freely given to all upon earth who have been tried and tested and who have proven that they are not the abusers of power. Beloved ones, this transfer of power in itself, and the authority and the mantle, goes to very few. For too many have left in their record of karma the abuse of power in the past.      Thus I encourage you to go after all things that violate the law of the First Ray. Thus I come full circle to El Morya. El Morya's devotion to the will of God has for many reasons [increased] over the centuries. It has increased because he has seen the loss of power on the part of those who ought to be the best servants of God, who became tempted by their pride to lord that power over their fellow creatures, and [those] for whom money also became a temptation to lord it over others. And thus they lost their momentum of the First Ray that they had when they descended, imitating the way of the fallen angels and their elitist clubs.      Beloved ones, when the misuse of power is consumed as a record and a karma, when the desire for power ceases to be within the temple and heart and soul, then you will discover how God will increase daily the power to act, the power to win, the power to set life free.      Do you realize that those disciples who condemn and even criticize fellow disciples are misusing power? And do you realize that they have the ability to criticize only because they have some power left? You will see those individuals who have engaged in criticism all of their lives and [in] many embodiments waning in their strength, so [much so] that they must spend their full time in the care of their bodies. And they no longer have the strength of mind to send forth the piercing darts and arrows of condemnation, [for all of their life-force is used up in the maintenance of their four lower bodies].      I consider this to be one of the most heinous crimes lingering in the hearts of those who would like to be our students. I must inform you that until you cease this [criticism, condemnation and judgment] you are not accepted as students of the Great White Brotherhood. No matter what you may think you know intellectually or how many books you have read, if you look with jaded eye upon your fellow servants and with that inner condemnation or sense of pride or importance in yourself, you are cut off from the Ascended Masters' retreats. Beloved ones, I proclaim it! For the warning has gone forth for many, many years; and there are those who cease not, cease not, I tell you, with all of their understanding to direct this burden upon others.      Thus the Great Law is acting today. And you may come to the realization of just how powerful and intense that Law descending is in my aura in this hour and how it is felt as a cosmic heat in the body of the Messenger, a heat that far exceeds the physical heat of this day. Understand that the literal burning and the consuming is [by] the electrode of God. And the laws are planted in the earth and they are binding upon every single individual on the planet as of this moment. You see, the stepping up of the Law is required that individuals might be judged. You might say that the Law, as [it is] in the physical octave, is becoming more strict and having less indulgences, less allowances for the repetition of the old ways. The Lord God Almighty is tightening the screws of the Law, as it were. And therefore those who are outside of the fulfillment of [its] requirements may also choose to increase their level of alignment with the Law or [else] find themselves in that place that is highly precarious outside of the Circle of the One—[the circle of the] Law of Love.      I now send forth the ray that will purge and consume the cause and core of your proclivity to criticize. If you surrender the entire momentum of condemnation now, the Law goes forth from Alpha and Omega to purge you of the record and to leave there only that much [of the karmic record and the proclivity] that can become the testing of your soul to see if you yourself will challenge it the next time it rears its ugly head in your consciousness. The Law will take what it can and you will do the rest. For this too is the requirement of your Christ Self, else you will not gain the victory over this beast. And the victory you must gain is at hand. . . . . .  [This dictation by Helios was delivered by the Messenger of the Great White Brotherhood Elizabeth Clare Prophet on Wednesday, July 4, 1984, during the ten-day conference The Flame of Freedom Speaks held in the Heart of the Inner Retreat at Royal Teton Ranch, Park County, Montana.]

     But this criteria can only be implemented by those in leadership who understand what criticism, condemnation and judgment is, and what it is not. This criteria can only be implemented by those who understand that there is a line that divides a lawful challenge, from an unlawful challenge. And there's the rub. The current leadership does not understand what criticism, condemnation, and judgment is. They do not understand, nor even admit to the fact that there is a line that divides a lawful challenge, from an unlawful challenge. In fact they are lumping all challenges to their behavior into the category of criticism, condemnation, and judgment, which in effect, is simply to use this fundamental teaching not as the Master's intended, but only to advance their own power and control agenda, in a word to zip the lips of the entire membership, so when they parade their rebellion before us, there will be only silence, if not approval.

     Now, those who understand that there is a dividing line between a lawful challenge, and an unlawful challenge, will have arrived at that understanding and realization after much focused concentration upon the subject. This focused concentration upon the exact location of this dividing line will be born of experience, and once it is located, and properly identified, the student will understand that he or she has discovered something of immense importance, and thereafter, no reference to the issue of criticism, condemnation and judgment will ever be made again, without reference to the importance of finding that dividing line.

     Now, in this respect, you will note that in the leadership's reference to the issue of criticism, condemnation, and judgment, that no reference is made to this dividing line. This tells you they have not found it, nor have they ever looked for it. And those who have not found that dividing line, and who have never looked for it, invariably, when they accuse someone of practicing criticism, condemnation, and judgment against them, they will be leveling a false accusation, and the irony of it is, that by leveling this false accusation, invariably out of sense of being offended at something someone has said to them, they will be engaging in the very practice of criticism, condemnation and judgment themselves.

     This is not so far from the capacity of the average student to understand, when they first understand that criticism, condemnation, and judgment is the baseball bat that the dweller of pride uses against all challengers. It is the use of falsehoods to assassinate the character of their enemies. It is the use of falsehoods to demean character, to encourage others to look with disdain upon those who have been thusly hammered. Now, given the fact that we have a formula before us, that allows us to clearly identify the presence of the dweller of pride, the student can add two plus two, and get four, without too much effort. Again, when people make a mistake, transgress against the law, refuse to confess, refuse to repent, and refuse to do penance, the force that is resisting these most fundamental rules and regulations of the Path of Initiation, is the dweller of pride. Given the fact that the leadership have all refused to confess wrongdoing, refused to repent of their wrongdoing, and refused to do any penance (in all the areas we have discussed at length in previous articles and statements in this Journal), then the dweller of pride is indicated, as a dynamic force behind all that they do. And therefore, that they would practice criticism, condemnation, and judgment against those who challenge them, is no surprise, given that this is the baseball bat carried in the hands of every dweller of pride.

     And so, the extent paragraph is actually this very baseball bat in manifestation, and it is used not in defense of the law, not in defense of the truth, not in defense of the Teaching itself, but it is used to assassinate the character of those who challenge them, so that they will be shunned, so that no one will listen to what they have to say anymore. When they say, we have judged you guilty of practicing criticism, condemnation, and judgment against us, and we therefore condemn you to outer darkness, the message is clear: let it be known, that no Keeper of the Flame can associate with you forthwith, lest they lose their own membership. What they have done is use a falsehood, in conjunction with their institutional power, to thoroughly assassinate the character of their challenger in the eyes of the entire membership.

     This is a very dark deed.

     And given this state of affairs, what do we see embodied in this criteria which they have set before us in the extent paragraph? Of course, it is the quality of hypocrisy. Again, let us remember the definition of hypocrisy. Hypocrisy is to assert the possession of a particular virtue, when in fact the person not only is void of that virtue, but actually harbors the capacity to express the opposite vice (and does so regularly). And so, we see here, in these pride bound individuals, whose only modality of reaction to those who challenge them, is criticism, condemnation, and judgment, making and composing criteria for the removal of students from the Keepers of the Flame Fraternity, for engaging in criticism, condemnation, and judgment! That meets the definition of hypocrisy. And yes, in the composition of this criteria, they are implying that they possess a knowledge of what constitutes criticism, condemnation, and judgment, and they further imply, that in the possession of that knowledge (we assume) they know how to steer their minds and mouths away from it. But what we see, rather, are individuals, because they refuse to surrender their pride, who are actually enslaved to that habit of criticism, condemnation and judgment itself, because this is the way the dweller of pride has behaved for centuries and millennia. They cannot see the stain, for they are one with it. This is hypocrisy. But this is no surprise either. Because where the dweller of pride is, you will always find hypocrisy.

     Now, as to the reality of the dividing line between lawful challenges, and unlawful challenges, I have discussed this at length, and I would refer to the reader to those statements, some of the most recent, I will link to here.

• 1. Another Reader Expresses that Classic Confusion as to what Criticism, Condemnation and Judgment actually is, and what it is Most Definitely Not.
• 2. In the Heat of Controversy, in the very Furnace Thereof, We are forging anew, Upon the very Anvil of the Law, an ever Sharper, and ever Stronger, Sword of Truth.
• 3. False Accusations of CCJ, Provide a Shield of Confusion Behind Which Instruments of Darkness Hide, and Live On.
• 4. Reader Withdraws From the Battlefield of Ideas Attempting to Make Retreat Look Like a Virtue

     In the context of these four statements, the reader will find very reasonable, practical, and useable principles and procedures for identifying the real line that divides the region of lawful challenges, and the forbidden realm of criticism, condemnation, and judgment. I will not go into the re-exposition of those principles here, except only to present again, before the face of the membership, what I feel is the core statement by Beloved Sanat Kumura, who testifies to the existence of this dividing line, in his pronouncement, that stands for all time, that there is indeed a region of lawful challenges, and even though they be lawful, those who receive them, will nevertheless hate the challenger, and rail against him (or her), as if he were the devil himself, which does describe the behavior of this leadership in relationship to everyone who has set a challenge before them.

Vol. 34 No. 7 - February 17, 1991 Beloved Sanat Kumara and Lady Master Venus New Year's I AM the Light of the World Conference VII, Let the Fire of God Descend! You Are the Light of the World You Are Mighty Deliverers A New Era for Summit University      Now, beloved, as our performers bring to you the story from the heart of Francis Bacon of The Taming of the Shrew , remember this: it is about the taming of the dweller-on-the-threshold for the liberation of the soul in the sweetness of God.      Learn the way of sacrifice that is willing to deal with the one you love and many loved ones until that dweller is broken and the soul emerges as the true bride of Christ. This is a lesson in the sacrifice of every guru, who is every husband. And therefore understand that the bride of the husband must become worthy and the husband must be worthy to become the guru.      Look at your beloved Lanello and El Morya and all of those in heaven. Look at how we have not spared you the correction and the necessary fire. And look at how when we have given it, often you have lashed back at our very mouthpiece; and some have left, declaring the mouthpiece a fraud.      But, beloved ones, the mouthpiece is relentless! For there is that wrestling, there is that fire, there is that fury of the Great Kali that must come upon you in those hours and moments when your pride is at its peak and you are not aware of how you will stumble in the very next step unless you are rescued.      Therefore know that every successful son and daughter of God has had that love of a living Guru, that love of an Ascended Master that would not let that one continue to walk in the density or the pride or the rebellion of the ages.      Therefore, take heart! You have a Guru in your midst who is relentless, who will never take a backseat when the time comes to deliver the word of Morya or of Shiva or of the Great Divine Director. This Messenger is under the commission not to inform you what Master is speaking to you when you receive that correction; and therefore, you react to the Messenger and to what you perceive as a human person.      Beloved ones, the Messenger is humble. The Messenger will not put herself into the situation [of invoking the Masters' names to reinforce a point of the Great Law]. You are always receiving the word of the Brotherhood. Therefore know that the Messengership is an office and it is a twenty-four-hour occupation.      Listen for the word, beloved! Listen for the word you need! For there are many who need this word and the Messenger may not always see [in person] those who need it. Those of you who receive it must pass it on appropriately to those whom you meet. There must be a mutual [soul] correction and reinforcement. You should not be burdened when a fellow chela speaks to you [with an admonishment] but know that you require that Light that descends from our octave to the Messenger for that sharpening of the sword of your own Spirit.      Therefore, beloved, receive us! And receive the message of The Taming of the Shrew and recognize that a part of you, of everyone, has at one time or another been the shrew . And the only reason you are not today is that some angel or some representative of the Mother or of the Guru has come to you, has wrestled with you, has refused to allow you to continue hell-bent for destruction in that mode of consciousness.      Blessed ones, you will see as this story unfolds that there was not any, including her father, that could tame this shrew , only one who loved her soul. When you meet the one who loves your soul enough to be crucified by your carnal mind, know, beloved, that you have met the representative of the Great White Brotherhood.      Therefore, crucify on! The Messenger will never cease to go after you to separate you from the "shrew consciousness." May you have the courage to so do it with one another and lose your popularity for a time until the soul does embrace you and thank you for that blessing. [In the short term it may be] a thankless job, beloved, but be not concerned: your reward is with you both on earth and in heaven.      I AM the Guru of this planetary home and I say to you: You have enough teaching to help one another, to correct one another. Please, wait no longer for the Messenger to come by. There are too many lifestreams, too many chelas in this organization to catch the Messenger's eye. Those of you who know better must speak out!      Do not fear to speak out, beloved, and do not fear the reaction to your speaking. Let us help one another be prepared. For the husband is the Christ and the Christ does come, and the shrew will never, never recognize him until and unless she be transformed. [This dictation by Sanat Kumara and Lady Master Venus was delivered by the Messenger of the Great White Brotherhood Elizabeth Clare Prophet on New Year's Day, January 1, 1991, during the six-day New Year's I AM the Light of the World Conference held at the Royal Teton Ranch, Park County, Montana.]

     Those who set themselves above us, as the JUDGES, must prove to us that they have a love for the whole law, not just that part of it that serves their purposes, and that they will genuinely and sincerely work with an alleged offender to identify the positioning of the aforementioned dividing line, so that the offender can understand in a clear manner, to which side of that line his or her expressions fall. And yes, so the judges themselves can ascertain to which side of that line a certain expression will fall, thereby ensuring that the exercise of the power of their office will be just, according to the law, and not arbitrary, according to the present whims of the not-self, however righteous that not-self deems itself to be, being quite observant of the trapping of power with which it is associated, which it too often confuses with the presence of wisdom within the precinct of its own mind.

     In relationship to this particular offense, an allegation of criticism, condemnation, and judgment leveled against a member of this organization, this must be part of the resolution process that proceeds any decision concerning discipline or removal from the Keepers of the Flame Fraternity. Those in leadership who make this effort to find that dividing line, by making this effort, they show us, that they are interested in truth, above personal prerogative. Those in leadership who refuse to make this effort to find this dividing line, as this leadership so far has refused to do in every case that I know of, they show us thereby that they place personal prerogative above the truth, which pride will always do, as it is always a law unto itself, and thereby, by their unwillingness to make this effort, they expose their unfitness for the offices they occupy.

     I will say this. Given the wrong doing that this leadership has committed in front of our faces, given the fact that they have refused to confess, repent and do penance, being in a state of rebellion against the most fundamental rules and regulations of the Path of Initiation, and having been thereby disconnected from the mantles that are associated with their offices, there is nothing that they do, that can stand the test of scrutiny, especially when it comes to the task of standing in judgment over others. Whatever disciplinary decisions these individuals have made, they are null and void, and this was true before these decisions ever were expressed out of their mouths. There will come a day, when another leadership team will take the reigns of power and control, and when that day comes, these leaders, if they are true to heart, will either immediately reverse every disciplinary decision made by this leadership team, or at least present an invitation for all such matters to come before them for review.

     Therefore, let none, who have come under the blunt and unjust pronouncements of this leadership team, be concerned, as the Master Sanat Kumara said, "be not concerned: your reward is with you both on earth and in heaven." Your day of justice has already arrived if you remain faithful at the Altar of the Holy Grail, and it will come moreover, in the outer as well. And in that respect, I would encourage all of you to join me in a little flotilla of row boats, which doggedly pursues the mother ship, for one day, that ship will turn, and it will pick us all up again, and standing firmly once again upon the deck of Maitreya's Clipper Ship, we will sail on to victory together.

     May you pass every test.

Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2005, 10:22 PM PST

     A reader has been kind enough to forward to me part of a mailing that has recently gone out to the membership. Now, I would say that I support the project that this flyer (reproduced below) advertises. Though I would be more happy if they could see their way free and clear to spend the couple of hundred dollars it would take to restore the original paragraphing to the text of the thousands of dictations available through Pearls Online. But that is another issue. Now, this Blogger entry has nothing to do with the video archiving project per se which is advertised in this flyer. The point here, is that there is a seed of deception sewn into the fund raising side of this equation, and I wanted to point that out.

     Here is the front side of the flyer.

"Please note that effective October 1, 2004, 30% of the donations received for restrictive funds will be allocated to general operations to help meet the increased cost of overhead for utilities and other fixed expenses." (see it bigger)

     Traditionally, and it is assumed, that when you are asked to donate money to a specific project, and the case is made that this project is worthwhile, and you make your pledge, and sign your name, up to that point you are being led to believe that all the money you donate will be going into that project. And that is how it has always been in this church. Money raised for a particular project, always went to that project. But now we see in the FINE PRINT, that THIRTY PERCENT of all donations go to pay the salaries of (self-proclaimed) leaders that a great percentage of the membership do not support.

     And so, what are they doing here? They can't get people to donate enough money to allow the leadership to live in the style to which they have become accustomed, so they siphon off money, in a backhanded manner, out of an essential project that everyone supports wholeheartedly. The vibration of this is dirty, corrupt, and deceptive. It is unclean. And it leaves a bad taste in everyone's mouth.

     And it raises the obvious question, which only highlights the issue the more. Look at that thermometer on the first page. Look at the money values. Is the figure they give for what has been raised so far, reflect the 30% draw off to the general fund? This thermometer tells us that $753,000 has been raised so far. And of course the reader is left with the impression that $753,000 is the amount that has gone into the video archiving project thus far. But either way the figure is deceptive. If this figure represents what was left after the 30% general fund draw off, then the truth of the matter is that the membership has donated more than a $1 Million for this project, and nearly $300,000 of that has gone to pay the salaries of the leadership (or whatever they can't seem to persuade people, on the merits, to pay for). But if this figure does not factor in the 30% General Fund draw off, indicating instead a total of monies received thus far, then the fact is, that 30% of that is not going to go into the project. And so, the truth would be that only something a bit more than $500,000 has been raised for this project. So, there is certainly a confusion factor inserted into this by the less than honest approach the leadership is taking in this area.

     Now, it would be a totally different issue, if in the body of the sales pitch, they told people up front that the money they donate to this project would be used to fund the general operations of the church. The headline would need to reflect that as well. Something like, Video Archiving and Leadership Salary Fund Raising Project. Or perhaps, Video Archiving, Leadership Salary, and Travel Expenses Fund Raising Project. Or whatever it is exactly. Make the pitch up-front and honestly. People appreciate that. This slinking around in the shadows, fearful, deceptive, and greedy, discolors everything.

     You see how the leadership's propensity towards deception, they have exhibited it in other areas, harms the overall goals of the organization, because when they express it into our face, we cannot sit silently by and say nothing. And the ensuing controversy pollutes the otherwise good cause that is associated with the primary project.

     The membership in general does not feel good about the behavior of these leaders. And that general dissatisfaction is reflected in the unwillingness of the membership to endow this leadership with the abundance necessary to carry forth the Master's work. And so, in this general atmosphere of budget deficits, their less than honest (synthetic) characters finds expression in some rather devious ways, and here is an example.

     Now, as the title of this entry indicates, I believe this practice of diverting THIRTY PERCENT of monies raised under the guise of good and noble projects, to pay for their salaries, or other things they cannot persuade the membership to pay for, is another ignominious first. We have not seen the last of ignominious firsts, no not by a longshot. The vibration of the leadership is sliding steadily downwards, as they continue to refuse to bend the knee before the truth in so many areas, and their behavior will continue to reflect that.

     May you pass every test!

Tuesday, February 22, 2005, 12:52 AM PST

     The Board of Directors, on January 26, 2005, released a document, drafted by Lois Drake, entitled "Provisional Criteria for the Discipline or Removal of a Keeper of the Flame." (See: Source Documents).

     In this document the Board of Directors is attempting to institutionalize the experiences they've had over the past two years or so kicking people out of this organization including yours truly. This is very dangerous. The institutionalizing of bad judgment, or worse, is not a positive trend for this organization. Does anyone wonder why the crime of "rage" has been elevated to a capital offense? That point is worth some discussion, yes, the "rage" that never was, but later.

     For now I want to highlight just one sentence in this letter. I believe this sentence goes to the heart of the character of this leadership group. This is the sentence. This is from the third paragraph on page 1.

In the meantime, the Board of Directors, which oversees the Keepers of the Flame Fraternity membership and discipline, follows the resolution process and uses as a guideline its responsibility, published in the 1979 Keeper of the Flame brochure, "to remove any person for breach of the ethics of the fraternity or for conduct out of keeping with the principles of the Great White Brotherhood."

     Of course, there is an outright LIE in this paragraph. I know people don't like the "L" word being used up front, and personal, like this, but there are times when it is appropriate. Here it is, " .... the Board of Directors .... follows the resolution process ..."

     I know from personal experience that this is not true. I can bear witness to what is the truth, that in my own case, and this is matter of the historical record, the resolution process was not followed. There was no attempt whatsoever to follow that process. None. (See: BREAKING NEWS: TSL Leadership Delivers Judgment of Death Upon Community Free Press, which discusses this fact in considerable detail.)

     And from the letter that was recently distributed by Carl and Nancy Showalter challenging their own removal from the Keepers of the Flame Fraternity, I believe the same case can be made there. No resolution process. In other words, no due process. No opportunity for the alleged offenses to be set before the accused, no opportunity for the charges to be addressed by the accused, before judgment is passed. To have leaders who are comfortable with the breaking and shattering of the traditions of American jurisprudence, hard won by the blood of patriots over centuries, ought to make the members of this organization sick to their stomachs.

     But there it is, in black and white. The President of this Church, and the Board of Directors, are willing to sign their name to a lie. And the hypocrisy is absolutely shocking, in as much as this lie is embedded in the same sentence in which we find these words, "to remove any person for breach of the ethics of the fraternity or for conduct out of keeping with the principles of the Great White Brotherhood." To lie, is to breach that code of ethics. To lie certainly meets the definition of conduct out of keeping with the principles of the Great White Brotherhood.

     They know they didn't follow the resolution process in my case, and yet, they say they follow the resolution process. There is no other word that describes a conscious, and knowing statement of falsehood, other than LIE.

     Based on this behavior, consciously, knowingly, and willingly telling a lie to the membership, and expecting everyone to simply look the other way, this is clearly something that ought to bring about the forfeiture of their own membership in said fraternity.

     Having told an outright lie in public, now, what will their definition of wisdom be, regarding how this ought to be dealt with? That's right, they will expect people to turn their back on it, and ignore it. And so, look at the lesson they will try to pass off as wisdom. They believe wisdom is the same thing as turning your back on unethical behavior.

     Does anyone actually believe that turning your back on unethical behavior is part of the definition of enlightenment? I tell you it is not. It is called corruption.

     This leadership team is setting this organization into retrograde motion. This kind of thinking will take us right back to the dark ages.

     May you pass every test.

Monday, February 21, 2005, 6:05 PM PST

     According to my sources, Jim Bardon in his Chela News, published a response to the David Lewis situation on February 15, 2005. I have a copy of it here. The first paragraph of that dissertation contained an error which needs to be recognized and corrected. This is the text of the first paragraph, reproduced in his original colors:

Restated Articles of Incorporation of Church Universal and Triumphant, Inc. (As Filed with the Secretary of State, of the State of Montana, September 19, 1996) Article X, Section 1, Messenger, paragraph 5 - In order for any individual who has not been appointed by a previous Messenger to be elected a Messenger by the council of Elders, the aspirant shall be required to give proof of his or her authenticity as a Messenger to the Elders. He must become completely familiar with the teachings of all of the previous Messengers of this Church. A clear sign from the Holy Spirit (no psychic phenomena), whether through a Messenger or not, must attest to his authenticity as a Messenger of the Great White Brotherhood. The aspirant shall be required to demonstrate the gifts of the Messengership to the Elders alone for the period of one year. Then, upon a unanimous vote of the Council of Elders to nominate him as a Messenger, he shall be given a two-year period in which to function as a Probationary Messenger for the general membership of this Church. During that time he may be removed from office by a majority vote of the Council of Elders for failing to fulfill the spiritual and moral standards of the office. Upon successful completion of the two-year probationary period, he shall then be eligible for election by a unanimous vote of the Council of Elders in the same fashion as the Vicar of Christ. Additional criteria to be used in this election shall be as contained within a document or documents dictated by Elizabeth Clare Prophet, to be entered into the records of the board of directors of this corporation. [Editors Note: In this 1996 Restatement of the 1975 Articles of Incorporation, this section appears as Section 1, wherein it appeared as Section 2 in the 1975 Articles. Additionally, a typo was corrected in the third sentence. In the fifth sentence, a new requirement was inserted, which specifies the need for a (unanimous) vote by the Council of Elders to nominate a candidate for the Messengership, prior to entering into the specified two-year probationary period. Other than these three changes, the paragraph is identical to the one found in the 1975 Articles.]

     The Articles, drafted by the Messenger, under the guidance of El Morya we assume, established a full one year period of study before a nominating vote was to be taken, requiring unanimous agreement to proceed, and a full two year probationary period, before a confirming vote was to be taken, again requiring unanimous agreement to proceed.

     Mr. Bardon has expressed an error in judgment in relationship to this issue area, attaching the word "fanatical" to a procedure set forth by the Messenger, and moreover, associating the character of that procedure with "Hitler" and "Stalin" no less. I think he needs to come into alignment with the truth here.

     Here is another opportunity for Jim Bardon to face his dweller-of-pride, and to surrender at least a piece of it. You see, this is how it is done. As a Chela on the Path, he is required to recognize his error here, confess it, and correct it. Very simple. Very straight forward. A public error must be corrected in public. Now the pride will resist. The pride will find reasons to ignore this opportunity for soul freedom. The question is, does the soul have enough courage to stand with the truth? Will the soul have the courage to slay that dweller and pick up the torch of truth? In this case, it should be fairly easy. The whole act of confession, repentance, and penance in a case like this can be encapsulated within the publication of a simple statement retracting the misinformation, and setting forth the correct information. The law requires this statement to be made. Once this is done, he can move on. The question is, will he do it?

     May you pass every test!

Sunday, February 20, 2005, 10:07 PM PST

     When Judy Sue Christenson proclaimed that Jesus Christ said that self-condemnation is behind all criticism, condemnation, and judgment, she made two fundamental errors. The first error, was an error of interpretation. The second error was to place words in the mouth of Jesus Christ, which in fact he never spoke.

     As to the error of interpretation, I have set forth in the first piece on this issue (See: Daily Blogger, February 17, 2005), an extended argument for the proposition that pride is the source of criticism, condemnation, and judgment. This was argued from the standpoint of observation, experience, and Ascended Master principle. I am nevertheless very happy to announce that I have just come across a flat out statement by the Master Lanello that supports my thesis. In a dictation given New Year's Eve, December 31, 1992, He says in part, " ... engaging in that criticism, condemnation and judgment ... is always ... the product of human pride. Even when you condemn yourself, it is a matter of personal pride." The following are his statements in context.

Vol. 36, No. 2 - Beloved Lanello - January 10, 1993 The Dawning of Your God Reality, 2 "So, beloved, do not be fooled in this month <10> into engaging in that criticism, condemnation and judgment, for it is always and always the product of human pride. Even when you condemn yourself, it is a matter of personal pride that you think you can evaluate yourself and then say, "I am not good enough for the Lord." Well, beloved, pride is a tricky thing. It is a shadow that hides from us that we cannot see unless we are astute and determined to see it. When you cease to have pride in yourself and your accomplishments, you will also cease to have that criticism, condemnation and judgment for yourself and others. And, oh, what a day of freedom it shall be for you–for you, beloved! For then, you see, you will not be embarrassed if you make a mistake, you will not be offended if someone attempts to insult you in this way or that, you will not be caught off guard. For you will know that the human self can never be perfected and that the Christ Self in you is already perfect. And as long as you are striving to reach the goal, you are received as acceptable in the sight of God." 10. The sun is in Capricorn from December 21, 1992 (7:43 a.m. MST) to January 19, 1993 (6:23 p.m. MST). The sign of Capricorn is charted on the 12 o'clock line of the Cosmic Clock. On the 12 o'clock line, under the Great Divine Director and the solar hierarchy of Capricorn, we receive the initiations of God-Power. The perversions of God-Power manifest as criticism, condemnation and judgment and all black magic. [This dictation by beloved Lanello was delivered by the Messenger of the Great White Brotherhood Elizabeth Clare Prophet on New Year's Eve, December 31, 1992, during the five-day conference The Dawning of Your God Reality, held at the Royal Teton Ranch, Park County, Montana. ]

     It appears that Corona Class Lesson No. 48 was originally published as Pearl of Wisdom, Vol. 6 No. 50, December 16, 1963. But the text of this Pearl, from Pearls Online, carries this notice: Taken from the book version Corona Class Lessons. Just to be clear on this point. The text associated with the Pearl which is displayed on Pearls Online (Vol. 6 No. 50), is not the text that was published in 1963, but rather, it is the text taken from the book, which was published in 1986. I have a loose leaf copy of the 1963 Pearl (received at SU in 1983) and the text therein, is not the same as that which was taken from the book and used for the Pearls Online text for this pearl. When the book was published, things were changed, and added, including the aforementioned endnotes which were not a part of the original pearl. I am sorry that this little point of confusion has to enter into this discussion, but that's the reality of the situation. So, I am reluctant to present this text in the normal pearl format here, because this was not what was published in the original 1963 pearl, but in the book, which was published 23 years later, in 1986. We have to use the book version, because that is what Judy Sue Christenson was quoting from. At any rate, this is the first paragraph of Corona Class Lesson No. 48 as it appears in the book, with the endnote marker highlighted, and the endnote text included.

Corona Class Lesson No. 48 - Beloved Jesus Christ

"The chastisement which, all too often, men feel for themselves in moments of self-censure is easily transferred when disapproval of another registers on the screen of consciousness. This externalization of subjective self-condemnation is known as projection; it illustrates the great law that you will never esteem God or his manifestation more than you esteem yourself. Thus, to forget the divine origin of all Life, or any part thereof, is to fall short of the Law which always affirms, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." Or, in this case, "Do unto yourself as you would do unto others for you surely shall." <1> Between embodiments and awaiting rebirth, hours upon hours pass, according to earth's standards, while teachers at inner levels pronounce and teach this sacred precept of the Golden Rule its psychological as well as spiritual ramifications to novitiate souls studying to show themselves approved <2> in the etheric retreats of the Great White Brotherhood. These students, having failed or fallen short of the mark of the prize of regeneration in their preceding embodiments, are preparing to take upon themselves once again coats of skins <3> (grosser vehicles, i.e., the four lower-vibrating bodies) to meet the challenges of life and karma in the physical octave below."

EndNote 1: Do not condemn yourself and you will not condemn others. If you sincerely want to stop condemning others, then stop condemning yourself and, further, find out why, psychologically or otherwise, you do condemn yourself when you, as a son of God, have the infinite capacity bestowed by your Father to become Godlike. Then invoke the violet flame with great zeal and love to consume the cause and core of all self-condemnation.

     As you can see, the words that Judy Sue quoted to back up her (erroneous) assertion, came from endnote #1 which was added to Lesson No. 48 in the book version. These words were not spoken by Jesus Christ in the original release. Nor were they set forth even in this endnote, as words added by the Master after the fact (by the Messenger). Usually, words added by the Master in the editing process are included in the main body of text, eliminating any possibility of confusion. This paragraph for example has some things added that were not in the original 1963 statement. It follows, then, that if the Master wanted those words in the endnote to be taken as his words, he would have directed them to be placed in the main body of text along with the other additions. The source of these words therefore, are in question. On the one hand, these words could have come from the Messenger, Elizabeth Clare Prophet. Or, on the other hand, these are words were placed there by some unnamed editorial assistant. There is no way to know for sure where these words came from.

     But wherever they came from, we know now, that they express an error, in terms of suggesting the cause and effect relationship between self- condemnation, and criticism, condemnation, and judgment. The Master Lanello cleared up that question once and for all in the statement quoted above. Both forms of condemnation, of self, or of others, has its root in pride. He said it flat out, and it makes perfect sense. And it is knowledge the people can use to make progress on the path. Going right to the root of the issue, that will solve all problems, and sweep away all confusion.

     But, I have to admit, that I cannot come to closure on this particular issue, without being able to make a clear statement as to what Jesus Christ was trying to communicate in the first paragraph of Corona Class Lesson No. 48. We see how his statement lends itself to misinterpretation, first by the author of the endnote quoted by Judy Sue Christenson, and then by Judy Sue herself, with each statement missing the center of the target by a wider margin. And so, what is the center of the target? That is the question that needs to be answered. And to get that answer, I think we need some more context.

     I would like to place on the record the statement made by Beloved Helios in the Heart of the Inner Retreat, in 1984. His statement on the issue of criticism, condemnation, and judgment, serves as the central standard to which we must all refer, when it comes to grasping what exactly is at the root of this destructive behavior. And here, the statement of the Master Lanello, quoted above, and the statement of Beloved Helios, agree. They both point to pride as the causative factor. Moreover, if there was any substantial link to be made between self-condemnation, and the propensity to pour condemnation out on others, I believe he would have worked that principle into his statement. But he did not. Please consider these words carefully.

Vol. 27 No. 48b - Beloved Helios - October 3, 1984 A Study in Christhood by the Great Initiator XLIII B Our Refuge and Strength The Ratification of the Lord's Judgment The Plug Is Pulled on the Seed of the Wicked One . . . . .       Thus I come for empowerment, and it is freely given to all upon earth who have been tried and tested and who have proven that they are not the abusers of power. Beloved ones, this transfer of power in itself, and the authority and the mantle, goes to very few. For too many have left in their record of karma the abuse of power in the past.      Thus I encourage you to go after all things that violate the law of the First Ray. Thus I come full circle to El Morya. El Morya's devotion to the will of God has for many reasons [increased] over the centuries. It has increased because he has seen the loss of power on the part of those who ought to be the best servants of God, who became tempted by their pride to lord that power over their fellow creatures, and [those] for whom money also became a temptation to lord it over others. And thus they lost their momentum of the First Ray that they had when they descended, imitating the way of the fallen angels and their elitist clubs.      Beloved ones, when the misuse of power is consumed as a record and a karma, when the desire for power ceases to be within the temple and heart and soul, then you will discover how God will increase daily the power to act, the power to win, the power to set life free.      Do you realize that those disciples who condemn and even criticize fellow disciples are misusing power? And do you realize that they have the ability to criticize only because they have some power left? You will see those individuals who have engaged in criticism all of their lives and [in] many embodiments waning in their strength, so [much so] that they must spend their full time in the care of their bodies. And they no longer have the strength of mind to send forth the piercing darts and arrows of condemnation, [for all of their life-force is used up in the maintenance of their four lower bodies].      I consider this to be one of the most heinous crimes lingering in the hearts of those who would like to be our students. I must inform you that until you cease this [criticism, condemnation and judgment] you are not accepted as students of the Great White Brotherhood. No matter what you may think you know intellectually or how many books you have read, if you look with jaded eye upon your fellow servants and with that inner condemnation or sense of pride or importance in yourself, you are cut off from the Ascended Masters' retreats. Beloved ones, I proclaim it! For the warning has gone forth for many, many years; and there are those who cease not, cease not, I tell you, with all of their understanding to direct this burden upon others.      Thus the Great Law is acting today. And you may come to the realization of just how powerful and intense that Law descending is in my aura in this hour and how it is felt as a cosmic heat in the body of the Messenger, a heat that far exceeds the physical heat of this day. Understand that the literal burning and the consuming is [by] the electrode of God. And the laws are planted in the earth and they are binding upon every single individual on the planet as of this moment. You see, the stepping up of the Law is required that individuals might be judged. You might say that the Law, as [it is] in the physical octave, is becoming more strict and having less indulgences, less allowances for the repetition of the old ways. The Lord God Almighty is tightening the screws of the Law, as it were. And therefore those who are outside of the fulfillment of [its] requirements may also choose to increase their level of alignment with the Law or [else] find themselves in that place that is highly precarious outside of the Circle of the One—[the circle of the] Law of Love.      I now send forth the ray that will purge and consume the cause and core of your proclivity to criticize. If you surrender the entire momentum of condemnation now, the Law goes forth from Alpha and Omega to purge you of the record and to leave there only that much [of the karmic record and the proclivity] that can become the testing of your soul to see if you yourself will challenge it the next time it rears its ugly head in your consciousness. The Law will take what it can and you will do the rest. For this too is the requirement of your Christ Self, else you will not gain the victory over this beast. And the victory you must gain is at hand. . . . . .  [This dictation by Helios was delivered by the Messenger of the Great White Brotherhood Elizabeth Clare Prophet on Wednesday, July 4, 1984, during the ten-day conference The Flame of Freedom Speaks held in the Heart of the Inner Retreat at Royal Teton Ranch, Park County, Montana.]

     Whenever we consider the law in this subject area, this statement, by Beloved Helios is the main entry in the law book. And all that we think about this subject, and all that we understand about this subject, must conform to the principles stated therein. In other words, what Beloved Helios says about this subject, is to be held at the center of all other thoughts about this subject. This is because the Master Helios anchors the central sun of this solar system, around which all things revolve. In this respect, wisdom itself, if not the law, requires that we place whatever he says at the very center of our thought processes.

     Now, the theme of centrality, as it relates to Beloved Helios is a very interesting topic to consider. Consider, if you will, what it is, that is at the center of our beings? Why of course, it is the heart. The heart chakra is plotted on the 3 o'clock line of the Cosmic Clock. And who is the Initiator of the Aries Hierarchy on the 3 o'clock line? It is Beloved Helios. We see in this, the theme of centrality he embodies for the solar system, matching up with the theme of centrality that is associated with the individual heart.

     Now, what else is plotted on the 3 o'clock line, though in this case, as a perversion thereof? Why of course, it is the dweller of pride, that abomination of desolation standing in the Holy Place where it ought not to be. Yes, that's right the false heart. The false center. The system of false priorities to which the fallen soul is still wed. This represents another theme of centrality, but this one in relationship to the false creation, the synthetic creation, that which desires to live apart from God, and in rebellion against his purposes. The dweller of pride, then, plotted on the 3 o'clock line, represents the central principle of darkness, the nexus of the fallen self.

     Because the dweller of pride represents the central nexus of darkness for the fallen self, it must be at the center of all forms of condemnation, whether is the form of condemnation directed internally, or the form of condemnation directed externally.

     Now, Beloved Helios stands as the Initiator of the Hierarchy of Aries on the 3 o'clock line of the Cosmic Clock. This means that this Master is the one responsible for administering those initiations which are associated with the slaying of the dweller of pride on the 3 o'clock line. This means he stands nose to nose, as it were, with the dweller of pride in everyone of us. This means he is the preeminent expert on the issue of pride. And just by virtue of the fact that he has made such a high-profile issue out of the practice of criticism, condemnation, and judgment, defining it as a heinous crime, indicates to us that this is at the very center of his area of interest, closely associated with the issue of pride. Indeed, as I noted below, the dweller of pride, and the practice of criticism, condemnation, and judgment, are joined at the hip, in a manner of speaking. Whenever the dweller of pride finds that it must defend itself, it will always reach for the club of criticism, condemnation, and judgment. (Character assassination) This is its weapon of choice. When the dweller of pride makes a fist, and delivers a blow, that is the shape and character of the impact every time.

     And it need not be directly challenged either. If pride is present as a functioning matrix at the surface of consciousness, you will have perversions on all lines of the clock. That includes jealousy on the 5 o'clock line. When the dweller of pride perceives someone getting a better deal in life, than it is receiving at the moment, it feels jealous, and its superiority is threatened. And it will respond to the situation by cutting the target down to size within its own mind, looking for faults, and defining the person by the faults. And when there is an opportunity to speak about those faults to another, of course, then the poison arrow comes right out of the mouth. I think another way the dweller of pride will posture itself above others, is to seek positions of authority and control over others.

     Now there is a difference I believe, between a person who has developed a long time pattern of behavior in which they will dump buckets of acid on their own head, and learn to feel comfortable and familiar with that way of life, which describes the life of the introverted condemner, and the person who has developed a long time pattern of behavior in which they will dump buckets of acid on the heads of other people, and learn to feel comfortable and familiar with that way of life, which might describe an extroverted condemner.

     As the Master Lanello has pointed out, both forms of condemnation issue forth from pride, and this makes sense, as we have seen, because pride is the central nexus of all darkness within the domain of the fallen self. But clearly, Beloved Helios was referring only to the latter, and not to the former. The primary thrust of the remarks of Beloved Helios go to those whose abuse of power places great burdens on other people. This is not the case with the introverted condemner.

     Now, I think we can take something from our experience with human behavior, and our observations thereof, and say that generally speaking, that if one is considered to be an introvert, that this refers to habit patterns long developed, and that the soul will stay within this pattern of behavior and not depart from it, at least not to any great extent. The same can be said for extroverts. Their behavioral habit patterns, or social interaction patterns, are directed primarily outwards, and that they will remain within this general pattern of behavior, and not depart from it, at least not to any great extent.

     And so, introverted condemners, the self-condemners, have developed habit patterns that channel the energy of condemnation primarily upon their own heads. Perhaps a drop or two, under certain circumstances can be tossed at others under extraordinary circumstances, but generally speaking, they are intent on beating themselves up, and no one else. On the other hand, the extroverted condemners, the people whom Beloved Helios is referring to, have developed habit patterns that channel the energy of condemnation primarily upon the heads of other people. Once in a while they might have a choice criticism for their own behavior, but I think this would have to be quite rare, because the extroverted condemners need to be in a state of constant self-justification. This is because their primary expression is extended out into the public space, where people can react to them, and they have learned and developed a corresponding habit pattern that is associated with defending their expressions. This consideration, I believe, helps us to see the distinct differences between extroverted condemners and introverted self-condemners. Self-justification as a primary habit pattern, and self-condemnation as a primary habit pattern, it seems to me, cannot exist side by side within the same person.

     If these observations are valid, and I think they are, I believe we have in them a framework that will help us to understand what Jesus Christ was trying to communicate in Corona Class Lesson, No. 48.

     Now, he opens his remarks with this statement, "The chastisement which, all too often, men feel for themselves in moments of self-censure is easily transferred when disapproval of another registers on the screen of consciousness." The Master is speaking about self-chastisement, and self-censure. And so, he is speaking directly to that class of individuals who are defined as the introverted condemners, to the ones who are prone to dumping condemnation on their own heads. Now, we are not to jump to any conclusions, based on the content of this one sentence, as to the point the Master is trying to make. The point the Master is trying to make will be defined by all the sentences in this paragraph taken as a whole. And in this respect, the definition of the phrase "easily transferred" is not yet defined, but will be defined by the next sentence.

     The next sentence reads, "This externalization of subjective self-condemnation is known as projection; it illustrates the great law that you will never esteem God or his manifestation more than you esteem yourself." Here the Master speaks of the process of overlaying the self-condemnation the person has created within their own mind, upon others, projecting it upon them. The meaning of the previous phrase, "easily transferred" is contained in the definition of "projection" as it is used here. Now, consider the terms the Master is using here. First he speaks of "subjective self-condemnation" which tells us that this is a product of the imagination of the person, and does not exist in objective reality. The person has created a reality in their own mind, and they believe it is real. They are not conscious of the unreality of it. And that means, that the projection of it onto others, is not a product of a conscious choice, but rather the product of the energy emanation of the mind as it is then configured. In other words, they are looking through a lense that makes the outer world appear to be a certain color, when in fact, it is not that color. And because you see yourself as a certain color, in terms of not believing that you are worthy of great esteem, you see the whole world in that color, seeing the people out in the world, as likewise, not being worthy of great esteem. And so, the Master gives expression to this law, "you will never esteem God or his manifestation more than you esteem yourself." And that is the pinnacle principle to which all trails of thought are intended to lead. The purpose of the Master's observation is contained therein.

     Notice the use of the word "esteem". This is a quality of the heart. It is a quality of the divine heart. It is a very high order of awareness in terms of the value of yourself, and other parts of life. It denotes a vision of the heart that can report the presence of such value. The fact that the Master speaks of such a quality here, tells me, that he has a sense that the introverted self-condemners have the capacity, with his help, to access the vibration of this particular quality. Otherwise, why would he speak of it? This means to me, that he has made the determination, that the introverted self-condemners are far less pride bound than the extroverted condemners who are the practitioners of great cruelty, in the commission of what Beloved Helios has defined as a heinous crime against others. Truly, the source of self-condemnation is still pride, but the depth of the pride is far less in this category of souls, than it is in the extroverted condemners. That means that the veil of darkness that separates them from the reality of the heart is much thinner. And so, this points to another dimension of error in Judy Sue's misconception. Her misconception would have us believe that the introverted self-condemners are, by definition practitioners of the criticism, condemnation, and judgment upon others. But I don't think that's true. I believe 99% of their condemnation is directed internally. Though, their vision of the world is still distorted by their own distorted self- concept, and the quality of their relationships is negatively impacted because of it.

     I believe the general thrust of the Master's statement, is in the idea that when you look at people through that particular lense, you will not treat them as if they deserved respect. You will be more likely to dismiss them, or ignore them, or treat them disrespectfully, and such treatment goes far beyond the very narrow crime of criticism, condemnation, and judgment. In so many ways, people who have no genuine respect for themselves, can express unkindness, abruptness, coarseness in their dealings with other people, causing great harm, without ever getting into the region of criticism, condemnation, and judgment.

     Now, the Master speaks to this very broad area of graceful, courteous, and respectful interaction between the Children of God, in the sentences that follow, "Thus, to forget the divine origin of all Life, or any part thereof, is to fall short of the Law which always affirms, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." Or, in this case, "Do unto yourself as you would do unto others for you surely shall." <1> Between embodiments and awaiting rebirth, hours upon hours pass, according to earth's standards, while teachers at inner levels pronounce and teach this sacred precept of the Golden Rule its psychological as well as spiritual ramifications to novitiate souls studying to show themselves approved <2> in the etheric retreats of the Great White Brotherhood. These students, having failed or fallen short of the mark of the prize of regeneration in their preceding embodiments, are preparing to take upon themselves once again coats of skins <3> (grosser vehicles, i.e., the four lower-vibrating bodies) to meet the challenges of life and karma in the physical octave below."

     Notice the position of endnote #1. Right at the point where the soul is considering the broad range of relationships it has with other parts of life, and the quality of those relationships, the mind of the reader, right at that point, if he or she reads the endnote, will be shoe-horned into a very narrow, and in fact false line of contemplation. The Master is not speaking to people in this statement, who have a problem with criticism, condemnation, and judgment. As noted, these people are dumping condemnation primarily on their own heads, and the Master has spoken about the destructive consequences of this practice in terms of projections, rather than willful expressions of a destructive nature.

     Whoever the author of endnote No. 1 was, not only did they make an egregious error concerning the Teaching, especially in light of the fact that the endnote was authored two years after Beloved Helios presented his statement on criticism, condemnation, and judgment in 1984, they also did a immense disservice to all students who would be robbed of the opportunity to recognize the full breadth of the interaction patterns that the Master was referring to. And of course, Judy Sue was thoroughly mislead, though down a path which she desired in her heart to walk. Perhaps, she was looking for something else to condemn herself for. I suppose that's possible. Obviously, I suppose this is true, that she has an issue with self-condemnation, and here is another thing she can feel bad about, how she is spewing CCJ on everyone? That is not a characteristic of hers that I have noticed.

     While pride is the source of both modalities of condemnation, it is also the source of that resistance to admitting mistakes, and expressing an appropriate level of contrition regarding those mistakes.

     May you pass every test!

Saturday, February 19, 2005, 10:54 PM PST

     Sometimes an entry takes more than one day to complete. From conception, gestation, to birth. Such is the case with the last entry, begun on Friday, and only posted late Saturday night. Please don't take offense at the length of this post. The life or death of souls, namely, Linda Worobec, Jim Bardon, and Judy Sue Christenson, is worth a few thousand words, 11,317 to be exact.

Friday, February 18, 2005, 7:17 PM PST

     Now, this is a fitting time to revisit this subject area, especially while we have under our microscope Judy Sue Christenson's reluctance to surrender the totality of her identity into the Violet Flame.

     Let us review the statement made by Omri-Tas when he gave forth his 10X (15 minute) Dispensation in 1984:

Vol. 27 No. 50a - Beloved Omri-Tas - October 17, 1984 A Study in Christhood by the Great Initiator XLV A Saturate the Earth with Violet Flame! Give the Violet Flame Fifteen Minutes a Day and It Shall Be Multiplied Ten Times . . . . .       The office of chela, which you wear as a mantle and [as] an undergarment, is a real and living office, protected by the Brotherhood so long as you function within the laws of harmony. Thus, when you are out of sorts, entertaining a sense of injustice, get understanding, settle the matter, resolve a difficulty with a friend or a foe, resolve your relationship to God and seal yourself again [in your tube of light] and use the violet flame with immense sincerity and [the] God-determination not to fall in that mud hole again. And be grateful that you know the law whereby you can so easily be delivered from your mistakes.      Have integrity toward the violet flame and [toward] the violet flame angels and the Holy Spirit and the [Ascended] Masters who have given their life for aeons that you might finally rise to your God-dominion. Let this not be cause for an individual of an unsound mind to decide not to invoke the violet flame. This is not my intent or my teaching. This is a backward psychology. You must use the violet flame. You must overcome and you must be responsible citizens of cosmos! [15-second applause]      Now having delivered to you a bit of the understanding of both the simplicity and the complexity of the Law, I will tell you what my dispensation is. It is this, beloved: If in all reverence, with inner attunement, a sense of yourself in your Christ Self as priest or priestess of the sacred fire, if with all your heart and deep within your heart you will take, then, fifteen minutes each day to give profound and loving invocations to the violet flame in my name (and please remember to use my name, for I am the one from whose causal body this dispensation comes), then we will take that offering, measure for measure as it is devoted, as it is profound and sincere, the very weight of its power and light. Therefore, by the quality of it, quality for quality, it shall be multiplied in your life ten times! [37-second standing ovation]      Now, my beloved ones, this is the fruit of my offering unto Almighty God, as I have communed long with our Father. I have looked upon Helios, the magnificent one. I have seen Saint Germain! I know your hearts moving against every type of adversity! I have seen your desire and the desire of cosmos to liberate the planet. I have also seen other generations fail Saint Germain and the Ascended Masters. And I have seen the awful price these Masters have had to pay in the balancing of karma made by the ones they sponsored. Just look at the rebellion of Napoleon and you will understand how one individual [among] ten thousand more has betrayed Saint Germain and what price Saint Germain has had to pay. <7> And the most painful part of the price, beloved ones, is that [when the one sponsored by a Master fails,] that Master is curtailed and limited in the next offering he would like to make for humanity. You see, the failure of the chela impugns the judgment of the Master. And the Karmic Board must say to that Master, "You ought to have been more careful. And therefore you are the responsible one. You will pay the price." . . . . .  [This dictation by Omri-tas was delivered by the Messenger of the Great White Brotherhood Elizabeth Clare Prophet on Saturday, July 7, 1984, during the ten-day conference The Flame of Freedom Speaks held in the Heart of the Inner Retreat at Royal Teton Ranch, Park County, Montana.

     And so, as the title of this exposition indicates, I would like to speak directly to this concept, quality for quality, which the Master Omri-Tas mentions. What are these qualities? If we can identify them with great precision, certainly you can see that the efficacy of our 15 minute violet flame sessions will be multiplied many many times over.

     This is what I mean. Let's say that you sit down, and you give your fifteen minutes of violet flame, and within that 15 minute period, let's say that the total amount of time that you succeeded in focusing your attention, concentrating your attention, on one of these qualities, was zero. In this case, the Master has nothing to multiply. That's right. Even if you gave 15 minutes of Violet Flame decrees (with your mouth), the Master will have nothing to multiply. This is certainly the case if you allow your mind to drift here, or there, or anywhere, as the words of the violet flame decree come out of your mouth.

     Though I would say, that because of the sincere and genuine devotional nature of a true lightbearer, there will be genuine qualities there for the Master to multiply, even if the mind has not developed much discipline, and tends to wander over a wide field during the session. Therefore, let's say that the total amount of time that a soul can focus its attention, concentrate its attention upon a genuine divine quality, will be ten seconds, out of the entire 15 minute violet flame session. The Master will multiply that by ten, for a total of 100 seconds, which is 1 2/3 minutes. Even at that level, that is fairly significant.

     Now, just think what a great increase you could achieve, if you could discipline your mind to focus, to concentrate, on those qualities that will maximize the ability of the Master to multiply your total effort by ten. If you could remain highly focused for the entire fifteen minute period, that means that your entire effort could be multiplied into 150 minutes, which is a full 2 « hours. And so, we can see that we can reap enormous dividends if we will but direct our attention towards the clearest definition of what the Master is referring to when he says he will multiply quality for quality.

     And so, again, I ask you, what are these qualities?

     We begin with the Goal of the Path, which is, for the individual, to achieve God-Consciousness. Beyond that, all the plans and purposes of the Brotherhood associated with bringing in a Golden Age for the earth, is to bring God-Consciousness to millions, and to billions of souls on this planet. Every Ascended Master has this one pointed goal in mind, and all the tools they give us, including the violet flame, and all the dispensations associated therewith, are all fashioned to help us fulfill this goal, the goal of achieving God-Consciousness. Therefore, the highest qualities will be defined within that very narrow context. What are the qualities associated with God-Consciousness? Indeed.

     I would like to frame the answer to this question in a logical manner. To begin with, who is it that brings the gift of the Violet Flame to us? It is the Master St. Germain, the Hierarch of the Aquarian Age. Turning our attention to the Cosmic Clock (Mother Mary's Teaching), we see that the Master St. Germain is the Initiator of the Hierarchy of Aquarius on the 1 o'clock line. That line is labeled, God-Love. Here we approach part of our answer. And looking at the opposite end of that line of the clock, the 1/7 axis, we have the 7 o'clock line of God-Gratitude. Here we have another part of our answer. Now, the Initiator on the 7 o'clock line, of the Hierarchy of Leo, is the Goddess of Liberty, and herein we have a logical link to the principle of freedom, and through the principle of freedom, we are linked back to the heart of St. Germain again, because he is known to us as the God of Freedom for the earth. Here we have another part of our answer. Another important part of this 1/7 axis equation, is the fact that the chakra associated with this line, is the Seat-of-the-Soul chakra, whose native light is violet. In this we have a link between the soul and God-Love, between the soul and God-Gratitude, between the soul and the violet flame, between the soul and freedom, and another link between the soul and the Master St. Germain.

     We can condense this teaching into a very concentrated statement of purpose. The purpose of the Violet Flame is to set the soul free to be Grateful to God, and to set the soul free to Love God, once again.

     Notice that this purpose dovetails precisely with the Goal of the Path, in terms of bringing the soul into a state of God-Consciousness. In this regard, we can easily observe, that one of the most fundamental characteristics of the soul's consciousness, when that soul has God-Consciousness, when that soul is conscious of God, is this. That soul feels deeply and profoundly Grateful to God. This gratitude can become deeper than ten thousand oceans. And the soul can live in the power (as the power) of those ten thousand oceans, and more. And built upon that foundation of gratitude, that soul will actually find that it has learned to Love God again. Now, this is a love that sees clearly. This is a love that sees the plans and purposes of God for the soul, as the Son and Daughter of the Most High. This is a love that loves the design that God has created for the individual soul. This is a love that loves the process of Becoming. This is a love that kindles an unquenchable desire to fulfill the perfect design, and will no longer turn away in fear, when offered the dazzling and radiant accouterments (which includes some fairly substantial responsibilities) associated with its original Divine Estate.

     And so, then, when we give our Violet Flame decrees, the highest qualities we can focus on, that the Master Omri-Tas is ready and willing to multiply to the absolute maximum extent, is within this domain of God-Love, and God-Gratitude. A concentrated focus on qualities within this domain, is precisely harmonious with the Goal of the Path, and the purpose of the Violet Flame itself.

     Enter the principle of practicality.

     Given our discussion so far, we can conclude this, that we need to invoke the Violet Flame for one reason, and one reason only. We must invoke the Violet Flame, because WE ARE NOT FREE to be grateful to God. We must invoke the Violet Flame, because WE ARE NOT FREE to Love God. In fact, we must invoke the Violet Flame, because we are chained to a dungeon wall, that lies even beyond a locked door. We cannot, by any amount of our own struggling, human struggling, prideful struggling, free ourselves from those chains. We cannot, by any amount of struggling, human struggling, prideful struggling, break through that dungeon door to find the genuine sunlight of truth in these areas. The Violet Flame must consume those chains. The Violet Flame must unlock that door. And the Violet Flame does give the soul wings to soar and to navigate within the very updraft of these divine flames, gratitude and love, which carry the soul's awareness up, and up, and up, to the very doorstep of heaven itself, and ultimately through the portal of the ascension, into the domain of everlasting life.

     These chains, and this dungeon, they are metaphors for the dweller-on-the-threshold. They are metaphors for (self-created) energy systems that keep the soul trapped in compartments of consciousness that represent unreality, delusion, and of course, separation from God. And so you can see, when you compare this concept, to the Goal of the Path, to deliver the soul into a state of God-Consciousness, that the central challenge the soul faces on the path, is the undoing of these chains, the undoing of these dungeons, the undoing of these compartments of unreality, delusion, and separation. The centrality of the Violet Flame to the potential for victory on the path, is certainly highlighted by these considerations. The Violet Flame is on the only thing that can dissolve those chains.

     Now, turning our attention again to the Cosmic Clock (Mother Mary's Teaching), we know that the dweller-on-the-threshold has many faces, or many aspects. The misqualification of light on each line of the clock, represents one particular face, or aspect of the dweller-on-the-threshold. Or perhaps we can say that each line represents one aspect of the whole chemical construct which comprises the chains that bind the soul within the dungeon. I think this is useful metaphor, when you consider that the Violet Flame can attack a certain chemical bonding structure that is key to holding the chain together, without having to dissolve the whole chain. If you go after that key bonding structure with the Violet Flame, and you dissolve it, the entire chain will collapse, no longer having any strength to hold you down.

     I believe it is true that the particular aspect of the dweller-on-the-threshold that is attacked most directly by the Violet Flame, is also the key chemical bonding structure at the center of these chains. Dissolve that, and the soul will be set free to Be. To Be Grateful. To Be in Love. And thereby to Be all that God desires the soul to Be. This is the aspect of the dweller that is associated with the 1/7 axis of the Cosmic Clock. When you give your violet flame decrees, you face most directly, the dweller of anti-love, and the dweller of anti-gratitude, and moreover, those aspects of the dweller that are associated with this line most directly, which would be the 4/10 axis of the clock, comprised of the 4 o'clock line of God-Obedience, and the 10 o'clock line of God-Vision. This is what is known as the Ruby Cross on the Cosmic Clock, and this is the composite Ruby Cross Dweller which we face most directly when we invoke the Violet Flame. It is the dweller of Anti-God-Love, Anti-God-Gratitude, Anti-God-Obedience, and Anti-God-Vision.

     Essentially, what we are talking about here, is the process of facing, and overcoming, the soul's past momentums of rebellion, accumulated over many lifetimes.

     Understanding what we are facing most directly when we give our Violet Flame decrees — the composite dweller of Anti-God-Love, Anti-God-Gratitude, Anti-God-Obedience, and Anti-God-Vision — and understanding that the purpose of the Violet Flame is to consume them, we have therein an additional foundation of understanding, when it comes to identifying precisely the qualities that the Master Omri-Tas can multiply in the context of this 15 minute, times ten, dispensation. In this respect, please consider the logic of these two statements.

1. In the course of our Violet Flame decrees, as we face the dweller of Anti-God-Love, as we contemplate the goal of overcoming the dweller of Anti-God-Love, what would be more fitting than to make the effort, right then and there, to enter into the posture of God-Love itself? In other words, to focus on the quality of God-Love right then and there. This is the same thing as saying to God, as you are giving your decrees, I am ready to have these chains consumed, and I am ready to enter into the divine reality of Love for You, right now. I am ready to have you place these wings on my shoulders right now. This is a pinnacle quality that the Master Omri-Tas will multiply to the maximum extent, because the soul is making the effort to align itself precisely with the Goal of the Path, and the plans and purposes of God for the entire earth.

2. In the course of our Violet Flame decrees, as we face the dweller of Anti-God-Gratitude, as we contemplate the goal of overcoming the dweller of Anti-God-Gratitude, what would be more fitting than to make the effort, right then and there, to enter into the posture of God-Gratitude itself? In other words, to focus on the quality of God-Gratitude right then and there. This is the same thing as saying to God our Father, as you are giving your decrees, I am ready to have these chains consumed, and I am ready to enter into the divine reality of Gratitude for All that you are, and All that you give to us, right now. I am ready to have you place these wings on my shoulders right now. This is a pinnacle quality that the Master Omri-Tas will multiply to the maximum extent, because the soul is making the effort to align itself precisely with the Goal of the Path, and the plans and purposes of God for the entire earth.

     We do not need to extend our examination of this logic into the corresponding regions of God-Vision, or God-Obedience, because the process of merging with these two divine qualities is a natural by-product of the soul's success in merging with the qualities of God-Love, and God-Gratitude.

     Now, these considerations, in relationship to the actual existence of the dweller-on-the-threshold — the force that opposes our freedom on the 1/7 axis — forms a necessary and important backdrop to our consideration of the principle of practicality, which I mentioned a few paragraphs above.

     The reality of the situation is this. We are currently not-free to enter into the flames of God-Love and God-Gratitude. We are currently chained to the walls of those dungeons of unreality as noted above. We must invoke the violet flame to consume those chains. The Master St Germain holds out the gift of the Violet Flame, from his own Causal Body, for this purpose. That much we know. That much is clear. And so, when we begin the invocation of the violet flame, we look to this ultimate state of freedom, as a climber will look at the peak of a mountain, knowing that there are many steps to take, many trails to climb, and many shear rocks faces upon which to inch yourself up, before your soul is actually free to merge with these flames, in purity. And so, the soul cannot expect to reach the mountain top in a very short span of time. Though, by the daily application of this (Omri-Tas) dispensation, and moreover, by maximizing the multiplication equation by making a focused effort to aligning one's attention to the qualities the Master's are most interested in multiplying, the soul can arrive at the mountain top much sooner then he or she might have first imagined.

     Remember this. That Masters are interested in seeing each one of us walking this earth as adepts, with many years of service before we even take our ascension in the light. The violet flame is the way, and its maximum use, and the most concerted application of this dispensation, is a prerequisite to achieving that level of victory.

     Nevertheless, the principle of practicality says this. Don't expect too much success too soon, in coming into a condition of pure alignment with the flames of God-Gratitude, and God-Love. Set your sights on the trails that are before your feet, and step forward on those trails. And allow yourself the satisfaction of observing real progress in the smaller stages of the journey. In this regard, I am simply arguing for a methodology that embodies a certain quality of practical incrementalism, though you will see that the vision of total victory is always present within it.

     In this regard, these are the most logically achievable incremental steps which are guaranteed to lead the soul safely to the mountain top, in terms of merging with these two ultimate qualities.

1. Extending the highest Respect unto God our Father. 2. Holding God our Father in the highest Esteem. 3. Extending unto God our Father the highest Honor. 4. Extending unto God our Father the highest Appreciation. 5. Extending unto God our Father the highest Gratitude. 6. Extending unto God our Father the highest Affection and Admiration. 7. Extending unto God our Father the highest Reverence. 8. Extending unto God our Father the highest Adoration. 9. Extending unto God our Father the highest Cherishment. 10. Extending unto God our Father the highest Love. 11. Extending unto God our Father the highest Trust. 12. Extending unto God our Father the highest Regard.

     As you study each quality, you can see instantly, that these are the qualities that the Master Omri-Tas is most interested in multiplying, for all the reasons stated, but for one other reason that has not been yet stated. If your aura can radiate these qualities, even if it is, at first, only during your devotional periods, what a positive influence you will have on the Masters efforts to bring the Children of God, across the entire face of this earth back into a state of allegiance and loyalty to God our Father once again.

     The soul can do nothing, on its own power, to come into a state of alignment with any of these divine qualities. You will see that this is cooperative effort between yourself, the Ascended Masters who sponsor this path, and God our Father himself. Do I see three dots there? I think so. Your personal effort to hold these postures, is an energy drawn from your own heart flame, which forms a divine chalice. As the chalice becomes more stable, the Masters, in cooperation with God our Father, lower the REALITY of these flames into that chalice. You will see that your efforts, while essential, have nothing in common, in terms of quality, with the Reality the Flame that the Masters anchor in the chalice you have prepared. Every one of these qualities, as a divine flame, you will see, is like a lense unto the vast regions of divine beauty which God is.

     Because the Masters steer the soul away from activating what is known as the pride of the eye, the actual level of light associated with these powerful inner experiences remains veiled to the soul's inner vision. But, by the power of these experiences which register directly upon the soul fabric, by their wondrous qualities of clarity, translucence, enchanted wonder, and preciousness, it is clear that a great light is associated with these inner revelations, and while you are in the midst of them, you can ask that Light to penetrate out into the world, great beams of light, to carry the message directly, of the reality of the Teachings of the Ascended Masters, the Reality of the Path of Initiation, to every soul on the planet. This is the power that will bring millions of souls into the Teaching.

     I would observe, parenthetically, that studying these qualities provides us with an understanding of the rationale for multiplication itself. When you are giving your violet flame decrees, and your soul is making the effort to take this posture, "I am extending my highest respect unto God our Father," or perhaps, "I desire, and I ask the Violet Flame to set me free so I can extend unto God our Father the respect he deserves," this represents the central purpose for which St. Germain has brought forth the gift of the Violet Flame. In other words, it is impossible to be more exactly on target than this, when it comes to your alignment with divine purpose. And therefore, a maximum level of Violet Flame can be released from the causal body of Beloved Omri-Tas, to fulfill that exact purpose, not just in your world, but in the world of every soul on the planet, helping them to move into a state of increased freedom, when it comes to extending unto God, the respect that God our Father truly and genuinely deserves.

     Now, the fifteen minute time requirement associated with this dispensation, and the Master's reference to this multiplication criteria, quality for quality, comes together in a logical manner, to provide exactly the appropriate matrix for the soul's attunement with, merging with, and fusion with, all of the qualities we have mentioned. And certainly, this was his design from the beginning no doubt. Taking our most basic Violet Flame decree matrix, 70.11 in our decree books, it would not surprise you that a students focus on each of these qualities in turn, for a span of fifteen repetitions per quality, will give you the 15 minutes session duration that you need to fulfill to access this dispensation. In other words, you focus on the quality of "respect" unto God for 15 repetitions. Then you turn your attention to the quality of "esteem" unto God for the next 15 repetitions. Then you turn your attention to the quality of "honor" unto God for the next 15 repetitions, and so forth, focusing on each of the subsequent qualities listed for 15 repetitions each. By the time you are through to the quality of "highest regard", you will have completed your 15 minutes, and perhaps more, depending on your decree speed. Now, if you slow down just a bit to help yourself focus on these qualities, you will not only extend the session in terms of the time element that can be multiplied, you will also maximize the amount of actual multiplication that Master can apply to your effort.

     This is important to understand. As you are giving your violet flame decrees, let's say you make a very substantial effort to enter into a very solid and genuine posture of respect for God. Let's say this lasts for about 30 seconds. Now, if you allow your mind to wander into a contemplation of some earthly matter for the next two minutes for example, you can see that the Master will apply a different multiplication factor to the 30 second period in which you were focused directly on the quality of respect, and the two minute segment that you were focused on something else. As far as the 30 second segment, the Master is not confused as to what can be multiplied there. It is the purest and highest quality of consciousness that a soul can achieve in its current state, and he will apply the maximum multiplication to it. But in regards to the two minute period where the mouth is still moving, but the mind has been diverted into another area, perhaps you are thinking about how you don't like the fact that the dog is barking next door, well, what quality in that is there that is worth multiplying? Perhaps the Master can find something in there that is worth multiplying, but it would be like looking for a green and tender shoot of grass on the surface of the Gobi Desert at high noon.

     Finally, when you are really trying hard to concentrate, and to focus all of your attention on merging, for example, with that quality of respect unto God, if you are like most people, this will not be an easy thing to do, at least, not at first. You will face opposition, perhaps a lot of it. And it is well to remember where that opposition originates. Does God our Father deserve your highest respect? Of course he does. What is it that won't allow you to extend unto God the respect he deserves? It is the 1/7 axis dweller that I have mentioned above. That is the great resistor to all things divine. Don't be intimidated by this resistance. Face it, and force yourself to focus on each of these qualities, even if you feel like you are trying to ride a bike with two flat tires. If you are determined to ride that bike, you will see, that the Masters will come to your assistance in the most glorious manner, and the gloriousness of the manner in which they assist us, this grows ever more glorious as we build a momentum of determination along these lines.

     Along these lines, I mentioned before that there is no need to focus on the quality of God-Vision, as it is really an effect, that comes after an original cause. This is what I mean. The original cause, is your effort to focus, and to concentrate on these fundamental qualities associated with the 1/7 axis of the Cosmic Clock. (Make note of this important truth, that what we are doing here, is making the effort to return to our First Love, and you can imagine how every angel in heaven is smiling upon these efforts). And so, as we gather up all of the resources of our being, and pour them into this one- pointed pursuit (during our fifteen minute violet flame session), the assistance that the Masters deliver to us, to help us to overcome the resistance, comes in the form of God-Vision.

     God-Vision is given to us in several forms. The term God-Vision, is generic, encompassing the perception of God-Qualities in all dimensions. For example, to FEEL the presence of the sacred fire, to be in the region of freedom, is one form of God-Vision. Really, the presence of God with you, you sense it, it impacts upon your consciousness, you are aware of it, therefore, in a certain respect, you can say that you see it. What is like unto the quality of paradise that God and the Masters can pour into your temple? Nothing is like unto it. Drinking out of a mountain stream, feeling the water course through your being, is much the same as seeing the pure white snow on the mountain peaks from whence it came. But always be mindful of this. Every God-Quality that is poured into your temple, represents a cooperative effort. And it is good to conceptualize that cooperative effort from early on. For the power of paradise to be poured into our temple, or any revelation to poured into our temple, this requires the conscious cooperation between God our Father, and Mother, and the sponsoring Master (our Elder Brother or Sister). The Master knows God our Father, and Mother face to face. They work together constantly for the victory of the divine plan on this planet. And so, as he stands with us, during our decree services, he is discussing with God our Father, and Mother, what can be given, and what ought to be given, to fulfill the Divine Purpose in the moment for this soul. The energies of paradise bestowed come from the universal divine treasury, the Master requests it from the hand of God, God extends it, and the Master bestows it. And so, what is present within us, in terms of all God Qualities, is both the Presence of God our Father and Mother, and the presence of the Master himself.

     And so, whenever we receive the blessings of heavenly paradise, we need to take the time, right then and there, to consciously extend our gratitude to both parties, for example, a) Thank you my dear friend and Brother El Morya, for working so closely with God our Heavenly Father and Heavenly Mother, our Beloved Divine Parents, I Am That I Am, to bring their presence into this temple, to be so tangibly manifest within the very fabric of my awareness, and b) Thank you O God my Father, and my Mother, my Beloved Divine Parents, I Am That I Am, for working so closely with my blessed Brother El Morya, and all of our heavenly brothers and sisters, to bring Your Presence into this temple, to be so tangibly manifest within the very fabric of my awareness.

     Of course, the results of all divine cooperation are manifest through the flame in the heart. All treasures are bestowed through the flame in the heart. And that is why pride is so deadly, because the soul, if closeted in the domain of pride, is cut off from the flame of the heart. It cannot experience the treasures associated with any matrix of expansion because of the self-sustained veils of darkness that yet separate it from the domain of God-Reality, which is the Divine Heart.

     I mention the importance of this additional ritual of gratitude, primarily because this scriptural reference, "The Light shone in the darkness, and the darkness comprehended it not," is applicable to most students from the very beginning of the path. The Masters bestow blessings upon their students, the genuine ones, from early on, and the force of doubt (the darkness) makes it impossible for them to fully appreciate what is actually going on, and therefore, they take a very long time, too long in most cases, to come into a sense of their own divinity, and thus to come to grips with what it means to pass every test. I say to all genuine students who receive the blessings of the sacred fire in the midst of their devotions, to begin a program of immediately articulated gratitude, as set forth in the previous paragraph.

     Now, in relationship to this issue area, it is important to realize as well, what it is that blocks the firm anchoring of any sense of deep appreciation for what the student is receiving, and blocks any expression of gratitude for it. Yes, it is the same 1/7 axis dweller substance that stands in the very middle of the road, and that dweller says to the soul, "Thou Shalt Not Pass!" Of course, the soul must stop listening to that nonsense, and take a step forward on the path by expressing this immediate gratitude and appreciation to the Masters who are REAL PEOPLE, and to God our Father who is also a Real Person, and in the process, step right on top of the head of that dweller, like it was no more than a doormat on which you wipe your feet on the way into the temple of everlasting life.

     The implementation of a program of immediately articulated gratitude for blessings receive, will be one more important way to overcome the 1/7/4/10 axis dweller. Speak this gratitude right to the face of the Master, don't be shy. Speak this gratitude right to the face of God your Father and Mother, don't be shy. O God, I am so grateful ....

     Beyond sensing the presence of the sacred fire with you, beyond that unmatchable sensation of freedom associated with it, there are other regions of God-Vision as well, and of course, like all things divine, speaking of them through the use of words is not so easy. But I want to try to describe one very fundamental vision that the Masters can give us, as we pursue this one-pointed effort, which is both a reward, and an incentive to help us, and to encourage us, to keep on making the same effort, every day.

     I am not going to say that I know how the Masters do this. I am not going to say that I understand the mechanisms that allow this to happen, though perhaps I will speculate. But this is something so fundamental and universal to the anchoring of the sense of divine reality, that I feel I must try to say something about it. It is one of the central rewards that every soul will find at the center of the flame of respect, esteem, honor, and so forth. It is really the first genuine gift of God-Vision I believe. And those who do not take full advantage of the Violet Flame, the dispensation we are talking about here, and who do not make the effort to become merged with the qualities we are discussing as well, will never know this treasure, and it is so unfortunate, because it is the birthright of every soul to know it. But, obviously, there is a path, and it must be walked.

     Now, this point of vision has to do with the Presence of God in all life. As an abstraction, floating nebulously within the mental body, this really has no power. A fire engine is red, and God is present everywhere, well, both of these ideas have a very similar intellectual weight. Perhaps the idea of the red fire engine is even weightier, because our capacity to visualize and relate to it is stronger. It is of the material world, and we have knowledge of its purpose and so forth, something that we don't have when it comes to God, at least not for some time on the path.

     But of course, the truth is the truth. The Presence of God our Father, and God our Mother, they are actually present everywhere, and they are doing their work, constantly, in every square inch of the entire cosmos. But this is the thing. The Masters are aware of what God is doing everywhere. They SEE this divine activity everywhere. And of course, what they see, is a magnificense clearly beyond the capacity of any words to describe. Nothing at all gets in the way of their vision. Nothing. Now, these Masters, who are our Elder Brothers and Sisters, they can share this vision with us. That's right. And this is part of the plan for every soul, to see this, so that they will KNOW, that God lives right inside of them, and God lives right there, outside of them, and God lives in everything, and everybody. And you can see what a boon to relationships this knowledge can produce. Seeing this, is part of the fundamental equation of divine identity, not just for yourself, but for the whole world, and for the entire cosmos.

     Consider the fact that in the exercise that I have described here, that we are making the effort to train our attention to place God at the center of all of our thoughts and feelings. And what could be more fitting, think about this, what could be more fitting, that into this chalice, prepared exactly for this purpose, that we are given the VISION, that allows us to SEE, that indeed, God is at the center of everything! The Masters want us to know this. God himself, wants us to KNOW this. But this knowledge, this vision, can only be placed in the chalice we have prepared, a chalice of consciousness that has formed out of our free will desire to place God our Father at the center of our attention. I hope you can see how these two things go hand in hand. Truly cause and effect. The effort the soul puts in, in this exact direction, must, and will bear that fruit of expanded knowledge. The truth is the truth, and will always be the truth, that God does reside everywhere. But we will never know it, until we make the effort to form a chalice of awareness, that has chosen by freewill, to keep God at the center of our own attention.

     And so you see, that the above exercise, it is the narrow gate, the only gate, that will lead the soul to the vision of what is fundamentally true, a vision that will form the foundation for the putting on of the greater divine identity, the identity of the Christ, which is our birthright.

     And so it is true, that when the chalice is prepared, the Masters leap to place this all important vision within it. But like I said, I cannot say that I know how they do that. But I will try to speculate. As I said, the Master is sharing with us, the vision that he has, as a natural function of his own divine vision. Of course, they are not going to share with us the totality of what they are seeing. They share only that portion of their vision that is required to bring us up to the next level on the path. And in this respect it is very basic. Though still magnificent and awe inspiring. It appears to me that they, in cooperation with God our Father, have the capacity to formulate a matrix of light, that when released through our own heart flame, will activate all seven chakras, as a unified system of divine cognition, to bring the soul into contact with this fundamental truth. (And this gives you another important definition for the word "truth"). In one respect, it has to be a very powerful modality of the Christ Mind, that can instantaneously receive a communication from, for example, every atom in your entire body. For an instant in time, the soul resides at the center of that Christ Mind, and the soul is receiving these communications, all of the atoms, all of the cells, they are all speaking to the soul, and they are all saying, God is here. Rather, it is more like God our Father, who is present in every atom, says, I am here. It is absolutely awesome, though entirely natural and Ho Hum, all at the same time. Of course, you don't hear those words. It is just the fact that this knowledge pours out of every point in a particular space, and into your consciousness in an instant. The actual vision, or reception of this information, does not last for more than a micro- second. And you go, WOW!. And you are dazzled by the fact that one person could be in so many places at one time! And that one person could be doing so many wonderful things at one time! It would be like watching a man with a billion arms play a billion violins, and making the most beautiful music you could imagine. All of it working together, perfectly, but there is only one person playing them all.

     Now, here is another very important idea. What is the immediate impact of such a vision? Of course, it causes you to appreciate God, and respect God, and to honor God, all the more. At this level, this response is automatic. You cannot escape it. You are utterly awed. But, this follows after what? It follows after you have made the choice to build a momentum on appreciation. You have expressed your freewill, in your determined effort to appreciate God, in terms of what you currently know about him, and there is plenty of source material available, and you are persistent in this, and you never give up. And so, this is your free will choice. And the Masters respond, and they say, well, this soul really wants to be appreciative. So, let us give him the vision that will multiply his appreciation many fold. And so that is exactly what this fundamental vision does. It multiplies appreciation, and over time, those fires of appreciation become so intense, that the soul will at one point know what it means to be truly grateful, to be in the center of that flame. And by and by, as these visions are added, one onto another, the fires of gratitude, adoration, and cherishment become so tangible manifest, that the soul is lifted into the domain of true love.

     I would mention this one more time, because it worth remembering. Each of these qualities represent a lense through which the soul perceives some aspect of the whole of the beauty of the divine creation. Again, I don't know how this works, as long as the Masters knows, that's all that counts at this point, but I can report this, that the beauty of the whole, the sense of it, can be impressed upon the soul. Whenever the Master extends assistance to the soul, to stand merged with any one of these divine qualities, it will always be a lense through which some aspect of the awesome creation of God can be SEEN. I suppose I should say, "through glass darkly", but that wouldn't be fair. The profound impact these perceptions have upon the soul, register clearly, with great force of beauty, though as far a photonic vision goes, I suppose it is true to say, "through a glass darkly." But nevertheless, we can see here what the Masters are talking about when they tell us that when we surrender the not-self, the pride, that through this we gain everything. Truly, to appreciate God, is to see God, and God is everything.

     From a divine perspective, the Presence of God in every atom, is a dazzling jewel so precious, as to bring every angel to tears of joy and wonder. This perception can be, and is intended to be ours, in relationship to the atoms that compose our own body, even our physical body. It is a fact, that the Ascended Masters see themselves in this light, that they are composed of galaxies of shining jewels, each one so beautiful, that it would take an eternity of contemplation to fully appreciate it. And yet there are billions upon billions of these jewels, but only one eternity. As I said before, this is true for us, although we cannot see it. But we are meant to see it. And the Masters will in fact show us this truth, and I hope you can see, what a wonderful perspective and spin this would put on your own life, if you saw yourself constantly as a galaxy of precious diamonds, rubies or sapphires.

     Now, some might think that I am exaggerating somewhat, when I use these jewels to describe somewhat of the value of the Presence of God in each atom. But this is the truth. The Presence of God in each atom, is a billion times more valuable than any of these physical world gems.

     Those who refuse to surrender their pride, this is what they are missing, this is what they will never know. They are denying to themselves the greatest treasures of divine reality, direct knowledge of their intimate association with God our Father, and Mother. I mean, this is true anyway. Who resides at the center of every atom which comprises the body of Linda Worobec? God our Father, and Mother, our Beloved Divine Parents, I Am That I Am. Who resides at the center of every atom which comprises the body of Jim Bardon? God our Father, and Mother, our Beloved Divine Parents, I Am That I Am. Who resides at the center of every atom which comprises the body of Judy Sue Christenson? God our Father, and Mother, our Beloved Divine Parents, I Am That I Am. The truth is the truth already. But the point is, there is a purpose for the soul to be directly aware of this truth. This direct awareness is the foundation of the Christ Identity. What could be more fundamental to the consciousness of the Son of God, or the Daughter of God, than the direct awareness that God the Father, and Mother are present in every atom of their entire being, not just as the Creators of those atoms, but as the sustainor of those atoms, and not just as the Creator of the divine symphony of life, but the sustainor thereof? It is also true, that you cannot pass into the higher levels of Christ Consciousness, until you have anchored in your own consciousness, the direct knowledge that God our Father, and Mother, our Divine Parents, I Am That I Am, they live in us, now, and forever. The reason for this, is that this knowledge produces a level of gratitude and appreciation which will sweep away all stains of rebellion, and will ensure that the Son, and the Daughter, can be safely returned to the domains of Divine Reality, and living therein, as of old, there will be no doubt as to their loyalty to the divine plan and purpose of the One God.

     And so, this is what's at stake, within this domain of Maya, wherein souls are called to the Path of Initiation for the homeward journey. Every time a soul is caught trampling on the law, and is challenged, and is asked to confess, repent, and do penance, this is exactly what's at stake. When a soul refuses to confess an error of the law, to repent, and to do penance, what they are refusing to do, in truth, is to take a step forward on the path I have described here. How pitifully shortsighted their rebellion is. This is exactly what's at stake with Linda Worobec. She is posturing herself as the manager of this church, yet she refuses to take a step forward on this path, that will lead her into the arms of God. This is exactly what's at stake with Jim Bardon of the Chela News. He is posturing himself as the super chela, yet he refuses to take a step forward on this path, that will lead him into the arms of God. This is exactly what's at stake with Judy Sue Christenson. She too is posturing herself before us, as a super chela, yet she refuses to take a step forward on this path, that will lead her into the arms of God. When pride is exposed, it must be surrendered. If it is not surrendered, not only does it live at the surface of consciousness, but the soul has caused a tag to be attached to that dweller, and that tag says, "By virtue of the Freewill choice of this soul, the Violet Flame cannot consume this dungeon compartment, this dungeon door, nor the chain that has the soul clasped to the damp and dingy wall."

     Each of these three, Linda Worobec, Jim Bardon, and Judy Sue Christenson, have allowed their dwellers to be exposed in public. That dweller has trampled on the law in public. Therefore, if they are to overcome that dweller, and to move forward on the path, their confession must be made in public, their repentance and contrition must be expressed in public, and their penance must be performed in public. There is a good reason for this. And this reason is solid gold.

     All three of these are setting before the membership, a false teaching, that is corrupting the collective mind of the organization. The false teaching is presented to the membership in the example they are setting. This example communicates a very dark falsehood, and it is not just related to the errors they have promulgated in the first instance. The very dark falsehood they communicate to us, by their example, is the assertion that they can move forward on the path, that they can continue to be super chelas, without going through the process of surrendering their pride, without going through the pride surrendering process which requires confession, repentance, and penance.

     This very dark message, that asserts that one can expect victory, while retaining pride, penetrates into the consciousness of all souls who are paying attention to what is going on. And it will have the effect of corrupting the will of all of these souls, when it comes to passing their own tests in this regard. These are not easy tests to pass. If they were easy, these tests would have been passed long ago.

     In so many cases, the victory of souls in this area (surrendering pride) rests upon a razor's edge, any little wind might blow them to one side, or the other. And these dark examples, masquerading before us, as if they were angels of light, does produce a very dark stiff breeze that will defeat the efforts of some souls, and this is for certain. Their examples may not cause the defeat of all. But they will cause the defeat of some, and perhaps not a small number. And so, these three are reaping the karma, right now, as we speak, that is associated with the corruption of the path of other souls.

     Therefore, an essential, and inescapable part of paying restitution for offenses committed, has to be the public erasure of the false teaching they have placed upon the public record by their examples. And this false message can only be erased, by the public confession, and expression of repentance, by those who have placed such a destructive message on the public record.

     You see, they have no choice in the matter. They must enter their confession and repentance upon the public record. Otherwise, no possibility of victory exists for them in this life. This is all the more true as you calculate the destructive impact that their examples have had on other souls. This karma is being piled up, and the violet flame will not lessen the burden, until they have confessed their wrong doing. The same principle applies. The dweller which they retained, by freewill choice, is tagged as off-limits to the transmuting power of the Violet Flame. And so too are all the dastardly impacts of that dweller upon paths of other souls. All of it, and the karma associated with it, is tagged "off- limits" to the transmuting power of the Violet Flame for the same reason. The free will of the soul has demanded that it survive, and so it will be. This is true for all impacted souls, because each soul, for whom these bad examples have had the power to sway, have made freewill choices to be swayed in that direction.

     I know that there are many people who consider these things such a small matter. Linda Worobec and her conscious and premeditated performance of a Beatles tune on the Altar of the Holy Grail. Lois Drake and Linda Worobec's destruction of the Unity of the Russian Congregation. Lois Drake and Linda Worobec's destruction of a successful Ascended Master publishing operation in Russia. Jim Bardon's conscious and knowing publication of incomplete and misleading information about the very (Omri-Tas) dispensation we are discussing here. Judy Sue Christenson promulgation of a false teaching on what counts for Violet Flame.

     Well, as points of the law, these are not small departures, but rather large detours from the truth. Be that as it may, the real portent of each of these situations, will be found in how the person deals with the challenge related to these departures. Do they comprehend their error, swiftly confess, repent, and self-correct? Or do they, for whatever reason, refuse to confess, refuse to repent, refuse to do penance?

     If the person has the capacity to comprehend their error, to swiftly confess, to repent, and to self-correct, there we have a person who is on the road to victory. The person may have made a mistake, their dweller got the best of them for the moment, but they drew their sword, and slew the dweller on the spot. That person comes through the process with more light than they had when they initially stumbled. If their chosen path includes a leadership role in the community, then they are fit to be leaders, for they have set the best possible example.

     On the other hand, if the person does not have the capacity to comprehend their error, does not have the capacity to swiftly confess, to repent, and to self-correct, there we have a person who is on the road to failure, notwithstanding the appearances they might project to the contrary. When confronted with the appearance of the dweller in their world, they did not draw their sword, they did not slay that dweller. Truly, they gave it a big hug. And therefore, even though these matters may appear small to many, these events provide visible markers that point to huge problems that dwell just below the surface. What is indicated by these seemingly small issues, are very large and powerful dwellers residing just under the surface, which, if not checked, will eventually destroy the soul in question. This dweller had control over them at the original point of error, and will continue to exert even more control, because that is the way of the beast. When it comes up for slaying, and instead of slaying it, you affirm it, what you have done is made it more powerful, and your dilemma deepens. This person has come through the dweller expression, and dweller challenging process with less light than they had when they entered into it, and the level of their light is decreasing every day, for the reasons stated so many times before. When the soul chooses not to slay the dweller, the Masters step back from them, cutting off the light to these souls, because the dweller feeds on the light. The Masters are forbidden, by the law, to feed the dweller, to make it more powerful.

     In the most egregious cases, which I believe at least Linda Worobec represents, they gain access to light by attracting the devotion of other souls.

     It is of course amazing to see that each of these souls have woven a very strong appearance of super chelaship around them, and this definitely has the effect of deterring most people from saying anything at all to them. This too is a momentum carried forward from previous lives. In this way, the dweller of pride has learned to survive by wrapping itself all over with the appearance of super chelaship. But this analysis cuts through that facade. The truth is in the original departure from the law. The truth is in their reaction when their departure from the law was challenged. Those who live for victory will always swiftly self-correct. Those who live for other purposes, will resist the process of correction with every ounce of their being. This marks, for those who will open their eyes to see, the presence of a very powerful dweller in total control of the soul.

     I am not saying that these souls are not Beloved of God our Father and Mother. For each of these, you can go back to a point in time when they lived purely for the victory of God's purposes, knowing God face to face, and living in the full radiance of that love, and the span of time for which this was true, is probably a billion times longer, than their current sojourn in these regions of Maya. And so, God our Father has a perfect memory in this respect, we will always do well to remember along with them. And their desire is to bring these souls home, to return them to their former glory, their place in the paradise of perfect love. As this can be said for every soul on earth, this can be said of these souls, Linda Worobec, Jim Bardon, and Judy Sue Christenson. And as we remember, in concert with God our Father, and Mother, and understand thereby why they desire to bring these souls home, we also understand why we cannot stand by an indulge the psychology of failure that they have again expressed in public. We cannot stand by, or turn our backs on their plight. We cannot allow ourselves to indulge the delusions to which they have become wedded. The physician does not agree with the patient, that the cancer is a native part of the body, and ought not to be rooted out.

     This is what it comes down to. If they are to be saved, if their souls are ever to be redeemed, if they are ever to make it home, if they are ever to take their place again, at the banquet table of the Divine Family, they must be challenged, and this challenging must not stop, until they have been stripped of this matrix of failure. In this respect, we, each one of us, conspire to accelerate their rendevous with death, and in this I am speaking about the death of the soul, by turning a blind eye to the condition of dweller fusion that they are manifesting before our very eyes.

     The most immediate solution to their dilemma is suggested by the arena they have chosen to manifest their little horn of rebellion. Now, the dweller of pride is always on the look out for public approbation. It's ambition is to be thought well of in the eyes of others. This is the rhyme and reason behind everything it does. This is why they have placed themselves in the public eye, and taken on roles that would draw to them the applause of most members of this community. Indeed, they have made themselves like unto sacred cows in the eyes of most members. But's that ok, as long as the membership understands what is going on. These three souls are in exactly the position they need to be in, if they are to win their victory over the dweller of pride. It's sort of ironic in this respect. Because they lust after approval, the only thing that will get their attention is a large number of challenges directed to the specific points mentioned here. They will not react kindly to any challenge, that is true. They will dismiss many out of hand. But if they continue to receive challenges on these well defined points, they will go through an inner crisis. And through the process of resolving this inner crisis, they will be faced with the choice of serving the truth, or continuing to defend their pride.

     The membership must cooperate in focusing their attention upon this choice, which is Truly a choice between life and death for them.

     These individuals have no chance of victory unless a sufficient number of people recognize the truth, and have the courage to speak the truth directly to their face. As Beloved Cyclopea said so long ago, "Tell Them." It is their only hope. Don't be confused on this point either. Pride bound souls will reject a certain percentage of challenges, using their darkened imaginations to define the character of the challengers as something akin to the dirt under their shoes. I am the most obvious challenger of each of these individuals, therefore, when they look in my direction, they see a slug crawling along the ground. And their desire is to step on it, so that the body of the slug will be level with the dirt. In this respect, they will not read, nor pay attention to anything I have to say. Therefore, the only hope they have for victory in this life, is those who do read this, who register the quality of truth here, and will speak up to them directly, multiplying the challenges as noted. They must receive many challenges. This is their only hope. If the membership ignores these principles, and refuses to challenge them, they have no hope for victory in this life. None.

     Those who refuse to bend the knee before the law, even on one point, and this is most especially true when that rebellion is on the public record, are automatically removed from the rolls of those who are considered candidates for the ascension. Of this you can be absolutely sure.

     For every person who reads these words, who understands the truth in them, but remains silent, I exact no pleasure from having to tell you that such would be a sin of omission, which may very well accrue to the failure of your own divine mission in this life. I mean, if you can't reach out to help people who are counted as members of this community, who will you reach out and help? There is a door of opportunity here that will remain open for a certain amount of time. While that door of opportunity remains open, that is the time to do the right thing.

     Specifically, Linda Worobec will remain as church manager only for a certain amount of time. Once she has left that position, your opportunity to speak the truth to her will be lost, and that sin of omission may well tie you to her soul, which is not headed towards the ascension, at least not at this point. The Law of Karma does require souls to reembody alongside those whom they have sinned against, to resolve the sin. And this makes sense, because what is it in you, that keeps you from speaking up? It is your own devotion to your own dweller which refuses to take the Teaching seriously. So, in this respect, soul's need each other, to help expose and overcome the dwellers to which each of them have become attached, and in this manner, they re-embody together to take the same tests over again, and over again, and over again.

     Specifically, the same is true for Jim Bardon. Jim Bardon and his Chela News will eventually fade away, and will be gone, at some point, from our radar screens. Once that happens, your opportunity to speak the truth to him will be lost, and that sin of omission may well tie you to his soul, which is not headed towards the ascension, at least not at this point. Again, the Law of Karma does require souls to reembody alongside those whom they have sinned against, to resolve the sin. And this makes sense, because what is it in you, that keeps you from speaking up? It is your own devotion to your own dweller which refuses to take the Teaching seriously. So, in this respect, soul's need each other, to help expose and overcome the dwellers to which each of them have become attached, and in this manner, they re-embody together to take the same tests over again, and over again, and over again.

     Specifically, the same is true for Judy Sue Christenson. At some point, cycles will turn, and Judy Sue's mailings will cease. At that point she will be gone from our radar screens. Once that happens, your opportunity to speak the truth to her will be lost, and that sin of omission may well tie you to her soul, which is not headed towards the ascension, at least not at this point. Again, the Law of Karma does require souls to reembody alongside those whom they have sinned against, to resolve the sin. And this makes sense, because what is it in you, that keeps you from speaking up? It is your own devotion to your own dweller which refuses to take the Teaching seriously. So, in this respect, soul's need each other, to help expose and overcome the dwellers to which each of them have become attached, and in this manner, they re-embody together to take the same tests over again, and over again, and over again.

     It is worth considering how many times in the past these souls have presented us with these very same challenges, and we have failed to respond, many of us, according to the requirements of the law, so many times before, and here we are again, coming full circle, for yet another opportunity to make right choices, and to do the right thing, as right is defined by the Teaching, and not the sympathies associated with the human condition.

     The Masters have said many times, that the life and death of souls hangs on matters deemed by many to be insignificant in the moment. The human condition has the effect of inverting priorities. We need to be very sensitive to this, as we contemplate what our responsibilities are in relationship to these three souls, here and now.

     May you pass every test.

Thursday, February 17, 2005, 2:32 PM PST

     Judy Sue Christenson is promulgating another erroneous idea, this one concerning the source of criticism, condemnation, and judgment (CCJ). She claims that according to Jesus Christ, the source of CCJ is self-condemnation. In her mailing of February 6, 2004, she states in the first paragraph, "Attached is information on the novena to the beloved Great Divine Director and notes on the healing of self condemnation which beloved Jesus said is behind all criticism, condemnation, and judgment." In her attached information file, the title and subtitle of which reads, respectively, "REFERENCES REGARDING THE HEALING OF SELF-CONDEMNATION (Which Jesus states is behind all criticism, condemnation, and judgment)".

     The assertion that self-condemnation is behind all criticism, condemnation, and judgment, is false.

     Judy Sue bases her misconception on a teaching by Jesus Christ, from the Corona Class Lessons, #48, which is quoted in the information file she included with the mailing, as follows:

"Do not condemn yourself and you will not condemn others. If you sincerely want to stop condemning others, then stop condemning yourself and, further, find out why, psychologically or otherwise, you do condemn yourself when you, as a son of God, have the infinite capacity bestowed by your Father to become God-like. Then invoke the violet flame with great zeal and love to consume the cause and core of all self-condemnation."

     Now, the perceptive reader will see a great irony here. Actually more than one. First, the Master says, "invoke the violet flame with great zeal and love to consume the cause and core of all self-condemnation." If you are following the drama of Judy Sue's rebellion against the Violet Flame itself, refusing to bow down before it, but instead, insisting that her salvation rests within the province of Great Divine Director decrees, well, you will see the irony in this. And yes, even the hypocrisy which goes to the central point which I will make forthwith. Remember, hypocrisy is giving the appearance of having a particular virtue, when you actually contain the opposite vice. In this respect, she is setting herself in front of us as a person who has some knowledge and experience in overcoming self-condemnation, yet the key to overcoming self-condemnation, the invocation of the violet flame, she will not embrace.

     There is a second glaring irony here as well. Again the Master says, "invoke the violet flame with great zeal and love to consume the cause and core of all self-condemnation." Look closely here, and you will see that we have embedded in this very same sentence the testimony of Jesus Christ himself, that self-condemnation is not the source of anything. The Master is saying here, that self-condemnation has a "cause and core". What does that mean? It means that self-condemnation grows out of something else, other than itself, and the Master is asking us, right in that sentence, to look for that something else, to look for that "cause and core", to look for that source. Whatever that "cause and core" is, whatever that source is, he doesn't say what it is, we will find, that it is also the source of criticism, condemnation, and judgment. Yes, both of these creatures crawl out of the same dark pool. Self-condemnation, and condemnation of others, are two tentacles that grow out of one beast. The irony here is that the statement from which she derives her erroneous conception, actually contains the teaching which refutes the erroneous conception.

     There is another statement in this short paragraph that also conveys this truth, that self-condemnation is not the source of anything. You see, he asks the person to look for the source! Those with brains, who have the power switch in the "ON" position, please pay attention. If he asks the person to look for the source of self-condemnation, then self-condemnation is not the source. If the Master is asking us to look for the source of self-condemnation, then it follows, quite logically, that this phenomena of self-condemnation is only a symptom of an underlying cause. He says, " ... find out why, psychologically or otherwise, you do condemn yourself ..." If the Master is saying that there is a reason that underlies self-condemnation, then that reason has to be the source of self- condemnation. And again, when we pin the tail on that monster, we will see clearly that out of its mouth proceeds both modalities of condemnation, internal, and external.

     Now, this is the problem with the statement of Judy Sue. It is inaccurate. The Master never said what she said he said. And moreover, as an interpretation of what the Master said, it is inaccurate for the reasons stated. This inaccuracy is destructive, as it tends to cut off further inquiry in regards to the root cause of both modalities of condemnation, whether internal, or external. And this desire to cutoff an in- depth look into this issue, that is the agenda of the false hierarchy, and the agenda of the dweller on the threshold itself.

     This is the truth of the matter. Criticism, condemnation, and judgment, practiced against your own soul, or the soul of another, represents two sides of the same coin. You have a front side, and a back side. The front side projects condemnation outwards. The backside projects condemnation inwards. You can approach the source from either side. From either side of the coin, it doesn't really matter which, you can drill into the interior of the coin itself, and make a determination as to what is there. When you determine what is there, you will see that it is the very essence of darkness, and evil, you will put it into the flame, and it will be consumed, and you will have no coin at all, and therefore, the propensity to condemn onself, or others, is no more, because the coin has been melted down and transmuted.

     I would say that there is a problem in using the content of the Corona Class Lessons when it comes to delving deeply into the substance of the coin, which is the dweller itself. The content of these lessons were very mild and soft, designed as introductory material for the new student. In this regard, what is the cause and core of self- condemnation? The Master does not say directly. Why doesn't he come right out and say it? Because it was deemed too much for the introductory soul to take. All of the principles contained in these lessons have been expounded upon in much more detail by the Masters in the thousands of dictations that came after. We know now, that the cause and core of self- condemnation is the Dweller on the Threshold. The core identity of the Dweller on the Threshold is PRIDE plotted on the 3 o'clock line of the Cosmic Clock. It is the synthetic construction of human goodness that orbits around the heart as a debris field of shattered dreams. (The dreams of God shattered by the rebellion of the soul). It is the way of human life, a way of life that has rebelled against the Divine Law, staining the soul with stubbornness, and with the dark desire to resist the rules and the regulations associated with the Path of Initiation.

     What could be more clear? The central core of the Path of Initiation under the auspices of the Aquarian Master St. Germain, is the invocation of the violet flame. Judy Sue is currently in a state of rebellion against the use of the Violet Flame. Well, there it is, on the record, in black and white. Perhaps when pushed into the corner, she might pay lip service to it. But she will not use it herself to any substantial degree, and she encourages others to believe that other decree forms will "count" as the violet flame. This is a state of rebellion, and where there is rebellion, we know there is pride. Pride and rebellion, they are one.

     I have given long thought to the source of criticism, condemnation, and judgment, whether it is directed internally, or externally, and I have concluded with certainty, that the source of it is pride. And we have been discussing this issue using the examples of behavior that the leadership has set before us, and more recently Jim Bardon, and Judy Sue herself. We have learned how to identify the presence of pride. Here, let's go over it again. Because pride and rebellion are ONE, a person who indulges a streak of pride will invariably trample on the law, and feel good about it. This will be a long established habit pattern brought forward from previous lives. Some aspect of their behavior will be an actual expression of rebellion against the law. We saw that with Linda Worobec. And we saw that with Jim Bardon. And we see that with Judy Sue. Three clear examples where the soul feels good about trampling on a particular aspect of the law. And when you challenge them, you find out just how deep those good feelings go. When you challenge them, they REFUSE to confess wrong doing. They refuse to repent. And they refuse to do penance. This refusal to surrender an out-of-alignment state, this refusal to humble onself before the Christ, no matter by what avenue that Christ comes to them, this refusal to come into alignment with the law, that is the indicator of the presence of pride.

     And I apologize for inserting this idea into this exposition, but I can't help myself. The only way to make sure that rebels, those who are surfeited in pride, do not become entrenched in the leadership of this church, is to hold them accountable for every trespass against the law. In this process of holding them accountable, you will expose the pride, and you will bring the truth out into the light of day, where you can see clearly, whether they have the humility to surrender their pride, or not. If they refuse to surrender it, then their hearts are not open to counsel and guidance from the Ascended Masters. Their hearts will be dark. And they become like a large clump of hair in the bathtub drain pipe. It stops things up, things begin to overflow, and the energies of the membership are increasingly devoted to cleaning up the mess.

     I agree that one might be tempted to jump to a conclusion regarding the Master Jesus' first sentence, that he is referring to a cause and effect relationship between self-condemnation, and the condemnation of others. But a deeper analysis of the subject area, shows that this cannot be. There are two cause and effect relationships here. The first cause and effect relationship is between pride and self-condemnation (a relationship the Master encourages the soul to identify). The second cause and effect relationship is between pride and the condemnation of others. There is no cause and effect relationship between self- condemnation, and the condemnation of others. There is a relationship between these two, but is it not a cause and effect relationship. It is the kind of relationship that exists between the two arms of a single beast. The Master is pointing to one arm, and he asks us to trace that arm to the body of the beast, and once found, to consume it with the violet flame. When that body is consumed, and it is gone, the other arm disappears along with it. This is why it is accurate to say that if you root out the cause and core of self-condemnation, you will be rooting out the cause and core of the condemnation of others at the same time.

     Now, the two can coexist in the same temple, with one or the other being more prominent in a particular soul. And here, the Master is asking us to approach the root of the problem, from one side of the coin as noted, by focusing on the issue of self-condemnation, which is a problem for some, using that as a starting point to get the soul to look deeper, and to discover the pride (the refusal to come into alignment with the law) that is the source of it, and the source of the other at the same time.

     Criticism, condemnation, and judgment, represents a natural behavior pattern that is associated with the dweller of pride. When the superiority of this dweller is challenged, either directly, or indirectly, it has only one reaction pattern, and it is to put down the challenger. What comes out of its mouth, are put downs. Put downs, are more precisely defined as points of character assassination. Judy Sue knows all too well, that when it comes to those who challenger her, how easy it is for her to form a conception within her mind, that these challengers are not worth her time to speaking to at all. Yes, the fact of CCJ can exist, without words being spoken at all.

     Now, the harboring of pride, as we have discussed so often before, especially in relationship to Linda Worobec, is to retain an open door into the astral plane. This is an open door for the aggressive mental suggestions sent by demons to torment and mislead the student on the path. And through this open door flows the collection condemnation of the false hierarchy directed at the Children of God.

     When it comes to self-condemnation, I believe that the primary force behind this phenomena, are the demons on the astral plane. I don't believe the dweller of pride is engaged in the process of finding fault with itself. It is always in the mode of self-justification. Yet, the very fact that pride is indulged, makes the soul vulnerable to the collective condemnation of the false hierarchy. And therefore, you have in some souls this gnawing self-doubt, and even self-hatred, along with a towering pride, which again, shows itself most clearly whenever it is challenged in relationship to a particular error, mistake, or trespass against the law. As noted, pride will resist coming into alignment with the law, and because of the opening into the astral plane (which the very substance of pride makes possible), that larger momentum of rebellion is actually focused through the astral body, making it nearly impossible to bend the knee before the law. Though it is probably also true, that the presence of self- condemnation will make it more difficult for the soul to accept correction. If the soul is spending an inordinate amount of time fighting off self-doubt, it might erroneously react to a lawful correction as another attack upon the integrity of its character.

     Nevertheless, I believe this is an important distinction to bear in mind. The primary thrust of criticism, condemnation, and judgment directed at other people, originates in the dweller of pride indulged by the individual soul. CCJ is the natural defense mechanism of this dweller. Anyone who indulges pride, will be a practitioner of CCJ. This cannot be escaped. But, the same cannot be said in regards to self-condemnation. While pride is still the common nexus, the dweller of pride, nevertheless, is not the generator per se of self-condemnation. The dweller of pride provides an open door for the collective condemnation of the false hierarchy to ride in upon the soul at the level of the astral plane. And therefore, we can say with some amount of certainty here as well, that anyone who indulges pride, will also suffer from the inflow of these outer forces of condemnation.

     And so we can see, then, that the problem of eradicating both forms of condemnation, will have a single solution. Eliminate the dweller of pride, and the problem of criticism, condemnation, and judgement, directed at others, or directed at onself, will be eliminated.

     This clear and unambiguous fact exposes the depth of destructivity embodied in the misconception promulgated by Judy Sue Christenson. Her misconception plants an idea in the minds of the students, that will have them bypassing the real solution to their problems in this area. We can understand why Judy Sue Christenson is comfortable promulgating this falsehood. It is because, she has, so far, sidestepped the truth in this respect, in her own life. She will not confront the dweller of pride, and slay it, allowing the humility of the Christ to be born on the 3 o'clock line of her own Cosmic Clock.

     Now, just to be clear about this. How is pride defeated?

     First of all, we bend the knee before the Aquarian Age Master St. Germain, and make every effort, to take advantage of the gift of the Violet Flame that he brings. And this means taking advantage of the dispensations that other Masters have brought forth in support of St. Germain's mission. The most fundamental of these dispensations is the one brought forward by Beloved Omri-Tas in 1984, where he declared that he would multiply, by the power of ten, violet flame sessions that were at least 15 minutes in length, not counting inserts or preambles. This dispensation, I believe, is the foundation for all other violet flame dispensations. In other words, while there may be many other violet flame dispensations that have been brought forward over the years since 1984, I don't believe a student can access any of them, unless they employ in a proper and sincere manner, what has been first given. I believe this is a valid principle, one that is supported by what the Masters have said in other areas.

     Secondly, the daily use of the 20.09 "I Cast Out the Dweller on the Threshold" call is mandatory.

     Third, given the fact that where pride exists, rebellion exists along with it, the soul must understand that the Masters will design circumstances for us, that are designed to bring this rebellion to the surface, so that the soul can see it, and choose to surrender it. Sometimes these patterns of rebellion are so ingrained that we might express them unconsciously. And therefore, we might be surprised when we are challenged. We ought not be surprised. We must be ready to receive such challenges, because, if we did not catch the out-of- alignment state ourselves, this is the only way the choice to surrender pride can be presented to the soul. When our actions are out of alignment with the teaching, and we are challenged, we must accept the challenge. We must accept the correction. We must swiftly self-correct. This is what allows the Master to actually eliminate an increment of pride from our forcefield.

     Those who refuse to self-correct, these are the ones that refuse to surrender their pride. And that pride, well, as it has been said, will be the death of the soul.

     This three point check list provides an easy to understand reality check for every student when it comes to determining if they are getting the victory over the dweller of pride. Are they devoted to using the St. Germain's gift of the Violet Flame every day? If they are not, then it is the dweller of pride that is resisting, and because that resistance still controls, the dweller of pride is still active. Are they devoted to taking DAILY advantage of the most basic 10X Violet Flame dispensation offered by Beloved Omris- Tas in 1984? If they are not, then it is the dweller of pride that is resisting, and because that resistance still controls, the dweller of pride is still active. Are they doing their 20.09 dweller calls every day? If they are not, then it is the dweller of pride that is resisting, and because that resistance still controls, the dweller of pride is still active. And finally, are they keenly aware of tests they have passed in this area? Are they keenly aware of being challenged on an out-of- alignment condition, wherein they have swiftly self-corrected? Do they have many such memories of many tests passed in this area? If they do not have these memories, then it is the dweller of pride that is avoiding this tests, refusing to recognize these tests, and refusing to pass these tests. Because these points of ignorance and refusal still control, the dweller of pride is still active.

     No substantial progress on the Path can be made, until the soul has proven its willingness to confront and pass these tests. The Masters will not add their light to further inflate the pride of any student. Light is poured into the temple in great abundance, only when the soul has given evidence that it is willing to pass EVERY one of these tests, without exception (for the refusal to pass just one of them brings the soul back to the starting line).

     This test is before Judy Sue Christenson right now. She is out-of-alignment on the issue of what counts for violet flame, and she is out of alignment on the issue of what is at the root of condemnation, both internal, and externally directed. She is currently dodging the foregoing test, thinking that she can go around this side of it, or that side of it, and everything will be ok. Those who know better, must stand before her with a firm rebuke for the good of her soul, for the very survival of her soul. Let Judy Sue Christenson set an example of humility, that Linda Worobec refused to set for the community. Let Judy Sue Christenson show the community what it means to recognize the presence of pride, and to surrender it. That example, will bear good fruit for all time to come. The opposite example will bear another kind of fruit, and it will not have a sweet taste, not for her, not for anyone.

     May you pass every test!

Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2005, 11:07 PM PST

     The Dweller on the Threshold, that aspect of it that is anchored in the desire body, sometimes referred to as the emotional body, and sometimes referred to as the astral body, represents a cancer. Now, we know what physical cancer is. And we know that the disease of the physical is but a reflection of diseases that become first anchored in the etheric body, then the mental body, and then the desire body. But I don't believe we have spent near enough time looking at the source of cancer, which is the dweller on the threshold itself.

     The pure and harmonious desiring of God represents pure health in the desire body. By comparison, those desires which are associated with the Dweller on the Threshold, are upside-down, inside out, discordant, backwards, decelerating, and disintegrating (in relationship to the divine), standing in the place where healthy desire tissue ought to be manifest. As you can see, this sounds like cancer already. Now, unless spiritual chemotherapy is invoked, the mass of the Dweller on the Threshold will continue growing, the cells of which it is composed will always be multiplying, and multiplying, and multiplying, feeding off the light of the heart as they do. And so, this is definitely another exact parallel to the tumors that are associated with cancer in the physical.

     Here is an example of a statement that provides us with evidence that a cancerous condition exists in the astral body: "I know what the right thing to do is, but I don't want to do it. In fact, I refuse to do it." Here is an example of the presence of a cancerous condition that exists in the mental body: "I have many reasons for not doing the right thing. Here let me make you a list."

     Pure desiring, is the desiring to do the right thing, at all times, and under all circumstances. This represents a desire body full of light. When the darkness of anti-desire becomes anchored in the desire body, that is the same thing as allowing astral cancers to grow therein. An actual structure of anti-desire is lodged therein, and it will grow, and multiply, as noted. Eventually that stuff will cycle into the physical. The timing associating with the cycling of this cancer into the physical, simply put, is determined by God. God's Will, in this respect, is executed by the Karmic Board. This can be held off for a very long time, it appears, providing the soul with opportunity to address the cancer at the root levels. Though, if the soul will not deal with the cancer at the root levels, then the day of reckoning will come. Though, for those who have found the Path of Initiation, we don't have to worry about this, if we are invoking the Violet Flame every day, and surrendering the dweller into the flame when it is exposed. In other words, when we are passing our tests, the dweller is being taken at root levels, so there becomes less and less of it to cycle into the physical. And for those who are making sincere and genuine efforts in this regard, more mercy is extended to them, where the cycling of astral cancers into the physical is simply not anything they will ever have to deal with.

     The only people who are at very high risk, are those who indulge streaks of stubborn refusal when it comes to doing the right thing. Elizabeth Clare Prophet had such a streak, and she is paying the price right now. There was one area in which she knew exactly, and precisely, what was the right thing to do. But she ferociously refused to do it. And so, the reckoning comes, yes, even to the high and mighty.

     In this area, it is very unhealthy to believe that the character of God our Father would allow such an ignominious end to come upon one who had done everything right. In much the same way as fallen angels made a great virtue out of the death of Jesus Christ, we see the same mythology being spun concerning Elizabeth Clare Prophet. If you took a very close look at the life of King David, you would see that there were many many crimes left unpaid, premeditated murder being one of them. When Jesus said, those who live by the sword, will die by the sword, he was talking about himself. His death on the cross was the Law of Karma coming full circle upon his own head for the taking of life for selfish ends during his embodiment as Kind David. An avatar does not have to die to hold the balance for planetary evolutions. Neither does a messenger have to anchor a diseased mind to hold the balance for students that remain in embodiment. Such ideas are baseless and destructive. Understanding their karmic roots is the only constructive way to confront these situations, in as much as this approach will help us to be more careful about our own life decisions.

     If such as these, who were so close to God, cannot escape accountability for their wrong doing, how can any of us expect to? Therefore, let us be more conscientious about doing the right thing, and at every opportunity.

     Now, the sign that the dweller has been totally surrendered, is not simply in the removal of the mass of anti-desire that heretofore had the soul refusing to do the right thing, but it is in the anchoring of right-desire, and it is in the execution of right desire. Where before the soul refused to do the right thing, now we see the soul desiring to do the right thing, and we see the soul actually doing the right thing. Do you see? We do have our eye on Linda Worobec here. It is in the doing of the right thing, that indicates that the dweller has been surrendered. If the soul still cannot do the right thing, then there is still something there that is opposing right desire. And that thing, is still the dweller, it is still that mass of astral cancer. So, no one is fooling anybody here. The sign that the astral cancer has been consumed, is in the doing of the right thing.

     Now, there is this interesting phenomena that we see in some people, where they are loath to face that astral cancer. They make believe it isn't there. And they believe they can somehow escape it, by focusing their attention on a host of other things, all very good and noble things it might appear. The Master Kuthumi called this the path of Accommodation with the Dweller. Let us review his teaching.

Vol. 28 No. 9 - Beloved Kuthumi - March 3, 1985 Remember the Ancient Encounter On Discipleship under Lord Maitreya The Path of Accommodation of the Dweller      I come with the message of Maitreya and to amplify his previous messages. For he has spoken of the path of accommodation whereby, instead of slaying the dweller, you find ways to go around this side and around that side. And thus, you begin to build the tower of light—you build a great momentum of decrees and service, trusting that somehow, in some way, this terrifying encounter will go away. But it will not go away.      And the day you discover once again that all of that goodness is not the acceptable offering is the day when in the presence of Maitreya you once again encounter face-to-face that dweller on the threshold.      You may go far and wide and keep a wide berth from the messenger and never notice the dweller and build a positive human momentum in those outer attainments, whether through yoga or decrees or this or that discipline. And you may be very happy with yourself, and others may be exceedingly happy with you. Of course, this is not the question. The question is whether your I AM Presence and Christ Self are happy and whether your Teachers will tell you that in the light of cosmic initiation your offering is acceptable.      Thus, beloved, to avoid the Masters or to avoid the instrument whereby we may speak to you is to avoid the Day of Reckoning [of your karmic accountability] which has been called, in biblical terms, the day of vengeance of our God. [This dictation by Kuthumi was delivered through the Messenger Elizabeth Clare Prophet on Sunday, January 27, 1985, at Camelot.]

     Judy Sue Christenson has been forthrightly challenged concerning a grievous error she is making in misleading people concerning what "counts" for the giving of Violet Flame decrees. Many sound principles have been set before her, to help her understand her error. What is her response? Her response is stubborn repetition of the same offense. (See: February 6, 2005 mailing)

     She has again set forth in public the assertion that the giving of decrees to the Great Divine Director counts for Violet Flame. This is a false teaching. I am not going to restate the case here concerning the erroneous nature of her assertion in this regard. My dissertation on that subject is available and stands unchallenged. (See: The Robber and Thief of Opportunity Promotes Destructive Misconceptions As to What Counts for Violet Flame; See also: What Counts for Violet Flame - Addendum). I just point out that she had a full month to think about it, and she refused to recognize her error, refused to recognize the truth of the matter. And she has refused to do the right thing, which is to cease and desist in this effort to mislead ascended master students down a false path that even appears as if it were shining with light. But it is a path of darkness. And this can be proven by a very simple observation.

     "Divine Director dear, Give me Wisdom Pure, thy power every near, helps me to endure." If Judy Sue Christenson was being given Wisdom by the Great Divine Director, in answer to her calls, she would be able to explain to us why she believes that these calls count for the Violet Flame. But not only would she be able to explain why, she would have the desire to explain why. But she manifests extreme deficits in both areas. She refused to even recognize that she had been challenged on this, let alone explain the basis upon which she makes her assertions. This represents evidence of a lack of light in the crown chakra. Why is there a lack of light in the crown chakra?

      Haven't we seen enough examples of this in the current leadership of this church, this haughty refusal to address lawful challenges? They are so high and mighty, that they will not stoop down to our level to help us understand the reasons why they are doing what they are doing. Ours is to but hear, and obey. Make a peep, and you are labeled a jerk, and you get the cold shoulder every time. We have seen plenty of that. And now we see the same behavior from Judy Sue Christensen. (Cancer spreads through the collective mind of the organization by the way, if it is not checked.)

     One of the reasons, is this. She is not doing her violet flame decrees! (She is doing these Great Divine Director calls as a substitute, as a way to bypass the very dweller confrontation issue we are dealing with here). The violet flame is absolutely essential for the consuming of the matrices of the dweller (of pride) which blocks the anchoring of that light of wisdom in the crown. And of course the only way one can make solid and sustained progress in this respect is to take daily advantage of the 1984 Omri-Tas Times Ten dispensation (applied to sessions of 15 minutes or more, not counting any preambles or inserts).

     But of course, the most obvious reason, is that she is indulging the dweller of pride, which is one level up from the astral cancer which the dweller of pride causes to manifest in the desire body. When a person is making an obvious error, in terms of a most fundamental teaching, and will not confess it, and will not repent, this is the indicator of the presence of the dweller of pride. Mark it well. And where the dweller of pride resides, there is only darkness no matter what outer appearances she may weaving in front of her own eyes, or the eyes of others.

     (Human goodness is not the same thing as Light, and you can see why this is true, especially when people take pride in how good they are).

     And so, it is true, that Linda Worobec is not the only poster child for Kuthumi's Teaching on the Path of Accommodation with the Dweller. Judy Sue Christenson is another. They both anchor and indulge, within their respective desire bodies, a virulent refusal to do the right thing. (Doing the right thing in the abstract has no value. Only when you are caught with your hand in the cookie jar, only then does the choice to take your hand out of there count for the victory). Of course this is dweller Accommodation. But you can see from our discussion here today, it is more than that. It is the indulging of a cancerous growth in the astral body. Again, a virulent refusal to do the right thing is a large blob of anti-desire anchored and growing in the astral body. If it is not cast out, according to the rules and regulations of the path, it remains, and where it remains, it continues to grow. And where cancer grows, death stalks. This is very dangerous.

     Remember the words of the Master Kuthumi: "And you may be very happy with yourself, and others may be exceedingly happy with you." Even so, the dweller remains unconfronted, and unsurrendered, and because of this, failure looms on the horizon.

     Now, in closing, I would observe, that too many misguided individuals would like to find fault with those who point out these conditions of cancer growing at the astral level, no doubt because it makes them feel very uncomfortable themselves. (How dare you remind me of my own unfinished business!) But this is the necessary work of the physician. If the soul is to escape the deadly fingers of fatality, they need to be told what is wrong, and they need to be admonished to deal with the problem before it is too late. As you can see, we are not dealing with abstractions here, or theories. Both of these individuals have promulgated fundamental false teachings upon the student body. Both are required to confess, and repent, and clearly retract the false teaching. This is what it means to desire to do the right thing. If they cannot do the right thing, then the cancer of anti-desire is present. If this cancer of anti-desire is not confronted and surrendered it will eventually cycle into the physical. If you call yourself a friend of either of these individuals, you will not allow them to continue on as if nothing were wrong. They must be challenged if they have any hope at all of winning their victory in this life.

     May you pass every test!

Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2005, 5:58 PM PST

     I have my automatic web cam collection program pointed at Yellowstone's Old Faithful, with the idea of collecting geyser images. The problem is that very rarely does the web cam collection time actually coincide with the actual geyser. And when it catches a geyser in progress, it is very seldom that we get the full geyser. Sometimes it will get it when it just starts, or perhaps after it has been going for a while, and it is dying down. Here is one of the very rare moments when the full geyser was captured, and look at the collection time.

     May you pass every test!

Saturday, February 12, 2005, 4:51 PM PST

     Three letters by Valery and Daniel O'Connell have come to my attention in relationship to the James Pollard suicide tragedy. Read them here. It appears that the Church Leadership really did try to cover up the circumstances of this tragic event. It turns out that he actually did commit suicide in public, and on church property. According to the O'Connell's, this suicide took place, "approx. 8-9am outside of customer service building at the former Ranch Office of Church Universal and Triumphant." And reading their description of how the behavior of James Pollard, even in King Arthur's Court, has been deteriorating steeply over the last few months, has the effect of validating the observation made below, that large breaches into the astral plane have been created by the acts of rebellion outpictured on the very Altar of the Holy Grail by members of the current leadership team as described below.

     May you pass every test!

Saturday, February 12, 2005, 11:17 AM PST

     Chock up another ignominious first for the leadership of this Church. Under their watch, the first suicide ever, on the very property of the Inner Retreat, has now been entered upon the historical record.

	1. The appointment of a Church President with business ties to the Communist Chinese.
	2. The playing of a Beatles Tune on the very Altar of the Holy Grail.
	3. The destruction of the Unity of the Russian Congregation.
	4. The destruction of a fantasically successful Ascended Master publishing operation in Russia.

     Add to that list, an actual suicide of a long time church member, a long time resident of the inner retreat (ranch) itself, on the very property of the Inner Retreat. Happy Valentine's Day, 2005.

     The hordes of death and hell have found a breach in what was, at one time, an impenetrable wall of light around our ranch, and they are pouring through, and no amount of decree work can stop them now. If decree work could have stopped them, this suicide would have never taken place.

     A breach in the wall that is maintained by the freewill of the membership, at the behest of rebels in leadership, cannot be stopped up by the heavenly hosts. Freewill remains the ultimate authority here. The membership must now reap the consequences of their folly. And the question is, will they, the membership, surrender their pride, and confess that they were wrong, and admit that made a horrendous error when they allowed the leadership to persuade them (intimidate them) into turning their backs on the principle of accountability?

     The first breach in that wall is represented by the very heart of Lois Drake. This is a heart of pride, which is a lense through which the forces of darkness enter into our community. Remember what we are learning about pride. The presence of pride is indicated, when the student is caught in an out-of-alignment state, is challenged, but refuses to confess wrongdoing, refuses to repent, refuses to do penance. At the time she ascended to her office, she was challenged concerning her business ties to the Communist Chinese. She refused to confess wrongdoing. She refused to repent. She refused to do penance. All of that refusal is the monolith of pride just below the surface, and pride is always a lense through which the forces of darkness operate to destroy the plans of the Ascended Masters. If anything, her pride is more monumental today, having been fed by the light of students for nigh unto four years now.

     What are just a couple of examples of the agenda of the false hierarchy working through Lois Drake? First, it was the selection of David Lewis as the head of the Keepers of the Flame Fraternity, who would oversee the destruction of Ascended Master purposes in the Keeper of the Flame Lesson front cover art, and who, as we all know now, had a subconscious desire to channel ascended master imposters, a desire that has fully blossomed as of this writing. Second, it was the selection of Linda Worobec to serve as Church Manager, the person who was the first to perform a Beatles' song on the Altar of the Holy Grail, in King Arthur's Court. Linda Worobec was also the person who led the effort to destroy the Unity of the Russian Congregation, and the subsequent destruction of the Ascended Master publishing operation there.

     The second breach in that wall is represented by the very heart of Linda Worobec. Our Church Manager, selected by Lois Drake as noted, was the first to perform a Beatles tune on the Altar of the Holy Grail. No greater act of rebellion has ever been perpetrated upon the Central Altar. She was challenged, and she too refused to confess, repent, and do penance. This refusal to confess, repent, and to do penance, is the surface horn of that dweller of pride which exists just under the surface. That dweller of pride, having been fed by the light of the membership over these last four years is far more powerful than it was even then. And so, it is a mighty lense through which the forces of darkness direct their dastardly suggestions into the stream of holy purpose.

     The third breach in the wall is represented by the record of rebellion that remains upon the Altar of the Holy Grail associated with the performance of a Beatles' tune thereupon, on July 4, 2003. This is a doorway into the astral plane, through which the forces of darkness enter into our community to prey upon the unsuspecting. The only way for that door to be closed, is for the membership to demand accountability on the part of Linda Worobec. This is a collective free will choice. If the membership decides that they will not challenge her, then the doorway remains on the altar where Linda Worobec established it on the infamous night of July 4, 2003.

     You can see why the principle of accountability is so important. The process of holding leaders accountable, is the process of challenging their pride, and requiring that they surrender it, before they are allowed further access to the powers and privileges of office. If they refuse to surrender their pride, they retain a lense of darkness through which the false hierarchy can manipulate them into decisions that destroy the purposes of the ascended masters.

     Now, these breaches in the wall are expanding, not shrinking. Lois Drake and Linda Worobec are conspiring together to manifest additional offenses upon the very Altar of the Holy Grail, as the months pass. Each additional offense manifested on the Altar, expands the record of rebellion there, and makes the doorway into the astral plane wider, and wider, and wider. And no decrees can close it, until the membership makes the freewill choice to challenge, and hold accountable, those who are most directly responsible for creating those records of rebellion on the altar.

     Given her act of rebellion upon the Altar of the Holy Grail, on July 4, 2003, Linda Worobec should not be allowed to speak from the Altar at all, using the light therefrom, to further mask the rebellion the lurks behind the facade. And so, every time Lois Drake allows Linda Worobec to speak from the altar, this represents yet another offense against the law, and as noted, these offenses are mounting up.

     For example, it represented an audacious offense against the law to allow Linda Worobec to speak to the worldwide community from the Altar of the Holy Grail on the "Subtleties of Christhood" on November 28, 2004. It is unlawful and a betrayal of the Teaching, to allow a minister to deceive the congregation that a person who clings to pride, can know anything at all about Christhood. Of course, that is a lie. That sermon, making a mockery of Thanksgiving as well, represents another record of rebellion anchored upon the Altar.

     Additionally, it represented another audacious offense against the law to allow Linda Worobec to speak to the worldwide community from the Altar of the Holy Grail on January 23, 2005, under the title "The Victory Way of Life", and moreover, to deliver a sermon titled "Psychicism—It has no Power!". It is unlawful and a betrayal of the Teaching, to allow a minister to deceive the congregation that a person who clings to pride, can know anything at all about Victory. Of course, that is a lie.

     And of course it is also true, that to choose this particular individual to speak on the subject of "psychicism" perpetrates another fraud upon the community. Psychicism, generally speaking, is attunement with the astral plane. Anchoring records of rebellion upon the Altar is the very thing that creates breaches through the fortress walls of light, into the astral plane. Linda Worobec's very presence on the Altar is an act of rebellion for the reason stated. And therefore, her very heart and mind represents a doorway into the astral plane, and therefore the psychic realm. The hypocrisy is so thick, that it is nearly suffocating. "Psychicism—It has no Power!" (???) Have mercy on us. The truth is, that the psychic realm has real power over her. Where comes that resistance to bend the knee before the law? It is an astral power, projected by the false hierarchy. They retain access to their instruments only so long as their instruments retain their pride. And so, there is a great force exerted upon Linda Worobec to refuse to confess and repent of her obvious and horrendous wrong doing. In this regard, she has already made of herself a channeler of the thoughts and feelings of ascended master imposters.

     Every time Linda Worobec appears upon the Altar of the Holy Grail, in any capacity, another record of rebellion is anchored there. And therefore, these records of rebellion add up, and the breach into the astral plane becomes greater and great as times goes on. The fact that the Ascended Masters could not stop a suicide of a longtime servant of theirs, on the very ground of the Inner Retreat, means the breach into the astral plane is substantial, and they have no authority to shut it down because of the freewill choice of the membership to turn a blind eye to (more than one) rebel in their midst. Again, these records of rebellion anchored by these rebels upon our Central Altar, cannot be washed away by the decree work of the membership. The only way these records can be washed away, is if the membership demands accountability on the part of those who have anchored records of rebellion upon the Central Altar.

     Of course, the leadership desired to cover this up. "Share this information only with members who may know James Pollard, it is not intended for wide release." Well, that sentiment is just another example of the astral poisons seeping into the minds of the leadership generally. Please let us all die in peace. Isn't that exactly the sentiment of the suicide entity itself? I think so. But I say, let not the death of James Pollard be in vain. Let that death be a marker, of an open door into the astral plane, that is now flooding, unstopped, into our community. Let us rise up, one and all, and close that door. The ship can be saved yet, if the damage control teams get off the couch and act now.

     And don't you be fooled for a minute, not anyone one of you, into thinking that you are not a member of these damage control teams. On a ship at sea, every single crewman is assigned to a particular damage control responsibility. Now is the time for each one of us to understand what our responsibilities are, and to fulfill them, at long last.

     May you pass every test!

Thursday, February 10, 2005, 9:12 PM PST

	Related Links   Another Poison Alert: Marsha Elaine Covington Channeler and Confidant of Ascended Master Imposters   David Christopher Lewis - Channeler of Ascended Master Imposters

     Now, I have published an article about Marsha Covington's channeling of ascended master imposters on the Journal Front Page for September 2004. Another Poison Alert: Marsha Elaine Covington Channeler and Confidant of Ascended Master Imposters . This expose concentrated on exposing an upside down principle that was coming out of the mouths of the entities that she was, and still is, channeling. "The message the masters asked me to share bottom line is that the Great White Brotherhood is in disarray ...." When you look at this and other statements made in the same vein, here is where we can really get a firm grasp on the level of darkness that Marsha Covington is in contact with. I would encourage readers to review the ideas presented therein.

     Now, with that aside, there is another perhaps even more fundamental point of exposure that is worth mentioning here, and that has to do with the issue of freedom in Iraq. The entities channeled by Marsha Covington did everything they could to persuade the students of the ascended masters to oppose the effort to set the people of Iraq free from the tyranny of Saddam Hussein. This was true, notwithstanding the fact that the Ascended Masters are on record, in 1991, making it is clear, that it is the Will of God that the Iraqi people be set free.

     Apart from this obvious and blatant contradiction of a previous Teaching, there is a more fundamental issue here to focus on, which exposes, even more clearly, these entities as imposters. The Threefold Flame is the Flame of Freedom. When there is an opportunity for us to act in concert to bring freedom to millions of people, the Threefold Flame in the Heart will leap, and expand outward into the four lower bodies, drawing the resources of history from the etheric body, illuminating the mind, galvanizing the feeling world, and driving the soul forward to speak and act in the physical on behalf of the Flame of Freedom. The Threefold Flame brings to the outer awareness a great sense of conviction, and inspiration, and encouragement, as to the wisdom of setting those people free while the door of opportunity remains open.

     When this great opportunity was before us in March of 2003, the dividing line could be seen clearly. Those who have a Threefold Flame — which means that there are open channels already manifest within the soul's psychology for the Threefold Flame to expand into — these stood up for freedom. Those who have no Threefold Flame — which means there are no open channels already manifest within the psychology for the Threefold Flame to expand into, all of those avenues having been cut off by the boulders of pride and all of its subsidiary modalities — these, at best, stood by disinterested, or at worst, actively opposed the movement towards freedom.

     Those who actively opposed the movement towards freedom, not only are these the ones that have allowed their Threefold Flames to go out, but they have become instruments of the dark force itself, which actively opposes the expansion of the Flame of Freedom in the world. Sure, these entities can talk a good game after the fact, but the proof is right there, in what they said, and what they advocated at the time the opportunity for freedom was most ripe. They actively opposed it.

     There is absolutely no question about it. The entities channeled by Marsha Covington, have proven this beyond a shadow of a doubt. They have no Threefold Flames, and moreover, out of their mouths gush the Anti-Freedom agenda of the false hierarchy. If they had their way, the torture chambers of Saddam Hussein would still be in operation today. If they had their way, the mass graves would remain hidden to this day. If they had their way, Saddam Hussein would not be going on trial, and neither would the Iraqi people have any opportunity for freedom before them. Any person who can channel such darkness, and I am speaking of Marsha Covington, has no Threefold Flame herself. If she did have a Threefold Flame, that Flame would have exposed the darkness coming out of the mouths of those entities, and she would have abandoned them quickly. In other words, if her own sense of identity had been assimilated into the Threefold Flame, and this is the goal of the Path of Initiation, she would identify with the Freedom of Millions, and would not allow the message of anti-freedom to pour out of her own mouth. No, Marsha Covington has not allowed her identity to merge with that flame in the heart. She has another agenda, and it is a pride-based agenda, desiring to appear wise before us, by virtue of her association with omniscient beings, and not by virtue of her association with the very fires of freedom that extend out of her own heart.

     This darkness is so grotesque, that no-one who actually has a relationship with their own threefold flame could possibly feel comfortable in her presence. What fellowship hath light with darkness? And yet, we see David Lewis, desiring to have fellowship with her. And so, that speaks to the level of Light that is actually within David Lewis. And that level of light is zero. Again, if David Lewis had allowed his identity to be assimilated into the Threefold Flame, that Flame would warn him away from Marsha Covington. That flame would warn him to steer a course in exactly the opposite direction. But what direction is he going? He is not going in the opposite direction. He is going in her direction, towards union with the darkness that she represents. What we have here are two points of darkness being drawn together by like vibration, coalescing into one.

     Now, I understand that our minds are faced with a great paradox when we confront these people who have been on staff for so long, had a personal relationship with the Messenger no less, who have not actually allowed their soul psychology to be assimilated into the Threefold Flame. How could that be? Well, the Teaching is clear. The explanation for this is pride. They have retained those elements of pride which cannot be assimilated into the flame, and thereby, they remain outside of that flame, even while they appear to us as pillars of the community, at least in terms of the positions of outer authority they aspire to. And that pride is always the open door through which the false hierarchy operates, manipulating them into the service of darkness, even while they believe they serve the light.

     The issue of pride, is the issue of life or death on the Path. That is why, when we see it manifest in our brothers and sisters, we are not silent. We challenge it, for the fall is certain if they do not surrender it. To be clear, boldness, courage, and confidence in pursuit of one's mission is not a sign of pride. Boldness in standing up for the truth, regardless of the cost, this is not the sign of pride. The sign of pride is the refusal to divide the real from the unreal within oneself. When a person is caught red-handed, fused to a point of unreality, (evidenced by behavior that tramples on one or another point of the Teaching), Linda Worobec is a good example of this, and more recently Jim Bardon, and more recently Judy Sue Christenson, the refusal to surrender that point of unreality, the refusal to allow the flame of repentance to burn brightly within the temple, is an indicator of the presence of that monolith of pride that resides just under the surface, fueling the ambition to be sure, but cutting off the flow of the Threefold Flame in all cases.

     May you pass every test!

Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2005, 11:28 AM PST

     Over the last few days I have been absorbed into a long delayed office cleanup and shelf building project, and a long delayed garage cleanup and shelf building project to boot. This is hard work! Not leaving much in the way of creative energy to do much of anything else. Everything has to moved from here to there. And when the shelves are built, it all has to be moved back again! When the Master spoke about moving mountains, I don't think he was talking about mountains of file boxes. I have faith, but the only way they will get moved is if I pick them up one at a time, and carry them. I hope to return to the Daily Blogging shortly. And yes, I am wearing my Violet Flame button on all the errands associated with this mammoth organizational endeavor. Many people have seen it. Though no one has yet asked about it.

     May you pass every test!

Saturday, February 5, 2005, 7:40 PM PST

     To get a grip on what is unreasonable, let us first get a grip on what is reasonable. What is reasonable? What is reasonable, is to understand that people are entitled to peace and quiet inside of their own homes. What is reasonable, is for the noise producer to turn the volume control down to the level where the sound is not strong enough to penetrate through the walls of other people's homes.

     There is no "reason" to have the volume turned up to a level that penetrates through the walls of your neighbor's home. There is no reason.

     Train whistles warn people of danger. Sirens used by ambulances, police vehicles, and fire engines, have a similar reason. Fog horns have a purpose too. In like manner, we ponder this important question. What is the "reason" to have the volume of your stereo turned up so high, that it penetrates through the walls of your neighbor's home? What is the "reason"? If there is no "reason", then it is clearly and unambiguously unreasonable to have the volume that loud.

     "I want it loud" is not a "reason" to have it loud. "I want to get high" is not a "reason" to do drugs. "I want to drive fast" is not a "reason" to speed. "I want to get there fast" is not a "reason" to run a red light. "I want that car", is not a "reason" to steal it. "I want that woman", is not a "reason" to rape her. "I want to have sex with that little child" is not a "reason" to molest that child. "I want your money" is not a "reason" to take it. "I don't like the truth" is not a "reason" to abandon it. All of these desires are over the line. These are selfish desires that do not take into account the rights and well being of other people, and society as a whole.

     Now, to make the case that we should accept certain levels of unwanted sound inside of our homes, the example of traffic noise is used. But think about this. And I believe this proves the point. If a car owner had a reasonable way to make his car silent, so it wouldn't disturb people, in other words, if there were a volume control that they could turn down, so that there was zero engine noise, zero exhaust noise, and zero tire noise, 99% of the people would turn that volume control to zero. A word to the wise in the vast majority of cases would suffice. Imagine that such a volume control existed in every car, and imagine 99% of the people using it, see them putting there hand on that control and turning it down to zero, and feeling good about it, that they are helping to make this world a higher quality place to live. Most people want that. That is the definition of what is reasonable.

     In those cases, where there exists a reasonable, easily accessible, and even cost free means to reduce noise emissions, and a person chooses not to employ those means, especially when it is in the form of a volume control, that is the classic definition of what is unreasonable. The noise they produce, the noise that they consciously refuse to keep out of the houses of other people, when they could so easily set their neighbors free from that grinding nuisance, is therefore, by definition, unreasonable, falling within the prohibition of the law, section 415 of the Penal Code of the State of California. If they are notified that their sound is penetrating through the walls of their neighbor's home, and they continue to produce that level of sound, then the criteria of willfully and maliciously disturbing the peace is met, and they are guilty of a misdemeanor offense, carrying up to a $400 fine, and up to 90 days in the county jail.

415. Any of the following persons shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not more than 90 days, a fine of not more than four hundred dollars ($400), or both such imprisonment and fine:    (1) Any person who unlawfully fights in a public place or challenges another person in a public place to fight.    (2) Any person who maliciously and willfully disturbs another person by loud and unreasonable noise.    (3) Any person who uses offensive words in a public place which are inherently likely to provoke an immediate violent reaction.

     Please pardon me for this parochial statement.

     May you pass every test!

Thursday, February 3, 2005, 2:44 PM PST

     I am happy to announce the birth of a new Violet Flame Button! Please join me in welcoming this new little child into the world. Now, there are more than one, of course, there are more than one, and they are all up for adoption. They are looking for a good home, each one. The best home you can give them, is that place where they are pinned onto your jacket or blouse as you wander and travel in various public places. Send me an email, telling me where to send yours, and I will mail you one FREE.

     But, nevertheless, get ready, someone may ask you what the button means! "What is this Violet Flame?" they will ask, and you will be ready with your quick answer, not too complicated. I would suggest the following as a good starting point.

Seeing that button, someone will ask:

What is this Violet Flame?

And you will say:

It is the Power by which we are returned to our Divine Estate.

     See how simple that was? Of course, any person who actually asks, is a Ligthbearer, and they have an angel standing their tapping them on the shoulder, nudging them to ask the question. And of course they will want to know more. No problem! You are what El Morya calls, prepared. You will reach into your pocket and pull out two cards. This is the first one, and I will send ten of these with each button requested.

1. This is functional diagram that depicts the process by which we return to our divine estate.

2. Pointing to the upper figure, you say, here is the actual presence of God your Father, and Mother with you. They have always been with you and have never left you.

3. Pointing to the middle figure in the chart you say, this person can walk on water, and knows God face to face. That is who you were, and who you are destined to become again. It is your destiny to become re-fused to those mechanisms of cosmic freedom which the middle figure symbolizes.

4. Pointing to the lower figure in the chart you say, here you are invoking the violet flame, clearing away all that is unlike the real you. With the violet flame, these two, can become one again.

     Now, I would suggest that after you ask me to send you one of these violet flame buttons, that you immediately call TSL Customer Service, or go online, and order a stack of the aforementioned wallet sized Charts of the Presence.

     And as we've discussed before, make sure you have your blue dots to place over the subliminal ape face in each of those charts. If someone says, "What's the blue dot for?" Tell them that the artist snuck in a subliminal ape face, which symbolizes the dweller on the threshold. And this is not a useful object for one's attention, the dweller is supposed to be cast out, and not adored as if it were some kind of mountain peak, and that they will learn more about this, as they learn more about the Path of Initiation. But just think how much simpler it would be for all of us if the leadership just got rid of that ape face! Why are they dragging their feet in this regard?

     I feel like I need to mention this, that this violet flame button may not be appropriate to wear while you are at work. I feel like I have to say that, because you don't want to bring down on yourself a lot of opposition when it comes to earning your living which is necessary to feed your family and so forth. But there are many other places when you are out in public that it would be appropriate. The minute you leave work, you can pin it on as you get into the car, and depending on where you stop on the way home, even if it is for gas, someone will see it. Actually, I think it would be a good habit to get into, that you pin this button on whenever you get in your car to go anywhere. You will get comfortable wearing it, it will become a part of you that way. Any shopping trip would be appropriate I think. Any time you are out on a walk.

     Generally speaking, I believe this is a useful way for every ascended master student to participate in the outreach process, and to help achieve that goal of making the ascended masters a household name.

     May you pass every test!

Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2005, 11:10 AM PST

     Now, tell me the truth, how many of you have one of these? I believe they were only issued one time, and that was during the Freedom Conference in July 1984 at the Heart of the Inner Retreat. I say that, because I attended many conferences after that, I never saw these cards used again, or asked for at the door of any church sponsored event. Now, preceding that conference there were some heightened concerns about the foes of the church trying to barge into the conference. The issuance of these ID cards was a humble security measure. We had our pictures taken, and these cards were made up, right there on the spot when we registered for the conference at the East Gate. And this is interesting too. I don't exactly remember how it came to pass, but I actually stood a watch up in the Heart, at the entrance to the conference area, just west of the camp ground, checking these ID's as people streamed into the Heart. I can tell you, this was not appreciated by most people, especially when you held up their card, and compared the photo on the card to the face of the card bearer. Sort of like what a police officer does with your drivers license what you are stopped for a traffic violation. How dare you question my identity! At any rate, here is your humble editor, as he appeared 21 years ago this coming July.

     Of course, this is how I would like everyone to remember me. Fresh out of Summit University, having worked on staff for a little while at Camelot and ready to dive into the sacred fires at the Heart of the Inner Retreat for the second time.

     May you pass every test!

Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2005, 10:58 AM PST

     The Daily Blogger entries for January 2005 have been moved to 2005/January Directory. These entries can be accessed through the January 2005 index button on the tool bar above. Though I have allowed a few of the more recent January entries to remain in the main blogger file for a while.

     May you pass every test.

Tuesday, February 1, 2005, 11:56 PM PST

     In a previous blogger post, I challenged what I believe to be a falsehood that other decrees matrices other than violet flame decrees, can "count" for the violet flame. (See: The Robber and Thief of Opportunity Promotes Destructive Misconceptions As to What Counts for Violet Flame). Subsequently, I could see an even clearer distinction in this subject area that could be fruitfully considered in relationship with what has already been said.

     I would propose, that all the other decrees build matrices of divine light. In other words, all the other decrees, on all the other rays, invoke light that will crystallize in your aura, and in your chakras, and that light serves as the substance of your divine identity, building layer upon layer, even the seamless wedding garment. The violet flame is the only thing that can DISMANTLE previous matrices of misqualification, and transmute them. You can sit and do hours and hours of other decrees, but if you don't do your violet flame decrees, there will be no place to anchor the light you are invoking in those other areas.

     Now, Judy Sue Christenson was referenced in that previous statement as one of the prime purveyors of a misconception that Great Divine Director decrees can "count" for the violet flame. Perhaps it is true that Judy Sue has a huge momentum now on decrees to the Great Divine Director. This momentum perhaps could be stored in her Causal Body for use at a later time. But since she is not doing her violet flame decrees, or any significant amount of them, the Divine Direction she is invoking, is not being released into her world, in as much as her doubts and fears (which have not been transmuted) would destroy each tidbit of divine direction that might manifest within her temple. Think about that example I gave. Her strongest suit is the pro-life issue. If she is ready to receive actual divine direction from on high on any issue, it would be that issue. Yet, when Eva's Pro-Life vigil was canceled, her doubts and fears were so great, that she could not even be obedient to the most basic level of divine direction, which would be, speak up on behalf of Eva! In other words, come to the defense of this great friend of the pro-life cause! But she couldn't do it. She couldn't do it! And when it came to making a public statement refuting Jim Bardon's falsehoods, which labeled those pro-life justices on the U.S. Supreme Court as anti-christ, those words would not come out of her mouth either.

     At any rate, I believe the foregoing distinction is valid. The Seventh Ray Sets You Free to Be. The other rays anchor various aspects of your Divine Being.

     And by the way, Judy Sue has been challenged in public regarding the purveying of this error. Has she confessed her mistake and apologized? No. When a person is not capable of confessing to a mistake, and making a public apology for mistakes that are made in public, we know that it is pride that stands in the way. And as we have pointed out before, the indulgence of pride blocks the in-flow of the Holy Spirit and its gifts.

     If anyone of you genuinely consider yourself to be a friend of Judy Sue, you will encourage her to come clean on this issue.

Monday, January 31, 2005, 11:12 AM PST

     This photo was just released by the New York Daily News picture archive. Is that a purple finger? The caption tells the story.

DAILYNEWSPIX photo archive of the New York Daily News

What's New                                                          click photo to view gallery Iraqi Elections

Wafeega Tqwfeega shows off her dye-stained finger after voting in Tikrit during Iraq's first multiparty election in half a century. Election officials dunked the right index finger of each Iraqi in ink to prevent people from voting twice. Despite threats of violence by insurgents, the day ended with an impressively high turnout and surprisingly few casualties throughout the country. Tikrit, the hometown of deposed dictator Saddam Hussein, didn't report a single shot, bomb or ambush. Michael Appleton/New York Daily News

     As we have been saying, the effort in Iraq is all about Freedom, and the God of Freedom, is the Master Saint Germain, the Hierarch of the Aquarian Age, who is also the sponsor of the Violet/Purple flame, which all Keepers of the Flame have been sending into Iraq since at least March of 2003. These elections occurred because of the Flame of Freedom blazing through that population. And so here is a poke, by the Master himself, in the eye of Senator Ted Kennedy, Howard Dean, Dennis Kusinich, John Kerry, Ron Paul, et cetera, et cetera, and Marsha Covington and her ascended master imposters to boot, and all who rally around the banner of absolute insanity which the fringe left represents not just in this country, but around the world. If all of these people had their way, Saddam Hussein would still be in power ruling Iraq with an iron fist, freedom would remain buried under the desert stands along with all those dead bodies in all of those mass graves, and this election would have never taken place, no, not in a millions years.

     May you pass every test.

Monday, January 31, 2005, 3:08 AM PST

     I love this song! This has got to be my absolutely favorite song of all time. Pavarotti's rendition of Mille Cherubini in Coro (A Choir of a thousand Cherubs) by Franz Schubert. And so, I would say to you, my dear Mr. Pavarotti, if you are interested, in 12 months, I will give you a summary of how many times this sound clip has been downloaded, and pay you a reasonable royalty. Though, I think you will get ten times the payment back in good karma, the more people hear this. But it's your choice. This sound file is in stereo, so it is twice as big as I would normally post, but it is worth waiting for.

Click to Hear
Pavarotti's Rendition of
"Mille Cherubini in Coro"
(A Choir of a thousand Cherubs)

     Now, as an historical note, I recall that I have shared this song before with readers, some years back, in May of 2001, referenced in the subject index as follows: A Musical Experience during prayer work related to the Messenger's Illness - Luciano Pavarotti's rendition of Mille Cherubini in Coro (A Choir of a thousand Cherubs) by Franz Schubert; with a translation of lyrics; link to MP3 music file; link to acquire CD. The mp3 sound file is smaller when linked from that page, and also, the notes regarding this particular song, and of course the lyrics, are of some interest, though I will not repeat that material here.

     The song came again to my attention tonight, as I am going through the process of transferring all of my Christmas songs from audio cassette tapes, into a digital format. I have all of my favorite Pavarotti songs on one cassette that I admit I don't get to listen to very often. Out of dozens of tapes, it is hard to remember what you have on these things. And so, I was very surprised when I heard this song! I said to myself, "I LOVE THAT SONG!". And why I have a forgotten about it? That is a good question. Why do we forget about that which we truly love the most?

     Now, many people may not remember this, but the Master El Morya, in a dictation in 1984 I believe it was, asked his students to play Christmas Music all the time. Now, this is really good advice, because it allows the Christmas Angels to give your soul an upward spin every time these Christmas vibrations are impressed upon your soul. The more often this can happen in a particular day, well, I am sure you get the idea. Here I believe it is true to say, in terms of music, that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line.

     Well, when the Masters ask us to do something, you can imagine the opposition (the sinister force projects at us) to keep us from actually doing it. I was so excited about this idea at the time, that I tried to get the Audio Visual people to implement a continuous Christmas Music program at least in the foyer of the Novitiate at Camelot (the building that housed the Cafeteria, Montessori School, and the Chapel of the Holy Family), and there was no enthusiasm at all for the idea, so I guess I wondered whether I heard the Master right or not. And my little flame of enthusiasm went out, for the time being, actually it was several years, more than a decade in fact before it was reignited, wherein the flame of enthusiasm was reborn, and I was a least determined to build a library of Christmas Music.

     Now I was just talking to a good friend the other day, about the great challenge we are presented with, when it comes to adhering to a blueprint when the Masters give you one. They give us our blueprints in the form of enthusiastic bursts of energy to do something really neat. I mean it is not like someone is hovering over you like some task master trying to get you to do something you don't want to do. The idea is a flame that grows out of your own heart, and it is your idea from the very beginning, and you are excited about it. But then, the opposition sees that burst of light, and they send their little demons to stomp it out. And we let them stomp it out. We adopt their doubts, that's what we do, and we think that those are our doubts, and the doubts cause the creative idea to crumble, and sometimes we never get back to it. How fickle we can be at times. And I am so sorry for my inability at the time to value the blueprint, and I am so sorry to have had so little determination when it came to out picturing it. I apologize to the entire Camelot community.

     But the flame did not completely die. The presence of the Christmas angels were too tangible around the Camelot Community for the soul's sense of the value of Christmas music to be lost. After certain cycles turned, though Camelot was gone by that time, I was able to compile quite a library of Christmas Music, transferring only the best tunes (ones that invoke the true spirit of Christmas from your heart) onto audio cassettes, but it is only now, some 20 years later, that I have actually been able to take the step of playing them constantly in our home. Think about this. In 1984 the Master El Morya counsels us to play Christmas Music constantly in our homes. And here, 20 YEARS LATER, I have actually done it. I am not sure whether I should laugh or cry. But I am, nevertheless grateful, that I have finally got around to it.

     I found an audio cassette deck on E-Bay, and it was the brand name Pyramid, and the price was right, less then $100 for a two deck, auto- reverse, and continuous play unit, so I clicked the "Buy Now" button. After 20 years, I was not interested in waiting around. I could have done that years ago, but of course, there was no "E- Bay" years ago. That's a good excuse.

     But it turns out, that the best that can be done, is to play one audio cassette, over and over and over, and you have to switch cassettes. So enter digital technology. I can transfer several cassettes worth of Christmas songs (in MP3 format - the format used for CD On Demand), to a single CD, and thereby have access to many more of my favorites, without having to worry about changing cassettes. Your CD player will need to have that MP3 functionality, which most do nowadays. Also, a CD player makes more sense as a continuous play device, because you don't have all of that mechanical wear and tear that is associated with an audio cassette deck. And it works on light to boot!

     Now, I admit that I have some karma with CD players, and I would like to confess, and repent right here, and see if I can do something to transmute it perhaps, by encouraging others to love and appreciate their CD players more than they might otherwise do.

     It was during that same year I believe, 1984, that a community member by the name of Joseph, if my memory serves me correctly, who played the flute, who can forget that, and I, went to visit a Stereo shop near the Ashram of the World Mother in Los Angeles, one Sunday afternoon. He brought me in there to show me this new thing called a CD player!

     Well, I thought I knew something about electronics, and all of that, which I did — this is sort of like Thomas Edison (the inventor of the lightbulb) refusing to comprehend or accept the value of Alternating Current — (though I am not associating myself with the brilliant side of Thomas Edison, but in this case, only the dim side) and he explained it to me, and the only thing I could do was scoff, and argue, from a technical standpoint, how music that is taken apart and put back together, is not music anymore. I mean, that is what they have to do. The original analog waveform has to be reduced to numbers stored in a computer memory. Each point of the waveform is sampled, and a number is assigned to it, that represents a sequential time value, and an amplitude value. And you store that number on a digital medium, (in a format that uses only ones and zero's no less) whether it is the hard drive on your computer, or an optical disk, which uses a laser to read the numbers off the disc. And when you play it back, the computer has to read the numbers off the disk, and then, using a thing called a digital to analog converter, reconstruct the analog waveform — at this point in time, make the waveform this amplitude, and then at this point in time make the waveform this amplitude, and then at this point in time make the waveform of this amplitude, ad infinitum practically, as the music plays on — so you can then listen to the waveform, and hear it with the ears God gave you.

     I suppose, the right approach to this whole situation, is to marvel that this can be accomplished at all. This is, after all, St. Germain's technology. And I can bear witness, albeit from experience, which I did not have at the time, that music read off an optical disk, is just as valid as music that is read off an audio cassette tape. In other words, the spiritual content of the music will still activate all of your chakras according to the manner intended by the angels when they first inspired the music. This is a matter of the actual geometry of the sound waves which strike your ear, and which are then processed by your soul.

     Digital technology can record that sound geometry, and reproduce it, more accurately, actually, with the dynamic range that was associated with the original performance, more accurately than can be done with audio cassette technology.

     And moreover, I believe the accuracy of the sound geometry, no matter what technology is used to reproduce it, is what allows your soul to have access to the original akashic record of the original performance as well, though the extent to which one can tune into that consciously, that would depend on the purity of your chakras overall.

     But the basic idea, that makes digitally mastered sound, just as valid, or perhaps a bit more valid, than analog mastered sound, is in the accuracy of the final waveform. In the geometry of the final waveform, you have the energy patterns that will be able to spin your chakras in an upward direction, with the help of the angels, or in downward direction, with the help of the demons (depending on what kind of music you are listening to). The manner in which you get to that final waveform is not an issue. As long as it accurately reflects the original, the music will work upon your soul as originally designed, recreating it in the image of God, or causing the divine image to further disintegrate, as the case might be. Christmas Music works to re-build the patterns of the Christ in the pool of your soul.

     Now, it is clear enough to me, that if Thomas Edison were alive today, he would look back and admit that he made a monumental error when he refused to embrace alternating current as the way to power his precious light bulbs. And so, I don't have to wait for that extent of history to convince me that I made an equally egregious mistake as well. Though history is moving so much faster for us. (If I don't make my peace with CD players, and quickly, it might not even matter). And therefore, I would like to say right now, and to the whole world, that I am sorry, truly sorry, and I ask for forgiveness for bearing false witness against CD (compact disc) technology in 1984. I love my CD player, and I am grateful to have it, along with all of the computer technology (that did not exist then either) that gives us unprecedented access to all of the many virtues of the divine music which all of this technology was intended to promulgate in great abundance across the entire planet.

     May you pass every test!

Saturday, January 29, 2005, 11:44 PM PST

     I know my twin flame now lives thousands of miles away in eastern realms of snowy wonder, while I yet toil in these sun drenched lands along western shores. But as you curl up in a cozy blanket before that roaring fire, I would just say to you, if you don't mind, that there is no one more fit to love and cherish you, than me. Yes, it's true. God our Father and Mother designed it that way. And so, realms of long forgotten harmony and bliss await those who search for the treasures of old, not to mention works wrought together, to be resurrected now for the victory of the age. We are ready, are we not, to return to those mansions of wonder that our dreams touch only as the faintest flicker of that great conflagration of love lost too long ago? I hope so.

     May you pass every test!

Saturday, January 29, 2005, 11:08 PM PST

     The subliminal Ape Face in the Chart of the Divine Presence is a marker for the collective dweller of the entire organization. The Masters allowed it to remain there because it represents the free will choice of the membership, in terms of their continued indulgence of the dweller of pride, and other facets of the dweller. Now, while the dweller may have many facets, make no mistake about this, it is all rooted in pride. The dweller of pride is like the center of a sick flower, with the black petals attached around the periphery. If there were no pride, there could be no dweller on the threshold at all.

     Since the original exposition in October of 2004, has there been any concerted effort to remove that ape face? No. And so, don't sit there and wonder why the organization is not expanding. (See: Original Exposition).

     Of course, it is the Will of God for the dweller to be removed. But does God our Father go in there and rip it out by the roots all by himself? No. It is a matter of freewill choice whether we surrender the dweller-on-the-threshold into the flame or not. And so it is with the subliminal Ape Face in the Chart of the Divine Presence. It will only be removed if the members of this organization demand it, and not until.

     And it is well to consider by what power does it remain. It remains by the power which the dweller-on-the-threshold has over the mind of each member of this organization. If a member is comfortable with the presence of the dweller in their own temple, they will be comfortable with the presence of the subliminal ape face in the chart. And if you try to remove that ape face, the resistance people will manifest, is the resistance they have already manifested when it comes to surrendering their own dwellers.

     Look and see. When we present this challenge before membership to remove that Ape Face, dark fingers of sinister logic extend out of the subconscious, and spin the gears of the conscious mind in the direction of resistance. And so, the soul remains in bondage.

     And so it is, that the removal of the ape face from the Chart of the Presence is a noble and honorable battle that some, even if it be the few, must choose to fight, and that battle is against the collective dweller of the organization.

     As members face this question of whether to keep the Ape Face where it is, or remove it, they will be forced to confront exactly the same question that has often occurred within their own temples. Do I keep the dweller where it is, or remove it? To the extent that they have asked this question, and given the right answer, and removed that dweller, they will be our allies in this great quest to have that ape face removed from the chart. To the extent that they have asked this question, and given the wrong answer, and allowed that dweller to remain where it is, these will be the defenders of the Ape Face in the Chart of the Divine Presence. Their psychology of failure will come to the surface, as noted, little fingers of inky black logic wielding the sword of self-righteousness itself, to do battle with the very person of Christ.

     Now as people enter into this battle on the wrong side, let them pay attention, for here is an opportunity to see what is what, to see first hand the modalities of failure that they have allowed to live too long in their own temples. Here is an opportunity to make new choices, and right choices, all of which can blossom forth with the fruit of greater victory in their lives, and in the life of the collective organization as well.

     May you pass every test!

Friday, January 28, 2005, 11:14 PM PST

     Is that the same thing as saying, "strike while the iron is hot"? Is that the same thing as saying, "work while ye have the Light"? Study these pillars of pride while you have the chance. I think so.

     Now, why do I characterize these two individuals "Church" Manager Linda Worobec, and the publisher of the "Chela" News, Jim Bardon, as pillars of pride? Well, each in their own fashion have set themselves before us as pillars of our community. And in both cases, the loftiness of pride that both exhibit, is well above our heads, in a manner of speaking. Of course, I am speaking about condescension on the one hand. But I am also speaking about the magnitude of the pride on the other. The magnitude of the pride in both cases, is illustrated by the simplicity of the truth before which they both refuse to confess, or bend the knee.

     The more simple and obvious the truth is, the greater the magnitude of pride has to be, to stop the soul from confessing it.

     Did Linda Worobec make a mistake when she performed a Beatles tune on the Altar of the Holy Grail, in King Arthur's Court, on the evening of July 4, 2003? Of course she did. Nothing could be more obvious. Will she admit to the truth in this regard? No. Moreover, given the parameters of the path, which counsel the student to confess wrong doing quickly, and self-correct swiftly, did Linda Worobec make additional mistakes as she refused to confess, repent, and do penance in relationship to the original mistake? Of course she did. Nothing could be more obvious. Will she admit to the truth in this regard? No.

     And as to Jim Bardon, did he make a mistake by publishing misleading information about the 1984 Violet Flame Dispensation given by Omri Tas? Did he make a mistake by consciously omitting the fact that to access this dispensation the session has to be 15 minutes or longer? Did he make a mistake by continuing to promulgate this misleading information every month over a period of three years? Of course he did. Nothing could be more obvious. Will he admit to the truth in this regard? No. Given the parameters of the path, which counsel the student to confess wrong doing quickly, and self- correct swiftly, did Jim Bardon make additional mistakes as he refused to confess, repent, and do penance in relationship to the original mistake? Of course he did. Nothing could be more obvious. Will he admit to the truth in this regard? No.

     And so, what we have here, is the soul, for whatever reason, refusing to bend the knee before very obvious truths. And while the soul is in that state of refusing to serve the truth, the soul is the servant of falsehood, or darkness.

     That is the essential evil of pride. Pride persuades the soul that it can safely adopt a posture in opposition to the truth. And in so doing, the soul is persuaded that it can safely adopt a posture in support of falsehood, or darkness. And so it is said, Pride goeth before the fall. And it is true in every case.

     To fully grasp the implications of this, one needs to understand the value of truth, and the consequences associated with the violation of the truth. As a point of departure for this brief review of fundamental principles, I would propose to you that this is the principle that rules the Path of Initiation: Give truth the highest priority in every situation, and you will have your Victory. If you want to make that into a bumper sticker, the angels would appreciate it.

     And so the age-old question presents itself: What is truth? And I am happy to report, that the Masters have given us a clear and unambiguous answer to that question. This is the greatest truth: God is Real. The whole domain of truth follows therefrom. Here are few additional subsidiary truths. God our Father created the soul. God our Father created the soul in his own image. The soul is intended to know God as Father, as Mother, face to face. And therefore, this actuality, wherein the soul sees God face to face, is a truth that exists now for the vast majority of souls throughout the whole of the creation, speaking of those endless regions of Divine Civilization, which this physical universe compares, like unto a shoebox in the basement of a mansion that extends into the sky forever, and covers the land, to the east, the west, to north, to the south, as far as the eye can see.

     There are only 6 billion souls, thereabouts, embodied on earth, and it can be safely said of them, that the vast and overwhelming majority do not know God our Father face to face. That is the back side of this greater truth which tells us that 6 billion souls is the tiniest drop in the massive ocean of souls that live and have their being in divine civilizations beyond this universe. There is no way to actually conceptualize a number that could represent such a vast quantity. It is for all intents and purposes, according to the capacity of our minds to fathom, infinite. All of them know God our Father face to face. That is the great truth, that exists now, a truth that we are all called to return to.

     Now, you can be sure that Mother Mary knows God our Father face to face. You can be sure that St. Germain knows God our Father face to face. You can be sure that Jesus Christ knows God our Father face to face. You can be sure that El Morya knows God our Father face to face. You can be sure that every Ascended Master knows God our Father face to face. This is, after all, the Ascended Master Consciousness! It is called God Consciousness! How about that.

     And so, all of us knew this reality at one time, for we have all descended, at one time or another, from the ascended realms. To some souls we can say, before the fall, you all knew God our Father face to face. And for those who did not participate in the Great Rebellion, of them it can be said, before you descended into the domain of human insanity (to help save those who were lost), and got trapped yourself in these mazes of karmic accountability, you too knew God our Father face to face, and more recently too.

     Knowing God face to face, is the essential, and universal hallmark, of the Divine Estate, into which we were all born, and to which we are all destined to return, once the affairs of the physical realm, and the fruits of rebellion still manifest here, are finally resolved.

     As you can see, truth is defined, then, from our current level, according to what the game plan is. What is the game plan? The game plan is to return to our Divine Estate, which is called the Ascended Master Consciousness. The game plan is to return to that state of consciousness where we know God our Father face to face again. The game plan is to return to that state of Being, which represents the actual manifestation of truth, wherein, the soul can know, and does know, God our Father face to face. And so, the path, is a path back into that ultimate truth.

     And the pathway back to the ultimate truth, is paved with truth, and not lies, not falsehoods.

     And so, we can see that the fall, was a fall away from the truth. And the path back to God our Father, is a path whereby we recapture our allegiance to the truth.

     And this tells you why truth is important, in fact all-important on the homeward path. Only truth will get you home. Only truth will get you home. If you would like to make that into a bumper sticker, the angels would appreciate that too.

     If you get trapped by a lie, its like putting your foot into a bear trap. You will go nowhere until you can pry your foot out of that bear trap! And so, falsehood will keep you perpetually estranged from God our Father. Don't think that anyone feels good about that. Estrangement, and alienation these are not his will, no, not by a long shot.

     And so, pride, therefore, is the Arch-Enemy of the soul. Why? Because it is pride that persuades the soul that it can, under certain circumstances (when truth does not serves its purposes) safely adopt a posture of anti-truth. Pride persuades the soul that it can push truth away, when truth is not convenient. Whenever the soul pushes truth away, it is championing a state of falsehood within its own temple. And the state of falsehood within the temple, this is what severs the connection between the soul, and God our Father. (The consciousness is cut off from the threefold flame). This state of falsehood, which pride invokes, produces the veils which hide the face of God our Father from the soul.

     And what is the astral plane, essentially? It is the region of relativity. In this region of murky darkness, which the Masters call Maya, the soul no longer has access to the Divine Standards which define truth. In this region, truth is relative. And we would ask, relative to what? Truth is relative to what the soul might consider to be in its best interests at the moment. Truth is no longer an end in itself, which is the way of life in all Divine Regions. For souls trapped in the astral plane, they define their own ends, their own purposes, their own needs apart from the Divine Plan. If truth can serve those needs, those ends, then truth is a good thing, and they will embrace it, not because it is the truth, but because it serves their purposes. In those situations where truth does not serve those needs, those ends, then truth is rejected.

     Pride represents that human decision process that defines truth, in a given situation, as optional. What does pride say? Pride says, "I love the truth as long as it serves my purposes. But when the truth works against my purposes, I am not interested in bowing down before it. And I won't."

     The concept of truth has an exalted position in our culture, and there is a long tradition in this respect, so if the soul can align itself with the truth most of the time, that will certainly help in terms of its social standing, but when truth gets in the way of social standing, especially when the truth might be embarrassing to you, it will have as much value as a fly perched in your pudding.

     At that exact point where the soul turns its back on its ultimate responsibility, to serve the truth under all circumstances, that is when the soul merges with the spirit of anti-truth. The spirit of anti-truth, is by definition darkness. This is because God our Father represents both Truth and Light. Truth and Light are One. That which opposes Truth therefore opposes Light. That which opposes Light, is therefore, and quite obviously, darkness. Notwithstanding all rationalizations of well-meaning, at that exact point, when the soul has turned its back on its ultimate responsibility to serve the truth under all circumstances, the soul is transformed into a servant of falsehood, a servant of the darkness. As the energy of being is turned to darkness in this manner, the soul becomes one with the astral plane, the plane of human relativity.

     This situation can only be reversed, if the soul surrenders that posture of anti-truth. To surrender the posture of anti-truth, one must consciously embrace the truth that it once rejected. This is what contrition and repentance are all about.

     Barring this turn around, the soul marches forth in a condition of darkness. In this condition, the Masters cannot extend further light to the soul. For this soul, the process of initiation has stopped. When the process of initiation has stopped, the soul can no longer move towards the goal of the ascension.

     To believe that light can come upon the soul, and be anchored in the soul, once the soul has consciously chosen to anchor the spirit of anti-truth (darkness) in its temple, is wishful thinking engaged in by too many, for example, Linda Worobec, Jim Bardon, and those who are the facilitators of their rebellion. But it is not possible for light to be anchored in these temples. Why? The Divine Law makes the anchoring of light in that temple impossible, until the darkness itself is cast out. Why? Because all light that comes into the temple from that point on, will be turned to darkness. Why? Because pure light, is truth, and pure light will expose the darkness, it will expose the pre-existing allegiance to falsehood, and that light will counsel the soul to surrender that darkness. Given the fact that pride is in control of the temple, the same decision process will be invoked, that persuaded the soul to chose the position of anti-truth in the first place. It will make the same choice again, rejecting the counsel of the light again, and thus turning that light to darkness. The Masters will not throw good money after bad. Once the soul has made this choice, the Masters do not send additional light into that temple. The only option the Masters have is to send (outer) messengers that will speak words of truth into those ears, that the soul might be persuaded, by reason, to turn around, and reverse course. We are all messengers in this respect, and you can see the importance of speaking up. The very survival of the soul is at stake.

     Now, these stubborn ones will march forward quite oblivious to the danger they are in. Truly, the mouth may yet utter many truths even in this condition, but you know those truths do not come from the light of the heart, because that light has been cut off, for the reason just stated. No light can enter, until the soul makes the decision to surrender that pride, and to cast out that spirit of anti-truth. And so, the truths which it might be heard to utter, perhaps in some abundance yet, represents only a shallow glitter on the surface of being, which just below the surface, has now become a death spiral, having severed itself from the light emanation of its own threefold flame. When pride is in control of the temple, truth is spoken to serve the agenda of the synthetic self, the not-self, in terms of maintaining the illusion of self-righteousness. It says in its heart, "I will serve the truth, here, and here, and here, and that will suffice." Suffice for what? To maintain the illusion of self-righteousness, the rationalization of righteousness in its own eyes, and in the eyes of others, which is an important factor as well.

     Well, that is important. Both of these individuals, Linda Worobec, and Jim Bardon, have placed themselves in positions that depend on other people believing they are genuine students of the masters, and many ascended master truths must come out of their mouths for the illusion to be upheld. But it is an illusion. The presence of pride, which is indicated by a refusal to confess mistakes, and offer a genuine expression of contrition and repentance, indicates a condition of inner darkness, no matter what else they do. No good purpose is served when people help them to maintain this illusion. Both are in a death spiral, behind that facade of righteousness. If their paths are to be redeemed, if the lamp of victory is to be relit in their worlds, their only hope is that the members of this community will have the courage to hold them accountable for their mistakes.

     In the process of holding these individuals accountable, that is the only means by which they will be forced to come face to face with the truth. And so, accountability is in truth an expression of the most genuine mercy.

     This is an important fact. If they are not held accountable, they will proceed forward in this condition of darkness, and they will not make their ascension in this life. They will have failed. But not only that. They will have made a considerable amount of additional karma by spreading the seed of pride itself among the members of this community. That would definitely contribute to the failure of the mission of the community overall, which would carry a very heavy price. The hand that reaches out now, to stop this worst case scenario from manifesting itself, that is the hand of mercy.

     If they are held accountable, and the accountability process forces them to face the truth, and they find the will within themselves to face the truth, and make the about face, then there is a possibility for victory. What choice would God our Father have us make, then, when it comes to the manner in which we deal with them? God our Father and our Mother, have hopes for the victory of both Linda Worobec, and Jim Bardon. If we choose to hold them accountable, then there is hope, that the hopes of God our Father, in the victory of these two souls, can be realized. If we do nothing, and remain silent, allowing them to continue on the way they are going, in this posture of anti-truth, and the darkness it represents, there will be no victory, and the hopes of God our Father, and our Mother, in that respect will be dashed.

     I know that the Master El Morya is keenly interested in doing everything in his power to assure that the hopes of God our Father, and Mother, for the victory of every soul, are realized. I hope you will understand this equation, seeing that the Master El Morya feels just as much satisfaction, if not more satisfaction, when it comes to assuring the realization of the hopes and dreams of God our Father and Mother, than he feels when he knows, that through his efforts, a particular soul will be able to harvest the treasures of the divine life which God our Father, and Mother, so much desires to bestow. Well, perhaps these domains of reality are equal in terms of the satisfaction the Master can enjoy when it comes to the victory of a particular soul. But we would do well to grasp both, and for our part, in equal measure, so as to inspire our actions with the power and determination that will produce the greatest likelihood of victory in this situation.

     Now, I hope the members of this community are coming to a more focused, precise, and accurate conception of what pride is. We can not afford nebulous thinking in this regard. The issue of pride is bound up with the issue of one's allegiance to truth, or lack thereof. The lack of allegiance to truth is known as rebellion. When points of rebellion are expressed, on the Path, this is called a mistake. Pride is exposed when mistakes are made, which means falsehoods are acted out, where a streak of rebellion comes to the surface and is expressed in a public venue, and when the soul is challenged, it expresses offense at being challenged, but more to the point, it will refuse to retract the falsehoods, refuse to confess to any wrongdoing, and refuse to express any amount of repentance. The resistance to aligning onself to the truth in such situations, that is the indicator of the presence of pride. It is the pride that holds the soul back from coming into alignment with the truth.

     Pride is a death momentum. It must be rooted out.

     The Beloved Maha Chohan expressed this principle in a statement I have used before, but I will repeat it here, as a final note. The issue of pride cannot be dealt with in vague generalities. The issue of pride is relevent when mistakes are made, when mistakes are challenged, and confessions, repenentance, and self-correction are not to be seen.

Vol. 48 No. 2 - The Beloved Maha Chohan - January 9, 2005 Conquer Pride and Receive the Gifts of the Holy Spirit Part 2      So know, beloved, as you read perhaps The Mahatma Letters and understand the sternness of some of us as we have dealt with humankind and various individuals who attempt to destroy our efforts, there is at times a certain gruffness in the masters. Whereas here, if you have any gruffness from anyone who happens to be over you, you are immediately challenging that one: "How dare that one come to me and tell me this or that! Who does he think he is?" et cetera, et cetera.      Beloved ones, you must know that your pride must regularly be tested to see whether it is still there! You must know whether you retain personal pride by how you react to remarks that you consider to be disrespectful or challenging or demeaning.      Blessed one, it is never more important, than when your pride is piqued, for you to recognize how far you truly have to go on the Path. If you can be offended by anyone who is over you or beneath you, if you are ready to throw in the towel because someone has disgraced you — I say, consider whether or not you are ready for a direct relationship with one of those of us who are the ascended masters.      I can assure you, beloved, that the ascended masters today take on very few, if any, chelas — the reason being that we must use all of our grants and dispensations to help the larger body of disciples on the Path rather than lose those dispensations because we have, in a sense, plighted our troth to one who has not been true to us in the sense of being wife. For every chela is the wife of the ascended master.      Understand, beloved, that it is important that you have a sense of co-measurement of what the Great White Brotherhood is trully all about and what all these things are about, these ins and outs of fussing about this and fussing about that because you simply do not like the way you are being treated. I counsel you on this because pride will surely put great distance between you and myself, for the Holy Spirit will not dispense its gifts to those who yet have pride. For how much more proud shall they become when they have spiritual gifts?      And thus, one cannot even calculate how high individuals think they have come when they think they have spiritual gifts (which they do not have) and therefore consider that they are mighty above all others and look down upon them.      I am grateful that there is less of a demonstration of that human pride here than there is in other circles where individuals do not have the calls to Astrea, the dweller call or the violet flame. But I tell you, beloved, [pride] is the source of the fall that comes. And I say, you have known the expression that "pride goeth before the fall." See that you do not fall and then remember and realize that it was your pride that tripped you.      I do not say that you should not be bold before the world yet humble before your God. But I ask you to remember that we can only go so far with you when you have mapped out in your consciousness and have such a set grid around you of what you think the Path is, what you think the Guru-chela relationship is and therefore almost put the messenger in a position of apologizing to you while correcting you. This need not be and it ought not to be, but because of your ignorance, that is where the matter rests many times. [This previously unpublished dictation by the Maha Chohan was delivered by the Messenger of the Great White Brotherhood Elizabeth Clare Prophet on Monday, October 11, 1993, during the seven-day conference Prayer Vigil to Restore the Tai Chi of Elemental Life, held October 6, though 11, 1993, at the Royal Teton Ranch, Park County Montana.]

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