Vol. 34 No. 57 - I AM the Witness

Vol. 34 No. 57 - I AM the Witness - November 13, 1991

I AM the Witness

Dear Friends,

I’ve decided. I, too, must add my voice as witness to the Teachings of the Ascended Masters.

I was born in the Caribbean and moved to the United States in 1970 at age twelve. Indeed, for my father, who had been experiencing difficulty with his career, it was the hand of opportunity. Within three days he got a job with a company that he’s been happy with to this day.

As for me, I’ve always felt like an outsider looking in on the comings and goings, ups and downs of others. None of it ever made sense. People around me never appeared to be curious or concerned about themselves nor the causes or effects of anything in their lives. It seemed to me their lives were symptomatic.

The Unity Church offered a degree of answers but it never fully addressed the eternal question: Who? What? Why?

At age eighteen, I became pregnant. Frankly, I had believed I was missing something by not being a part of the sexual revolution. Seeking to express what I thought was the newfound freedom of my generation, I decided to find out what I’d been missing. (Now, in retrospect, I believe this sexual revolution is truly overrated and that there is absolutely nothing to be gained by it!)

At the time, I was living with my parents and my mother was already in the Teachings. Before I knew I was pregnant, I noticed, much to my consternation, that whenever I would go into my mother’s room, the eyes of one of the holy personages whose pictures hung on the wall (to me, they were just pictures of turbaned men) followed me everywhere I moved. I cannot express even now how startled I was!

After this happened each and every time, I questioned my mother. “Why,” I demanded, “is that man always looking at me?” My mother, hardly able to control her mirth, replied, “That is the Maha Chohan. Among other things he is the sponsor of incoming souls.”

It was simply too ridiculous to be true! Before even I knew, this “picture” knew. This Maha Chohan had effectively informed my mother and myself that I was to become a mother.

Fascinated, I pumped my mother for information on the Teachings. She introduced me to Saint Germain, El Morya and Mother Mary, along with a host of others. I learned of the Messengers and the science of the spoken Word. Soon I began giving the rosary and decreeing. This gave me the impetus to understand my role and what was happening to me. It was not pat answers I wanted. I wanted the truth.

I even recall some heated discussions with my mother on this or that point of the Bible or the Teachings. It finally came down to the fact that the truth was simply the truth–regardless of whether I chose to accept it or not. This is what “sold” me on the Teachings: God’s law is not altered by an act of man–a point I could not argue.

After my son was born (by the grace of God, he and I were both okay, as I had experienced an extremely difficult pregnancy), my mother cared for him for three months so I could go to Summit University. Those three months were an investment that has paid off to this day in both my life and my son’s. If ever there was a turning point for me, that was it!

At Summit University, the very mention of the Masters’ names, as I was reintroduced to Masters and teachings forgotten, made my heart beat faster and ran goose pimples through my body. I remember an array of events and things seen.

One morning I was awakened by the sweetest voice saying, “Karen, it’s time to get up.” This was accompanied by a feather-light touch on my toe. Upon questioning my roommates, no one had said anything nor touched me.

I recall an outing to the beach. As I was sitting on a dock too close to the surf, my glasses were abruptly swept out to sea. In desperation, I called out to the undines to please return them, as I simply could not afford a replacement. After a few minutes I had accepted the inevitability of their loss and began walking back to my classmates. To my joy and surprise, my glasses, though scratched, were deposited at my feet by an incoming wave!

On another occasion at a fiery decree session, I glanced out the window and saw–yes, you guessed it–Archangel Michael in full armour, larger than life, around the height of a two- or three-story building! He wore breastplate and helmet and wielded sword and shield.

I can also give living testimony to the Messenger. During most of the time I was attending Summit University, she was out stumping. Yet on one of the occasions that she came to the classroom I was able to feel her presence before I even saw her! I had my back to her as she walked past a fellow student and me. I said, “That was Mother!”

On another occasion, I remember knowing instinctively where she was and my eyes automatically and accurately sought her out in a crowd.

I can witness to her calling, as I have seen the presence of the Ascended Master Jesus, dressed in purple and gold robes, coalesce out of the air into points of light and stand right behind her. This I saw before she even moved her lips to indicate that the Master Jesus was about to address us.

I would like to say that had I not been witness to these things, I would still know in my heart that the Ascended Masters’ Teachings are the true teachings. Had I not voiced this here and now, the very atoms of my being would cry out in witness!

Many will attempt to rationalize or explain away such experiences–but the truth remains and the steadfastness and reality of the Teachings will outlive and transcend all attempts to explain them away.

These Teachings have not brought me untold riches, have not miraculously cured all my diseases, have not removed every obstacle from my path. They have shown me that there is a Path. They have given me the only freedom I have known. They have brought light into my darkness. They have placed tools in my hands to assist me to conquer.

Mostly, they have brought love to pick me up and carry me when I was too weak at heart to go on. Indeed, they are making me whole–not curing my symptoms, but healing my heart, my soul, my mind and, come to think of it, even my body.

Sincerely,

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