Dear friends of the sacred cause of freedom, I greet you in the name of the Ascended Jesus Christ. Thru his electronic light body do I extend My hand in holdy friendship, realizing that for you no activity can connect with your world of experience thru that Consciousness unless it be of God. For how many centuries has this great Brother protected the earnest seeking soul of man from the seen and unseen powers of evil thru his name and by his Presence! In those dark ages when the power of light was all but lost to the outer consciousness of man it was good indeed that the sign of the cross and the name of Jesus remained a force that could not be denied, and many thousands of good men and women owe the continuance of their spiritual lives to this watchful kindly Presence.

Today we are again in a new era of light. It is also a Day when the inner perceptions of the individual soul are tested against the full measure of truth and thru spiritual discernment they will find that "the fruit falls not far from the parent tree" nor "the Master's word and work from the Father's throne."

The two thousand year cycle of the Piscean Age governed by the Sixth Ray and known as the Christian Dispensation is drawing to a close, and as all cycles overlap, the sensitive inner ear and inner eye of the watchful have glimpsed the dawn of the new Day thru the vibrations of the Seventh Ray which are making themselves felt in the hopeful hearts of the forerunners of the new age.

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The power to think that lies within the consciousness of man is one with the creative faculty by which the Godhead molded the unformed substance of the universe into stars, planets and systems of worlds. As soon as man thinks a thought a form is made. The degree of development of his mental body determines the clarity and perfection of the thoughtform.

The life which fills the thoughtform and makes of it a living, breathing, palpable presence is released thru the feeling body of the individual. The quality, nature and development of the feeling body determines the purity and strength of the energized thoughtform.

These creative centers of thought and feeling are energized by the group director in cooperative visualizations whether for the focusing of creative activities of the sacred fire, such as the cosmic fiery flame of freedom around the individual, group or nation, or the establishment of the mystic ring-pass-not which forms the protective shell around anyone's aura. The ability of the director to create a clear thought-picture and to stimulate the cooperative feeling nature of the assembly will determine the efficacy of this portion of the service.

Builders of form and angelic beings assist in this portion of the service. Into these thoughtforms are poured the actual substance and essence of the spiritual energies released from the blessings of individuals serving in their particular locations and gathered up by the Masters and the Silent Watchers of different localities who utilize these meetings toward this end.

-The Seventh Ray, 1953.