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The Masters are Neither Omnipotent nor Omniscient

Below the Great and Holy Master JMH sums up the limitations with which the Masters must deal:

The Masters have to be content with the best instrument They can find at the moment for Their purpose, but They cannot be certain in advance how the experiment will work. However pure the medium may be, he may still have to contend with all sorts of external difficulties which could not have been anticipated. If he is young and handsome, he may, for instance, the swamped by the adoration and adulation of women, their jealousies and so forth; and the more sensitive he is, the more disorganizing all this may prove.

The expression of love demands almost more wisdom than anything else. To know how, when and where to Love needs the utmost discrimination. . . . Not men, but women make the best mediums for the Great Ones. That is why H.P.B and A.B took female bodies. Men are better constituted to be occultists, women to be mediums. A woman, by her very nature, yields herself, or rather her higher vehicles, more readily to the Master than does a man.

Altogether mediumship of this very exalted type is a highly delicate and complicated matter. Only those who have worked out all their personal desires and repressions can really become willing mediums for the Masters--and these experience ecstasy, as did your friend who passed over. . . The unwilling ones feel they're being exploited and experience a sense of frustration. Krishnamurti from the start was an unwilling medium, and only because the world was in such a serious condition did the Lord Maitreya risk the experiment of overshadowing him.

It cannot be sufficiently stressed that the Higher Ones are limited in the expression of Their power on the physical plane; limited by the personal karma of the individuals that They may wish to help, and which even They are not permitted to set aside; and finally, and perhaps most seriously limited by this ever-increasing wave of doubt, destroying those very connecting-links through which alone help maybe given from the higher to lower planes. It is not too much to say that every soul who loses faith in the Masters, weakens the expression of Their force down here. Some have lost faith because they imagined the Great Ones have an entirely free hand to carry out their schemes for the welfare of their chelas or humanity at large, and have wavered in their allegiance as soon as these schemes have failed to materialize. Others again, confused and bewildered in their minds, have come more and more to accept the idea that Those to whom they once looked for help and guidance are purely mythical figures. Thus some doubt the Masters' existence because they see no evidence of Their power, and others doubt because their whole outlook has been distorted.

Yet both those whose belief has been shaken by what would appear to be Their failures, and those for whom it has been shattered by baffling doctrines, may be assured that despite the darkness of the times, despite the limitations placed upon the Masters themselves in the outside world, their love and compassion are never-failing. . . And though they may not work miracles to lift the burden from the suffering and the weary, they are glad and ready to give of their spiritual strength to those who still have the faith to ask for it . . . (From The Initiate in the Dark Cycle)

The Continuity of Revelation and the Brotherhood's Divine Approaches

During these days of economic, social, and political turmoil the Great Brotherhood of Light has been steadily drawing nearer to humanity as men have come to see the need for a more divine solution to earth's problems through those conscious of divinity and more fitted for contact with the divine. In the past some of these approaches have been major, affecting humanity as a whole. Some have been of less importance, affecting only a relatively small part of mankind - a nation or a group. Today, a major approach is being implemented.

It should be emphasized here that every time man has demanded light, that light has been forthcoming. Whenever human need demands it, the Brotherhood gives out the requisite teaching and spiritual help. When the hearts and minds of men go out towards God, divinity approaches nearer to man. The history of mankind is, in reality, the history of man's demand for light and for contact with God, and then the giving of light and divinity's approach to man. The Savior, the Avatar or the World Teacher, has always issued forth from the secret place of the Most High and given man fresh revelations, hope and incentive towards fuller spiritual living.

For some years now the Brotherhood has been drawing nearer to humanity and as a result great concepts of freedom have made their way into different cultures everywhere. This website reflects this phenomenon, for The Brotherhood will speak through this portal to inform the visitor of various contemporary issues facing mankind.

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The Dark Brotherhood

Thwarting the good work of the Great Brotherhood of Light at every level and corner of the earth stand their brethren the Dark Brotherhood. At every bend on the road they throw up barriers, create red tape, murder proponents of truth, twist the truth, bury the truth in academic jargon, transfer huge sums of wealth from the citizenry of the world into their own pockets, scheme and plan wars, and keep the world in perpetual fear through terrorism.

The Dark Brothers are - remember this always - brothers, erring and misguided yet still sons of the one Creator though straying far, very far, from their own souls. The way back for them will be long, but the mercy of evolution inevitably forces them back along the correct path, but in cycles far down the road.

Anyone who admires the concrete mind and permits it to shut out the higher ideals is in danger of straying on the left-hand path, the path of the dark forces. Many who stray come back eventually and from then on avoid making similar errors the same way a child once burnt avoids the fire. The one who persists in spite of warnings and pain eventually becomes a brother of darkness. The individual soul will at first fight to prevent the personality from being sucked into the vices of darkness, but the deficiencies of the causal body result in its divorce from the very soul that should govern it.

The result is almost inhuman. The dark brother recognizes no unity with his species. He sees them as people to be exploited for the furtherance of his own ends. On a small scale they use others. They respect no person, they regard all men as fair prey, they use everyone to get their own way, and by orthodox or unorthodox ways, they break down all opposition to acquire that which they desire.

The dark brother does not care if he causes suffering. He does not care what agony of mind he brings upon an opponent; he persists even if it hurts man, woman or child, provided that his own ends are furthered. Expect absolutely no mercy from these dark ones.

The dark forces operate on the physical and astral (emotional) planes and, there, appear to have more power than the Brothers of the Light. This is because the White Brothers choose not to exert their power on these two planes, ceding to the evolution and elemental forces found on these two planes:

a. The White Adepts know the forces of evolution will inevitably direct ALL on the path to eventual perfection.

b. The Dark Brothers occasionally employ elemental forces to carry out their will and vengeance on all opponents. Under their control are earth plane elementals, the gnomes, the brownies, and the fairy folk of colors brown, gray and somber-hued. The dark forces cannot control the devas of high development, nor the fairies of colors blue, green and yellow, though a few of the red fairies can be made to work under their direction. The water elementals (though not the sprites or sylphs) assist them at times. Control of these forces of involution at times damages progress to the real Adept's work.

Too often the Dark Brother masquerades as an agent of the light. He often poses as a messenger of the gods, but one who is clearly a disciple or adept for the Brothers of Light and by definition in touch with his Higher Self will escape deception.

In recent times, their power seems quite mighty and frightening. Why? Because many aspects of today's human personality still respond to their evil vibrations making it is easy for them to affect the bodies of men. So few of the races have built in the higher vibration that responds to the Brotherhood of Light.

The power of the Dark Brotherhood is dominant on the physical and emotional astral planes. They have no power on the mental planes, where the Brothers of the Light work. Some, strong dark magicians locate on the lower mental levels, but on the higher, the White Brothers dominate.

So the evolving sons of men should seek their Brothers of Light at the higher mental levels. The Dark Brother impresses his will on human beings (if analogous vibration exists) and on the elemental kingdoms of involution. The Brothers of Light plead for erring humanity to rise upward to the light. The Dark Brother retards progress and shapes all to his own ends; the Brother of Light makes every effort to hasten evolution, standing amid the fog, the strife, the evil and the hatred of the period so that he may by any means lift the sincere seeker up out of the darkness of earth.

So it is that the Great Brotherhood of Light and the Dark Brotherhood both seek to divert the energies of mankind into channels which will further their ends. So we should make it very clear to our website visitors that behind every outer event are these two directing forces. You have, as a consequence:

1. Two groups of advanced Minds, both groups equally illumined by the light of the intellect, and both formulating clear objectives, but differing in direction and emphasis. The Dark Brotherhood, under the divine plan, works with the physical form entirely, and the light of love and selflessness is absent. The White Brotherhood is working entirely with the soul or the consciousness levels where the doctrine of the heart and the law of love control. So by default, the work emanating from the higher mental planes is thwarted on the lower planes so that the battle is really upon the mental plane.

2. The plans of these two differing ideals and objectives are next carried down to the astral plane, the world of desire. The workers of each side are quite clear as to their objectives on this plane, but ordinary human beings and the world disciples and initiates on the earth plane cannot see such a clear line of demarcation between the two opposing sides. So man sits in bewilderment between the two opposing forces on the one hand recognizing his relationship to his physical form and on the other to his soul. And there lies the dilemma of where his duty lies. His point in evolution determines which path he will take.

3. The plans of these two groups of illumined minds materialize steadily under the differing laws - the laws of physical life and the laws of spiritual living. While the battle is being fought out in on the astral plane (for all that is happening upon the physical plane is only a reflection of this conflict) the forces of these two groups, working with the energies of the sixth and seventh rays, are about to bring forth a state of cataclysm on the physical plane. A worldwide economic collapse and rekindled religious hatreds are the two major instruments. These are subjects we will consider in the current message section of this website.

Consequently, you have two Brotherhoods, two objectives, two great formulated ideals, two streams of active energy and two rays predominantly in conflict, thus producing differing ideologies.

The result of this dualism is the external chaos and the opposing views that permeate all human experience - political, religious, economic, social, educational and philosophical. The result of all this conflict is definitely good, and it demonstrates the steady achievement of the Great Brotherhood of Light. As a result, human consciousness has definitely expanded, and more of humanity is thinking. This is a totally new phenomenon and a fresh experience in the life of the human soul. The first result of all the turmoil has been to shift the focus of human attention on to the mental plane and thereby nearer to the sources of light and love.

This change of focus enables the world disciples to shoulder the responsibility and work actively.

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Safeguards Against the Dark Brotherhood

Association with the Great Brotherhood of Light gives us the means by which to safeguard ourselves during the strife presently at hand. These are:

1. Purify all the physical body. If a Dark Brother gains control over any man, he will do so via some weak spot. In other words man himself opens the door to let the malignant force in. Therefore, there is the need of scrupulous cleanliness of the physical body, steady emotions in the emotional body, and purity of thought in the mental body.

2. The elimination of all fear. The forces of evolution vibrate more rapidly than those of involution and in this fact lies a recognizable security. Fear causes weakness; weakness causes disintegration; the weak spot breaks and a gap appears, and through that gap evil force may enter. The factor of entrance is the fear in man himself, who opens thus the door.

3. Standing firm and unmoved, no matter what occurs. Your feet may be bathed in the mud of earth, but your head may be bathed in the sunshine of the higher regions. Recognition of the filth of earth does not involve contamination.

4. Common sense and the application of this common sense to the matter in hand. Sleep much and, in sleeping, learn to render the body positive; keep busy on the emotional plane and achieve the inner calm. Do not overtire the body physically and play whenever possible. In hours of relaxation comes the adjustment that obviates later tension.

As the dark forces come to the end of the Piscean era, they will be going in for the kill, and the process has already started and will continue over the next few years. The Great Brotherhood of Light will teach their physical plane workers how to shield and guard themselves from attack.

(The authority for the words of this section derives from messages from the Great and Holy Master Sanctus Germanus, the Great and Holy Master Djwal Khul through the writings of Alice A. Bailey, the Mahatma Letters of the Great and Holy Master Kuthumi, Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle, and other erudite writers.)

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		\|Return to Part I \| Certain Masters of Wisdom \| Part II The Masters are Neither Omnipotent nor Omniscient Below the Great and Holy Master JMH sums up the limitations with which the Masters must deal: The Masters have to be content with the best instrument They can find at the moment for Their purpose, but They cannot be certain in advance how the experiment will work. However pure the medium may be, he may still have to contend with all sorts of external difficulties which could not have been anticipated. If he is young and handsome, he may, for instance, the swamped by the adoration and adulation of women, their jealousies and so forth; and the more sensitive he is, the more disorganizing all this may prove. The expression of love demands almost more wisdom than anything else. To know how, when and where to Love needs the utmost discrimination. . . . Not men, but women make the best mediums for the Great Ones. That is why H.P.B and A.B took female bodies. Men are better constituted to be occultists, women to be mediums. A woman, by her very nature, yields herself, or rather her higher vehicles, more readily to the Master than does a man. Altogether mediumship of this very exalted type is a highly delicate and complicated matter. Only those who have worked out all their personal desires and repressions can really become willing mediums for the Masters--and these experience ecstasy, as did your friend who passed over. . . The unwilling ones feel they're being exploited and experience a sense of frustration. Krishnamurti from the start was an unwilling medium, and only because the world was in such a serious condition did the Lord Maitreya risk the experiment of overshadowing him. It cannot be sufficiently stressed that the Higher Ones are limited in the expression of Their power on the physical plane; limited by the personal karma of the individuals that They may wish to help, and which even They are not permitted to set aside; and finally, and perhaps most seriously limited by this ever-increasing wave of doubt, destroying those very connecting-links through which alone help maybe given from the higher to lower planes. It is not too much to say that every soul who loses faith in the Masters, weakens the expression of Their force down here. Some have lost faith because they imagined the Great Ones have an entirely free hand to carry out their schemes for the welfare of their chelas or humanity at large, and have wavered in their allegiance as soon as these schemes have failed to materialize. Others again, confused and bewildered in their minds, have come more and more to accept the idea that Those to whom they once looked for help and guidance are purely mythical figures. Thus some doubt the Masters' existence because they see no evidence of Their power, and others doubt because their whole outlook has been distorted. Yet both those whose belief has been shaken by what would appear to be Their failures, and those for whom it has been shattered by baffling doctrines, may be assured that despite the darkness of the times, despite the limitations placed upon the Masters themselves in the outside world, their love and compassion are never-failing. . . And though they may not work miracles to lift the burden from the suffering and the weary, they are glad and ready to give of their spiritual strength to those who still have the faith to ask for it . . . (From The Initiate in the Dark Cycle) The Continuity of Revelation and the Brotherhood's Divine Approaches During these days of economic, social, and political turmoil the Great Brotherhood of Light has been steadily drawing nearer to humanity as men have come to see the need for a more divine solution to earth's problems through those conscious of divinity and more fitted for contact with the divine. In the past some of these approaches have been major, affecting humanity as a whole. Some have been of less importance, affecting only a relatively small part of mankind - a nation or a group. Today, a major approach is being implemented. It should be emphasized here that every time man has demanded light, that light has been forthcoming. Whenever human need demands it, the Brotherhood gives out the requisite teaching and spiritual help. When the hearts and minds of men go out towards God, divinity approaches nearer to man. The history of mankind is, in reality, the history of man's demand for light and for contact with God, and then the giving of light and divinity's approach to man. The Savior, the Avatar or the World Teacher, has always issued forth from the secret place of the Most High and given man fresh revelations, hope and incentive towards fuller spiritual living. For some years now the Brotherhood has been drawing nearer to humanity and as a result great concepts of freedom have made their way into different cultures everywhere. This website reflects this phenomenon, for The Brotherhood will speak through this portal to inform the visitor of various contemporary issues facing mankind. Return To Top The Dark Brotherhood Thwarting the good work of the Great Brotherhood of Light at every level and corner of the earth stand their brethren the Dark Brotherhood. At every bend on the road they throw up barriers, create red tape, murder proponents of truth, twist the truth, bury the truth in academic jargon, transfer huge sums of wealth from the citizenry of the world into their own pockets, scheme and plan wars, and keep the world in perpetual fear through terrorism. The Dark Brothers are - remember this always - brothers, erring and misguided yet still sons of the one Creator though straying far, very far, from their own souls. The way back for them will be long, but the mercy of evolution inevitably forces them back along the correct path, but in cycles far down the road. Anyone who admires the concrete mind and permits it to shut out the higher ideals is in danger of straying on the left-hand path, the path of the dark forces. Many who stray come back eventually and from then on avoid making similar errors the same way a child once burnt avoids the fire. The one who persists in spite of warnings and pain eventually becomes a brother of darkness. The individual soul will at first fight to prevent the personality from being sucked into the vices of darkness, but the deficiencies of the causal body result in its divorce from the very soul that should govern it. The result is almost inhuman. The dark brother recognizes no unity with his species. He sees them as people to be exploited for the furtherance of his own ends. On a small scale they use others. They respect no person, they regard all men as fair prey, they use everyone to get their own way, and by orthodox or unorthodox ways, they break down all opposition to acquire that which they desire. The dark brother does not care if he causes suffering. He does not care what agony of mind he brings upon an opponent; he persists even if it hurts man, woman or child, provided that his own ends are furthered. Expect absolutely no mercy from these dark ones. The dark forces operate on the physical and astral (emotional) planes and, there, appear to have more power than the Brothers of the Light. This is because the White Brothers choose not to exert their power on these two planes, ceding to the evolution and elemental forces found on these two planes: a. The White Adepts know the forces of evolution will inevitably direct ALL on the path to eventual perfection. b. The Dark Brothers occasionally employ elemental forces to carry out their will and vengeance on all opponents. Under their control are earth plane elementals, the gnomes, the brownies, and the fairy folk of colors brown, gray and somber-hued. The dark forces cannot control the devas of high development, nor the fairies of colors blue, green and yellow, though a few of the red fairies can be made to work under their direction. The water elementals (though not the sprites or sylphs) assist them at times. Control of these forces of involution at times damages progress to the real Adept's work. Too often the Dark Brother masquerades as an agent of the light. He often poses as a messenger of the gods, but one who is clearly a disciple or adept for the Brothers of Light and by definition in touch with his Higher Self will escape deception. In recent times, their power seems quite mighty and frightening. Why? Because many aspects of today's human personality still respond to their evil vibrations making it is easy for them to affect the bodies of men. So few of the races have built in the higher vibration that responds to the Brotherhood of Light. The power of the Dark Brotherhood is dominant on the physical and emotional astral planes. They have no power on the mental planes, where the Brothers of the Light work. Some, strong dark magicians locate on the lower mental levels, but on the higher, the White Brothers dominate. So the evolving sons of men should seek their Brothers of Light at the higher mental levels. The Dark Brother impresses his will on human beings (if analogous vibration exists) and on the elemental kingdoms of involution. The Brothers of Light plead for erring humanity to rise upward to the light. The Dark Brother retards progress and shapes all to his own ends; the Brother of Light makes every effort to hasten evolution, standing amid the fog, the strife, the evil and the hatred of the period so that he may by any means lift the sincere seeker up out of the darkness of earth. So it is that the Great Brotherhood of Light and the Dark Brotherhood both seek to divert the energies of mankind into channels which will further their ends. So we should make it very clear to our website visitors that behind every outer event are these two directing forces. You have, as a consequence: 1. Two groups of advanced Minds, both groups equally illumined by the light of the intellect, and both formulating clear objectives, but differing in direction and emphasis. The Dark Brotherhood, under the divine plan, works with the physical form entirely, and the light of love and selflessness is absent. The White Brotherhood is working entirely with the soul or the consciousness levels where the doctrine of the heart and the law of love control. So by default, the work emanating from the higher mental planes is thwarted on the lower planes so that the battle is really upon the mental plane. 2. The plans of these two differing ideals and objectives are next carried down to the astral plane, the world of desire. The workers of each side are quite clear as to their objectives on this plane, but ordinary human beings and the world disciples and initiates on the earth plane cannot see such a clear line of demarcation between the two opposing sides. So man sits in bewilderment between the two opposing forces on the one hand recognizing his relationship to his physical form and on the other to his soul. And there lies the dilemma of where his duty lies. His point in evolution determines which path he will take. 3. The plans of these two groups of illumined minds materialize steadily under the differing laws - the laws of physical life and the laws of spiritual living. While the battle is being fought out in on the astral plane (for all that is happening upon the physical plane is only a reflection of this conflict) the forces of these two groups, working with the energies of the sixth and seventh rays, are about to bring forth a state of cataclysm on the physical plane. A worldwide economic collapse and rekindled religious hatreds are the two major instruments. These are subjects we will consider in the current message section of this website. Consequently, you have two Brotherhoods, two objectives, two great formulated ideals, two streams of active energy and two rays predominantly in conflict, thus producing differing ideologies. The result of this dualism is the external chaos and the opposing views that permeate all human experience - political, religious, economic, social, educational and philosophical. The result of all this conflict is definitely good, and it demonstrates the steady achievement of the Great Brotherhood of Light. As a result, human consciousness has definitely expanded, and more of humanity is thinking. This is a totally new phenomenon and a fresh experience in the life of the human soul. The first result of all the turmoil has been to shift the focus of human attention on to the mental plane and thereby nearer to the sources of light and love. This change of focus enables the world disciples to shoulder the responsibility and work actively. Return To Top Safeguards Against the Dark Brotherhood Association with the Great Brotherhood of Light gives us the means by which to safeguard ourselves during the strife presently at hand. These are: 1. Purify all the physical body. If a Dark Brother gains control over any man, he will do so via some weak spot. In other words man himself opens the door to let the malignant force in. Therefore, there is the need of scrupulous cleanliness of the physical body, steady emotions in the emotional body, and purity of thought in the mental body. 2. The elimination of all fear. The forces of evolution vibrate more rapidly than those of involution and in this fact lies a recognizable security. Fear causes weakness; weakness causes disintegration; the weak spot breaks and a gap appears, and through that gap evil force may enter. The factor of entrance is the fear in man himself, who opens thus the door. 3. Standing firm and unmoved, no matter what occurs. Your feet may be bathed in the mud of earth, but your head may be bathed in the sunshine of the higher regions. Recognition of the filth of earth does not involve contamination. 4. Common sense and the application of this common sense to the matter in hand. Sleep much and, in sleeping, learn to render the body positive; keep busy on the emotional plane and achieve the inner calm. Do not overtire the body physically and play whenever possible. In hours of relaxation comes the adjustment that obviates later tension. As the dark forces come to the end of the Piscean era, they will be going in for the kill, and the process has already started and will continue over the next few years. The Great Brotherhood of Light will teach their physical plane workers how to shield and guard themselves from attack. (The authority for the words of this section derives from messages from the Great and Holy Master Sanctus Germanus, the Great and Holy Master Djwal Khul through the writings of Alice A. Bailey, the Mahatma Letters of the Great and Holy Master Kuthumi, Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle, and other erudite writers.) Return To Top or Go Back to Part I Read more about the Masters of the Brotherhood: \| The Master Sanctus Germanus \| The Master Kuthumi\|\|The Master Morya\|\|The Master JMH \|