The Wesak
Festival has been traditionally associated in eastern civilization
with the Buddha,
esoterically recognized as the divine intermediary between the highest
spirtual center on the planet, Shamballa,
and the Hierarchy.
The Buddha
is the expression of the Wisdom of God, the embodiment of Light and
the indicator of divine purpose,
cooperating at this festival with his brother the Christ,
who represents the Hierarchy. The
Buddha embodies the Principle of
Light, and because of this illumination humanity
was able to recognize the Christ, embodiment of the still greater
Principle of Love.
Each year
at the time of Wesak, two great streams of energy ~ one focussed through the Buddha and the other through the
Christ ~ are fused and blended, and it is the task of world
servers to precipitate this combined energy into the waiting world.
The Wesak
Festival is indeed a great spiritual event, with a powerful effect upon
humanity. Groups of aspirants can at this time become channels for the
higher energies released through the medium of the two focal points ~ the
Buddha, who represents the overlighting essence of subjective realities,
and the Christ, representative of aspiring humanity.
This is
symbolized in religious rituals where the priest acts as the focal
point; here, however,
the priesthood in this great ceremony of contact is not a separate
entity. All can be priests, the single qualification being the capacity
to align
oneself and be en rapport with the Soul,
and thus be able to cooperate with other souls.
Wesak is
a time of unusual inflow of life and
of spiritual stimulation, serving to vitalize the aspiration of
all humanity. At the time of the festival, through the united effort
of the Christ
and the Buddha working in closest cooperation, there is opened
a channel of communication between humanity and deity through which
an approach
can be made to Those Who guide our planet, so that aspirants and disciples are
able to contact energies not otherwise easily available.
Once a
year, at the Vaisakha or Wesak Festival, the Lord Buddha, sanctioned
by the Lord of the World, carries to the assembled humanity a dual
stream of force, that emanating from the Silent Watcher, supplemented
by the more focalized energy of the Lord of the World. This dual energy
He pours out in blessing over the people gathered at the ceremony in
the Himalayas, and from them in turn it flows out to all peoples and
tongues and races.
In mutual
service to humanity, at Wesak the Buddha and the Christ bring about
a linking that
blends East and West, uniting the world's major religions in a shared
holy day in which religious distinctions disappear. In the beautiful
water
ceremony of communion is portrayed the symbol of the new age which is
upon us, the Aquarian
Age, the age of the Water Carrier.
During the
Wesak Festival the Buddha becomes the "absorbing Agent" of Will.
He uses the magnetic power of Love-Wisdom to attract this force to Himself
and hold it steady, prior to redirecting it. The Christ then ~ on behalf
of the Hierarchy ~ becomes the "receiving Agent" of this
potent energy and the groups of Masters Who work with the human and sub-human
kingdoms (in response to His demand) become the "directing Agents"
for the sevenfold expression of this force.
So around
the Wesak Festival, expansions of consciousness are made possible that
are not possible at other times. Those of goodwill are
stimulated spirtually to take initiation,
in order to penetrate more deeply and consciously into the mysteries
of
the Kingdom of God.
These reveal more about the wonder of our divinity, and about the Plan to
which humanity is conforming. Each year, the Wesak marks the beginning
of a cycle for the New
Group of World Servers, that comprise three-year cycles
of crisis, tension, and emergence.
At the Wesak
Festival we may honor the Buddha, as well as ourselves, as dedicated
transmitters
of the energy that can be contacted at the full moon in Taurus.
Each year as we experience the Wesak more consciously, it's important
to
hold the
space for the inflow and distribution of energies, through safeguarding.
The focussed
interplay of many minds working together in meditation produces
a unity of
thought powerful enough to reach the Great Lives watching over and
guiding our planet. And the combined aspiration, consecration, devotion
and intelligence of the group carries everyone to greater heights than
could be attained alone.
The greater
the number of people who meditate at this time, the stronger
the magnetic field of the group heart and
its invocative, indrawing power. It's up to each of us to attune with
ever greater clarity to the note
being sounded ~ to quiet the mind and transmute individual desires
that only cause confusion and chaos, into desire for
the greatest good
of all.
We know
where we are aligned ... with the Source of all that is. That Source
provides
uniquely and cooperates with All who are tuned to Its note of Life.