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The
Masters of Wisdom Speak
On the Seven Gifts of the
Holy Spirit
MAHA CHOHAN
I Am the Spiritual Representative of the Holy Spirit to the
planet Earth and the Angelic, human and elemental kingdoms evolving in its
atmosphere. There is a similar representative of this august Presence, embodying
the nature of the Holy Spirit, enfolding every planet of our system which
presently embodies life. The gifts of the Holy Spirit are manifold and one who
is interested in developing the Divine Nature and becoming imbued with the Holy
Spirit in himself, is wise to measure his progress along the seven lines of
development necessary to become a balanced, God-free individual, on Earth or in
Heaven! The Seven Chohans, who represent the developed consciousness of one of
these gifts, will assist all so desiring to bring to maturity the same nature
through invocation, contemplation and proximity to their Individual Ray.
EL
MORYA
Gift-Illumined obedience, spiritual humility, respect for God and his
Representatives.
Representing the very positive Ray of Power, mankind does
not understand that spiritual humility, surrender of personal will, and
absolute submission of self
is the requisite of those who apply to become exponents of the Will of God to
other men.
He has the right to command who has first learned to
obey!
The chela desiring to
really
know God's will must
be
willing to set aside all pre-conceived opinions, to guard
himself against the conscious and (more subtle) unconscious promptings of his
lower nature, and the almost imperceptible inclination to clothe the desires of
self in the glamorous and self-righteous garb of "God's will," thus salving the
discomforting barbs of conscience. To sincerely ask for God's Will, to insist
upon illumination concerning Its purpose and design, and to live in a state of
"listening Grace" is to become one of
the few
who are truly "about the FATHER'S BUSINESS."
KUTHUMI
Gift-Wisdom, understanding, inspiration.
"With all thy getting, get understanding." This is a statement which is yet an
accurate signpost upon the Road to Mastery.
Lack of understanding causes half of the differences that arise among the
peoples of the earth. The desire
to understand before jumping to illogical and unfair conclusions
is the sign of a great man. Most of the
peoples of the Earth want to be
understood, but few are desirous
of endeavoring to understand others. A world brotherhood, any Cause-spiritual or
secular can only be developed when we find men and women whose hearts have been
touched by the Holy Spirit with
the desire to understand! He who
desires to understand
opens the door of his consciousness to
Truth and becomes a magnet through which illumination and comprehension flows.
Those who reject everything with which their conscious minds and feelings do not
agree, without desiring to
understand, miss many
opportunities for service, for friendship, for blessing. In the greater and
fuller spiritual progression, such individuals ofttimes miss the key to the
Ascension of their own lifestream, through applications proffered but rejected,
by conscious or unconscious intolerance, bigotry or egotism. One of the most
repeated cries that go out from the Halls of Karma is the remorseful "If I had
only understood!"
PAUL, THE VENETIAN
Gift-Tolerance and forbearance.
"Forbear to speak, my brother, and more important still,
forbear to judge,
allowing thy precious energies to surge forth to condemnations silent or
otherwise, for you see but appearances and not the motives that stir action,
that prompt certain activities of your fellowmen and the more important
activities of the Great White Brotherhood, whose ways are strange to lesser
men." Forbearance is Mastery. The immature rush forward to expression, right or
wrong. The mature "forbear" and move in Wisdom's Robe. Forbear to speak the
sharp reproach, to repeat the unkind gossip, forbear from hasty actions spurred
by righteous indignations or selfish interests. Rein in that human self which
has the impudence to act before your God has spoken. Then in dignity, let the
God that beats your heart
make things right.
This gift of the Holy Spirit makes the tolerant man,
upon whom the foundation of World Brotherhood can be
built in beauty and in the assurance that it will
stand against the
winds
of adversity, the quicksand of condemnation, the
cataclysms and storms of accusations, the false appearances that cause the man
not anchored in that wisdom
to act before communion with his God!
SERAPIS BEY
Gift-Fortitude, constancy, spiritual endurance.
"Endurance unto the end of the road bringeth the laurel wreath of Victory, the
seamless Robe of Immortality
and best
or
all, the happy consciousness of fulfilling
one's Vow to Life in worthy service." Proficiency in any type
of
service,
in
any avenue of self-expression, is
determined by constancy and consecration of endeavor toward the achievement of
the goal set by mind and heart. The many who flit, like the humming bird, from
flower to flower, enjoy the temporary reward of pleasures, but the few who set
the compass of their souls toward Mastery must develop and express that Gift of
our Beloved Holy Spirit, fortitude-endurance-constancy. To these few we look for
the arduous task of laying a spiritual foundation that will hold the structure
of mankind's future evolution in safety and progression toward the Divine Plan
fulfilled.
HILARION
Gift-Consecrated service for God and to man.
Those who rise above the childish consciousness of being recipients of God's
gifts, the unconscious beneficiaries of the protection and opulence of
Nature's kingdom, are the few who join the Beloved Jesus in his statement
"Heretofore the Father worketh, now the Father and I shall work."
A
parent is filled with joy when the child of his bosom comes to a point of
maturity and desires to joyously assist in the development of the interests,
business and endeavors of that parent. How much more is the God of Life
delighted when the children of his heart raise their heads from the personal
enjoyment of the senses and ask "What may I do, Father, to assist you"? These
become the ones imbued with the Gift of the Holy Spirit in consecration of life
to a purpose, a cause, a spiritual development. They are said to have
vocations
and truly have they been visited by the Holy
Spirit; not by chance, however, but because they voluntarily asked,
"What may I do?"
and their consecrated energy is the answer to
that humble, sincere and beautiful question.
JESUS
Gift-Piety, reverence, grace.
"The man who is imbued with the Holy Spirit is easily
distinguishable from the masses because of his natural reverence for all things
holy, and his respect for the beliefs, faiths, devotions and consciousness of
his fellowman, even though his own Light may remind him that such orthodoxy is
not necessarily the fullness of truth. Absence of scorn, spiritual pride and
bigotry distinguish such a man from those who proceed upon "crusades" of one
kind or another, endeavoring to promulgate their individual concepts with the
cruel sword of intolerance rather than lighting the soul through love. Humble,
unostentatious reverence for God, that does not offend the sensibilities of his
fellowman through outward show, but rather radiates through him in loving grace,
is the Gift of the Holy Spirit which is embodied through the Sixth Ray.
SAINT GERMAIN
Gift-Spiritual dignity, equanimity, poise, balance.
"The man who is blessed with the Gift of the
Holy Spirit through the Seventh Ray is one who realizes his Divine Heritage as a
Royal Heir to the Divine Nature of the Father and whose every thought, feeling,
spoken word and act is a rhythmic ceremonial whereby the precious gift of life
is drawn, qualified and released to widen the borders of God's Kingdom. He
becomes the representative of the Most High, scattering in largesse his own
qualified life and in truth is, everywhere he moves, an expanding sun of
God's living, healing, opulent, beautiful Presence.