Vol. 12 No. 52 - Kuan Yin - December 28, 1969
“Kuan Yin, We Must Not Fail”
To All Who Love the Flame of Mercy, Greetings and Peace!
It has been said, “The darker the night, the brighter the day.” But during the hours of vigil, the consolation of hope at times seems inadequate to assuage the feelings of frustration that are intensified by the night. In moments of gaiety, time seems like a babbling brook, bubbling with unceasing joy.
The star of comprehension, representing a configuration of the drama of life, is not always visible to the eyes of man; and because he sees a piece of the mosaic rather than the pattern of the whole, his concerns may rise to the point of danger. Let me here and now, then—for humanity, for the individual, for religious expression upon the planet—remind you that this generation shall pass, its mistakes and its errors shall become part of the history of mankind’s experience, but the Lord of Life and the great cosmic flame of mercy shall endure forever. Would it not be wisdom, then, to identify with the enduring side of life rather than with the passing, fanciful fragments of the moment?
At a recent conference held in Darjeeling with the beloved Ascended Master El Morya, we discussed the fickleness of man’s density. The great master said unto me, “Precious Kuan Yin, heart of light, when we gaze at the splendid snows of Kinchinjunga, we see the loneliness of the summit and we know that the farther one climbs up the slope the fewer trees one finds, and beyond the timberline there is a thinning out until one sees only a few tall trees upon the mountain heights.
“These are the symbols that can be the life mode for every man, for each tree is itself a symbol of all life. The lower boughs droop toward the earth; but as one follows the branches, there is a steady rise of the angle until, with the tall sentinel of the central branch, one and all point skyward, the corollaries around it braced as cups to serve a central purpose. Thus, the higher branches are remote from the lower ones, yet all are part of the same tree.
“Midst the struggles of the masses for recognition of one form or another, they seldom recognize the mobility of the self. Enmeshed as they are in the maya of delusion, they run with the herd or, as we would put it, they merge with the branches below, often losing the perspective of their lives and a sense of total purpose. Sometimes all that is necessary to bring about their reorientation is a pause and a steadied gaze upward along the central shaft of the pine, a gaze toward the snowy peaks in the midst of the skyey vigil they keep. For theirs is the way of purity and the way of loneliness that understands that union with God must be sought with one’s entire being to the exclusion of all else.
“Yet if the masses continue to compress themselves downward toward their lowest common denominator as the current trend would indicate, the individual will fade into insignificance and his departure from creative purpose will be the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place where it ought not. <1> If this trend were to continue, the masses of the world then would soon degenerate into a chaotic protoplasmic mass of purposeless substance.
“All hope is in The Summit concept. All hope is in the resurrection of universal purpose for every man. All hope looks toward the master’s configuration, the star of the advent of reality that manifests in the Divine Ego. Let men look up and live.”
And then with a merry twinkle in his beautiful eyes, the master said to me, “Kuan Yin, we must not fail.”
It is with this sense of God realization, then, that I come to each individual who pursues the path of individuality, and I remind that there are two goals that ought to be considered by every man: (1) the goal of singular service to self, excluding all others, and (2) the goal of service to others, excluding the self. Quite frankly, both of these are extremes not adhered to even by the greatest masters; for what is needed is neither total self-sacrificing service nor total sacrificing to self, but a balance of universal love that perceives that the individual’s mission is enhanced by reasonable service to others, to God, and to cosmos. I come, therefore, to remind each one that he serves others best who serves self wisely.
And thus, the purification of motive is called to your attention. I recommend that before the close of the year you write down the goals you have for the coming year and for the balance of your life. Examine your motives for having these goals; then, see if you can draw a line through those that are vain and foolish, through those which will consume your time and energy without helping your family, your group, or your society to evolve. See if you can draw a line through those that will consume your time and energy with small returns and little development of the God within.
As you examine all of these things, try to find out the “why” of the motivation behind each goal. The motivations behind some goals whose end is just may seem rooted in selfishness. These can be reinfused with purity by prayer and attunement with cosmic purpose whereas other goals will be clearly seen as a drain upon the total man.
Remember that God helps those who help themselves. <2> Remember that it is an act of mercy toward yourself and toward humanity that bids you to seek to know his will for you. And above all, remember that the words “Not my will, but thine, be done” <3> are words of healing mercy and healing love.
As man ceases to struggle and lets God’s mercy flame free him from the sense of struggle and from the sense of blame, he is able to make greater progress in whatever his goals may be—whether they be complete or fragmentary of a whole not yet seen. There are no goals so small or so great that God will not inhabit them when he is invited, for it is his mercy and his intent to flow into the consciousness that bids him welcome.
Be aware, then, of his mercy for you; and, as it infuses your soul, realize that to you it is also given to express genuine compassion and mercy for others. The mercy of forgiveness that latches on to a fragment of hope for tomorrow for every soul is far superior to the consciousness that lashes out at everyone with feelings of resentment.
How gentle is the ascended master consciousness, yet how firm! How tender, yet how highly resolved! The riches of the wisdom of God, as they flow into the test tube of the individual in the laboratory of nature, reveal their stress and strength nowhere more beautifully than in the soul as it reacts, under the pressures of living, to the various experiences of life and ultimately triumphs.
Will you hold with me then—for this organization, for this tall pine upon the mountain with ever deepening trunk and widening branches—the greatest of hopes for expansion, that its boughs might cover the earth and point each one to the star of his Presence? Will you be ever mindful of El Morya’s thoughts for the world as they flow with mine into Saint Germain’s and Mother Mary’s as bulwarks to protect the human family against the depredations it has performed against itself? Will you realize the great strength that there is in this union of devotees who serve under the aegis of the Great White Brotherhood to nurture the best gifts in so many among humanity?
Will you help to increase its scope in your life and in the lives of others? Will you help to enrich its aims by whatever contribution of energy you are able to give? For all are needed according to their capacities to unfold the plan of God. Therefore, as you think of this beautiful world turning in space and as you consider the minute portion of reality that you have made your own (as compared with the infinite potential that is available to individual man), recognize the man or the woman that you can become with God’s help.
And above all, mindful of our joint endeavors together for humanity, will you remember the fire in the master’s eye and the hope in his heart as he said, “Kuan Yin, we must not fail”?
Devotedly, in the name of mercy,
I remain
Kuan Yin
The Goddess of Mercy
1. Mark 13:14.
3. Luke 22:42.
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