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.
Although they are not yet sufficiently related to each other, these three Festivals are a part
of the unified spiritual approach of humanity. 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: 16 April
Wesak Festival: 15 May
Christ’s Festival/World Invocation Day: 14 June
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