On the Taurus-Gemini Full Moon Approach
One point I must make here and I make it with great joy:
This year (1946) marks the beginning of a cycle in which humanity is more
closely involved in the Festivals than ever before and in which they can take a
much more important part than ever before. The Wesak Festival has long been
kept in many countries and–as time goes on and the instruction of the masses
proceeds–the meeting held at the time of the May Full Moon will assume great
importance but its keynote will be changed. … It is the intention of the
Buddha and the Christ that in each country there shall eventually be someone
who will act as Their Representative at the time of the two Festivals, so that
the distribution of spiritual energy from the first great Aspect or Ray will be
direct from the Buddha (and later Shamballa) to the Christ and then from the
Christ to those disciples in every country who can be overshadowed and so act
as channels for the direct current of energy. The same procedure will be followed
at the time of the Full Moon of June, except that Shamballa will not be so
involved, and with the difference that at the May Festival it will be a first
ray disciple who will be overshadowed and at the June Festival a second ray
disciple will represent the Christ in every land. This can mean either the soul
or the personality ray of the disciple. (Wesak Message 1946)
The Wesak Festival–The Full Moon (Taurus) of the Buddha
The day of the Festival is to be known as the "day
of safeguarding" whilst the two succeeding days are called the "days
of distribution." These words mean something different to the Hierarchy of
Masters than they do to us and [17] it is fruitless (as well as forbidden) to
elucidate them in their deepest meaning. They mean, however, five days of a
most intensive effort in service, leading to the renunciation of all which could
hinder our usefulness as channels of spiritual force. It means that after due
preparation, dedication and upward striving for the first two days, on the day
of the Festival itself we simply regard ourselves as the recipients of, or the
custodians of, as much of that inflowing spiritual force as we can possibly
hold. As channels, we must be prepared to forget ourselves in the service of
touching, containing and holding force for the rest of humanity. We must regard
the Festival itself as a day of silence (I refer to an inner peace and silent
solemnity that can be preserved unbroken though the outer man may be serving
with his speech and spoken interest), a day of service carried forward entirely
on esoteric levels, and of complete self-forgetfulness in the remembrance of
humanity and its need. During that period, two thoughts only will hold our
constant attention the need of our fellowmen and the necessity of providing a
group channel whereby the spiritual forces can be poured through the body of humanity
under the expert guidance of the chosen members of the Hierarchy.
For two days prior to the full moon, we will hold the
attitude of dedication and service and seek to assume that attitude of
receptivity to that which our soul will impart which will make us of use to the
Hierarchy. The Hierarchy works through groups of souls, and the potency of this
group work is to be tested out. These groups in their turn contact and feed the
waiting dedicated attentive personalities. On the day of the full moon, we
attempt to hold ourselves steadily in the light. We will not formulate to
ourselves what will happen nor will we look for results or for tangible
effects.
On the two succeeding days, the focus of our attention
will be steadily turned away from ourselves but also from the inner subjective
planes to the outer world, and our efforts will be to pass on, or to pass
through, that measure of spiritual energy that may have been contacted. Our
work then in this particular and peculiar field of cooperation will then be
ended.
This effort of the Hierarchy is a five days' effort,
preceded by a most intensive period of preparation. The work of getting ready
for the opportunity starts for the Hierarchy exactly at the hour when "the
sun began to move northward." But They tire not as do human beings and it
is not possible for the human aspirant to keep up so long a period of
preparation, no matter how deep his devotion.
When the Great Lord was on Earth, He told His disciples
that successful spiritual effort of a healing nature went not forth except by
prayer and fasting. Will you ponder on these words? This is a group effort
towards a vast group healing and by prayer (sanctified desire, illumined
thought and intense aspirational longing) and by the discipline of the physical
body for a short period and for a definite objective, the work can be done.
What is it that should be accomplished at each momentous
full moon in May? I shall state the objective sequentially and in the order of
their [18] importance, and with as much clarity and brevity as this abstruse
subject permits.
1. The releasing of certain energies which can potently
affect humanity, and which will, if released, stimulate the spirit of love, of
brotherhood and of goodwill on the earth. These energies are as definite and as
real as those energies with which science occupies itself and calls the
"cosmic rays." I am speaking of real energies and not of emotionally
desired abstractions.
2. The fusion of all the men of goodwill in the world
into an integrated responsive whole.
4. The evocation from the inner side of a strenuous and
one-pointed activity on the part of the Hierarchy of Masters, those illumined
Minds to Whom has been confided the work of world direction. A responsiveness
is desired and can be effective between the following three groups:
a. The waiting and (at this time) anxious
Hierarchy–anxious because even They cannot tell how humanity will react and
whether men will be wise enough to avail themselves of the proffered
opportunity. They stand, organised under the direction of the Christ, the
Master of all the Masters, and the Teacher alike of angels and of men. He has
been constituted the direct intermediary between the earth and the Buddha, Who
is, in His turn, consecrated intermediary between the entire waiting Hierarchy
and the attentive Forces.
b. The New Group of World Servers, composed at this time
of all those sensitive and consecrated servers of the race whose objective is
world peace, who aim at the establishing of goodwill on earth as the basis for
future living and world expansion. Originally, this group was composed of a
handful of accepted disciples and consecrated aspirants. Its ranks have been
opened . . . to all those men of goodwill who are willing to sacrifice
themselves for the helping of humanity, and who [19] see no separating bar of
any kind, but feel alike to the men of all races, nationalities and religions.
c. The masses of men and women who have responded to the
ideas which have been set forth, and who react favorably to the objective of
international understanding, economic interdependence and religious unity. When
these three groups of thinkers and servers are brought en rapport with each
other, and when the three groups can be aligned, even momentarily, much can be
accomplished; the gates of the new life can be opened, and the inflow of the
new spiritual forces can take place. Such is the Group objective and idea.
May I now make an inquiry? Of what importance is this
full moon of May to you personally? Does it seem to you of sufficient
importance to warrant your utmost effort? Do you really believe that on that
day there can truly come a release of spiritual energy of sufficient potency to
change world affairs, provided the sons of men play their part? Do you really
believe, and can you stand practically to that belief, that the Buddha on that
date, in cooperation with the Christ, and with the Hierarchy of Illumined
Minds, plus the proffered aid of some of the Thrones, Principalities and Powers
of Light, Who are the higher correspondence of the powers of darkness, stand
waiting to carry out God's Plans, when given the right and the permission of
men? Your major job at this time is not to wrestle with the powers of evil and
the forces of darkness, but to awaken an interest in and mobilise the forces of
light in the world today. Resist not evil, but so organise and mobilise the
good, and so strengthen the hands of the workers on the side of righteousness
and love that evil will find less opportunity.
If you have faith as a grain of mustard seed in what I
have told you, if you have staunch belief in the work of the spirit of God and
in the divinity of man, then forget yourselves and consecrate your every
effort, from the time you receive this communication, to the task of
cooperation in the organised effort to change the current of world affairs by
an increase in the spirit of love and goodwill in the world during the month of
May.
(Rays II-pp. 687-692)
“THE WESAK FESTIVAL - A Technique of Spiritual Contact”
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