Vol. 27 No. 11 – Beloved Lord Maitreya – March 11, 1984

A Study in Christhood by the Great Initiator – VI

The White Cube

One by one, they have come. One by one, I have looked upon their faces. I have read the record. I have seen the intent. I have given my love. One by one, they are raised. And yet, the Law calls forth torrents and multitudes.

The sweetness, the gentle simplicity of the pure God-design is so captivated by the threads of the human personality that it’s as though they were tied hand and foot, caught in a web of their own weaving from which they cannot free themselves.

And yet, just as an acetylene torch cuts through steel, so does the power of love—the blue-flame power of the holy will of God—pour out its radiance and cut, thread by thread, the chains made by man until, at last, the soul goes free like a bird from a cage and soars into the heavens—to reunion, to initiation, to understanding, to bliss. In the stillness of the holy radiance pouring out God’s love—in the stillness of that love—all form disappears in a burst of light!

I AM come. I AM come to represent the mighty hierarchy, conferring upon those who would serve our cause a more-than-ordinary honor—the honor of the ages—anchoring them in the cleft of the rock of ages, placing over them our white mantle, dedicating them to the pure command of Light.

Understanding flows forth like a sharp sword, a cutting sword, a piercing sword. It cuts away, as it were, the unclean from the clean and clearly separates light from darkness. Initiation places upon all the mantle of the Christ and the holy portion that is every man’s share of the Holy Spirit.

Be still. Be at peace. Be aware of your God. It is not in mere words, the release of holy sound, but in the release of holy substance that men are made clean—by the clean flame of devotion, the clean flame that purifies and sweeps away all that is not clear and radiant and pure and lovely, until what remains is God, is Good, the basic Christ Child simplicity.

The holiness of Saint Francis and of the anointed Christ consciousness shown by Jesus—the World Teachers who stand by my side to serve—these are tested men of God, men of cosmic honor, men of cosmic virtue. These came long ago and were brought to me. And as I looked at their young faces, I knew then that I beheld an avatar.

And I will tell you something about those who hold the office I hold. Those who hold the office I hold are as thrilled with a display of the divine radiance of the elect as God would have us be. Our joy is in these small things: to look upon a face and to know here is a victor; to initiate such a one into the mysteries of heaven; to place upon such shoulders the clean, white linen—the robe of our office. This is an honor granted to us, and we are truly grateful for the opportunity to do this for all who will come as a sweet child to receive the olive branch of peace and the holy dove descending upon their consciousness.

There was a cry that went forth in the past, but it was negative. It spoke of human degradation; so, I will not use it today, even though it is recorded and written. Instead, I will speak the message of its opposite—its divine counterpart—what God intended.

Do you remember the shepherd-king David? Do you remember the psalms that flowed from his heart?

“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures… He restores my soul… Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow…, I will fear no evil: for you are with me; your rod and your staff…”[1]

And so, the psalms of David have brought sweet music to the souls of men, and it has come to pass that the release of his energy has risen to honor the King of kings and the Lord of lords.[2] The tensions of the world are lessened—greatly lessened—by holding focus on such holy words, by cherishing the outpouring of his wondrous heart.

And so, I pay tribute today to those lonely souls, as Tabor did this past night,[3] and call to your attention that these are not truly lonely souls, but souls of divine union who have passed through the tests—the trying crucible tests—of life and have attained a manifest victory which cannot be denied by man, nor by their contemporaries, nor by their own families or friends. I call to your attention the statement made by beloved Jesus about friendship, saying that whoever does the will of God is his friend, and in a sense, his brother and mother and beloved one.[4]

Blessed ones, as you go forth to keep the flame of your divinity, you must recognize that some of you are as untested knights by comparison, and some of you are squires in the learning process, wishing to stand as the Knights of the Round Table, yet still completely untested and untried.

If you were to come to me today where I am—for I am in the Cave of Light, in Chananda’s retreat—[5] I tell you that a very special dispensation could be given. For we have summoned a tremendous radiance. And this radiance is to be released tomorrow, in line with divine intent, at the breaking of dawn, and is meant to increase in intensity until the hour of twelve noon in the time zone where you are. This has been arranged by the Darjeeling and Indian councils in order to confer upon the students assembled here the rising crest of that holy momentum, releasing it to the heart of America and dispensing it so that all nations may drink of the cup of its radiance.

Of course, if you were here today and could bathe in the gathered radiance, I am sure you realize it would strip from your being layer after layer of dense substance until, by its power and pressure, you would find yourselves so much closer to your precious goals.

I regret that I could not open my arms and create a pathway of light over which you could all walk to come here today and partake of this momentum. But I believe that by telling you about it, some compensation will be given. For in your thoughts, your mental body and emotional body can, in a sense, be projected to us here and receive the mighty flame passing through your mental body, through your emotional body, to calm the feelings of frustration and distress there, to wipe away from your being the cause and the effect and the record of memory that is low and destructive, and, by divine discernment, to allow you to feel the anointing that was placed upon David’s head[6] and upon the head of Jesus[7] and upon the heads of all avatars who have ever come to our retreat and who have ever knelt before me as the hierarch that I AM.

O precious ones, my love for you is so great today that it is as though I would give another million years of service to this blessed planet if I believed that by doing so I could free this generation. And yet, the Karmic Board will not allow it; the Great Law will not permit it. And so we are all tempered, you see, in our moments of great inspiration by the greater wisdom flame of God, which demands the best path for all.

Therefore, as I speak to you now, I urge you—in the stilling of your consciousness—to grasp the meaning of quietness and contemplation and purity. Visualize now with me in a special way, so that a great blessing may be given to you. Before each one of you, visualize a cube one foot square. This cube is white and looks like alabaster. Right now, it is like a light bulb that has no current passing through it. In this experience, we will cause it to glow—but not yet. First, I must tell you what this cube means.

The cube is four-square. The cube represents the New Jerusalem. The cube is a symbol of the Holy City from heaven, coming down from God. The cube is the white stone and the new name given to all who are able to receive it.[8]

The cube represents your potential entry into that Holy City of God—built upon the prophets and teachers and avatars of all ages, built upon the lives of the saints, built upon the cosmic unity of the Four-square City, built upon the initiatic system of the Great White Brotherhood. This great cube of light also represents your own holy connection to the Great White Brotherhood.

This cube is both symbolic and real—real in the sense that in God’s eyes and by His power, He may give the greatest gift in any form or size according to His will. And so, this cube appearing before you in space, held in your hands, is in essence as large as God chooses to make the New Jerusalem—a place of unlimited light, consciousness, and purity, a place where all saints of this universe and all universes may dwell. Could it be too small? Could it be too large? It is the perfect size.

And as you recognize that this is your portion—your stone in the eternal temple, a symbol of the crystal-clear perfection of your identity—you will realize that if it were now surrounded by mud, filth, and human refuse, it would be unfit to place in the temple which is all brightness, all light, all purity, all holiness. Therefore, this temple must, by necessity, remain in spiritual dimensions, for it cannot yet be entrusted to the physical world.

Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.[9] Don’t you understand that the aspirations and good intentions of men are so often discarded in desperate moments? Some people have even abandoned this Brotherhood without ever realizing the potential within it. This is a loss for them—and for us, too. For if they had stayed, they would have received the eternal promises in greater measure and with greater outpouring.

Still, this shall not discourage the faithful. For in every age, the lonely ones have walked the path of initiation. They have understood the meaning of dedication and selfless service. They have understood that they alone must walk through the gate of initiation—that no one on earth could do it for them, that no other person could take their place.

Mothers have knelt at my feet and begged to endure the worst tests, so their sons could be granted a higher place in the kingdom. But the Great Law did not allow it, and I have had to turn them away, every one.

All must come alone to that place where they realize that in their own hands lies their cosmic destiny—that this white stone before you is a symbol of the potential that lives within you.

El Morya, with all of his mighty love and light, now blazes forth through me also—because I have spoken his name. He knows that even with all his love, he could not push you through or place you into that perfect and beautiful temple. Only your own God-given free will, continually applied against all opposing forces, can maintain a perfect balance. That balance is the key to your soul’s salvation.

“In your patience possess ye your souls”[10]—this is the power that will help you hold the God-design and God-direction which will make it possible for you to enter the temple that is more in your hands than in the hands of God—for He has given it to you!

Do you see, beloved ones? It has always belonged to you. It was the enriched cosmic design that God entrusted to you from the beginning. It has always been there and was never taken away, except that it was lifted into a higher pattern—not only into your Higher Mental Body, but also into the very center of the great God flame within your own individualized I AM Presence. And today, it has descended from your own Presence as the gift of life.

It is possible for you to contact that Presence. It is possible for you to contact that perfection. It is possible for you to be fit into the eternal temple and to keep the flame of your divinity burning—not just now, but always!

And so, I say to you—as you hold this seemingly lifeless temple of life, which is your own being, four-square in the power of your own hands—know that at a certain moment in this service, we shall light it with the great cosmic flame. And then, as that cosmic flame blazes with tremendous whiteness and radiance, it shall happen that each of you will offer to your own God Presence this white stone—that is your true reality, containing your name and symbolizing your service to life forever. And you shall offer it to your Presence, knowing that only your Presence holds the perfect key to work out your divine perfection.

And so, as you return it to your Presence—splendid and shining with holy radiance—you will always remember that you once held this divine treasure right within the field of your physical hands. You will also remember that it has passed through the hands of your Holy Christ Self and is now preserved for you within the heart of your great God Presence, inside the very central flame of God’s own heart.

Now, precious ones, the moment draws near when the angels of initiation shall come very close. So I ask that music be played—first softly, then rising to a crescendo—so the radiance may blaze forth and awareness may dawn upon your blessed consciousness this day.

You have come here seeking greater light, and you shall receive that light. But the degree of what you receive will depend on determining factors within your own being and world. Not all are the same, and yet we have given to all the same cosmic cube. Not all are the same, for not all have recognized the use of what is in their hands.

Yet, the possibility of equality lies as a gift in everyone’s hand. As men carry this responsibility and knowledge properly, they will stop blaming others for their own shortcomings or failures. Nor will they blame themselves, but they shall say to their own God Presence:

I AM ready!
In all the ages past when failures haunted me—brought on by my own lack of understanding—I know that you were there and that you guided me to this very hour.
So now I stand, awaiting my own cosmic initiation.
I desire a place in your great sheepfold.
I would be a stone in the temple—pure, holy, and immortal.
I offer myself and all that I AM to you!
Take me and use me, absorb me and guide me.

And see, beloved hearts, how the cosmic response will generate within your mind a new law at work—a law that will fulfill your divine design with the speed of light, the swiftness of lightning, and the power of the angels. This will happen if you expect it. This will happen if you direct it—knowing that it is your Presence acting through you to bring about the manifestation you long for, crave, and desire so deeply.

O precious ones, go forward in the Light! Now hold your cube more closely. Bring your hands together until it feels as if the cube is between them, pressing them apart. It will be as if you cannot place your hands together—because this cube is the tangible substance of Light within them. And around this cube, your hands may feel the pressure of that immortal life which is the glory of the saints of all ages and the power of the eternal Principle made manifest. [music played]

URIM THUMMIM[11]
Glow, radiant cube of light
With immortal substance white—
Let your brilliance burst in fire
And let your love all hearts inspire!
For Victory’s Presence now is here
And God himself is blest.

O holy cubes, blazing white,
Be offered now to God’s pure light;
Lift your hands, O blessed ones,
Toward the Sun of your Presence.
O angelic hosts, take up these cubes of light
Glowing with the brightness of the firmament.

O Mighty God Presence, thou I AM of all,
By thy light and love we call
For the virtue of the Light
And the power of God’s might
To manifest in human night
And see that all things are made right.

It is God’s delight, O blessed ones,
That builds the strength of firm resolve
And arms the heart to know right from wrong
And offer in God’s fair name
The love and Light of a maiden’s prayer.

A beautiful soul of joy descends,
Coming down to wear his crown;
And all men everywhere rejoice,
For light and power in God’s voice
Will blaze from the mighty Son—
The cosmic being, God’s holy one.

And all men become the fullness then
Of that great flame blazing bright,
The answer to the maiden’s prayer,
The Cosmic Mother whose love shines round
And fills the circle with the sound
Of heavenly joy and sacred chord—
The chord that is the fullness of the Lord!

May the Great Sun Prince Michael, Lord of the Archangels, cut from you, blessed ones, forever, all that is not of the Light of God.
May the Great Sun Prince Michael be your special guardian always.
May the Great Sun Prince Michael protect every Keeper of the Flame.

O Archangel Michael, take command of these blessed ones.
Give them your love, and may they return that love to you.