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New Year Conference

Djwal Khul

January 1, 1991

My Beloved Chelas,

I come as your Friend today, with deep gratitude for the opportunity to speak to you. You know me as a Teacher, for it has been my privilege to work with the chelas over many centuries of time. I have written many lectures for the students, and this is a phase of teaching I have always enjoyed, and still do whenever the opportunity presents itself. Many of you have presented the request at inner levels to be given the chance to know me better, and I want to thank you from the center of my Heart that you should feel and express this desire. It is a great honor to have anyone wish to get to know you and I AM happy to acknowledge your loving desire.

I have always been of a quiet nature, even while I still walked the Earth in physical embodiment, and that is still my way. To enter the deep Silence of Spirit was my strongest desire from the time I knew that it existed, and when the moment finally arrived when this could take place for me, it was the deepest joy and fulfillment I had ever experienced. Perhaps it was easier for me to come to that glorious state of Being than it is for many, because of my naturally quiet nature. While other humans struggled to gain attention from the world, I found that I was happier without it. Had cameras existed in those times, I AM sure I would have hidden from anyone who turned one toward me!

I tell you this, not just to let you have an idea about me, but to bring you a lesson as well. It is this; All people have their ways of being, and their preferences, but no one way is better than another. For instance, it is not better to be of a very quiet nature, nor is it better to be the opposite. There are many ways of being, and it is good to be at peace with your own natural way. However, it is necessary to learn to be content with the way that other people are, even when it is very different from yourself. This is one of the lessons of life that may seem difficult to learn, but until you are able to do so, you will not be able to move onward.

Being a quiet man, my lesson was to learn to be accepting and tolerant of those who were opposite to me in nature. I was seldom patient with those who seemed frivolous in nature to me, nor were they always happy in my company! While I was busy learning this lesson I AM sure they were learning to put up with me! Now can I speak with humor and with love, but I know these lessons are not easy ones except after they have been learned!

The Great "I AM" PRESENCE, in its perfect wisdom, knows where each one belongs, and where he can best learn the lessons still required to attain individual mastery. When I had learned many lessons, having walked what seemed to me a long and arduous path, and mastered most of my own energies, I still had this one difficulty facing me. It was truly difficult for me to feel tolerance, let alone love, for those whom I felt lacked a certain dignity and reserve of nature.

So it was that, standing at the very brink of my ascension, I would have been turned back, except for the Grace of God. I was taken, at that very moment, into the Deep Cosmic Silence of the Universal "I AM". While I was there, God so filled me with Love, that it transmuted every last vestige of judgment and intolerance that had stubbornly lingered within my consciousness. If I could describe this experience, I would not, because never would I deny any man his moment of Supreme Unity and Joy! How it will come to you, I do not know, but I will tell you this: when you experience the Love of God within the Silence of your own soul, you can never again feel anything but love for any part of life, and all need to judge another person will completely pass away. Then, dear friends, you will truly know what Spiritual Freedom is!

Look for the highest in every person you meet. Seek the good in him, and do not dwell upon what may appear to be his shortcomings. Take this step, and extend to each man the very best you have to offer. I will assist you, for that has been My promise since I was given this great Gift of God's Grace. You will be glad if you follow my advice, and so, my friend, will I!

I salute the Light within your hearts.

"I AM" Djwal Khul