Three Spiritual Festivals
There are three
major spiritual Festivals which form the high point in the annual
cycle—the Festival of Easter, the Festival of Wesak, and
the Festival of Goodwill. Through the steady, persistent meditation
work of many individuals and groups in all parts of the world,
these Festivals are now achieving a subjective anchorage in the
consciousness of the human family.
In the future
all people of spiritual inclination will keep the same holy days.
This will bring about a pooling of spiritual resources and a
united spiritual effort, plus a simultaneous invocation. The
potency of this will be apparent. The three major Festivals each
year are concentrated in three consecutive months and lead to
a prolonged annual spiritual effort which affects the remainder
of the year. These are:
The Festival of Easter:
This is the Festival of the risen living Christ, the teacher
of humanity and the head of the spiritual Hierarchy. He is the
expression of the love of God. On this day the spiritual Hierarchy,
which he guides and directs, is recognised and the nature of
God’s love is emphasised.
The Festival of Wesak:
This is the Festival of the Buddha, the spiritual intermediary
between the highest spiritual centre, Shamballa, and the Hierarchy.
The Buddha is the expression of the wisdom of God, the embodiment
of light and the indicator of divine purpose.
The Festival of Goodwill:
This is the Festival of the spirit of humanity aspiring towards
God, seeking conformity with the will of God and dedicated to
the expression of right human relations. On this Festival for
two thousand years the Christ has represented humanity and has
stood before the Hierarchy and in the sight of Shamballa as the
God-man, the leader of his people and “the eldest in a great
family of brothers” (Romans VIII: 29). Each year at this
time he has preached the last sermon of the Buddha before the
assembled Hierarchy. This is, therefore, a Festival of deep invocation
and appeal, of a basic aspiration towards fellowship, of human
and spiritual unity; it represents the effect in human consciousness
of the work of the Buddha and of the Christ. This Festival is
also observed as World Invocation Day.
These three Festivals
are a part of the unified spiritual approach of humanity, although
they are not yet sufficiently related to each other. The time
is coming when all three Festivals will be kept throughout the
world and by their means a great spiritual unity will be achieved
and the effects of the Great Approach, so close to us at this
time, will be stabilised by the united invocation of humanity
throughout the planet.
(Adapted from the Three Spiritual Festivals pamphlet)
Easter Festival – April 7
Wesak Festival – May 6
Christ’s Festival/World Invocation Day – June 5
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