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 March 28
Wesak Festival April 26
Christ's Festival/ May 26
World Invocation Day
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