Beloved Jesus' appearance before Paul on the road to Damascus is another case in point. Merely to be carried by the Spirit, as was Philip, from one city to another, or to be raised temporarily into the atmosphere in levitation is not the same as the ascension and should not be so construed. This chariot, so-called, may be actualized or symbolically qualified as the rumbling of the atomic densities of mankind turn as chariot wheels in the fiery substance of the ascension flame until every atom, cell, and electron is purified of all dross. The flame is the vehicle which conveys the ascended one back to the heart of his Divine Presence. He retains full consciousness of this entire ritual and, once ascended, he becomes on the instant an emissary of the Great White Brotherhood in carrying out its various aims which always come under the direction of the Fatherhood of God.
Life is a closed corporation.
If God is the chairman of this board, then Christ is the president and the board of directors are the ascended masters and the Karmic Board. Heaven can be justly said to be a closed union shop where no one can actually work against the divine aims. Although man has chosen to rebel against the will of God and has walked in darkness and in ignorance, although many have professed to be great souls, avatars, or spiritual beings of great power, the reality of that power is determined by the eternal Spirit of God, and illumination and grace are conveyed to every lifestream through the Spirit of the living Christ. The ascension is an inevitable part of the divine system. To this end must we work and serve.