Pearls of Wisdom

Vol. 36 No. 17 - I AM the Witness - April 25, 1993

 

I Am the Witness

Leaves of Morya’s Garden

 

Dear Elizabeth Clare Prophet,

Some years ago I attended a gathering of yours at Colorado Springs. You kindly invited me to ride with you and your baby, Mark and another visitor in your small car to a picnic supper at a nearby ranch. You and I talked of our experiences in Christian Science.

Later, back at the meeting place, you searched me out and gave me two small books, Leaves from Morya’s Garden 1 and 2, which you said El Morya had asked you to give me since I was a student of his. I was not conscious of this relationship and at the time had little understanding, but the years of study since then have brought me to a fruitful understanding of the science of the spoken Word, spiritual alchemy and other teachings you have brought to our awareness.

For all of this, I send you my deep and abiding gratitude. You pointed the way to a secure and shining path. May it be ever more shining for you, too, dear friend.

Sincerely and lovingly,


Messenger’s note:

Leaves of Morya’s Garden 1 and 2 are precious teachings dictated by the Master El Morya to his amanuensis Helena Roerich in 1924 and 1925. Every disciple on the path of the ancient wisdom will find them to be indispensable to his soul’s growth.

Paul said, “We speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory, which none of the princes of this world knew; for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.”  Together, Morya and Roerich make plain the wisdom of God so that it is no longer a mystery but the key to self-mastery.

Students who have Leaves 1 and 2 should reread them. Students who do not should quickly send for them so that prince and pauper alike have no further excuse for their absence of self-knowledge or their ignorance of the law. When you chew up and digest these little books, you will have the answers that some are ready to hear and some are not.

When I first took my training to be a Messenger for El Morya under Mark Prophet, I was living in Boston, Massachusetts. Mark visited The Summit Lighthouse group there and I was in attendance. On April 22, 1961, I heard for the first time in my life an Archangel deliver a message to humanity through a living Messenger. Before Mark returned to Washington, he presented to me Leaves of Morya’s Garden 1 and said, “Morya wants you to read this.”  And I did.

By meditating on the concepts in Leaves of Morya’s Garden and continually referring back to them, I found the fulfillment of the ninety-first psalm:  “He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty...”

The impartation of Morya’s flame throughout Leaves of Morya’s Garden is a matter of the Guru-chela relationship. The purpose of these books is to give you an intimate contact with Hierarchy, with the Masters, and to quicken within you the consciousness of Morya.

I would like to witness to the fact that it is the precious tie to El Morya’s heart that gives me the strength not only to be a Messenger but also to face the challenges confronting our Church today. One of my most cherished memories is my lifetime as his daughter Meg when he was embodied as Sir Thomas More (1478-1535). I adored him then as I do today. I was in contact with him wherever he went, was tutored by him (as well as by tutors) in Latin, Greek, mathematics and the classics, and I observed his courage, his strength and his honor all the way through to his beheading on Tower Hill.

It was this close association with Thomas More that prepared me for the severe initiations I had to undergo in subsequent lifetimes. Had it not been for my having witnessed firsthand the martyrdom of Thomas More and his determined stand for the cause he believed in, I may not have passed my tests.

I commend you, then, to the heart of our beloved El Morya. I recommend that you set aside a quiet time each day to read and meditate on his Leaves and to immerse yourself in the flame of his dictations and teachings.

Leaves of Morya’s Garden 1 and 2, published by the Agni Yoga Society, are available through Summit University Press.

Other recommended reading:

R. W. Chambers, Thomas More

E. E. Reynolds, Saint Thomas More

William Roper, The Life of Sir Thomas More

                                   

 

Federal Agents Arrest Mohammed A. Salameh in Connection
with the World Trade Center Bombing on March 4!
El Morya Cracks the Mafia in New York on April 4!

“Never, Never Doubt the Chief!”

 

After the spectacular results of our vigil to El Morya on February 4 and March 4, the New York Teaching Center was at a loss to say exactly what had been the results of our April 4 vigil.

It had been easy in February and in March. As previously witnessed in the Pearls of Wisdom (vol. 36, no. 5, pp. 69-71), New York experienced a “crime-free” day on February 4. For the first time in perhaps 25 years, no major crimes were committed in one 24-hour period. This miracle repeated itself a second day that month when again the police records showed nothing to report on February 28.

Then on March 4, coinciding with our El Morya vigil, a dramatic arrest was made in the World Trade Center bombing. The bombing had occurred on February 26, killing six and injuring over 1,000. Law enforcement agencies had settled in for the long haul of sifting through the tons of rubble, expecting to spend months before coming up with clues. But two days later, investigators at the blast sight miraculously recovered a fragment of metal with a vehicle identification number. They swiftly traced the number to a Ryder truck rental agency and, on March 4, arrested the first suspect, Mohammed A. Salameh, an Islamic fundamentalist. The case had been cracked. Law enforcement was amazed.

After the arrest, the acting Attorney General, Stuart M. Gerson, said in Washington:  “It’s a remarkable day in the history of the FBI.” New York magazine (15 March 1993) reported:  “Plenty of people involved in the case–cops, agents, and officials alike–were floored by the sudden arrests in what had promised to be a slow, grueling investigation.”  Police commissioner Raymond Kelly said:  “This came from out of the blue.”

At the New York Teaching Center, there was no doubt. This was Morya at work!

Our next El Morya vigil, April 4, was Palm Sunday, and the group was well prepared with a matrix for the night. We were ending the 48-hour vigil to Omri-Tas and were looking forward to another miracle, as Saint Germain had promised there would be more miracles. In his March 13 dictation at our new center, Saint Germain said:

 

      El Morya has determined to show the world what he can do and what his chelas can do. He has done this. You have done this. You have seen and heard of the miracles. They shall continue as long as you as alchemists of the will of God produce a supersaturated solution of First Ray decrees each fourth of the month in New York and your town, planet earth!

   The Masters and the Messenger had said that something had to be done about the Mafia and organized crime, for they were a burden on the people and the economy of New York City. So, for the April vigil, we wrote a simple call with little more than the names of New York’s five crime families.

As the midnight hour approached at the Teaching Center, seven of us knelt at the altar and repeated El Morya’s Bonding Prayer. One chela had prepared a special surprise. At the stroke of twelve the words, “Hail, O chelas of the will of God!  I AM here and for a right good cause!”  resounded over our sound system. (These were the opening words from El Morya’s April 8, 1990 dictation, in which he gave us the Bonding Prayer.) It was a thrilling moment to feel El Morya’s presence so tangibly at the beginning of our vigil. Then we joyously marched around the Chapel of the Threefold Flame of Liberty, singing “Onward, Christian Soldiers.”  The battle had begun.

We followed the hymn with the Gemini Clearance. In addition to giving our call on the Mafia, we gave invocations for the clearing of the discarnate entities in the entire tri-state area of New York, Connecticut and New Jersey. The Messenger had told us during her March visit that entities and the tyrant-ego dweller were hampering the economy of the city and preventing the Lightbearers from entering the Teachings. She also warned us to bind any potential backlash to our vigil well before the vigil and to also make calls for protection for days after.

With such an auspicious beginning to our vigil and the fervor that followed throughout the 24 hours, we felt the results would be phenomenal. We were somewhat disappointed when nothing specific that we could point to appeared in the news over the next seven days.

Where had we gone wrong?  Were we out of alignment?  Were we just interested in the dramatic?

Then the April 13 Daily News published a story on arrests of Mafia leaders. We thought, “We must tell Mother about this even though it is nothing to write home about.”  A diligent chela added the clipping to the articles she was collecting in her research on the Mafia. But it wasn’t until we began putting together an “I AM the Witness” report that we realized that a major arrest had been made on Palm Sunday, April 4!

Never, never doubt the Chief!

 

      Carmine Sessa, Colombo consigliere and head of the Persico faction of the Brooklyn crime family, was arrested with two other mob members outside Saint Patrick’s Cathedral. The Daily News reported:  “As worshipers inside received their symbolic palm, Sessa, Persico and associate Frank (Frankie Blue Eyes) Sparaco were handcuffed and taken away.”  Within ten minutes Sessa was singing like a canary to the FBI.

   And more was to come:

 

On April 8 capo Joseph (JoJo) Russo and his cousin Anthony (Chuckie) Russo, capo Robert (Bobby Zam) Zambardi and soldier Joseph (Joe Monte) Monteleone, Sr., were arrested on charges that they conspired to murder Orena loyalists of the Colombo family.

 

On April 12 two reputed capos of the Luchese crime family–Salvatore (The Golfer) Avellino and Frank (Big Frank) Lastorina–were arrested on murder and racketeering charges. Assistant U.S. Attorney Gregory O’Connoll said:  “With the filing of this indictment, virtually the entire hierarchy of the Luchese family has either been convicted, has cooperated or is awaiting trial on federal charges.”

 

On April 19 James (Jimmy Brown) Failla of the Gambino family and five other men were indicted on murder and racketeering charges. Arraigned were Daniel Marino, Philip (Philly Dogs) Mazzara and Dominick (Fat Dom) Borghese. Agents attempted unsuccessfully to arrest Louis (Louie Fats) Astuto and Joseph (The German) Watts. Watts later turned himself in. According to government informer Salvatore (Sammy Bull) Gravano, “Failla controls the garbage industry through the Association of Trade Waste Removers of Greater New York, a trade organization he has run for the past 30 years.”  Gravano testified that “Failla ran the Manhattan and Queens garbage business and shared interests in the hauling business in Long Island with reputed Luchese capo Salvatore (The Golfer) Avellino.”

 

On April 20 jailed mob boss John Gotti’s close friend and “adopted son” was indicted on charges that he lied to a Brooklyn federal grand jury investigating the Gambino family. The April 21 Daily News reported:  “The government claims that Lewis Kasman of Woodbury, L.I., helped create a sham company–Scorpio Marketing, a Garment Center business–as a way to create a somewhat legitimate income for Gotti.”  Also mentioned in the indictment was Gambino capo John (Jackie the Nose) D’Amico.

 

Victor Mirdita, Gambino family member, was arrested for the April 26 slaying of Genovese mobster Pasquale Parrello.

   And the arrests are continuing.

The five families–Gambino, Colombo, Luchese, Genovese, Bonnano–have poisoned the fabric of this society, misusing the Third Eye of God to dominate the city. Their tentacles reach into nearly every aspect of the city’s markets and industries. Their crimes divert the city’s tax revenues away from the people. Their influence dominates the garment industry, construction, waste disposal and recycling, waterfront industries, food and alcohol distribution, hotel and restaurant industries, trucking and hauling, as well as gambling, pornography, drugs, loan sharking, insurance fraud and nightclubs, to name a few. Billions of dollars each year are siphoned off from the main economy by these evildoers.

According to an article in the March 1992 issue of Cosmopolitan, during initiation into the Mafia each new member holds a burning picture of a saint in his palms and swears to uphold the code of omerta (silence)–never to betray the secrets of the organization and its affairs. They vow:  “As burns this saint, so will burn my soul,” acknowledging that the penalty for violating the code is death and damnation.

We cannot begin to fathom the evil of the Mafia–these hardened criminals who have been committed to evil from the beginning. The Messenger told us in an exposé given February 26, 1983, that “the name of the Mafia is death.”  She explained that the word Mafia is only one letter different from Maria and that the Mafia is the perversion of the Mother. She said that members of the Mafia are the very ones (embodied again) whom Joshua and the officers and captains of the people faced. They are a breed of laggards whose allegiance is to the forces of Antichrist, and they have a murderous intent that would murder the Christ in the hearts of the people of God before he is born.

The Messenger said that when Mafia members pass on, we need to call for their binding and judgment and for the binding of their astral ka and dweller-on-the-threshold. They are just as dangerous on the astral plane as they are in physical embodiment, for they can perpetuate the momentum of murder and death as they prey on unsuspecting souls.

The Mafia is the epitome of anti-Life. They are Death incarnate. And they are Hell incarnate as they oppose the rise of the people in the free enterprise system. They form a conglomerate force opposing the ascension of every child of God. Their works are the antithesis of every noble deed done by the knights and ladies of the Cross.

And our King Arthur has struck a blow for the Lord, the Mighty I AM Presence, and for his chelas.

                                  

 

Police Lined the Streets of Ann Arbor
Awaiting Vandalism and Rioting That Never Happened
“We Give Credit to Omri-Tas and El Morya”

 

Dear Mother,

In the spirit of utter humility and with the greatest devotion, we come. The Detroit mandala has decided to spearhead the creation of the “wall of blue flame” in time zone 18 for our beloved Bapu, Morya. (See Pearls of Wisdom, vol. 36, no. 5, pp. 77-80.) My letter is the first of our detailed reports on our efforts. So much has begun to come together for us. Do let me begin at the beginning.

On Sunday, March 28, 1993, the Detroit mandala rallied in what will surely prove to be a turning point for our Teaching Center. For quite some time there had been a lack of enthusiasm among our members. This had caused inconsistent attendance at decree sessions, financial difficulties and diminishing involvement in outreach. Many services had only a few participants.

Our director recently compared our center to a garden. Each day we were watching it die just a little more, for no one was watering or caring for it. We wrote to active Keepers of the Flame in metropolitan Detroit requesting their presence at a meeting we called to discuss our predicament. We planned a pep rally–including streamers, balloons and refreshments–for the revitalization of our center.

Would you believe our God-victorious success?  Every seat in the house was filled and a few people were actually left standing!

Everyone was moved by such a show of attendance, and the feeling of enthusiasm as well as urgency was heightened. Members were overflowing with creative energy. They set forth goals and concrete plans and made numerous suggestions. One idea was to create a treasure map for critical projects such as tackling urban violence and corruption in the inner city.

Since the rally, the Detroit Teaching Center has made many noteworthy efforts. Our monthly newsletter gives details regarding events at the Teaching Center and delineates the Masters’ requests for our lives. Our classes and services for new members (Keepers on Lessons 1-7) provide an invaluable opportunity for those new to the Teachings to build a decree momentum and to gain insight from fellow members. One new member commented, “The classes help me become more comfortable with myself as one of Saint Germain’s Keepers of the Flame. They give me guidance and support.”  Another said, “I have gained many new friends.”

We also began a study group recently for inner child work and dealing with personal psychology. It has provided a platform for personal insight and healing to many.

These efforts have been gratifying. However, the most important task undertaken by the center has just begun. We have developed a two-fold plan:  (1) to earn the dispensation of beloved El Morya’s presence in our city and (2) to bring you, Mother, to our city.

To spark commitment, we asked our members to complete pledges for the 24-hour El Morya vigil. We organized the vigil with great zeal, and sign-up sheets were quickly filled. Our April 4 El Morya vigil began at midnight April 3, on the heels of a rousing Omri-Tas’ Day service. Four members maintained the momentum until 7:00 a.m. (Two additional members remained on call.) The four gave decrees and songs to Archangel Michael, El Morya and Mother Mary, intermingled with violet flame calls. This we did in order to receive the maximum benefit of the overlap with the 48-hour Omri-Tas vigil.

At 7:00 a.m. replacements arrived. They gave Ashram Ritual 3–Sacred Ritual for Attunement with God’s Holy Will–and Archangel Michael’s Rosary. Violet flame calls continued. In their homes, cars and wherever they found the opportunity, Keepers added to the momentum being maintained at the Teaching Center. One hundred eighty-five hours were completed for the vigil!

We saw blessings immediately!  As a general rule, violence of some sort usually occurs after sports events involving the University of Michigan. On April 3, the university’s basketball team, the Wolverines, won a key game and police expected the usual violence. The April 4 Detroit News reported:

 

      In Ann Arbor, the overtime win released a torrent of humanity onto South University Avenue. About 8,000 fans spilled out of bars and Crisler Arena, where a crowd had watched the Wolverines beat Kentucky on huge TV screens, police said....

      Earlier, with a second left in the overtime period of the game, a bar waitress on South University quickly collected all the glasses, salt shakers and knives from the table, and police in full riot gear moved into position on the street.

   They were awaiting vandalism and rioting that never happened. Only four arrests were made in a crowd of 8,000 to 12,000 fans. We give credit to Omri-Tas and El Morya for their mighty Electronic Presence. According to the Detroit News, “Exultant fans came from every direction, singing The Victors and chanting ‘Let’s go Blue!’...‘There’s nobody fighting,’ said Jeff Sutliff, an Owosso sophomore. ‘We just all have the pride and the spirit of the University of Michigan.’”

However, on April 5, after the Wolverines lost the NCAA basketball championship game, violence did break out and people were seriously injured. Fist fights, bottle throwing and two stabbings were reported. We realize that we need more chelas taking part in the El Morya vigil as well as the Omri-Tas vigil in order to hold the balance in America’s solar plexus chakra–Detroit. But even a small victory spurs our faith that we can and will have future victories.

After the El Morya vigil on April 4, we were inspired to join forces with the other Teaching Centers and Study Groups in time zone 18. We are contacting all groups in zone 18 to assist us in forming a “wall of blue flame.”  We propose to publish a monthly newsletter called The El Morya Report. This newsletter will contain articles outlining zone 18’s experiences with the El Morya vigil and will be sent to each group in the zone.

By God’s grace, may our contribution to the El Morya vigil serve to further the Master’s cause.

Eternally dedicated to the Light,