The Aquarian Gnostic

 

In this final chapter, we will examine some of the Gnostic teachings and mysteries that Jesus imparted to his disciples, that were hidden for two thousand years until they were rediscovered in Qumran. As I looked at these teachings, what struck me was how much they dovetail with the progressive revelation that came through two thousand years later, as the teachings of the ascended masters—to form the gospel for the Aquarian Age.

The gift of the Nag Hammadi library is that it allows us to revisit the ancient teachings that Jesus shared and clarified, and to glean from them what is most essential to our spiritual progress. Jesus himself told us that the truth would be shouted from the housetops. Therefore we move beyond a simple validation of the Christian doctrine and dogma of the last two thousand years, and recognize where there were flaws and limitations. Now, we can complete our Piscean understanding with a fresh perspective for the Age of Aquarius, that encompasses spiritual gifts and perspectives found in both the Gnostic texts and in the ascended master teachings from the heaven-world, given through their anointed messengers.

We can dissolve any collective resistance to a messengership that relays the words of Jesus and other heavenly beings, by remembering the visions, writings and experiences of many saints throughout the ages who demonstrated their communications and direct experiences with Jesus and other divine beings. Truth comes from many sources and always leads back to the One Source. Therefore, we ask Jesus to help us elucidate his mysteries wherever we find them, fulfilling his promise: “Seek and you shall find; knock and it shall be opened to you.”

In the second century, early church father Irenaeus wrote in his book Against Heresies, that Jesus lived on earth many years beyond the ascension. He said this was based on information from the apostle John in Asia: “From the fortieth and fiftieth year a man begins to decline towards old age—which our Lord possessed while he still fulfilled the office of a teacher—even as the gospel and all the elders testify; those who were conversant in Asia with John, the disciple of the Lord, affirming that John conveyed to them that information.”

We find more evidence of Jesus physically walking the earth beyond his ascension in the Gnostic text Pistis Sophia. Here, we read that after rising from the dead, Jesus passed eleven years discoursing with, and instructing his disciples. In a dictation through the Summit Lighthouse, Jesus corroborated this statement and said, “I walked and talked with my disciples for many years, even many years after my resurrection. For I did remain upon earth and the Gnostic text Pistis Sophia does bear witness to this even as does the Church Father Irenaeus, commenting that I was teaching well into the fiftieth year. And it was so.”

The Elohim Cyclopea also spoke of Jesus' later years in a dictation through the Summit Lighthouse. He said, “Blessed hearts, you know the history of the final incarnation of your Lord. You know that he went on and did deliver his message in many octaves and levels of being and did settle in the East and there did live many years beyond the hour of the crucifixion. Yet from that hour on, his Ascended Master Light Body superimposed upon his flesh body was the open door of the Light flowing from God that held the balance for the karma of the world. And that Light has been sustained for two thousand years. In his footprints, walk ye!”

Sadly, in spite of this knowledge, Iranaeus spent much of his life debunking the Gnostic teachings—especially the idea of many divine emanations or beings called Aeons, who are in fact the ascended masters and their realms. Iranaeus was loyal to a succession of church bishops, and was the only source on Gnostic beliefs until the Nag Hammadi library was discovered.

Some religious scholars like Elaine Pagels have declared that the many ancient manuscripts found in Nag Hammadi show Irenaeus' description of Gnosticism to be inaccurate and polemic. I agree, and would add that the playing out of extremism over the last two thousand years has marred the church's legacy and produced antichrist manifestations— actions supported by a collective justification that directly contradicted Christ' words and spirit. Jesus warned of this when he said a time would come when people would kill, thinking they did God a favor.

We find today that there is much concern among Christians about the occult, and rightly so—because occultism has been used to usher in great darkness. At its source, however, the word “occult” simply means “hidden.” Not every so-called occult teaching is evil in nature. Speaking of what is occult, Jesus said: “There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known.”

Evil, from its inception, is always an inversion of light. Evil takes the laws of God and principles of Creation and turns them inside out and upside down. That is why satanists use the upside down star as a symbol, inverting the five starry focal points of man illustrated by DaVinci's Vetruvian Man. That is why Hitler used an ancient Hindu Swastik, symbol of progress and auspiciousness, and inverted the direction of the wheel to create the swastika. This is why the ancient awareness of the all-seeing eye of God in the capstone of the pyramid of life was taken over and perverted as a dark Illuminati symbol. We must leave off from fallen angel manipulations and inversions of God's energy, even as we pursue the truth that was hidden. Evil has no permanent reality or sustaining power in God. In the booklet Jesus Watch With Me Jesus Vigil of the Hours released through Elizabeth Clare Prophet, Jesus dictated the following words:

“In a universe of absolute goodwill and perfection, it must be recognized that the freedom to choose, known as free will, has permitted mankind to depart from the perfection of God and to act as a creator in his own domain. Hence there have sprung into manifestation, along with the good men are wont to do, myriad forms and concepts which utilize divine energy to spawn a shadowed veil of substance and thought which is distinctly antichrist in nature.

“As the warning sounded forth of old to beware of the antichrist, so mankind in this hour of trial must understand that the earth has a very old residue comprising the energy records of past history. These have been sustained largely through custom, and they exist as a temporary force of evil until challenged by the power of Light—for evil has no permanent reality except in the continuous misqualification by mankind of the pure energies of God released to all daily.

“The reactivation and revitalizing of ancient foci of evil is accomplished then, by contemporary man in most cases inadvertently, but in accord with a scheme perpetrated by the hordes of shadow, who have to the present hour refused to bend the knee and acknowledge the power of Light in their own beings or to confess the divinity of the Christ radiance as the divine mediator between God and man.”

What compelled me most when I first encountered the teachings and dictations of the ascended masters was the sheer volume of information and intelligence and benediction that flowed from them, filling missing gaps of understanding that my soul was longing to find. These teachings have empowered me to become the best version of self that I could be—my very own Christ Self, in the footsteps and likeness and legacy of Jesus. Like Nathanael, I also learned to sit under my own vine and fig tree for guidance, and to commune with the heavenly hosts. This is why Freedom of Religion, guaranteed under our Constitution, is so important and has set America apart from past ages and from other nations who have not sustained that Self-evident, God-given opportunity.

Saint Thérèse of Lisieux gave two dictations published through the Summit Lighthouse, where she encouraged students—based on her experience having recently ascended —to follow the teachings of the ascended masters. She said, “Following my ascension, I was accorded the grant to spend a portion of my heavens on earth. But for another portion the Father did assign me to study under the three Masters El Morya, Kuthumi and Djwal Kul. These three wise men, adepts of the East who did come and tend the birth of the Lord Christ, therefore did tend with me the full flowering and birth of that Christ in my being multiplied many times over by their presence after my ascension.

“Therefore, through their hearts I did learn the mysteries of the East, the profundity of the message of the Buddha and his oneness with our Lord. Thread upon thread they did assist me in weaving and weaving again the fullness of the garment of light that does comprise the whole complement of the teaching of God to this age.

“Therefore, beloved, I had full opportunity to receive that instruction which did fill in for me all of those sacred mysteries that had not been revealed through the established Church. Therefore you understand that much teaching that is given to you in this hour I received at inner levels after my ascension.”

Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, age eight

The Apocryphon of John inquires of Jesus, “Lord, will every soul be saved and find entry into the pure light?” Jesus answers John with a description of sainthood. “You raise a profound query, one that cannot be answered by anyone outside the unswayed lineage. They are the individuals upon whom the Spirit of Life will descend, empowering them to attain salvation, perfection, and worthiness for greatness. They expel malevolence from themselves, and are indifferent to wickedness, seeking only that which remains uncorrupted. They attain liberation from anger, envy, jealousy, longing and craving.” This is also the teaching of the Buddha.

Jesus says, “The material body imposes limitations on them. They bear it as they anticipate the time when they will reunite with those who will remove it. These individuals merit imperishable, eternal life. They endure all things, persevering through every circumstance to be deserving of the good and the inheritance of eternal life.”

Saint Hildegard von Bingen is revered as one of four women doctors of the Catholic church. Many mystical threads weave through Hildegard's teachings that are reminiscent of Gnosticism. Hildegard was especially fond of the divine reality manifesting as the Cosmic Christ—or cosmic wisdom—the image of God in all things. Hildegard wrote and spoke and sung and drew her revelations of the Cosmic Christ in her twelfth-century visions, paintings and music.

In the book, Hildegard of Bingen, A Saint for Our Times, Matthew Fox writes: “It is my conviction that behind the canonization of Hildegard and the declaration that she is now a Doctor of the Church lies a deep and demanding truth—that if we dare honor her, we ought also to listen to her with open hearts and minds. For she calls us today to deep reform of church corruption and spiritual lukewarmness, to use her word. She also awakens us to the perils generated by a culture still dominated by patriarchal structures and values—values that put profit and power for a few ahead of the needs of all for healthy bodies, minds, spirits, communities and the planet itself. Hildegard's main theme is that we should wake up.”

One of Hildegard's special teachings, says Fox, is that we are all born in original wisdom—to quote her words. He writes, “Who is this woman who built her theology on Lady Wisdom Sophia, the divine feminine?

“Who is this woman who declared that redemption occurs through the incarnation, not pinning it all on the crucifixion?

“Who is this woman that tells us God and creation are related like husband and wife, Alpha and Omega?

“Who is this woman who had visions from the time she was five years old, and as an adult painted thirty-six of her visions, many in mandala form, and commented on them?

“Who is this woman who heard angels singing and put the sounds to music?

“Who is this woman who brings alive again the person and teachings of Jesus—and does so with music, poetry, theology, opera, medicine, letters, paintings, and yoga-like ecstatic experiences of soul and body ?

“Who is this woman who wrote abbots and bishops telling them to abandon their dryness, get out of their buildings and do whatever it took to get wet and green and moist and juicy?

“Who is this woman who wrote popes telling them that they silently tolerated corrupt wen and thus threw the whole world into confusion?

“Who is this woman who speaks of Christ and the Word as head of church, not the pope and his curia?

“Who is this woman who dares to call herself a prophet?

“Who is this woman who insisted that not only she, but all Christians need to be strong warriors?

“Who is this woman who urges us to be brave enough to explore both the Divine Feminine and the sacred masculine in ourselves and society?”

“Hildegard is teaching about the Cosmic Christ. It's the light in everything, as science today assures us that there are light waves or photons in every atom in the universe. Hildegard often saw the light in all things. She painted it and set it to music, which is why she speaks of her paintings, visions, and mandalas as illuminations. Light beings bear light and reveal by way of light.”

 

 

“We have in this teaching from Hildegard about the oneness of matter with the divine echoes of Buddhism,” says Fox. “For to be awakened is at the heart of Buddhist practice. Hildegard experiences praise emanating from all beings—praise to their creator.”

Hildegard says: “The light which I see is not bound by space...And just as the sun, the moon and the stars are reflected in water, so writings, talks, powers and certain actions of people are illuminated for me in this light...It is in this light that I sometimes see, though not often, another light that I call the living light”

For Hildegard, words are alive. Echoing the Hindu concept of Vach—the mystical sound, the divine speech, the generatrix of creation—Hildegard tells us that Word is music, and that music is the Word. Fox explains that for Hildegard, “words like radiance, numinosity, glory and doxa are synonyms for the Cosmic Christ, the image of God present and shining in all beings.

“This is like the Buddha nature, which is also said to be present in all things, heightening our sense of reverence and respect...The Cosmic Christ is the Logos, or Word, that we have seen dwells in all things not passively but actively....In humans, this same Word, logos—the Cosmic Christ—renders us morally strong. As Hildegard sees it, it bears fruit in the practice of virtue.”

Fox describes her awareness of the I AM Presence. He writes, “The I-who-am speaks through Hildegard rather than through the scriptures alone. Hildegard too is the Word of God. The Word is alive. ...The Cosmic Christ, or Word, is the Light of all lights, and it gives light of itself.”

Hildegard also identifies with the Ancient of Days, and honors the sun. She declares, “I who am without origin and from whom every beginning goes forth, I who am the Ancient of Days, do declare that I am the day by myself alone...” She also speaks of a reoccurring vision of a beautiful young lady, and this lady is Love. Thus, the cosmos is built on love.

The Choirs of Angels by Saint Hildegard von Bingen

 

Hildegard sees creativity—a manifestation of love—at the core of our vocation as human beings. She says we have a vocation to create, which is why God exalts us as co-creators. This is our nobility, but also our serious responsibility. It is the divine presence at work in us both as Holy Spirit and as the word of the Cosmic Christ.

On several occasions, Hildegard offers images of the motherhood of God and the circle that is God. She talks about our “being hugged and encircled by the mystery of God.” Hildegard calls Mary the “sister of Wisdom,” and “Mother of all joy,” who makes creation even more excellent than when it began.

More teachings on the Cosmic Christ from the Elohim Cyclopea, published by the Summit Lighthouse, confirm Saint Hildegard's mission, and our own: “In the name Elohim, I AM come...embodying the all-knowing, all-consuming Presence whereby, in the Eye of God, you are held in the immaculate victory of your own Cosmic Christ Person, the beloved and most holy Christ Self.

“This Christ Self, you must well acknowledge, is a cosmic being and connected by the mighty threefold flame with all ascended beings who have attained to the point of the inner and outer realization of a Cosmic Christ consciousness. So will you be counted among those of this level of attainment when your own personal Christhood includes your individual self-awareness in and as Cosmos.

“You are now on the personal path of Christhood, seeking to maintain twenty-four hours a day your individual representation and assimilation of that Christ Person. Your world, then, becomes the activity of the light extending from your heart three feet in all directions, then, ideally, nine feet, in concentrated white-fire essence and the threefold flame of Liberty.

The Trinity by Saint Hildegard von Bingen

“Thus, as you give your invocations and songs, meditations and implorations to your personal Christ Self, it ought to be accompanied with the visualization of intense white fire emanating from your God Presence, descending over the crystal cord, and amplified by your Christ Self just above you, bursting forth as white fire and expanding to include this ovoid of the fiery sun presence that you are intended to be always on planet Earth.

“I ask you to stand ..before the Lord Jesus Christ, and to recognize him as the archetype—yea, the living presence of your own personal Savior. Then you may see the visualization of yourself in the center, with him as the Cosmic Christ, the personal Christ—the extension of your aura as the filling of all the room and all of the house with the light of God that will not fail to illumine your aura if you live to make the call.”

Let us now delve into the Gnostic texts. We begin with several principles that we find not only in the canonical gospels, but also in the Gospel of Thomas. Thomas shares a teaching from Jesus that reminds me of a quote by Arthur Schopenhauer. Jesus remarked, “Those who search should persist in their quest until they uncover. Upon discovery, they will experience turmoil. In their disturbance, they will be amazed, and will achieve dominion. And after their rule, they will find repose.” Schopenhauer said, “Truth passes through three stages: First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as self-evident.”

Jesus said, “Abstain from falsehood and from engaging in what you despise, for all things are laid bare before the heavens. After all, there is nothing concealed that will not be uncovered, and there is nothing concealed that will not be revealed.”

“New wine is not poured into old wineskins, or they might burst. And old wine is not poured into a new wineskin, or it might spoil. An old patch is not sewn onto a new garment, as it would create a tear.” What this means is that we must renew ourselves, and set aside our preconceived notions and learned prejudices and societal limitations, to partake in the new wine of the spirit that Jesus delivered to his disciples. These are the mysteries of God recorded in the Gnostic gospels, and then two thousand years later through the direct teachings from the ascended hierarchy.

Jesus conveyed where to find the kingdom of God—both in the heart's threefold flame and in the Mighty I AM Presence and Holy Christ Self above—that the threefold flame focalizes. He said, If your leaders proclaim, “Behold, the father's realm is in the heavens,” then the birds of the sky will precede you. If they declare, “It resides in the sea, then the fish will precede you. Instead, the Father's realm exists both within and outside you. When you fathom yourselves, you will then be recognized, and you will realize that you are offspring of the living Father. However, without self-awareness, you dwell in destitution, and you are that destitution.”

Jesus further explained: If they say to you, “Where have you come from? Say to them, “We have come from the light, from the place where the light emerged on its own, established itself and appeared in their image. If they ask you, “Is it you?” say, We are its children and we are the chosen of the living Father.”

The Gnostic Gospel of Truth sums up Jesus' mission. “This is the gospel of the one they seek, which is revealed to the perfected ones through the Father's compassionate grace as a concealed mystery—Jesus, the Anointed. Through him, those lost in darkness due to forgetfulness were enlightened. He illuminated their path by imparting the truth he taught them. Light emanated from his mouth, and his voice brought life into being. He bestowed upon them, understanding, compassion, salvation and the strength of the Spirit originating from the boundless and sweet essence of the Father.”

 

“The Son of the Father is Jesus, the sweetness of perfection. While conveying novel teachings, and speaking of the Father's innermost thoughts, he proclaimed the flawless message. Paradise is the perfection within the Father's thought. The Son's purpose was to glorify the fullness—the magnificence of his name and the sweetness of the Father.”

The Elohim Astrea speaks about this sweetness in a dictation through the Summit Lighthouse. She says, “Oh, to know the sweetness of the Light! Oh, to know the higher octaves! When you think of Astrea, you think of the cosmic circle and sword of blue flame. You hear the buzzing sound as the concrete karmas are disturbed and pulverized. You think of intense action and you think of the puncturing of unreality. Yet when the Light descends after all of the debris loosened by Astrea is cast into the violet flame, then you know just what is the sweetness of the Light! Then you have and hold in your heart a compartment of your heaven-world, an element of your Causal Body of Light.

“To establish the love tie to the great Dharmakaya that you once called your own and shall again call your own, you must sustain around yourself the matrix of the circle and sword of blue flame. It is not enough to know perfection: you must be it at a level that allows the soul to enter one of the twelve gates of the Causal Body....

“For God is one, Father-Mother is one and the dot in the center of the circle must be the Manchild. This Lamb truly is your Real Self in Christ. This Lamb within you is slain daily and hourly. Yet you have discovered that by the Tube of Light decree and the violet flame decrees, the calls to Astrea and Archangel Michael, you are able to maintain within your tube of light some of the glory of God and of the Lord Christ, who is daily descending in clouds of glory.

“And so you create here below your heaven-world within that tube of light and within the violet flame and within your contemplation of the Buddhas, saints, bodhisattvas and sages who have walked before you and yet still walk behind you as they maintain a guardian action for your protection. For the whole world and cosmos is a grand processioning to the Great Central Sun!”

The Gospel of Judas also mentions the twelve gates of the causal body. “Jesus declared, join me, and I'll reveal to you mysteries beyond what any human has witnessed, a vast and infinite domain exists, beyond the sight of even the most ancient angels, housing a grand unseen Spirit. This Spirit, untouched by any angelic gaze, incomprehensible by any heart remains nameless. There are twelve domains governed by twelve luminaries, each with six heavens, culminating in seventy-two heavens.” These are the twelve solar hierarchies, the many mansions in our Father's kingdom that Jesus spoke of when he said, “I go to prepare a place for you.”

The Apocalypse of Peter describes the etheric plane and the ascended masters of the heaven-world who reside there. Peter is speaking of an experience Jesus had with the disciples after the resurrection.

“While we engaged in prayer, an astonishing sight unfolded. Two figures materialized before the Lord from the eastern direction. We were unable to gaze directly upon them, as their countenances emitted a radiance akin to the sun. Their attire gleamed in a way beyond human sight—a brilliance so remarkable that no words could describe it, nor could any heart conceive the magnitude of their splendor.

“Our astonishment grew as we observed them. Their bodies surpassed the whiteness of snow and the ruddiness of roses, and this red hue intertwined with the white in an indescribable beauty. The texture of their hair was curly, lustrous and harmonious, adorning their faces and shoulders, like a wreath crafted from spikenard, and a variety of colorful blossoms comparable to a rainbow in the sky. Such was their remarkable elegance. Observing their remarkable beauty, we were filled with astonishment as they suddenly appeared before us. I approached the Lord and inquired, Who are these?”

The Voyage of Life: Youth by Thomas Cole

Jesus replied, “These are your righteous brethren, the ones whose forms you desired to witness.” The roseate pink quartz in the heavenly aura was also noted by Leadbeater when he described Gautama Buddha's aura. He said, “The rays of white light flash through it in the same way, yet even they seem faintly tinged with the ever-present pale rose. The whole aura gives the impression of being suffused with the most delicate yet glowing rose.”

Peter questioned further, “Where are all the righteous individuals? In which aeon do they reside, adorned with such glory?” The ascended masters teach that the word “glory” is the golden-pink “glow ray,” and heavenly manifestation.

Peter says the Lord then unveiled a vast and splendid land beyond this world, radiating an intense luminosity. The air was illuminated by the sun's rays, and the ground was adorned with everlasting flowers, spices and plants—each beautiful, incorruptible and bearing blessed fruits. The fragrance of this realm wafted to our presence. The inhabitants of this realm were clothed in attire akin to radiant angels, mirroring the splendor of their surroundings. Angelic beings hovered nearby. The glory of the residents was uniform, and they harmoniously praised the Lord God, expressing their joy in unison. The Lord conveyed to us, “This is the abode of your high priests, the righteous individuals.”

Jesus is referring to those who follow in the footsteps of Melchizedek, priest of the Most High, who is mentioned in the Gnostic gospels numerous times, as well as in the Bible. He is the High Priest all must aspire to. Jesus is also a high priest in his order, as we read in the Book of Hebrews, “Thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.”

We learn from the teachings of the ascended masters that Mechizedek works with the priests and priestesses of the sacred fire in the etheric retreat of Archangel Zadkiel, who serves on God's seventh ray of freedom and forgiveness. This ancient focus of light in the heaven-world is directly over the physical island of Cuba. In a Summit Lighthouse dictation, Archangel Zadkiel said: “We anoint those who have prepared themselves and who have earnestly prayed at inner levels since it has been told to them that they might apply to become a part of this priesthood of the Order of Melchizedek.

“Beloved ones, your calls have reached the altars of heaven. And there is truly a Light in the earth and it is a Light that does touch those who are highest on the path in attainment of love, of wisdom, and profound devotion to the will of God. The Lord, the beloved Mighty I AM Presence, does smile upon you, blessed ones. Therefore know that the violet flame legions of Light are warriors of the Spirit who can meet any condition of planet earth. We are reinforcements, as you recall, nearest the physical octave because the violet flame is the most physical flame.

Archangel Zadkiel by Marius Michael George

“Therefore we serve with 144,000 priests of the sacred fire, with the priesthood of Melchizedek. Blessed ones, we therefore are capable of sending missiles of violet flame. And these are as spiritual rockets of compressed violet fire—compressed to such an intensity...able to dissolve the very cause and core of that which is hurled against the Lightbearers, whether it be hate and hate creation, malevolence, witchcraft, the infamy of darkness, the projections against the mind, the turning over of an entire civilization into the worship and the cult of the fallen ones and the seed of Satan, or nuclear weapons themselves.

“I tell you, to make the difference in world prophecy the violet flame must pass through from our octaves into the physical through you and through your auras and chakras!

“Blessed hearts, a truth has never been more true–that Divine Intercession must become physical through the saints in embodiment, even as Mara and the legions of hell did move against the Lord Gautama when he did ascend into the levels of Samadhi and into the higher octaves of the causal body of Light to receive the teachings for an age. Thus, as this fire and temptation was hurled against him, so he had to rise again higher and higher in vibration.

“Thus, a greater and mounting momentum of the violet flame is needed, as you are able in your heart and mind and chakras to visualize it, to repeat the mantras.” Melchizedek added to this dictation: “I AM forever and forever Melchizedek! I AM king of Jerusalem, the Holy City of God! I AM priest of the Most High. Without father, without mother, or beginning or ending of days. I AM THAT I AM. For I have descended from the Lord God and I am not ready to return to the Central Sun whence I came until this work be finished.

“Now angels attend you as a fiery ovoid, beloved, of your Deathless Solar Body. This Deathless Solar Body is the true and only passport to the kingdom of heaven. He who has it has balanced and expanded the threefold flame, is therefore buoyant, levitating and the ministering servant who is the initiate becoming one in the Order of Melchizedek.”

The Apocalypse of Peter continues:“In contrast, I observed another realm nearby, filled with squalor. It was a place of punishment. Those being punished there, along with the angels executing the punishment, were clad in dark attire reminiscent of the realm's atmosphere.”

In The Apocryphon of John, John asks Jesus the ultimate eschatological question about the planes of hell: “Lord, what about souls unawares of their origins? Where do they go?” He answered, “In these individuals, the artificial spirit has gained dominance, leading them astray. Their souls bear burdens, drawn towards malevolence and cast into oblivion. As they depart the body, such souls are bound in chains and incarcerated anew. In the cyclical cycle, they persist until they break free from forgetfulness through knowledge. Eventually they achieve perfection and salvation. Through this, the soul will attain salvation and be spared from reentering a body.” This teaching from Jesus is also the premise of Buddhism: follow the eightfold path, defeat Mara and gain freedom from the wheel of rebirth.

Now the Gnostic teachings from the Tripartite Tractate echo a Kabbalistic teaching that was reiterated by the ascended master El Morya. This has to do with understanding how sparks of light gave power to evil, or were stolen by the evil ones, when the fall took place. Sparks of light were trapped among the husks when the vessels of the Sefirot broke. These vessels of the Sephirot are the fruits of our tree of life. When they broke, the light they contained gave power to evil.

We read, “This entity, born out of ignorance, crafts the material world wherein human souls become entrapped. The tractate presents the material cosmos as a shadowy reflection of the Divine characterized by imperfection and duality.” Another teaching from Pistis Sophia relates to this concept. Speaking of Jesus, Sophia says, “You have liberated me from the chaos, rescuing me from the material shadow, specifically the dark emanations within the chaos from which you have extracted their light.” And so Sophia, who represents the universal fallen feminine potential of divine polarity, was trapped among the husks when the vessels of the Sephirot broke. Her light, that was stolen, was redeemed by Jesus.

Returning now to the concept of the Bride of Christ as discussed in the Gospel of Philip. Philip shares a teaching from Jesus where he explains that the soul and spirit originated from water and fire, and the Sun of the bridal chamber emerged from water, fire and light. This fire is the chrism, he says, and the light is the fire. Then he clarifies, “I am not referring to the formless fire, but to the white fire, radiant and beautiful that bestows beauty.”

Philip's statement reminded me of a teaching from a Summit Lighthouse dictation by Gautama Buddha, who said: “Forevermore may your heart be sealed in the flame of courage. Forevermore may you dissolve all errors of the past, all failures of the past, all specters of the night in the dazzling golden white light of the courage of the heart–-a heart fired in adversity, a heart sealed in the diamond of God’s love.”

Philip continues: “While wickedness is hidden, it lacks power, yet when revealed, a perfect light flows over. All those who embrace this light become free, and the captives are liberated. Those who do not align with the true essence will be separated. The bridal chamber, a symbol of profound unity, is illuminated with a perfect light. By entering the bridal chamber, one kindles this light, experiencing the mysteries of divine union. The light received in the bridal chamber cannot be extinguished. Becoming a child of the bridal chamber allows one to receive and embrace this light, granting freedom and protection even in the world. Upon leaving the world, this light remains as a guide.”

Sharing now some words from dictations by Lady Master Kristine, who was embodied as Saint Teresa of Avila. Saint Teresa of Avila was known for her profound communion with Christ and for her writings encouraging us to enter the 'interior castle of the heart,” to meet the bridegroom.

“Yes, beloved, as you divest yourself of the old vestments of past ages and past karma and cast those vestments into the flame, those vestments once thought of as holy or precious, you see that there is only one element of you that is holy, and that is the you that has become a part of God and a part of that Universal Christ.

“Yes, holiness is unto the Lord..And therefore, day by day change your garments, putting on the fine linen of the saints. Come, then, and bring that fine linen as you approach the altar, for truly your Bridegroom is waiting.

“My bridal garment, which I wear before you, is an image and a vision impressed upon your soul, that you might have remembrance that you, too, stepped forth from the altar of God in that bridal garment and you will wear it once again. The vision of yourself as the crowning rose and the bride of light must establish that self-worth that enables you to strive and overcome and keep pressing back and pressing back every attempt to take from you your space to be the bride.

“Your space, beloved heart. It takes a very special place to be the bride. And the circle of your aura—as the gown, the train, and the veil—forms a circle of white fire that must leap into the realm of the Spirit. The circle of the wedding gown is the magnet whereby the Christ will come. You see the bride standing alone. Therefore God must come, for God must present unto that bride the living Christ.

“I am here so that you will understand how near is the Path, how near is the goal, and that, in the outer mind, none may know who is the most, the most to be desired of the Lord—which one he will pluck from the field of life.”

The Interior based on the wiritings of Saint Teresa of Avila

 

“May this bridal garment be your own. May you weave your Deathless Solar Body. I fling into your heart the bridal bouquet. It is my desire that the fragrance will remain with you until, beloved, you find yourself in the arms of the Beloved One. This promise will be fulfilled in you. I AM the living proof.”

 

Saint Catherine of Siena Bride of Christ

 

Indeed, we find in Pistis Sophia that Jesus and his disciples wore white linen. In one instance, while uttering a prayer to Alpha and Omega, “Jesus invoked the four corners of the world with his disciples all dressed in linen attire.”

Jesus also spoke to the disciples about vestments, which are mantles of light. He spoke of how the ascended masters and hierarchies of light, gave him the vestments that allowed him to ascend. Jesus addressed the disciples, saying, “Behold, I have now donned my vestment. And through the agency of the first mystery, I am vested with complete authority. In a brief span, I shall reveal to you the enigma encompassing the universe and its entirety. I shall withhold no information from you henceforth, I am committed to fostering your complete growth, embracing every facet of perfection and delving into the depths of the mysteries.

The hierarchies of light said: “The moment has now materialized. It's time for you to don this vestment. The first vestment encapsulates the entire brilliance, encompassing the names of all mysteries and emanations across the hierarchies of the ineffable spaces. The second vestment is radiant with the full glory of the names of all mysteries and emanations. The third vestment radiates with the splendor of the mystery of the revealer. Thus we have dispatched this vestment to you. We collectively approach you to envelop you with both of your other vestments, the ones prepared for you since the dawn of existence. These vestments shall remain yours until the appointed time determined by the ineffable.

“Speedily then, come to us that we may assist you in wearing them, thus embarking on the complete ministry ordained by the first mystery. Swiftly approach us, for the moment is just a mere whisper away when you shall leave this worldly realm. Hasten to us that you may embrace the entirety of your glory, the glory of the first mystery.

“At that juncture, as I comprehend the enigma embedded within the words of the vestment I had received, I hastened to clothe myself with it. Immediately, a radiant brilliance enveloped me, illuminating the surroundings, and I ascended to great height.”

The Gnostic text, The Sophia of Jesus Christ, provides more detail on Jesus' resurrected state. We read: Following his resurrection, his twelve disciples and seven women continued as his faithful followers, and they journeyed to Galilee, arriving at a mountain known as the peak of divination and joy. As they congregated, they found themselves puzzled by the fundamental nature of the cosmos, the divine blueprint, the sacred Providence, the authorities' influence and every facet of the Savior's concealed actions within the sanctified design. The Savior manifested not in his previous form, but in an imperceptible spiritual manner. His appearance resembled that of a mighty angelic being of luminosity, yet his semblance is beyond my capacity to depict. Mere mortal flesh would be unable to withstand it—only a state of unblemished, flawless flesh akin to the one he enlightened us about. With a voice of assurance, he declared: “My peace envelop you. I impart unto you my peace.”

A sense of astonishment and trepidation gripped them all. The Savior let out a laugh and addressed them, saying, “What occupies your thoughts? Does perplexity cloud your minds? What quest has drawn your attention?”

Responding to the disciples' questions, the Savior said,

“I originate from the Infinite Light, and I am here to reveal the truth to you, for I understand this light. I am here to elucidate the precise nature of truth.” Confirming the word of Moses, and the name I AM that I AM, Jesus said, “the ineffable, He-Who-Is defies description.” Like Saint Hildegard described, “No principle, authority, subjection, nor any creation since the beginning of time comprehends Him, except he alone and those to whom he chooses to reveal himself through the entity emanating from the first light.”

Jesus described his God Presence. “I stand as the Great Savior, for He is both eternal and immortal. His eternality signifies an absence of birth, as all who are born shall ultimately perish unbegotten. He possesses no inception, for any entity with a beginning has no end, as he remains beyond dominion. He bears no name, ascribed only to those fashioned by others.

“He possesses a distinct form—unlike what you have witnessed or understood—a peculiar form that surpasses all and transcends the universe. It gazes in all directions and perceives itself through itself. Infinite, it remains perpetually beyond comprehension. Imperishable, its form is unlike any other. Immutable goodness characterizes it. It is flawless, eternal and blessed. Though unknown to others, it possesses self-awareness. Immeasurable and untraceable, it stands as perfect, devoid of imperfections. This blessed imperishable entity is referred to as the Father of the Universe.

Jesus further shared about his oneness with the Presence: “Uncreated father, bestowed with immense authority, he governed over the realms of scarcity. He engendered Gods, angels, archangels, and innumerable multitude as attendants, all originating from that light, and the tri-male spirit (trinity) which is linked to Sophia, his companion. It is from this combination that divinity and kingship emerged. Hence, he earned the title, God of Gods and King of Kings.

“And subsequent to this everything that was unveiled, emerged from his power, from the created arose the fashioned. From the fashioned came the formed, and from the formed was derived the named.”

Bartholomew then queried: “Why is it that in the gospel he is referred to as man and Son of Man? To which aspect does this Son relate?” Jesus explained, “He contemplated alongside Great Sophia, his companion. His primary offspring is First Begotten Son of God—also called Christ—while his female identity is first Begettress Sophia, Mother of the Universe. Some call her Love.”

What Jesus is explaining here is reminds me of the Hindu cosmology. Brahman is the ultimate reality or supreme cosmic power. From Brahman springs forth Brahma (father), Vishnu (Son) and Shiva (Holy Spirit). The Eastern tri-male spirit also has a feminine counterpart. Sarasavati is the consort of Brahma; Lakshmi is the consort of Vishnu; and Parvati, Durga and Kali are the consorts of Shiva. The difference between Brahman and Brahma is that Brahma is the personal deity involved in creation, while Brahman is the impersonal, all-pervading principle that underlies all existence.

The disciples inquired, again: “Clearly explain to us how they descended from the realms of invisibility, from the immortal to the mortal worlds?” Jesus responded, “The Son of Man aligned with his companion Sophia, and manifested a grand androgynous light. His male designation is Savior, Begetter of All Things, while his female identity is All-Begettress Sophia. Some refer to her as Pistis.”

Similar to the Hindu cosmology, Jesus described a numberless number of heavenly beings, or ascended masters, that came forth from the Begetter of All Things. “From his alignment with His thought, powers promptly emerged, referred to as Gods. The wisdom of the Gods unveiled Gods of the Gods. These Gods, in turn, revealed Lords. From the wisdom of the Lords, Lords of the Lords emerged. The Lords through their contemplation, disclosed archangels. Archangels, through their communication, manifested angels. These angels then brought forth semblances—structures, forms and names—for all aeons and their realms.” And so we see all creation springing forth from Wisdom, who is Sophia, the female counterpart of Christ.

The holy apostles addressed him, “Lord savior, enlighten us about those within the aeons, for it is essential that for us to inquire about them.” The flawless Savior replied, “If you inquire about anything, I shall explain. They fashioned hosts of angels, countless myriads for their retinues and glory. They formed virgin spirits lights that are ineffable and immutable. These spirits do not experience illness or weakness. They embody pure will.”

Now the Gnostic text, Pistis Sophia is a dialogue between Jesus and his disciples that took place after the resurrection. Jesus and his disciples delve into the plight of Pistis Sophia, the feminine counterpart of the Logos, who is Wisdom and who descended into the realms of chaos and darkness, becoming ensnared by powers of the archons, who are the rulers of the kingdoms of this world. Her journey of suffering, redemption and ascent—with the help of Jesus and the Archangels Michael and Gabriel—symbolize the dark night of the soul and her trials as she pursues Light's illumination to return to the Divine Source.

Cosmic Mother by Paramahansa Yogananda, Self Realization Fellowship

 

Sophia is the female counterpart of Christ. She represents the fallen feminine principle in man and woman, seeking salvation. Being wisdom, she represents the yellow ray of God on which Lucifer fell, taking down with him a third of the stars of heaven, as we read in the Book of Revelation. The fallen worlds are a result of fallen consciousness and the perversions of the original divine wisdom. These fallen feminine energies in both man and woman—often identified as the “sins of Eve,” are redeemed through the intercession of Jesus, who restores our relationship with our own individualized Christ Self.

As Jesus and his disciples examine the fall and redemption of Sophia, the disciples interpret the significance of what Jesus is sharing through the Psalms of David. This is noteworthy, because David was the soul of Jesus prior to his embodiment as Jesus. David's life, with his struggles and praises highlighted in the Psalms, become a road map for the soul's journey unto Christhood. In a sense, the evolution of David's soul is the archetypal evolution of Sophia as well. This is why Mary Magdalene and the disciples associate the two, and Jesus commends them for doing so.

Sophia is the polarity on earth of the Cosmic Virgin in heaven. We find a similar awareness in the Hebrew Kabbalah. Malkhut is the feminine Sefirah at the base of the tree of life and the feminine principle in the earth, whereas Binah is the feminine wisdom Sefirah enthroned high in the heavens. Just as Adam Kadmon represents the primordial universal man that must be healed and redeemed through Christ, Sophia represents the universal feminine soul principle that Jesus came to save. When this work is fully accomplished, Pistis Sophia will radiate like the invisibles, in alignment with her original divine plan.

The Tree of Life in Kabbalah

 

The manuscript Pistis Sophia chronicles a very long and intricate journey that evolves over one hundred and forty-eight chapters. I am choosing to select those key principles and passages that relate to the teachings of the ascended masters.

Sophia said to Jesus, “I shall proclaim you are the loftier light, for you have rescued me, guiding me to you, and you have safeguarded my light against the onslaught of self-willed, hostile emanations. Luminary, you have raised my potency from the abyss. You have shielded me from those who have descended into darkness. You have liberated me from the chaos, rescuing me from the material shadows—specifically the dark emanations within the chaos—from which you have extracted their light.”

These words of Sophia remind me of several dictations given through the Summit Lighthouse dispensation by the Goddess of Light where she says: “Remember, you are being tested for Mighty Cosmic Offices and the standards are naturally high. It is better to leave mankind tied to Earth’s evolutions than to prematurely raise them to the octave where the Cosmic Ring-Pass-Not would again thrust them to the realm of outer darkness, simply because the ritual of preparedness was not accomplished, and, like the five foolish virgins, they lacked the oil for their Lamps of Spiritual Illumination. Do not rebel, then, Beloved Ones who seek to find the Way back Home—when the Mighty Law tests your mettle in order to determine whether you are ready to take another step, rather rejoice, for great is your reward if you hold fast that which is good.

“When you call forth greater Light and the Blessed Messengers of Heaven answer your call, there is a descent of great Energy and Light into your world. Blessed ones, I know the value of invoking Light! Light! Light! and Light’s protection again and again and again. I know that there can come to any one of you an unguarded moment when the false hierarchy impostor of your lifestream and your divine office may come to set you apart from the path of initiation, even in the very hour when God would place upon you the mantle of that office. And so it is unto the very moment, and I said moment, of your ascension.

“So long as you are in these temporal spheres, beloved, the fallen ones may still seek and perhaps find a point of vulnerability in your lifestream. For this reason you may understand how calamity and tragedy may befall devotees of Light who are otherwise constant.

Queen of Light by Charles Sindelar

“Yet, beloved, it takes alertness at all levels to maintain wholeness in these lower octaves. And so when you invoke Light at all levels of your being and in all of your chakras, taking care to fill in the weaker places first, you must consider that it is necessary to constantly keep the vigil....Remember that at every point of every cell of your body there is a nucleus in the atom and there is a central sun to every cell. These are points of Light. These are, as it were, manifestations of the Great Central Sun at microscopic levels. Therefore it is well to develop a meditation on Light whereby you see pinpoints of Light throughout the body.

“The Electronic Presence of your being, your deathless solar body, the garments of your ascension—what are they composed of? They are composed of light! So you see, beloved, why long ago I selected light to be my focus. Light is what you weave, the garment, the bridal garment, whereby you are ultimately wed to your Holy Christ Self. Light itself is the thread. So, let us say together now in a rolling momentum, Let there be light!”

Jesus speaks about the judgment of the dark ones—Adamas and his rulers—who have animosity towards Sophia and her steadfast faith in the Light. He says, “The moment converges when my Father grants me the authority to strip away their light.”

Speaking of Adamas and the powers of darkness, Jesus tells Sophia: “They will be infuriated, assuming you've confined his power within the chaos and seized its light. Out of bitterness, he will try to extract your light to send it down into the chaos, so it can reach his emanations and eventually return to his realm.” Jesus is describing the work of devil, which Mark Prophet explained was an acronym for the “deified energy veil.”

Jesus continues, “Therefore, if they attempt to constrain you during that time, sing praises to the Light. I won't delay in providing aid, hastening to your assistance.” Jesus, like Saint Hildegard and Gautama Buddha, affirm the healing power of divine songs. Music from higher realms of Light holds an alchemical power to seal and protect the soul from darkness. The manuscript specifies that the two dark emanations are chaos and malevolence, acting as agents of distress to torment Pistis Sophia. “And so when these dark forces begin their pursuit of her once again, Sophia—with a fervent cry—offered praise to the Light in song.”

Jesus is described as the “First Mystery,” because he carries that vestment. What this reveals is that the masters are their mantles, and when an ascended master bestows a mantle, like Elijah upon Elisha, the master is transferring the divine essence of him or herself. The ascended master Lanello bestowed his blue “cape of ability” on students during a dictation—and called it “capability.”He was apportioning his divine consciousness, his “body and blood:”

“Therefore, take a step forward this night; and consider that in taking that step you are stepping out of the skins of the former man and into the raiment of the Christ. And when you take that step... you shall have placed upon you my cape, my capuchon. I say then, will you not stand with that cape?

“You are all candidates for the ascension if you choose to be. So keep on striving for the Light, striving for the right; and know that I, Lanello, walk with you each step of the way. I have projected an Electronic Presence of myself to each one of you who will receive me. If you could but see yourselves when you leave your bodies at night–how you assemble in formation and march with the angels! Some of you have quite a good time out of your bodies making merry with the angels; and some of you remember this sometimes when you return and wake up happy and full of life and full of the spirit of the universe being a happy place, for indeed it is. And now you can stand, for now I shall place upon you the cape of my immortal destiny. I salute you by and with the seal of the entire Spirit of the Great White Brotherhood. Capes descend!”

Continuing his discourse, the First Mystery addressed the disciples, stating, “Furthermore, Pistis Sophia continued her hymns of praise to me.” Then we read, “Sophia utters yet another song of adoration—I compose a song for you.” The master says this is Sophia's Song of Praise to the Light.

This Gnostic teaching deeply touched me because the first Song of Divine Love I wrote was a song to Sophia. I had not heard of her before—but my soul knew. Like Sophia, these Songs of Divine Love helped me persevere through some of the most difficult times in my life, holding fast to the Light. The words of the song Sophia are as follows. The song refers back to the Most Holy Trinosophia, a book that was written by the Comte de Saint Germain before making his ascension, and Archangels Jophiel and Christine, who are the archangels of divine wisdom. This song, along with fifty-one other songs of divine praise to the masters are www.songsofdivinelove.com .

Sophia Sophia
Holy Trinosophia
Wisdom of the Motherland
Wise dominion rule this land

Sophia Sophia
Holy Trinosophia
Wisdom of a starry band
Guide us to the promised land.

Jophiel come forth today!
Blessed Christina clear the way!
Angels come from heaven realms
Take our children by the hand

Sophia Sophia
Holy Trinosophia
Save us from our jaded self
Guide us home, love's savioress

Sophia Sophia
Holy Trinosophia
Wisdom of a starry band
Take our children by the hand
Guide us to the promised land
Earth's redemption is at hand!

.Jesus then describes to his disciples the Four and Twenty Elders, a group of ascended beings of very high attainment and cosmic responsibility. The Four and Twenty elders are mentioned in the Book of Revelation. “And round about the throne were four and twenty seats; and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.”

The Ancient of Days pleaded before the Four and Twenty Elders for a dispensation to save the earth in her darkest hour, and was granted permission to descend to earth with the 144,000. This account is chronicled in the beautiful poembook, The Legend of the Ancient of Days and can be found at www.sanatkumara.online

 

 

The Book of Revelation describes how the souls who volunteered for this mission with the Ancient of Days are sealed with the blueprint of Christ, and protected by the Song of the 144,000, until their mission is accomplished and they come home victorious. “And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Zion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads. And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps: And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pistis Sophia

Jesus continues, “I then led Pistis Sophia into the thirteenth aeon, radiating an exceptional brilliance that defied Song of Pistis Sophia measure. As I entered the realm of the twenty-four Invisibles, an intense stir was invoked among them, and they beheld Sophia with me. They recognized her, and she said, O light, I extend my gratitude to you, for you are a perpetual savior and deliverer. I express this song to the light, for it rescued me from the clutches of my adversaries in affliction. My song reached the light, delivering me from suffering amid constraint, I sang to the light saving me from anguish. O light, my gratitude for saving me performing wondrous acts among humanity.

“Such was the hymn that Pistis Sophia, composed in the presence of the twenty-four Invisibles. Her intention was for them to comprehend the remarkable interventions I undertook on her behalf.”

“My Lord,” said Philip. “This is the meaning of the song Pistis Sophia shared among the twenty-four Invisibles. She wants them to know the remarkable deeds you've done for her, and that you've granted your mysteries to humanity.”

Mary Magdalene then asked Jesus to describe the twenty-four elders. “Mary,” answered Jesus, “there is nothing in this world that can be likened to the four-and-twenty Invisibles. No region in this world can compare to them. How can I describe them, or what words can I use to explain their nature? Nothing in this world can match their qualities, and no form in existence can resemble them.

“In fact, nothing in this world possesses the same quality as the heavens. I assure you, every one of the Invisibles is nine times greater than the combined expanse of the heavens... Moreover, no light in this world surpasses the brilliance of the sun. I emphasize that the four-and-twenty Invisibles shine with a radiance ten thousand times more intense than the light of the sun in this world.

“As I have already shared with you, the true form of the sun's light, piercing through multiple veils and dimensions, is not truly present in this world. This light of the sun in its true form, which resides within the Virgin of the Light, shines ten thousand times more brightly than the four-and-twenty Invisibles and even the great invisible forefather, and the great triple-powered God, as I have previously explained. So Mary, nothing in this world—no form, no light, no shape—can be compared to the four-and-twenty Invisibles. However, in a short while, I will guide you and your fellow disciples into all the regions of the heights. When I guide you into the heights and you witness their glory, you will be filled with tremendous wonderment.”

In a lecture entitled, “Make Heart-to-Heart Contact with Helios and Vesta,” Elizabeth Clare Prophet explained that Helios and Vesta are the named deities of the sun as the “true form” Jesus described to his disciples, behind the sun's light. “We are going to practice meditations and exercises the Masters have given us to make heart-to-heart contact with Helios and Vesta,” says Prophet. “We have been told how important it is to make that contact daily. Helios and Vesta are our key sponsors, for they are the Father-Mother God of our solar system. They are the twin flames who focus for us the light of the Father-Mother God in the spiritual sun behind our physical sun.”

We also read in the Confession of Saint Patrick that Saint Patrick had a vision where Jesus inspired him to call to Helios for help. Saint Patrick says, “The very same night while I was sleeping Satan attacked me violently, as I will remember as long as I shall be in this body; and there fell on top of me as it were, a huge rock, and not one of my members had any force. But from whence did it come to me, ignorant in the spirit, to call upon ‘Helias’? And meanwhile I saw the sun rising in the sky, and while I was crying out ‘Helias, Helias’ with all my might, lo, the brilliance of that sun fell upon me and immediately shook me free of all the weight; and I believe that I was aided by Christ my Lord.”

Saint Patrick

Prophet continues: “Thirty-three centuries ago, Ikhnaton recognized the one God in the spiritual sun behind the physical sun, and he called this God Aton. Ikhnaton visualized the Infinite One, Aton, as a divine being “clearly distinguished from the physical sun” yet manifest in the sunlight. Ikhnaton gave reverence to the heat which is in the Sun, as he saw it to be the vital heat that accompanied all life. To me, that says that Ikhnaton understood that the heat of the sun represented its spiritual energy.

“Ikhnaton created a symbol that depicted Aton as a golden circular disk from which diverging beams radiated. He was careful to point out that the solar disk itself was not God but only a symbol of God. Each diverging beam, or ray, ended in a hand extending over every person as a blessing, and in some depictions the hand brought the ankh, the symbol of life, directly to Ikhnaton and his Queen.

“In 1970, Helios gave to Mark Prophet a prayer that reflects the same understanding of the power of the sun that Ikhnaton had. It is our Salutation to the Sun. Let us give it together and as you recite this decree, visualize Helios and Vesta as radiant beings of light in their etheric retreat, the Temple of the Sun, situated in the spiritual sun behind the sun.

“Holy Amethyst once gave a dictation in which she took us on a journey to the sun in a chariot of violet fire. She described Helios and Vesta as twin flames of pink and gold standing arms outstretched, to receive us in their temple. When we grew near to the Temple of the Sun we found not greater heat but greater light and a coolness and a delight.

“In giving this decree, I would like you to really make contact with that energetic, life-giving source that is the spiritual sun behind the sun of our world.

O mighty Presence of God, I AM, in and behind the sun:
I welcome thy Light, which floods all the earth,
into my life, into my mind, into my spirit, into my soul.
Radiate and blaze forth thy Light!
Break the bonds of darkness and superstition!
Charge me with the great clearness
of thy white fire radiance!
I AM thy child, and each day I shall become
more of thy manifestation!

“Gautama Buddha reminded us how important it is to make a daily ritual of facing the Sun of our I AM Presence and the sun of Helios and Vesta. Recognize, said Gautama, that all sons and daughters of God have the possibility of meditating upon the Great Central Sun through the Sun of their I AM Presence and the sun of Helios and Vesta. This meditation can produce in you a feeling of intense heat or a glow over the third-eye chakra, and surrounding the head as a halo.

“With concentrated visualization daily, you can establish such a strong tie to the Great Central Sun, as to make you almost oblivious to the darkness of the earth. You must always put this darkness behind you, and when you invoke your tube of light, visualize the rays of the Great Central Sun streaming down upon you within and without.”

One hundred and eighty-nine ascended master dictations published as Pearls of Wisdom through the Summit Lighthouse refer to the four-and-twenty elders. A dictation by the ascended master Surya describes them most graciously. He says, “I AM Surya of the God Star and I come bearing a message from the Four and Twenty Elders, who sit in the Court of the Sacred Fire as the instruments of the judgment of Almighty God. The Four and Twenty Elders are twin flames in the service of Hierarchy and they represent the Twelve Hierarchies of the Sun in the fulfillment of the Alpha and Omega spiral...

Some of the Twenty Four Elders with musical instruments by Meiser Drucke

“I come, then, with a message of judgment for many, and the awareness of that judgment must be anchored in this plane. Therefore the Four and Twenty Elders deliver their vibration, their penetration of the energy of judgment ...Either they will be taken up in the ascension or they will go through that which is called the “second death,” which is the death of the soul. The decision will be meted out. It will be delivered by the Four and Twenty Elders. And the dais in the Court of the Sacred Fire, the place where the individual stands before the Court, is a focus of the flame of Alpha and Omega.

“When time has run out for a lifestream and he stands upon that dais to receive the judgment, the flame of the sacred fire of the wholeness of God is passed through his consciousness, being and world. If he is whole, if he is of the light, that fire will make permanent his consciousness and his identity in God...Those who have woven only spirals of darkness, who have pursued evil, espoused the left-handed path and the tearing down of the Christ, these will find when the spiral flows through their consciousness that it will act as a dis-integrating spiral such that their very atoms and molecules will be separated and returned to the great Source, purified, revitalized, prepared for the new creations of God.

“Thus, you see, identity can be won; identity can be lost. And no one occupying time and space has the opportunity to fritter away time and the hours allotted, for no one can be certain when the hour of the Last Judgment will come, for it comes to each individual at the appointed hour and then to the planet as a whole when the planet herself will have reached that ultimate level of opportunity.

“This is the message of the Four and Twenty Elders: Preparation for the trial must be made. That preparation requires total dedication, total awareness of life as one. The pursuit of God was never more vital than in this age.

“There are some among mankind who are aware that they have lived before, that they have lived over and over and over again, and they have come to take for granted perpetual opportunity, perpetual mercy. Well, I have come to tell you that there comes a time when the dissolution of the soul is mercy, both to the soul and to the Almighty.

“There have been numbers of lifestreams who have passed through the second death in recent years. There have been other numbers who have passed through the ritual of the ascension, who are counted among the saints of heaven. To place before you this knowledge and this word is the mercy of God.

“For everyone who yet has the breath of life in form, there is time. There is time to repent; there is time to withdraw energy from spirals of rebellion. There is time to become centered in God, but that time is as precious as gold, as jewels. Time must be honored as sacred—sacred opportunity for life, for immortality.

“The Four and Twenty Elders desire to apprise you of the fact that there are some in embodiment who are candidates for the ascension. Likewise, there are those whose time will be up at the close of this life and who are candidates for the second death. This means that to this hour they have unwisely used the life given to them and have continually rebelled against Hierarchy and their teachers. For those who are candidates for the second death, time is indeed short.”

Jesus speaks of the shortening of time in Pistis Sophia. He says, speaking of Adamas and the dark rulers: “I also compressed their times and periods to expedite the completion of the perfect number of souls destined to receive the mysteries and dwell within the treasury of light. Without these changes, they would have obstructed the entry of any soul into the world, due to their consumption of leftover remnants [of light.] Many souls would have been obliterated. This is why I told you earlier, I have shortened the times for the sake of my chosen ones. Otherwise, no soul would have been saved.

“The purpose of reducing the times and periods was to facilitate the completion of the perfect number of souls—the elect. Had I not shortened these periods, no material soul would have survived, as they would have perished in the ruler's fiery essence within the flesh.”

Gautama Buddha spoke of two kinds of fire in a New Year's dictation published by the Summit Lighthouse. He said: “The fire of your heart is the key to your ascension. It is always the key, the determining factor as to whether or not one who applies shall be accepted at the retreat of Luxor as a candidate for the ascension. We do not say, “What is his qualification?” We say, “What is his fire?”

“Every fire has a qualification. You can qualify fire with anger and find yourself consumed by it. You can endow your fire with the piercing ray of the mind of a Manjushri, a Maitreya.

“Yes, beloved, how does one develop fire? By cultivating deep feelings of God and of God in manifestation, deep implorings and adorations and Love—Love that is always a sacrificial love that will lay down a portion of the self that another might see, that another might know, that another might be more of the living fire of God.

“Our God is a consuming fire! Thus we say, our consuming fire is our God! Therefore the type and quality of your consuming fire determines what can be the manifestation of God where you are, what can be the vibration of your spirit, fire for fire.

“Who may give you fire for fire? ...O the joyous day when you meet El Morya and you say, Here is one whose fire exceeds my own, in whose heart I can place my fire, and trust it shall be multiplied. Therefore, beloved, understand that the spirit of an individual is the presence of his fire, the quality thereof....

“There is a fire of hell. There is a fire of heaven. They both emit light. Yet what is the light? And if the light that is in thee be darkness, how great, I say, is that darkness! The fire of darkness shines also, is beguiling, may entrance you and lead you astray....For not only do the fallen ones misuse the fire to appear as adepts but in their mastery on the left-handed path they conceal the blackness of their fire. Yes, beloved, let this fire consume its misuses in war, in the abuse of the nucleus of the atom and in the abuse of the hearts of newborn children who are subjected to the anti-rhythm of the heart; for that is what the rhythm of rock music is, as it moves against the heart that is the heart of God.

“Blessed ones, our goal is that pretty soon there will not long be room for the black fire in the earth. The black fire is more dangerous than the red, beloved. Therefore, see the earth intensifying violet flame ... Those who endure in the heart of the fire, they, beloved, shall know the consummation of worlds in Divine Love of Alpha and Omega.”

Mighty Astrea also speaks of this. She says, “It can be said that the entire planetary home is as a blanket woven of all the threads of the karmas of the peoples of the earth. And so when a section of the earth goes down beneath the weight of its karma, the entire blanket goes down. And when one Keeper of the Flame raises up the blanket by invoking the sacred fires for world transmutation, the entire world is raised up a notch. Such is the power of one lifestream who commits to Saint Germain’s alchemy and remains constant to his commitment daily.

“First of all, you have the choice whether or not to embody the Light of the living Christ. If you choose not to embody the Light of the living Christ but to use the Light you have for selfish gain, then you will have entered the left-handed path and your initiators will be not the Ascended Masters but the fallen angels. This path leads to the vainglory of the world and the ultimate undoing of the soul.

“If you choose to embody the Light of the living Christ to the glory of God and not to the vainglory of the human ego, your initiators will be the Lord Jesus Christ and the Lord Maitreya with the participation of many other saints and Ascended Masters along the way.”

Regarding the shortening of cycles, the disciples in Pistis Sophia speak about how Jesus altered the course of planets to render astrological predictability much less effective, rendering its probability at least half null and void. Jesus made it so that the astrologers and diviners could no longer foretell the future of the world, rendering them unable to predict any future events, as Jesus has adjusted their spheres. This also ties into a conversation I had with Elizabeth Clare Prophet, where she encouraged me to move forward in life without being put off by the negative potential of astrological configurations.

Jesus describes to his disciples the cycles of the universe, which are called “yugas,” in Hinduism. He says, “I will provide further details about the expansion of the universe. The universe is expanding, but then it also rolls up. This transformation is the universe's ascension. It corresponds to the dissolution of the universe and the full ascension of the perfect souls. At the dissolution of the universe, which occurs when the count of perfected souls concludes, the mystery that brought about the universe's existence reaches its fulfillment, During this time, I shall reign over all emanations of light and the complete assembly of perfected souls who have received all the mysteries.” Then Jesus responds to a question Mary Magdalene posed about the time differences between the physical and etheric planes. He explained, “a single day in the light equates to one thousand years within the world.”

Icon of Sophia

An ascended master that is mentioned in both The Legend of the Ancient of Days and The Sophia of Jesus Christ is the Nameless One. Jesus explains the the Nameless One is the Father of the Universe and that since he has no name, he is unnameable.

In a dictations through the Summit Lighthouse, the Nameless One said, “From out the Great Central Sun...I am the Nameless One, for to give you a name beloved, would give you access to my Causal Body....Therefore I speak out of profound love for your being that once was a God-free being, as I am, but now does perceive out of the windows of a limited self.

“I am come that you might know the sound, the quickening, the tingling of the opening of the crown chakra in order that you might be drawn back to your ancient love of the mantra and the mantra unto the Divine Mother and of the celibate path and of the raising of the sacred fire unto your empowerment, that you might perform for many those feats of Light that will enable them to see that ye are indeed Gods in manifestation. And this I spell G-o-d-s with a capital G. Yes, beloved, first you belong to God, then you become the fullness of that God of your longing and your belonging.

“I encourage you to return to the art of the raising up of the river of Life to greet the descending lifestream of the Central Sun....Time and time again it is time to be up and doing. It is time to take the next spiral staircase...All life moves on. Compartments of eternity do not remain static....Garner light and preserve it. Truly know that the path of the adept is at hand. Truly know that it is I who do answer the call when you are determined to bring a legitimate cause into legitimate manifestation. For I am in the white fire core of the Central Sun. I have stepped down my vibration millions of times to speak to you. Thus my voice is the voice of one who knows the science of the creation of worlds.”

Jesus, in Pistis Sophia, describes twelve saviors, “associated with the treasury representing the twelve orders inherent in each of them.,” These will accompany Jesus in the realm of Light. “Each savior,” he says, “will rule over their respective emanations, their dominion commensurate with their glory—greater saviors leading more extensive domains and lesser saviors presiding over smaller territories.” This statement is in line with the scripture, “Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.”

The same holds true for the soul, who ascends to the realm associated with its merit. “Let me elaborate,” says Jesus. “I am the embodiment of the universal Gnosis. Comprehending the sole and exclusive word of Gnosis is unattainable unless one first receives the mystery of the Ineffable. Hence, all individuals who receive mysteries within the Light's domain will ascend to the level proportionate to the mysteries received.

“This is why I previously stated, whoever believes in a prophet will gain a prophet's reward, and one who believes in a righteous person will obtain a righteous person's reward—meaning that everyone will ascend according to the degree of received mysteries. The recipient of a lesser mystery will inherit a lesser mystery, while the recipient of a higher mystery will ascend to loftier realms. Each individual remains in their designated realm within the ratings of my kingdom's Light. Each will have dominion over the orders beneath them, yet they won't possess the authority to access higher orders. Nevertheless, they will dwell in the realms of Light's Inheritance within my kingdom, illuminated by immeasurable brilliance beyond the reach of gods and unseen beings, experiencing immense joy and jubilation.”

Jesus is speaking here of the Law of Octaves—that he alluded to in the Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus—and how vast the vibrational gulf is between octaves. He tells his disciples, “This vastness extends to heights unattainable and depths unfathomable, encompassing both length and breadth. The gap between them spans immense and immeasurable dimensions, encompassing not only the hierarchy of angels and archangels, but also the gods and all invisible entities.

“Those who have embraced the mystery of the light, upon departing the corporeal realm governed by the rulers, will find themselves situated in accordance with the specific mystery they have acquired. Each individual will be assigned to their corresponding order, determined by the depth of the mystery they have attained. Those who have delved into the loftier mysteries will reside in the higher orders, while those who have engaged with the less profound mysteries will be placed in the lower orders.

“In essence, each person will be positioned in the inheritance of the light according to the spheres in which they have gained insights. This is why I previously conveyed, where your heart is there will your treasure be. This signifies that the domain in which one has acquired revelations will be the domain of their abode.”

Our consciousness determines where our soul will go. This is why the scriptures say, “Study and show thyself approved unto God.”

John then asked, “My Lord, will individuals remain confined in the regions corresponding to the mysteries they have attained, or do they possess the ability to extend to higher orders equally? Can they descend to lower orders?”

Jesus replied, “ Those who have acquired mysteries of the light will remain within the realm corresponding to the extent of their enlightenment. They lack the capability to attempt to ascend to higher orders that surpass their own. Individuals who have obtained mysteries possess the authority to descend into lower orders. However, they cannot ascend to the orders above them, to the heights of the upper domains.”

This teaching reminded me of the etheric retreat of Lord Himalaya. We can read about his retreat in The Masters and their Retreats, and on the website www.ethericretreats.com. Lord Himalaya maintains a focus in the Himalayan mountains of Tibet, the Retreat of the Blue Lotus. This retreat anchors the energies of Alpha in the earth and encourages us to enter into deep concentration. Carved in one of the highest mountains are seven chambers, in an ascending pattern, several hundred feet apart.

Retreat of the Blue Lotus by Therese Emmanuel

Each chamber focuses the divine vibration of one of the seven rays of God, as an outer manifestation of the seven chakras. In the floor of the base chamber lies a most fragrant lotus pool. Behind this pool is the flame room, where a fiery pattern of the threefold flame burns as a magnificent lotus with a golden center, blue petals and pink radiance. On the first floor or the retreat, unascended yogic masters come to study and teach the Great Law. Moving from one chamber to the other becomes a process of initiation. The first three chambers are accessible by mounting a spiral staircase.

Only adepts can frequent the top four chambers, reserved for deep meditation, by means of levitation or by shifting their electronic pattern to enter through the walls. Here, they enter the Great Silence and go into Nirvana for a specific time. Lord Himalaya invites students who are disciplined in the Law to attend his retreat in order to reach the pinnacle of being.

Lord Maitreya spoke in a Summit Lighthouse dictation of the law of octaves and of weaving the soul's wedding garment. He said, “This is the law of octaves; this is the law of cosmic consciousness, that those in hierarchy who personify cosmic consciousness may only be where cosmic consciousness is personified.

“By your own consciousness you break the thread; by your own consciousness you weave the thread. Again and again you weave the thread, only to break it again by allowing your attention to be diverted into amplifying the substance that is unreal.

“And so, I come in the flame of Cosmic Christ awareness. I come to mend the broken threads in the delicate lace of the veil of your virginity. I come to reestablish the virgin consciousness. I come to mend the flaws and I must have your cooperation.

“I have sent my angels into your rooms. I have sent my angels to mend the wedding garment. They are expert seamstresses and they come. They come with golden threads of light. They come with the energies of your own Causal Body and dispensations. They come in answer to your call, but through misunderstanding and misapplication there is the failure to cooperate.

“Imagine your exasperation if you were to find yourself diligently sewing on the wedding garment—sewing on the garment of the bride of the soul—meticulously working on that garment for hours and hours, embroidering the delicate flowers, the roses and the violets, the forget-me-nots and the lilies.

“Enter, then, the fallen one who tears from you the garment, who undoes the threads. In your dismay and in your fear and in your shock, you are motionless, petrified, and you watch all your work undone in that moment.

“Now you understand the angels of Maitreya who come and see how you tear and dash the precious matrix of the light of the Mother in an unkind word, in the release of sarcasm in the conversation that is not the affirmation of Truth. And when you have finished your discord, when you have given full vent to your emotions, all is then disturbed; there is a loss of energy and you are drained of your allotment of light. Then you sleep or you rest.

“So, with the coming of the Holy Spirit—the balancing of energies with the giving again of your invocations—a new equilibrium is established and the angels begin again.

“Precious hearts, I am giving to you an attempt at a graphic presentation of what has taken place in your world hundreds and thousands of times, over and over again. Through past ages you have been given dispensations for initiation. Then, by breaking the thread of contact again and again, you have lost the dispensation, and the angels have been forced to withdraw by the law of octaves.

“So the cycles have passed—decades and centuries and entire embodiments—wherein you have not had the visitation of these angels of Maitreya weaving the wedding garment, weaving with your soul and your Christ consciousness the garment that you must wear in the hour of initiation. You cannot come to the altar at Luxor, to the altar of this retreat without a portion of the wedding garment.

The Buddha Lord Maitreya

“Therefore you must choose what you will wear to the marriage feast, what you will wear to the supper of the Lord and, by your choosing, either you will be taken into the Holy of Holies or cast into outer darkness, where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth.

“Therefore my angels stand ready again to repair the thread and to repair the garments of those who sincerely apply the Law and pursue God-harmony as the ultimate expression of divinity, the harmony that consumes all misuses of the light of the Mother. So, in the stillness of harmony, the alchemy is performed...Guard the flame!”

In Chinese Buddhism, Lord Maitreya is sometimes portrayed as a plump, jolly, Laughing Buddha. He is often shown sitting and holding a sack, with happy children climbing all over him. In Buddhism in China: A Historical Survey, Kenneth Ch’en writes: “One feature of his appearance singled him out–he carried a hemp bag wherever he went. Into this bag was deposited whatever he received, and for this reason the bag became an object of intense curiosity, especially among the children. They would chase him and climb all over him, and force him to open his bag. On such an occasion he would place the bag on the ground, empty the contents one by one, and just as methodically put them back into the bag. The expressions attributed to him were all enigmatic.

Maitreya's retreat in the Himalayas

“Once a monk asked him about his bag. He replied by placing it on the ground. When asked what this meant, he shouldered the bag and went away. Once he was asked how old the bag was, and he replied that it was as old as space.” Prophet explained that the bag demonstrates the mystery and the miracle of space under the dominion of the Buddha. Its timelessness shows the Buddha’s mastery of segments of eternity, hence eternity itself, through the flame of Mother.

Jesus, in Pistis Sophia, speaks of the importance of baptism for the saving of souls. “Those who undergo the baptismal mysteries experience a transformative process. The baptismal mysteries comprise a potent and wise fire, consuming sins with fervor.” He also describes the soul's ascent following the death of the body, much like what we have discovered in modern-day near-death experiences.

He says, “At the moment of departing the material realm of rulers, souls will be met by the retributive guides who will gently guide their soul out of their corporal vessel. The soul will transform into a radiant stream of light. Now infused with the ineffable mystery, it is freed from its bodily confinement. The soul will ascend, into the heights, a powerful light stream traversing through all dominions of the rulers and the emanations of the light.” The intensity of luminosity is the brilliance of the soul's light. This why the soul is so valuable to God. The soul is pure light, made in the image of God.

“This continues until the soul surpasses them all,” says Jesus, “eventually reaching the realm of the inheritance of the mystery, the very mystery of the one-and-only—the Ineffable. There it becomes unified with its spiritual counterparts. Truly, I say to you, the soul's speed through these regions mirrors the swiftness of an arrow's flight. The exalted status of such a soul—of every individual who receives the ineffable mystery and comprehends its diverse forms and aspects—is more than a mere mortal. They surpass angels and even archangels in stature and authority.”

This description of the righteous soul confirms the scriptures in the Book of Hebrews: How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation. For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak. What is man, that thou art mindful of him? Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honor. We see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels crowned with glory and honor in bringing many sons unto glory.

“In the earthly realm,” says Jesus, “he stands as a man, yet his stature surpasses even that of archangels, and promises to ascend further beyond them. In the realm of men, his presence dwarfs all tyrants, and his ascendancy shall transcend them. In the mortal world, his being overshadows lords, and he aspires to ascend beyond their dominion. Existing within the realm of humanity, he towers above gods themselves, aspiring to soar beyond their influence among men. His presence outshines all light givers, and he is determined to ascend even higher.”

Jesus continues to describe the ascension between worlds, and the service of the embodied Christ. “His presence in the world overshadows the entire expanse of the Treasury and promises to rise above it completely, though existing within the human realms. He shall rule alongside me and my kingdom in the world of men. He reigns as king, emanating from the realm of Light. Though dwelling in the human world, he is not bound by its limitations. Truly, I tell you that that man is I, and I am that man.”

Jesus here, is also reminding us that like him, we must be “in the world but not of it. ” He reminds us that “He that is in us is greater than he that is in the world.”

 

Sophia

Jesus tells his disciples he represents the master mystery of the ineffable, that embodies universal Gnosis. “My cherished companions and brethren,” he says, “remain attentive to the spirit within you. Grasp and comprehend all the words I am about to share with you. For now I shall initiate a discussion encompassing all the depths of the ineffable knowledge. This master mystery comprehends the reasons behind the emergence of darkness and the emergence of light. It comprehends the reason behind the emergence of the deeper darkness and the emergence of the brightest light. Furthermore, the mystery comprehends the reasons behind the emergence of chaos and the emergence of the treasury of light. It comprehends the reason behind the emergence of the judgments and the emergence of the light land, along with the regions of light's inheritance. It comprehends the reason behind the emergence of punishments for sinners and the emergence of the remaining part of the Light's kingdom.

“This master mystery of the ineffable is aware of why wrath has arisen and why peace has arisen. It knows why defamation has emerged and why songs of light have come into existence. It understands why the power prayers of light have arisen. It is cognizant of why cursing has manifested and why blessings have emerged. This mystery grasps why deceit has arisen and why sincerity has come forth. It comprehends why slaying has occurred and why the revival of souls has taken place. It understands why acts of adultery and fornication have arisen and why purity has come to be.

“This mystery is knowledgeable about the reasons beyond the emergence of physical union and the rise of self control. It grasps why arrogance and boasting have emerged, as well as why humility and meekness have come into being. It understands why tears have been shed and why laughter has arisen. It knows why defamation has surfaced, and why positive recognition has come into existence. It knows why sin has arisen and why purity has come to be. It knows why poverty has arisen, and why wealth has come forth.

“This mystery comprehends thy worldly freedom, why bondage has come into existence. It is aware of why death has emerged and why life has come into being.”

Jesus is sharing this mystery as the engrafted Word—the Word made flesh. “And it transpired that upon Jesus concluding these words for his disciples, they were filled with immense joy and elation as they absorbed his teachings.”

Jesus spoke about the engrafted Word in a Summit Lighthouse dictation, as he called for the reversal of abortion. He said, “If you desire to win this Victory, and win it fully, that a nation and many nations might be spared the karma of the murder of their own children, then I say to you, you must have the engrafted Word! You must have my Sacred Heart. You must desire this burning heart within you and visualize it within your own breast and know that that fire burning will be a sign unto all those who are of Antichrist. And the line of division will be drawn, even more than you have seen it drawn before. Beloved ones, to succeed in the defense of life demands that you espouse the higher calling in God and in Christ and that you be willing to sacrifice all these things for that calling!”

Continuing with Pistis Sophia. “Listen attentively, my dear disciples,” said Jesus, “so that I may further unfold the entire knowledge of the mystery of the ineffable. This profound mystery comprehends the reasons behind the emergence of mercilessness and the emergence of mercy. This mystery is aware of the origin of the worldly matter and the inevitability of its ultimate dissolution, rolled up as a scroll.”

Most likely referring to Atlantis and the flood of Noah, Jesus said: “This enigmatic truth understands why the Earth has sunk to depths and why the waters have covered it. It holds the wisdom of why the Earth has dried and the waters have receded. This mystery comprehends the origins of the stars and the heavens and the radiant disks and the lightgivers, as well as the purpose behind the firmament and its concealed layers.”

Jesus is using the term “lightgiver,” which is similar to the term “lightbearer,” that the ascended masters use in their dictations to describe souls of light. These are those who have a burning flame in the heart and respond to the fiat, “Lightbearers of the world unite in the name of Saint Germain!”

We can also see that the entire mystery of the Ineffable rests upon polarities, similar to the words of Ecclesiastes: “For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
a time to be born, and a time to die;
a time to plant,and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
a time to kill, and a time to heal;
a time to break down, and a time to build up;
a time to weep, and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
a time to cast away stones,
and a time to gather stones together;
a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
a time to seek, and a time to lose;
a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
a time to rend, and a time to sew;
a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
a time to love, and a time to hate (calling for the judgment as the wrath of God);
a time for war, and a time for peace.”

Jesus proceeds to unravel the depth of the mystery .“Understand the Gnosis,” he said. “I lead you towards comprehending the enigmatic mystery. I've already conveyed the entirety of its wisdom within the vast expanse of the universe, for its wisdom is synonymous with the universe's expansion. Now we'll gradually expound upon the mystery's intricacies.

“It understands why Lords have arisen and why gods have come into being. It comprehends why discord has arisen and why concord has been established. It discerns why the allure of material positions, as well as the renunciation of the possessions and the attachment to them has manifested. It grasps why the light givers have appeared and why the sparks of existence have ignited. It discerns the reasons behind the emergence of the emanations of light and the rise of the twelve saviors. It holds the wisdom of the three gates of the treasury of light and the reasons for the appearance of the nine guardians.” For me as I read this, the three gates are the threefold flame and the Trinity.

“Further still, my disciples, remain composed and gather within yourself the power to perceive the light. Before you will this perception be clear and certain. From this point onward, I will share with you a discourse from the complete realm of the ineffable.” Jesus is now speaking to his disciples as in the giving of a dictation—his Word descending from higher realms.

I had this experience a few times during my interactions with Elizabeth Clare Prophet. When Mother baptized me, her voice had a different quality and resonance. I could perceive that it was coming straight from heaven. This happened again in a conversation with her about her spiritual mantles. Her voice shifted in vibrational resonance and was no longer coming from her human self. This is the voice that we hear in the ascended master dictations she delivered, that can be found even on YouTube. Mother explained that the dictations she gave came from the eighteenth level of the etheric plane, or heaven-world. They are a truly miraculous release of light and teaching.

The Savior continues: “All the emanations of the light, including their grandeur, purified themselves through this transformation. They did not purify themselves voluntarily, but were constrained to undergo purification as part of the divine plan.

“Essentially, you are the remnants of the entire spiritual hierarchy, embodying the remnants of each category. Yet you undergo immense hardships and sufferings. My purpose was to ensure the salvation of humankind. I tore myself apart for the sake of humanity, offering them the transformative mysteries of the light. Otherwise, none of the souls within the human race could have been redeemed or capable of inheriting the light Kingdom. The mysteries are designed to purify, and it's the human race entangled in material existence that requires a purification.”

“The universe itself is sustained by that first mystery. Through those very words and mysteries the universe itself is sustained. These mysteries will cleanse and elevate you, transmuting you into purified radiance, and guide you into the realm of light.

“The emanations of the light—meaning the ascended masters—have no need for these mysteries as they are already pure. However, the human race, being the residue of material existence, necessitates these mysteries for purification. This is why I have emphasized, seek and you shall find. Human beings need these purifying mysteries to transform their material existence into purified light. These mysteries will cleanse and elevate you, transmitting you into your purified radiance and guiding you into the realm of light. ”

“My fellow disciples have heard your words,” said Mary Magdalene, “but their grasp has faltered now, my Lord. You have spoken of the understanding of all matters being within the mystery of the ineffable.”

Jesus answered: “Disciples, be rid of your distress regarding the enigmatic nature of the ineffable mystery, assuming you won't fathom its depths. Hear the truth. The secret of that mystery belongs to you and anyone who listens to your teachings, provided they forsake the entire world, the material realm and its corrupting influences. They must also relinquish the malevolent thoughts and concerns of this age. Understand this: If someone turns away from the entire world, casting aside its preoccupations, and dedicates themselves to the divine essence, this mystery becomes more accessible than any alignment within the Light Kingdom. It is swiftest to grasp, and simpler in essence. Whoever attains the understanding of this mystery forsakes the entirety of the world, along with its burdens.”

“Recall my previous invitation, all of you weighed down by heavy burdens, come to me and I will give you life. My burden is light and my yoke is gentle. Those who embrace this mystery abandon the entire world and its concerns. So my disciples, dispel your worries—for the comprehension of that mystery is quicker and easier than most. I affirm it belongs to you and to anyone who forsakes the world and its distractions.

“Concerning the first mystery. Once you comprehend its essence and perfectly grasp all its aspects, then when you exit your physical body, you transform into a radiant stream of light. All who shall attain the ineffable mystery shall join me on my right and left, sharing kingship with me in my kingdom.”

Jesus affirmed once more that his disciples should share these mysteries with all people. He said, “Do not withhold these mysteries from them, even if they have been steeped in sin and transgressions throughout their lives. As I have delineated for you, is my intent that they may try and repent and embrace the discipline I have outlined. This is why I previously stated I have not come to call the righteous. I have brought forth these mysteries with the objectives of pardoning the sins and iniquities of all sinners.

In the dictation, “I Have Desired to Be Remembered by You,” Jesus said: “You must not withhold the truth of God’s laws! And you must not let your carnal mind be the judge of who is ready to ponder these laws of God and who is not. The hour is late. Break the bread of life and let all partake of it.

“Better to be persecuted by those who reject you and who, in rejecting you, reject me, than to not offer them the prize of the high calling of their Christhood through the Word of God. You must offer them the Teachings of the Ascended Masters, including the laws of karma and reincarnation, for I require this of all my disciples.”

Likewise, Jesus told the disciples, “I say to you, anyone who preserves a single soul, guiding it to life and salvation beyond the honor granted in the Light Kingdom will earn an additional honor for the soul they have saved. Moreover, the one who rescues numerous souls, apart from the status they possess within the light, will be bestowed with many other honors as recognition for the souls they have saved.”

Speaking of the souls that are saved, Jesus said: “Darkness shall not touch them due to the profound mystery of the Ineffable accompanying them. Eventually, they shall present these before the Virgin of Light. However, she shall not permit this person to approach the Light until they fully embody the complete enlightenment of that mystery, encompassing the purities of renouncing the world and transcending all material aspects.

“Communicate to the people of the world. Cultivate inner peace. Foster compassion towards others. Develop gentleness. Cultivate harmony. Practice mercy. Embrace charitable acts. Offer aid to the impoverished. Cultivate love for the divine. Embrace righteousness. Cultivate goodness. Abandon all attachments. These constitute the boundaries for those deemed worthy of the mysteries of the light.

“Abandon the entirety of the world, along with all the material concerns it harbors. Leave behind all its preoccupations and sins, as well as any affiliations it engenders. Doing so shall safeguard them from the various punishments entailed within the judgments.” This reminded me of a prayer that Jesus dictated to Mother called “My Life is Thine.”

All that I have thought my own
My name, my fame, my contacts,
Fears and blames
I cast them all within thy flame
And in the glow of mastery
My Christed radiance now I see
Descending from the heart of God,
A special gift of thine own love.

Jesus tells the disciples: “Hence, to all individuals who approach you with faith, who listen to your teachings and demonstrate worthiness of the light's mysteries, do not withhold these sacred truths. Verily, verily, I tell you this, even if a righteous person remains unblemished by any sin, they cannot attain entry into the Light Kingdom due to the absence of the essential signs of the mystery. ” Then, he gives specific instructions to qualify for the mysteries of the light.

Jesus promises sinners, who put their faith in him and heed his teachings, that he will “refine them into radiant light and guide them toward the light itself.” He gives a list:

• Reject the practice of eavesdropping,

• Abandon contentious behavior.

• Refrain from propagating false accusations.

• Shun bearing false witness.

• Relinquish pride and arrogance.

• Abandon indulgence in worldly desires.

• Abstain from frivolous chatter.

• Forsake deceitful intentions.

• Renounce greed.

• Release attachment to the material world.

• Abstain from pilfering.

• Abandon malevolent discourse.

• Forsake wickedness.

• Relinquish heartlessness.

• Abandon wrath.

• Refrain from cursing.

• Abandon thievery.

• Reject robbery.

• Abstain from defamatory language.

• Abandon quarreling and conflict.

• Release all unknowing.

• Renounce malevolent actions.

• Forsake laziness.

• Abstain from adultery.

• Renounce murder.

• Release pitilessness and impiety.

• Forsake atheism.

• Abandon the use of magical concoctions.

• Relinquish blasphemy.

• Abandon erroneous doctrines.

Jesus speaks of reincarnation a number of times, in Pistis Sophia, explaining that “like attracts like.” He says that when a soul departs this world, “Compassion will be extended toward the soul, prompting the removal from the chaos. Nevertheless, if the righteous individual has committed a transgression once, twice or thrice, their fate will be to re-enter the world, aligning with the nature of their sins.”

Jesus tells his disciples to forgive, in order to influence souls towards inheriting the light kingdom. “I will bestow upon you the knowledge of how to grant forgiveness to those on Earth. Their absolution will be granted in heaven, and those who you hold accountable on earth will be held accountable in heaven.”

Jesus further explains that we can forgive again and again and give people the chance to repent—but if they will not repent after multiple chances, then they become a transgressor and a stumbling block, and further opportunity for repentance is closed. “They will receive forgiveness if they transgress once, then return and repent, but even if they transgress multiple times and then while still alive, genuinely turn repent and pray within the context of any of the mysteries, forgiveness will be extended to them,” he says.

Jesus also gives guidance for deceptive recipients of the mysteries. He tells the disciples, who are one with Him: “If mystery has been granted to these impious and sinful souls who have not acted worthy of your mystery and have instead manipulated us, return this mystery to us and forever render them strangers to the mysteries of your kingdom.

As a symbol of separation, shake off the dust from your feet as a testimony against them, saying, 'May your souls be as the dust of your house.' I assure you, in that moment, all the mysteries you imparted to them will be reclaimed, and all the teachings and mysteries up to that point that they received will be revoked from them. This action will result in the retraction of all mysteries previously granted, making them perpetual strangers to the mysteries of the light.”

Jesus teaches that to whom much has been given, much is expected. This is an ascended master principle. “Verily, verily, I say to you, an individual who has embraced the mysteries yet subsequently transgresses once, twice or thrice and passes away without repentance will face a judgment more severe than any other.” Speaking of the I AM Presence, Jesus says, “The one who was acquainted with the Godhead and received the mysteries of the light, will indeed face greater chastisement than the one who maintained ignorance of the Godhead.”

Jesus also explains the consequences of being lukewarm. “From this point onward, these individuals will not be readmitted to the world. Their dwelling will be within the grip of the dragon in the outer darkness.

“I declare with certainty that this individual's soul from this point onward cannot return to the worldly realm. His fate is confined to the realms of the dragon,” meaning the astral plane, “situated within the outer darkness where there is anguish, howling and torment. Upon the world's dissolution, his soul will endure the extreme cold and relentless fire, eventually vanishing into an eternal non-existence.” This is the second death: “At that point the soul will be annihilated and disintegrated,” he says.

Those who remain apart from the Savior and His mysteries will not only face death but spiritual decay. “These souls will plead at the gates, asserting the reception of the mysteries and fidelity to my teachings, but I will declare I am not familiar with you, for whence you come. They will respond. We have embraced your mysteries, followed your teachings, and you guide us on the path. My reply to them will be, I do not recognize you, for your actions have been marked by wrongdoing and evil until now, depart now into the outer darkness,where there is wailing and gnashing of teeth.

Mary Magdalene then pleaded with Jesus. “Have compassion on them, Lord, lest one of the our kin fall into such a state. Extend your mercy to all souls that might experience this plight. You hold the key to open and close the doors of the universe, and your mystery encompasses all things. Please have mercy on these souls who have called upon your mysteries, even if only for a single day, they have truly believed in these mysteries, and their faith is genuine, not mere pretense. Bestow your goodness upon them, granting them respite and your mercy.

Jesus gives more teaching on these dark, astral realms. “The outer darkness can be likened to an enormous dragon coiled with its tail and its mouth encompassing the entire world and extending beyond it,” he says, speaking of the entire conglomerate of fallen angel activity.” This is the dragon found in the Book of Revelation, who was wrought with the woman and went to make war with the remnant of her seed.

“Within this dragon lies numerous segments of torment: the souls of blasphemers; those entangled in erroneous doctrines—including those who teach such doctrines; individuals engaged in same sex relationships, as well as sustained and pious atheists; murderers, adulterers and sorcerers.

“These souls, if they persist in sin without repentance while still alive, will be led into outer darkness. Verily, I tell you, the fire in Amenta is nine times more intense than the fire among humanity.” Just as the light of the sun on the etheric plane is far more brilliant than our physical sun, so the fire of hell, the fire of the astral plane, is that much more intense on the astral body than it is on the physical body. This is why Mother Mary gave us the Fatima prayers.

O my God, I believe, I adore, I hope and I love thee. I ask pardon for those who do not believe,
do not adore, do not hope and do not love thee.

O my Jesus, forgive us, save us from the fire of hell. Lead all souls to heaven,
especially those who are most in need.

Jesus encouraged his disciples to fervently pray for lost souls. “I assure you, if you fervently pray for a soul in prison within the outer darkness, the dragon shall release its hold. Moreover, the soul is ensnared within various regions governed by judgments. The swift receivers of Melchizedek will intervene. The Guardians of Melchizedek's grace will guide them and bring them into the presence of the Virgin of Light. And eventually, if they earnestly submit to the mysteries of the Light, the Virgin of Light will place the soul into a righteous and virtuous body, enabling it to ascend, attain the mysteries of the light and ultimately inherit the Light Kingdom.” The body Jesus is referring to here is the “body incorruptible” that Paul saw.

We know from the teachings of the ascended masters that the power of Melchizedek is the gift of the violet flame, which is for the transmutation of sins. Jesus explained to his disciples in Pistis Sophia that had Melchizedek not purified these powers and transferred their light to the Treasury of Light, many souls would have been obliterated. “This is why I told you earlier,” he said, “I have shortened the times for the sake of my chosen ones. Otherwise, no soul would have been saved.” The violet flame is the means by which we transmute karma and “shorten time.”

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The ascended master John the Beloved explained this in a Summit Lighthouse dictation: “The answer is to be found in the appreciation of the resurrection flame together with the violet flame and in the sense that you are the chalice of the Limitless One. Acknowledge no limitation whatsoever, beloved, but see that limitless being as the Christ in you; See yourself reaching out for that love to deliver that love into the very heart that needs it. See the decree as the answer, believing that ten billion souls can be healed by a single fiat. Then give that fiat and accept it done.

“As you are on the path of the World Savior, know that through his heart and through his presence in your heart you may also touch millions. With that sense of confidence in the law of God and in the dispensations at hand, you then will know not only the gift of self-transcendence but also the satisfaction of fulfilling all responsibilities to God and the evolutions of this earth....

“Jesus gave to me the gift of the violet flame, a very special gift to my heart alone. Therefore by that violet flame I, too, ascended at the conclusion of that embodiment, a rare gift and a treasured gift. Know, beloved, that this gift to me was what made the difference, making my victory secure, as apart from others of the apostles who waited two thousand years for their victory.

“Blessed ones, this gift could not have come to me except by initiation, and initiation earned. So you see, beloved, by love, as the greatest of all qualities of God, I was able to drink of that cup of the violet flame. It is not, therefore, love alone that many sense in my Gospel and Epistles but it is the very vibration of the violet flame itself.

“As I read to you, then, feel the love and know that you are presently immersed in a violet flame sea of light. As I received the gift of the violet flame through Jesus’ love, so I give to you now Jesus’ love through the violet flame that is already yours. I pray that this day you will make this violet flame your own in a way that you have not experienced before–as the treasured gift, as though drops of Blood came to you directly from the heart of Jesus, drops of Light, of precious substance of his cosmic being.

“To sense the miracle of the violet flame rather than just the rote of a decree, to sense that it is the gift of eternal Life making possible all things that you do, to approach this flame with the reverence of love and the sense of such great worth that it has to impart to you will enable you to convey it to others, to give it as that most treasured Light that is the key and that makes the difference between eternal Life and continuous reincarnation.

“Take, then, these words as chalices of the violet flame: Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

“These words were written, beloved, in the full knowledge of the transforming power of Love’s own violet flame from the Holy Spirit. The absolute certainty that you shall be found in the likeness of your Christ is the guarantee of the violet flame.”

Jesus told his disciples in Pistis Sophia that, “These mysteries are characterized by their unending compassion and forgiveness. The ineffable and the first mystery, who hold dominion over the entire universe, possess an even greater authority to act according to their will, forgiving any individual who receives these mysteries.” Mary Magdalene replied, “My lord, the compassion of those mysteries that offer forgiveness without ceasing is truly remarkable.”

Jesus then said, “Spread this message throughout the world to tell and tell all people make every effort to attain the mysteries of the light during this period of adversity, and to enter the realm of light. Do not rely on postponing from one day to another, or from one cycle to the next, thinking that you can receive the mysteries if you are born into another cycle. Exhort them to strive diligently, to abandon worldly pursuits and the entirety of material existence, so that they may receive the mysteries of light before the count of perfect souls concludes.”

Jesus spoke in a similar vein in the dictation, “I Have Desired to Be Remembered by You.” He delivered a fiery rebuke to ascended master students who whittle away their time and opportunity by engaging in all kinds of worldly nonsense.

“Think about how many hours you devote to entertainment that does not afford you a net gain physically or spiritually. Think about how you could spend the same amount of time developing a powerful spiritual momentum on giving calls for the healing of all who mourn, all who are sick, all who are dying and fear death. The hours you spend in unproductive activity are costly, very costly! both to you and to us, as we are your sponsors.

“I speak to you out of the octaves of light and I say, wake up! It is impossible for you to imagine how difficult it is, once you leave the earth plane through the change called death, to balance karma, to advance on the Path or to make headway with your violet-flame decrees to the extent that you will be able to accelerate your reincarnation on earth. (In this scenario I am assuming that you will have made it to the etheric octave, although this is by no means guaranteed you.)

“You cannot imagine, first, how difficult it is to get back into embodiment, second, how difficult it is to find the Path once you do get back and, third, how difficult it is to forge and win your victory once you are back on track after having taken many detours.

“I say to you, beloved, you know not what the future will bring. All the more reason why you should be concerned about it. For I tell you, I know what the future will bring and I am concerned that you will not be prepared for it.

“I am concerned that although you have had the Teachings for years, nothing and no one has been able to set you on fire for the cause of world freedom or even for the cause of your personal freedom.

“What will it take for you to ignite your own fire and to become such shining chelas that you would not even entertain the idea of wasting time watching movies night after night, as many of you have been doing!...

“Therefore, set the example of the Guru-Chela relationship. Set the world on fire by your example! If things are too monotonous here, get out the door and join a Stump team headed for Bangladesh and continue on to the heart of Calcutta! Go around the world and see what human misery is all about.

“Wake up and see with your own eyes that there is a job to be done! And if you expect to have your crown and halo, well, beloved, I have news for you. You had better get going in earnest because some of you are not doing enough to earn that crown and halo, and it is up to me to inform you of your lack of progress.”

Mary Magdalene expressed her gratitude: “Behold, my Lord, we now fully comprehend that you have brought the keys to the mysteries of the light realm. These keys absolve souls of their transgressions, refine them into luminous purity and guide them into the realms of light.”

Pistis Sophia records that with his words, Jesus led his disciples to higher realms. Jesus and his disciples found themselves enveloped in an atmosphere of intense and radiant light. He directed his gaze towards the four corners of the world, reciting the great name over their heads, blessed them and breathed gently into their eyes. “I will unveil to you the hidden truths of the Heavenly Kingdom, enabling you to administer them to others.

“Hear me, O Father of all fatherhood, I invoke you grant absolution to the souls of these disciples who have faithfully followed me and chose and cleansed them of their transgressions, make them worthy to partake in the kingdom of my father, the father of the treasure of the light, for their adherence to my teachings and obedience to my commands.

“If you, Father have heard my plea, forgive these souls and obliterate their transgressions, and if you have made them deserving of the kingdom, grant me a sign through this offering.”

Miraculously, the sign that Jesus had requested transpired. Addressing his disciples. Jesus proclaimed: “You are now accounted among the inhabitants of My Father's Kingdom.