I AM the Witness
“Put Your Troubles in a Sack
and Cast It into the Violet Flame!”
Beloved Mother,
I am writing to witness to the pearls of wisdom found in the early teachings recorded on the Only Mark albums. I also want to attest to the love of the Masters and their ever-faithful response to our prayers.
During this past spring I entered a cycle that seemed particularly difficult. I felt as if I were in a deep, dark, bottomless pit. Things seemed so bad that I even considered leaving the Teachings. However, it didn’t take much thought on the matter for me to realize that there was nowhere else for me to go. For better or for worse, this Church is the only place for me if I really want to make my ascension. I realized that I needed to find the strength to stand and still stand–and to conquer my lesser self and wrong desires. I needed to surrender to God so as not to break.
I decreed and decreed. The darker things seemed, the more I decreed. I also increased the use of Archangel Michael’s sword during this period. Nothing seemed to help or to make a difference.
Then came the Easter conference. I arrived at the ranch at about 2:00 p.m. on Thursday afternoon. Since I had not yet eaten lunch, I went straight to the cafeteria. All the tables were full, so I went to El Morya’s Chapel. A dictation by the Great Divine Director from one of the Only Mark albums was playing. It was his October 15, 1966 dictation given in Colorado Springs. I listened intently as the Great Divine Director invited us to cast all of our burdens into a sack. He said:
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| Will you tonight put your troubles one and all in a sack and then cast it into the violet transmuting flame and say unto me and to Saint Germain: “Saint Germain and Great Divine Director, I am putting all of my troubles, my burdens, my responsibilities into a sack and I am asking that they be consumed by the violet transmuting flame. And I am asking for a release of God-intelligent energy into my world, that I will know how to create new God-designs of responsibility, cosmically orientated, and to replace all of the human dissonance that I have ever expressed or manifested by the Christ Mind in action!” |
I decided to try it. After eating, I went to decree. Soon after I arrived, we started to do violet flame decrees. I was close to the picture of Saint Germain. I looked straight into his eyes and said, “OK, Saint Germain, the Great Divine Director said to put all my troubles into a sack and to throw that sack into the violet flame. So here you go.” I then named all the things that had been burdening me as I put them into the sack. Then I envisioned myself hurling this sack across time and space to Saint Germain.
We were no more than thirty seconds into the decree when I felt a physical weight lift from my heart. What was dark and burdensome immediately turned to joy. I breathed a deep breath and smiled a grateful smile to Saint Germain. I was surprised to experience the answer to my prayer in such a physical way and I was ever so thankful to experience a ray of light pierce through the darkness. Thank you, Saint Germain!
From that moment on, things lightened up in my life and I began to see the light at the end of the tunnel. I also began to feel a much closer tie to the heart of Saint Germain. He has become a very special friend.
Now I often pull out my Only Mark tapes and listen to them regularly. They contain wonderful teachings that I find help me get back on the track and uplift and motivate me to keep on keeping on.
Mother, I thank you and Mark for your dedication to getting these Teachings out to the Lightbearers. I am grateful for your ever-constant love and direction.
With deepest gratitude,
“The Fragrance of Violets”
Beloved Mother,
My wife and I first discovered the Teachings of the Ascended Masters in 1975. We were privileged to attend the dedication of the Minneapolis Teaching Center on January 24, 1976. The center chapel was small and we were in the first row about three feet from you as you spoke briefly. You stated that Saint Germain would dictate.
At the moment the Master began speaking, there was present a most beautiful and powerful fragrance of violets. Saint Germain said: “I have come forth to give you the contact of my retreat and my focus in Transylvania.”
Both my wife and I noticed the scent of violets and remarked on it afterward. But we were astonished to find that no one who had been sitting near us had had the same experience.
How often when we say our “Tube of Light” decree, dictated by Saint Germain, do we pass over the words “that all whom I contact shall always be blessed with the fragrance of violets from God’s own heart in memory of the blessed dawning day when all discord–cause, effect, record and memory–is forever changed into the Victory of Light and the peace of the ascended Jesus Christ.” This is more than just a pretty phrase. It is indeed a reality of our beloved Master’s heart and presence–and, hopefully, one day of our own.
I send you my love,
Gratitude for the Rosaries
Dear Mother,
I just wanted to write you and let you know how very, very grateful I am that you prepared Mother Mary’s wonderful scriptural rosaries for all of us.
The scriptural rosaries mean so much to me and are a real key for me on the Path. The first thing I bought when I found the Teachings was The Fourteenth Rosary: The Mystery of Surrender booklet. Not having been raised a Catholic, I was new to the concept of the rosary and the Hail Mary. So when I saw the words “Hail Mary” printed in the booklet after each verse, I didn’t realize that they were the title of a prayer. I would just say the words “Hail Mary” after each verse, rather than reciting the prayer.
But then I bought the book My Soul Doth Magnify the Lord! and learned how the rosary and Hail Mary were to be given. From then on, every morning before going to work I would give the rosary, reading it right from the book. It was such a perfect foundation for my day and brought me such peace, communion with God and a greater sense of the holiness of life.
Then I went to Mother Mary and Raphael’s quarter of Summit University and we gave the rosary every morning in the chapel–what joy to give the rosary with the tape and with a group of devotees!
No matter how many times I give the rosary, each time as I meditate on the scriptural verses, I receive a new revelation of some inner meaning. It is as if I am right there with Jesus as each event unfolds. I think about Jesus, his path, what he must have thought and felt and how it relates to me today. It is so wondrous to me that I can hear and give the verses over and over again, yet each time there is another meaning revealed.
Over the years as my days became busier, I gave the rosaries less and began giving the shorter Child’s Rosary, which Mother Mary released for children and those who do not have time to give the longer one. Although the Child’s Rosary is beautiful and a real meditation on the Mother Flame, there is something so very special about the alchemy of giving the scriptural rosaries in their newly recorded format with a hymn to Mother Mary before and after. I feel they are one of the missing keys for me to restore the holiness to my daily life and service. They bring me a grace of harmony, centeredness, peace and a pool of love in my heart that enables me to greet all that the day brings with joy. The prayers at the end of the rosary–the Consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart and the F\aatima Prayers–remind me of the great purpose of it all: to serve others and to bring the Teachings to all the Lightbearers.
These scriptural rosaries make the Path more real–and more attainable! I encourage everyone to take the time to give the full-length rosary and enter into that intimate communion with Mother Mary and Jesus–the rewards are innumerable. I can’t wait until we have a new rosary tape for every day of the week.
Thank you for the gift of these precious rosaries and for your unending love. It is truly my privilege to serve in this Holy Community.
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