THE BEACON MAGAZINE

This matter of leadership—what it is and how it should be exercised—is emerging today in the forefront of human consciousness as a vital issue to be faced and understood. This is happening, I believe, because we seem to be so bereft of inspired and inspiring leadership, particularly in political and governmental areas of both national and international importance.

The angels with whom the human family must seek to become responsive are the solar Angels, those radiant Beings who are in truth our highest Selves, and whose activity is divinely evolutionary.

First, I would seek to point out that sin is an individual matter, and might be defined as that line of action or of thought, which evokes in a man that reaction in which the voice of conscience speaks and leads him to defend that action argumentatively. This line of action will differ for each human being. It is curious that, no matter how speciously a man may argue to himself, he is never in any real doubt as to whether an action is right or wrong.

The Tibetan teaches the grace of humility, the grace of standing steady, saving grace, inner grace, walk with freedom and with grace, divine grace, fall from grace, our solar system and our planet are kept alive by its grace, and heart of grace. "Grace of standing steady" in times of difficulty makes group life more effective; therefore, disciples are encouraged to know grace is available if they continue with assumed responsibilities.

Quite often when a man has achieved all the physical and material goals he seeks, he finds himself still at a place of great discontentment; he is learning money cannot buy happiness or peace of mind. Happiness and peace of mind must be pursued and earned by learning to control the physical and emotional bodies with the tools of the spirit through the mind.

Practicing relinquishment results in the embodiment of that great truth summed up by St. Paul when he described the state of "having nothing (sacrifice) and yet possessing all things (universality)".

The two days before the full moon…is the time…to be as is the moon—an empty bowl being filled with the specific light and qualities of the sun. Then, with the work of distribution that is every full moon meditation, we pour forth the qualities available into all the worlds. This is the spiritualization of matter, making of earth a heaven. This is the underlying purpose of the new world religion and its use of the full moon cycles.

There are several written records of the transmutation he performed and archival documents in Prague confirm that he possessed the Philosopher’s Stone.