from darkness to light;
from the unreal to the real;
from death to immortality.
"And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance." (Acts 2:1.)
***Pentecost (from the Greek pentekonta, fifty), the seventh Sunday (50th day) after Easter, commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples."The Festival of Easter and the Feast of Pentecost will be the two outstanding days of the religious year. Pentecost is, as you must well know, the symbol of right human relations in which all men and nations will understand each other and -- though speaking in many and diverse languages -- will know only one spiritual speech." (DN 151)
"The fact of the resurrection will be demonstrated during the next few centuries, and the Living Christ will walk among men and lead them onward towards the Mount of Ascension. The Pentecost will become truth. All men will come under the tide of inspiration from on high, and though they may speak with many tongues, they will all understand each other." (EOH 471)
"Pentecost. This event does not portray the triumph of orthodox Christianity (as the theologians believe and teach), but signifies the universal dissemination of the Christ consciousness throughout all time in the heart of every human being; to this the words and promise, "Lo, I am with you all the days, even until the end of the world," bear witness." (R&I 356)
[ References to the number 50 | Easter Season, Pentecost and New World Religion ]
The Mystery of the Holy Spirit and the Mother
Salm 103 "Beneeix al Senyor, ànima meva"
MEDITATION
Pentecost Communion Ceremonial Group Invocation
by HBH
June 8, 2014
(Adapted by JB for the VBA Study Center)
This is a ceremony ritual. While it contains meditative
elements, it is more than that. It is designed to be an Invocation and a
Spiritual Approach to Divinity.
This is designed to be done with two or more people. But it can also be done
“seemingly alone” though never truly alone because of the linkage with other
groups.
This ceremony will be most effective if read aloud, slowly, pauses, and a deep
love and respect for the power and depth of ceremonial ritual (yet never with
pomp). If you are alone, read it aloud or in a whisper, but in either case,
the reading should be slow, measured, and rhythmic to allow time to invoke the
energies, allow them to descend and register. Read as if inspired, read as if
you are the Soul, and read with your invocatory voice – as the Soul. The
prose, in the Invocation and Descent of the Holy Spirit section – most
especially requires careful reading and intuitive interpretation.
With your trained imagination, music, invocation of higher energies, and inner
group contact, there will surely be a response.
I. PREPARATION: ENTERING the INNER TEMPLE
Enter your inner Sanctuary: a symbol for the Light, Love and Spiritual Will that exists around and within you.
Music to set a field of silence and prepare the Inner Temple
Massenet "Meditation"
from Thais
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Annoint yourself with Holy Oil, Incense, or a Flame.
Light two fires. The first fire is incense or sacred smoke. This fire purifies the atmosphere, sets a field for the sacred, links with the sacred ceremonies and rituals done throughout the ages, and invokes the high Angels who are dedicated to the work of the Great Ones and Who are helping to “Prepare the Way”.
Light a flame with intention to invoke the fire Devas (Angels) who then call on “others” who are related to the fiery planes. A “living flame” is both a symbol and an anchoring point for the Fires of God on earth as they are in heaven, and attracts the ‘high Angels’ that are most needed and appropriate for a specific ritual or ceremony. As you Light the flame, dedicate this Ceremony to ________ (The Revelation of Pentecost, to The Christ and the Spiritual Hierarchy, to the Mother of the World, to the Holy Spirit, to the Father, or ….).
Note: All the above are optional and can be dispensed with if you are not accustomed to outer forms of sacred ceremony. It can be imagined in part or in whole in the sanctuary of your “heart in the head” – the true inner temple.
Take time now to join your mind and heart with the Living Soul
by sounding the Sacred Word (Om) and then say or do your prayers,
visualizations, words of power and/or invocations.
Align, and focus. Come into a conscious alignment with the group that has
worked together during this process, and then, link with “the great potency of
the inner groups.” We are now ready to enter the “upper chamber” - the Heart
in the Head individually, and as a group.
PROPERLY PREPARED, WE BEGIN
II. INTENTION/DEDICATION:
Sound your sacred music (with an ascending, invocatory quality) that would invoke the living Spirit - the Spiritual Hierarchy, the Christ, the Mother of the World, The Lord of the World and the Angels that preside with Them.
Bach-Gounod: Ave Maria
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We gather together today in “the upper chamber” where all
Aspirants, Disciples and Initiates will to meet in a true recognition of God
Immanent – in each and every one present, for the purpose of Communion. In
this upper chamber live only those energies that are resonant with Love,
Goodwill, Understanding, and the Light of Truth.
We dedicate this Communion Pentecost to the Christ and the Spiritual
Hierarchy.
With one great invocatory movement, we will invoke “the Christ, the Eldest of
our Humanity in a great family of brothers” to Be with us again and lead us on
towards the Mount of Ascension. It will be in the Presence of the Christ
energies, that we as a group can invoke still higher energies, the Universal
fires of God’s Love and Direction (or Will).
In our unity and sacred expectancy, it is our will to “come under the tide and
inspiration from on high”, to be visited by the Divine Flame of the Holy
Spirit – “to understand each other” anew, to Prepare the Way for the Coming of
the Lord, and to walk the earth as Living Souls.
Bach-Gounod: Ave Maria
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Entering “The Upper Room”, the Chamber
As a group, we ascend, and enter the “upper chamber” of a
large temple.
Upon entering the room, we see a large oval table. The table is beautiful,
made of a stunning, pure crystalline light, translucent in nature.
We learn the table is made in part from the purest crystals found deep within the earth, and in part from etheric substance fashioned by the Angels of the Lord of Love. This amazing composition gives the table characteristics that are not entirely from this world, but also from the higher worlds - as we are about to find out.
Together as a group, we slowly begin walking toward the table,
as if magnetically drawn to its purity and beauty. We arrive at the table
about the same time and assemble ourselves around the table, each taking a
seat.
We close our eyes and place our fingertips on top of the table. As we do, we
are immediately transported into an interior dimension, into a deep chamber of
such a refined vibration that we are immediately brought into a rare state of
unity consciousness. A voice from within says, this is the plane of At-One-Ment.
A few minutes pass, with no thought, as we adjust to the new vibration and allow the refining fires to course through our minds. We simultaneously realize that we are telepathic here, that every thought is known, and happily, we have all worked long and hard purifying our minds and hearts, allowing us entrance into this refined state of awareness.
III. APPROACH and INVOCATION of the CHRIST and the DESCENT of the HOLY
SPIRIT
Music: this music expands and fulfills the power and Beauty of God.
Bach: Air on G String
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"When by human feet and human hands
the Temple will be built wherein will blossom the pistil laid by Me,
then let the Builders pass by My Way."
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A resonant, golden Voice begins to sound in our mind, saying the following words as if in invocation. We realize at once, with a subtle thrill, that the process for which we have gathered has now begun.
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“We have come with unified purpose, undivided, whole and pure.
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IV. DISTRIBUTING the SACRED ENERGIES just received
Music to distribute what has been evoked to Humanity and all the Kingdoms of nature.
N. Roerich: Krishna
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N. Roerich: St. Panteleimon the Healer
This mediation can be followed, as a White Magic process. And
repeated as often as we are called to bring it into manifestation. Use it now,
or make up your own to distribute the energies just received. This meditation
can also be held in reserve until after the Full Moon of Gemini, in the
distribution days.
at the entrance of the United Nations Meditation Room
“Let us imagine a day in September. It is Peace Day, and the ritual opening of
the work of the United Nations is about to begin. All the world leaders have
gathered around an enormous oval table (seating 190+ Nations). In the center
of the table is a large chalice filled with pure spring water – the world
communion chalice. The scourge of war has been eliminated. Now they are
celebrating unity and brotherhood, and are recognizing one another for each
nation’s achievements on behalf of world good. The atmosphere is one of
respect, true dialogue and understanding, and pledges of support are being
offered for each nation’s needs and bringing them to solution. This is a
global communion celebration of Brotherhood – the Desire of all Nations - and
a sign of world peace. The Presence of the Risen Christ is the spiritual
keynote emanating from each and every heart. National leaders are committing
to the good of all their people and the peoples of all nations within the
field of this great unified Heart! Such is the Word spoken now on Earth – in
one spiritual speech the language of unity through brotherhood is understood.”
END
A Day of Forgiveness and of Forgetting
"Danger lies in laying down rules and in making forecasts.
These will only lead to premature activity and hasty procedure. If the work
which is outlined here proceeds along the desired lines; if, through daily use
of the Great Invocation:
Let the Forces of Light bring illumination to mankind
Let the Spirit of Peace be spread abroad
May men of good will everywhere meet in a spirit of cooperation
May forgiveness on the part of all men be the keynote at the time
Let power attend the efforts of the Great Ones
So let it be, and help us to do our part
the channel is widened and firmly established, and a day of prayer is duly
organised; if the daily recognition of forgiveness in the sense in which St.
Paul wrote when he said "Forgetting the things which are behind, press
forward," becomes the rule among the men of good will, leading eventually to a
world-wide day of forgiveness, then the task of the New Group of World Servers
will go forward along constructive and fruitful lines, and will lead to
success. Those Who seek to lead and guide on the inner side will also have
reason to go forward with increased confidence, and the Christ will see the
fruits "of the travail of His soul and be satisfied." (EP II, 648-49)
" ... a forgiveness which is based upon a recognition of the universality of human error in the past, and the fact that there is no blame to be apportioned to this or that group, nation or church, but that we have all made mistakes, have all failed to understand, and have all been guilty of lack of love and of tolerance. It is not, therefore, a forgiveness which is based on a spirit of magnanimity or a sense of expediency or superiority, but upon a desire to forget the past, and to push [Page 648] forward into the New Age and participate in the new social order, free from the ancient hatreds, relinquishing the memory of the old mistakes in policy, judgment and method, and ignoring the habitual barriers and our normal separative instincts." (EP II, 647-48)
Leaves of Morya’s Garden,
Book II, Illumination, 1925II:V:5. The Star of Allahabad pointed out the way. And so We visited Sarnath and Gaya. Everywhere We found the desecration of religion. On the way back, under the full moon, occurred the memorable saying of Christ.
During the night-march the guide lost his way. After some seeking, I found Christ seated upon a sand mound looking at the sands flooded by moonlight. I said to Him, “We have lost the way. We must await the indication of the stars.”
“Rossul M., what is a way to Us, when the whole world is awaiting Us?”
Then, taking His bamboo staff, He traced a square around the impression of His foot, saying, “Verily, I say, by human feet.”
And making the impression of His palm, He surrounded it also with a square. “Verily, by human hands.”
Between the squares He drew the semblance of a pillar surmounted by an arc. He said: “O, how Aum shall penetrate into the human consciousness! Here I have drawn a pistil and above it an arc, and have set the foundation in four directions. When by human feet and human hands the Temple will be built wherein will blossom the pistil laid by Me, then let the Builders pass by My Way. Why should We await the way, when it is before Us?”
Then, rising, He effaced with His cane all that He had drawn.
“When the Name of the Temple will be pronounced, then shall the inscription emerge. In remembrance of My constellation, the square and nine stars shall glow over the Temple. The sign of the foot and the hand shall be inscribed above the Cornerstone.”
Thus He Himself spoke of the eve of the new moon. And the heat of the desert was great.
The Star of the Morning is the sign of the Great Epoch which will flash as the first ray from the Teaching of Christ. For who is to extol the Mother of the World if not Christ, the One so demeaned by the world. Give Us the Arch of the Dome, wherein to enter.
N. Roerich
Joyous Pentecost!
(Mother - Matter- Moisture)
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