From: jdavis@netlink.cts.com (James Davis)
Subject: Thoughts about Masters
Organization: NetLink Online Communications, San Diego CA
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 13:54:28 GMT


gst@gnosys.svle.ma.us (Gary S. Trujillo)

>Can we say any more about how this process [a master's spiritual influence]
>works?  Is it merely by being in the world that these people perform this
>service, or is it necessary for them to have contact with others for this
>benefit to be realized...is it merely by being alive in the world and doing
>what they do, without any contact that these services for humanity and for
>the world are rendered? 

I visualize it like this:

The world is structured in hierarchies, in gradations, in strata.

Energy flows through the "branches" of the hierarchial system.

All individuals of positive influence are participants, consciously or
unconsciously, in a flow of spiritual energy--this inspires and qualifies
thought, emotion, and action in life.

The difference between a Master and an ordinary man of goodwill, is that the
master has moved higher/deeper into the sources of spiritual energy, becoming
a powerhouse of spiritual/magnetic influence that shapes (through benevolent
radiations) the lives of countless individuals, and through them humanity as
a whole.

I imagine that enlightened beings are continuously in deep "contact" (on soul
levels) with those drawn close to them, and that the power of the Master (the
essence of Life itself) is distributed/channeled into the world via
chelas/students/pupils of various grades.  I think Masters do move in the
outer world and come in physical contact with others and perform/inspire
useful/practical work for humanity and the planet.  External contact must
occur, but the subtle, I think, is the more powerful and significant.

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>...I hear so little in this newsgroup about the relationship between the
>inner life and the outer life.

What if the symbol of inner and outer life is the cross.

The cross of external Christianity has a longer vertical arm, symbolizing the
dominance of the devotional/inward/aspirational/looking up to God
orientation.  This aspiration toward personal salvation finds its eastern
correspondence in the image of meditative retreat which fails to return to
the world.

The equal armed cross, symbolizes the balance of the inner and outer life--
otherwise put, the balance of meditation (reaching up) and service (reaching
out).
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>Aren't there situations in the world today that cry out for a more direct 
>and immediate kind of action, and wouldn't people who are working on 
>attaining, or who have achieved, a special kind of consciousness in which 
>the relationship between self and other and self and the world is more 
>directly apparent be more naturally inclined to spend some considerable 
>energy doing what is possible to alleviate such things as the many cases 
>of torture and abuse, wrongful imprisonment, organized violence, etc., 
>that one can read about in the daily newspaper or in soc.rights.human? 

"First comes the state of ecstasy and of supreme recognition; then darkness
follows and almost despair when the revelation fades and the disciple finds
that he must walk again in the ordinary light of the world; he knows now what
is, but it is at this point that his test lies, for he must proceed on that
inner knowledge but dispense with the stimulation of revelation.  Finally, he
becomes so engrossed with his service, with aiding his fellowmen and with
leading them towards their next revelation that the excitement and the
revelation are forgotten.  He then discovers to his surprise that at any
time---if it serves his selfless interests--the revelation is forever his.
Ponder on this."
                                     Djwhal Khul

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What is prayer, and how does it work?  What do others feel about this
subject?  It should be noted that I assume here we're not talking about
conventional prayers of supplication, in which one asks an anthropomorphic
God for things one wants

Prayer:  spiritual-telepathic-communion, being a conduit, a breath of      
infinity.


Is there anyone out there who feels that some major shift is coming?  If so,
can you say anything more about it? 

"A promise stirs the air:  one day a band 
Of men shall come, wise and great-minded, free 
In spirit, loyal to one humanity, 
With gift of prophet-vision for each land; 
 
Men whose "goodwill" transcends both flag and race, 
Scattered throughout the world, loving all men.. 
 
And they shall be a living covenant 
Without a league:  an invisible ring 
Of power persuasive, the globe encircling. 
 
At their advent, Hope shall rise exultant, 
Full justified--in a peace that is real, 
Gentle as light, unbreakable as steel." 

              Marion Wentworth

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