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Wesak - tthe greatest event upon our planet

2005-04-21, 5:53 pm

The Wesak Festival
22 April - April 26 (Fri,Sat,Sun,Mon,Tues)
(Taurus Full Moon is April 24, 2005)
at: 6:09 a.m. US EDT - 10:08 GMT

The full moon (Taurus) of the Buddha
Keynotes: wisdom & divine purpose
"I see and when the eye is opened, all is light."

Wesak is "the greatest event upon our planet, from the stand point of
the Spiritual verities, and the one which has the greatest effect upon
the human race." (The Tibetan)

The dream, the legend, the fact can be described as follows: There is a
valley, lying at a rather high altitude in the foothills of the
Himalayan-Tibet ranges. It is surrounded by high mountains on all sides
except towards the northeast, where there is a narrow opening in the
mountain ranges. The valley is, therefore, bottle-shaped in contour,
with the neck of the bottle to the northeast, and it widens very
considerably towards the south. Up towards the northern end, close to
the neck of the bottle, there is to be found a huge flat rock. There
are no trees or shrubs in the valley, which is covered with a kind of
coarse grass, but the sides of the mountains are covered with trees.

At the time of the full moon of Taurus, pilgrims from all the
surrounding districts begin to gather; the holy men & lamas find their
way into the valley & fill the southern & the middle parts, leaving the
northeastern end relatively free. There, so the legend runs, there
gathers a group of those great Beings Who are the Custodians on Earth
of God's Plan for our planet & for humanity. By what name we call these
Beings does not greatly matter. The Christian believer may prefer to
speak of Christ & His church, & regard Them as constituting that great
Cloud of Witnesses who guarantee to humanity ultimate salvation. The
esotericists of the world may call Them the Masters of the Wisdom, the
planetary Hierarchy, Who in Their varied grades are ruled & taught by
the Christ, the Master of all Masters, and the Teacher alike of angels
& of men. Or we can call Them the Rishis of the Hindu Scriptures, or
the Society of the Illumined Minds, as in the Tibetan teaching.

They are the Great Intuitives & the Great Companions of our more modern
presentation, & are the aggregate of perfected humanity who have
followed in Christ's steps & have entered.

They, with Their wisdom, love & knowledge, stand as a protective wall
around our race, & seek to lead us on, step by step (as They Themselves
were led in Their time) from darkness to light, from the unreal to the
real, & from death to immortality. This group of knowers of divinity
are the main participants in the Wesak Festival. They range Themselves
in the northeastern end of the valley, & in concentric circles
(according to the status & grade of Their initiatory development)
prepare Themselves for a great act of service. In front of the rock,
looking towards the northeast, stand Those Beings Who are called by
Their disciples "the Three Great Lords." These are the Christ, Who
stands in the center; the Lord of living forms, the Manu, Who stands on
His right; & the Lord of Civilization, Who stands on His left. These
three face the rock, upon which there rests a great crystal bowl full
of water...

All who have dreamt of participating in it are always well aware of the
exact position in the lower part of the valley where they themselves
stood. One who described it to me spoke of standing well off to one
side, close to a tree to which a horse was tethered; & others seemed to
know equally well where they found themselves. Some few realised that
the place & the position, within the body of onlookers, indicated quite
clearly the evolutionary status of the participant.

Behind the grouped Masters, adepts, initiates and senior workers under
God's plan, are to be found the world disciples and aspirants in their
various grades and groups (either "in the body or out of the body" to
quote the words of St. Paul), who constitute at this time the New Group
of World Servers. Those present in their physical bodies have found
their way there by ordinary means. Others are present in their
spiritual bodies and in the dream state...

As the hour of the full moon approaches, a stillness settles down upon
the crowd, & all look towards the northeast. Certain ritualistic
movements take place in which the grouped Masters and Their disciples
of all ranks take up symbolic positions, and form on the floor of the
valley such significant symbols as the five-pointed star, with the
Christ standing at the highest point; or a triangle, with the Christ at
the apex; or a cross, and other well known *formations, all of which
have a deep & potent meaning. This is all done to the sound of certain
chanted words and esoteric phrases, called mantrams.

The expectancy in the waiting, onlooking crowds becomes very great, and
the tension is real and increasing. Through the entire body of people
there seems to be felt a stimulation or potent vibration which has the
effect of awakening the souls of those present, fusing & blending the
group into one united whole, & lifting all into a great act of
spiritual demand, readiness, and expectancy. It is the climax of the
world's aspiration, focussed in this waiting group. These three
words--demand, readiness & expectancy--best describe the atmosphere
surrounding those present in this secret valley.

The chanting and the rhythmic weaving grows stronger, & all the
participants and the watching crowd raise their eyes towards the sky in
the direction of the narrow part of the valley. Just a few minutes
before the exact time of the full moon, in the far distance, a tiny
speck can be seen in the sky. It comes nearer & nearer, & grows in
clarity and definiteness of outline, until the form of the Buddha can
be seen, seated in the cross-legged Buddha position, clad in His
saffron-colored robe, bathed in light and color, and with His hand
extended in blessing. When He arrives at a point exactly over the great
rock, hovering there in the air over the heads of the three Great
Lords, a great mantram, used only once a year, at the Festival, is
intoned by the Christ, & the entire group of people in the valley fall
upon their faces.

This Invocation sets up a great vibration or thought current which is
of such potency that it reaches up from the group of aspirants,
disciples or initiates who employ it, to God Himself. It marks the
supreme moment of intensive spiritual effort throughout the entire
year, and the spiritual vitalization of humanity & the spiritual
effects last throughout the succeeding months. The effect of this Great
Invocation is universal or cosmic, and serves to link us up with that
cosmic center of spiritual force from which all created beings have
come. The blessing is poured forth, & the Christ--as the Representative
of humanity--receives it in trust, for distribution...

Slowly then the Buddha recedes into the distance, until again only a
faint speck can be seen in the sky, and this eventually disappears. The
whole ceremonial blessing, from the time of the first appearance in the
distance until the moment the Buddha fades out of view, takes just
about eight minutes. The Buddha's annual sacrifice for humanity (for He
comes back only at great cost) is over, and He returns again to that
high place where He works and waits.

Year after year He comes back in blessing; year after year the same
ceremony has taken place. Year after year He and His great Brother, the
Christ, work in the closest cooperation for the spiritual benefit of
humanity. In these two great Sons of God have been focussed two aspects
of divine life, and They act together as Custodians of the highest type
of spiritual force to which our humanity can respond. Through the
Buddha, the wisdom of God is poured fourth. Through the Christ, the
love of God is manifested to humanity; and it is this wisdom and this
love which pour fourth upon mankind each "May" full moon...

When the Buddha has again disappeared, the crowd rises to their feet;
the water in the bowl is distributed in tiny portions to the Masters,
initiates and disciples, and They go Their way to the place of service.
The crowd, who have all brought their little cups and vessels of water,
drink of them, and share with others...Thus blessed, the crowd silently
disperses; the Masters and the disciples return with renewed strength,
to undertake another year of world service...

To some living people (in the world today) this Festival stands for
certain most definite and clearly marked ideas, and for a great
proffered opportunity. The ideas for which it stands might be
enumerated as follows:

First this Festival links the past with the present in a way that no
other festival, connected with any of the great world religions, has
ever done. It stands for a living truth, and for a present opportunity.
In their mutual service to the race, the Buddha and the Christ bring
about this linking; They also blend the East with the West, and unite
in one whole the Christian tradition, the Buddhist and the Hindu
faiths, and the aspiration of all believers in the world today,
orthodox and unorthodox. Religious distinctions disappear.

Secondly, this festival marks the high-water mark of spiritual blessing
in the world. It is a time of an unusual inflow of life and of
spiritual stimulation, and serves to vitalize the aspiration of all
mankind.

Thirdly, at the time of the Festival and through the united effort of
the Christ and the Buddha, working in the closest cooperation, there is
opened a channel of communication between humanity and God, down which
the love and wisdom of God himself can pour to a waiting and needy
world.

Speaking symbolically, and remembering that symbols always veil a
truth, it might be stated that, at the time of the full moon it is as
if a door were suddenly opened wide, which at other times stands
closed. Through that door, aspirants and disciples can contact energies
which are otherwise not easily available. Through that door, approach
can be made to Those Who guide the race and to truth and reality, which
at other times is not possible. Of this, all who stand on either side
of the door can avail themselves, and this will be so increasingly.

At the time of the full moon of Taurus, it is as if a door "into
Heaven" were opened (still speaking symbolically) so that contact can
be then made with those still greater Lives Who are to our planetary
Hierarchy what It is to humanity. Once this is recognized, it will be
possible to develop a Science of Approach to the deeper truths and
forces of life which are as yet hidden behind a veil. This the New Age
will reveal. It is part of the true emerging technique of the Path, and
of spiritual progress.

Again, at this time, great expansions of consciousness become possible
which are not possible at other times. Disciples and initiates
everywhere can be aided and stimulated spiritually to take those great
steps which we call initiations, and which enable a man to penetrate a
little more deeply and consciously into the mysteries of the kingdom of
God. They reveal to him more clearly the wonder of his own divinity,
the beauty of the divine in every man, and a little of the Plan to
which humanity is conforming and with which he can cooperate.

Thus the greatest event upon our planet, from the stand point of the
Spiritual verities, and the one which has the greatest effect upon the
human race, is therefore the Wesak Festival.

Its influence has been there always but unknown to the majority. Now
its influence is to be recognized and consciously utilized...By means
of the united rhythm of certain groups and their voiced invocations,
groups of aspirants can be put in touch with the consciousness of great
Lives and Intelligences, after they have learnt to align their
personalities and have placed themselves in rapport with their own
souls.

These groups can establish a contact with the subjective world of
Intelligences, through the medium of two focal points. One focal point,
the Buddha, represents the overshadowing world of subjective realities,
& the other focal point, the Christ, acts as the Representative of the
world of aspiring human beings. This fact is symbolized for us in our
church rituals, where the priest acts as a focal point. Here however,
is a momentous point of difference: Priesthood in these great and
future "ceremonies of contact" will not be a separative and separated
body of men. All can be priests, and a layman can also hold that
office. The only qualification required will be the capacity to align
oneself and be in rapport with the soul, and thus be able to cooperate
with all other souls.

Finally it might be said that at a stated period in the year the Lodge
of Masters meet...At this period which coincides with the full moon of
Taurus and the Wesak Festival...for three major purposes: To contact
spiritual force which is transmitted to our planet through the medium
of the Buddha and the Christ; to confer together as the immediate
necessity and the work to be done for humanity; and to admit to
initiation those who are ready, and to stimulate Their disciples to
increased activity and service.

Each festival covers a special period of five days (two days preceding,
the day of the Festival, and the two following days), with the climax
on the day of the Festival itself, when women and men of goodwill can
cooperate much more effectively than at other times, in meditation and
through the direction of energy, with the spiritual Hierarchy and those
who stand behind the evolution of consciousness of our planet.

This was excerpted from 'THE WESAK FESTIVAL --A Technique of Spiritual
Contact', by Alice Bailey a 22 page pamphlet distributed by the Arcane
School, a part of the Lucis Trust. To obtain a copy of this pamphlet,
contact the publishers.

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more information:

http://www.souledout.org/wesak/wesaksafeguard.html

http://www.lightinfo.org/aab/dkwesak.htm
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This is the best time of the whole year for meditation and reflection.
It has been said many times by many knowers that if we take one step
towards the illumined ones, that they'll take several towards us.
RH

2005-04-24, 11:00 pm

It won't be much longer til Wesak is much more popular than Christmas.
Imagine the masses gathered around watching and experiencing the
energies.

By then the poisons of commercialism, war, poverty, and corruption.will
be no longer in view.

Kleo Nook

2005-04-25, 8:54 am

It would be good if there are masses to be allowed there.

Because no one can go inside without an invitation.