The Path of the Adept

Compilations from the transcripts of the original Michael Teachings group

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The Path of the Adept

It is important to remember that the members of the group that contacted the Michael entity were extremely serious students on the path of spiritual growth. They had very diverse backgrounds, were very well read in a number of metaphysical areas, and some had direct experience with a number of “new age” practices (The Monroe Institute, EST, etc.). But a great deal of their vocabulary reflects two particular sources: Georges Gurdjieff and Rosicrucian/Hermetic Orders. The Gurdjieff concepts such as Balanced Centers and Chief Feature are clear enough to track. Less easy to source are many of the terms that surround the idea of spiritual enlightenment.

This compilation on the nature of the adept student will bring forward several terms that need some introduction and explanation. The word “adept” invokes alchemy and secret orders of mages. It is, however, simply a term for someone who has attained a specific level of knowledge or skill in a given field. In the tradition of esoteric orders there were levels of students; novices, initiates, adepts, and masters among many others. The old orders were based in hierarchies of authorities, in secret knowledge, in hidden brotherhoods. As long as organized religious practice held the upper hand in societies, esoteric study (mysticisms) rarely came out in the open. Baby and Young souls are not particularly tolerant of the “other” no matter the nature of that “otherness.”

For the generations, such as the original Michael group students, born just before the Second World War and the Boomer generations, pursuing mystical, esoteric subjects had particular lines of study: Theosophy, Vedanta Hinduism, Rudolf Steiner, Golden Dawn, Rosicrucian and other Hermetic schools, Christian Mysticism, and Sufism. Many of these had organized schools and orders of initiates.  Some of these carried forward the language and structures of alchemical medieval mystics.

The original Michael group came of age as students on the path in their thirties and forties; part of the radical boomer gens that, in the 1960s, were breaking the institutional hold of young souls in the West. They would begin to break away from authoritarian structures of all kinds, even the mystical forms, and strike out under their own authority as students. They would, however, retain many of the concepts that they had picked up on the way and begin to alter those ideas to fit the more independent mature/old soul mystical sensibilities. Some of this is reflected in the transcripts of the original group as the teacher would take existing vocabulary and adapt it to fit the new structure they were offering.

“Adept” is the advanced student on the spiritual path; having attained “Balance” this student has put in the time in past lives to the practices of the path and is now ready to begin to manifest new levels of “being.” It is not instant enlightenment, it is simply the next part of the many lives of being a student of a teaching. There is a great deal of work to be done as the Adept and it too will take several lifetimes of growth. Beyond the Adept is the Occult Master, rarely attained on the physical plane, it is only referenced in terms of the old souls transcendent that would walk out prior to the manifestations of the transcendental or infinite souls. But it is the Adept study that the original group was pursuing and the teacher would accommodate those requests.

One of the most critical lessons required for a student to advance into adept studies is to learn non-attachment to the physical plane and those that inhabit it. Non-attachment here is defined as unconditional love which has no expectations. The original group was given the Overleaf system as a way of gaining compassion for those fragments around them that brought drama and difficulty into their lives as students on the path. It offered structure, and a system that they could both understand and communicate to others as well as self-knowledge. A deeper understanding of karmas, monads, agreements and cosmology also aided this process of growth – but all of this was the grounding that was meant to send students into the next level of spiritual growth on the path of the Adept.

 

The first question we have that was preserved from the August 12, 1973 session that was the original contact with Michael was this:

Question: The question was asked concerning the decision to go on in the search for spiritual enlightenment, to go on to becoming an adept. What do you do when you get so far and are not too sure you want to continue? We wondered if the Masters picked those in whom the desire for “psychic experiences” was quite strong to become adepts.

• The desire is polar, too. Everything in the universe is, of course. Along with the desire is always the dread. The choice does not become clear to you until you have experienced the desire from another dimension. You must stand and observe the desire from the shadows of dread. Wishes, like everything, have positive and negative poles. There must be attraction and repulsion or nothing exists because no energy is being generated. The primordial force was energy, not mass. Think about that when you are hung up on cause and effect. The more primitive one is energy. Does it not seem that all seeking the least complex will return to the energy from whence they came?  Complexity is the antithesis of what the spirit seeks. The body represents the epitome of complexity. That is why the spirit is again and again attracted to it, until the partially awakened Essence catches a glimpse beyond the “veil.”  [08/12/1973]

 

How does Michael explain what an Adept is?

Question: What is an adept?

• An adept is one who has cleared the mind of all trivia. This is an integrated being who is firmly committed to the path, who is unafraid to leave the Physical Plane for hours at a time, is thoroughly versed in the occult teaching, is aware of karmic ties and has recall beyond the grave, can materialize both self and objects from borrowed energy sources, is both clairaudient and clairvoyant. This means non-attachment to both planes and its inhabitants.  [08/21/1973]

R____: How does the adept, occult master correlate to the #4, #5 and #6 man of Gurdjieff?

• They are not precisely the same, although the adept is usually crystallized number four. The occult master has use of Higher Centers at will. It merely means that this soul [either Adept or Occult Master] is in Balance with no danger of backsliding.  [03/04/1974]

 

Is it possible to pursue Adepthood as an old soul?

K____: Will any of us have flashes of higher states [Centers] in this body [incarnation]?

• Yes, if you mean those of you in this room. Soleal should become an occult master within this lifetime.

R____: Unless it was a typographical error, I thought I heard you say that I would become an occult master, and I want to know if it was meant to be in this lifetime.

• Not in this lifetime, R____. It is within you to become an adept [in this lifetime].

[snip]

R____: Is it within K____’s grasp to become an adept within this lifetime?

• Yes. All Old Souls have this within their grasp. Whether or not it is achieved depends upon the soul’s ability to burn karmas rapidly and then pursue the [spiritual] path. One of you has made this decision already and will become the teacher for the others. The skills are there. They need to be practiced.    [08/26/1973]

 

R____: Guess I’m saying there has to be large internal changes in order to make a change in jobs, before I can trust cosmic influences. Soleal said you have to use your own resources. Michael is saying, “Don’t toil so much.” That’s what I’m complaining about. They say not to work so hard.

• We hold up Soleal as an example of how this can be done by someone living very much in the world. He is not an ascetic by any stretch of the imagination. He simply has learned to dissociate himself from the mundane and concentrate on the arcane. The decision to pursue spiritual liberation is an agonizing one for everyone who makes it, without exception. No adept has found it easy. If we have led you to think that being an Old soul means being on the gravy train, that is your misinterpretation. It is probably the most difficult [cycle] of all. The only thing that makes it better is your own readiness to stand apart from the mainstream and begin to verify. This, of course, makes you even odder than ever.   [10/06/1973]

• [Ed. Snip]…We have a method by which all of you can choose to achieve a modicum of growth on a spiritual plane. Many of you can even use it as a springboard toward becoming an Adept. This is entirely up to you. We will find many vehicles through which we can teach the Logos — this does not present us with a problem. We answer all calls for this teaching.

Question: What is the method?

• We have been transmitting this to you, but many have not heard. This teaching has implicit within it the method of which we speak.

N____: The method is to live the teaching in an attitude of love.

• Individual verification of the given material is perhaps the most vital precept upon which this teaching is based, for this process alone opens the door to expanded perception, which is, of course, necessary in order to experience agape, and thus grow spiritually.

[Ed. Snip]

R____: I’d like to know if unblocking the emotions as is seen in the Esalen film is a healthy thing. It looks good.

• We do not see the necessity for this action within the group, but perhaps an outlet needs to be provided elsewhere. In this, we will not mediate, as this is within the realm of life crises and does not pertain to spiritual growth. This is not to say that these matters do not have to be dealt with. They most certainly do long before you can even talk about growth — spiritual growth. For the dedicated student, and for the adept, [spiritual growth] requires detachment from the mundane and trivial matters, which are such immoderate energy drains. How can you possibly grow if you are immersed in all this maya?  [02/24/1974]

 

Blocks on the way to becoming an Adept.

E____: Is S____ an adept now?

• This lady could certainly become an adept, but lacks command of her emotions. This imbalance prevents her. [06/16/1974]

 

E____: Does my task involving teaching and aloneness — separation?

• Also, an important part of this task involves the discrimination in knowing who can hear the words without wasting the energy on those who cannot. Yes, the separation is almost accomplished, and yes, it is a solitary task and cannot be interfered with. If there is interference there is nothing accomplished. The true occult adept is usually lonely.   [06/12/1974]

 

The Abilities of the Adept

R____: Question about a dream he had.

• The experience was not real. It had to do with symbols you are unwilling to deal with in reality. Part of your “dreaming” is real. It is time spent out of the body. Adepts such as Soleal can spend the entire [sleep] time out of body.   [08/17/1973]

 

R____: I did read Sir James Jeans’ book on time and I’ve never thought about it since, but he projected this idea of movement through space. That’s why time exists ahead and behind and you could look ahead or behind if you knew how.

• There is a vortex on each celestial body through which the time planes transect. This can be used for interstellar space travel. However, it requires an adept who can teleport to program the computer.

[Ed. Snip of unrelated discussion]

E____: He says that it requires an adept who can teleport to program the computer. What computer?

• The computer in the space ship. These ships literally go back in time and forward in space.

S____: We asked Soleal in an earlier session, because he said something about the ship’s computers, “Who programmed them,” and he said “I do.”

E____: Let me rephrase this. This would be a physical space ship that they would use and they would go to the region and they would have to program their computers, which would do something or the other to coincide with this vortex.

R____: Then he [Soleal] would have to land somewhere up around there.

• The computers are equipped to search for the proper time plane, both on departure and on arrival, so that the same time frame applies. Otherwise, there would be instantaneous destruction.

E____: The one thing that I’m not sure about is this teleportation.

• If he were to teleport to this world, he would use the vortices exclusively. The physical body cannot withstand the conditions in space. It is much easier to use the ships.   [10/02/1973].

 

S____: Can you tell us about the Astral plane and its levels?

• The first level of the Astral plane is populated by living fragments adept at Astral travel and those souls who penetrate this plane accidentally though drugs. The second level of the Astral plane is inhabited by all those between [physical] bodies. The third level attracts Old Souls who are trying to burn final karma without being reborn.

• The mid Astral bodies are partially reunited entities. You have manifested a mid Astral entity previously [Tomas].

• The three higher levels are progressively integrated. Access to the high planes is through these levels. Even very high adepts such as Soleal have fantasies concerning the high planes. We have confronted him on the low Astral plane and have been required to descend a staircase that does not exist except in his mind.

Question: What is meant by the high planes?

• By “high planes,” we refer to the Causal [plane] and beyond [Mental plane, Messianic plane, Buddhaic plane]. [10/08/1973]

• [Ed. Snip] …the Mental Plane is the Akashic Plane, which is a photographic record of all history. Some very high adepts have access to this plane.

[Ed. Snip]

R____: My perception is that sex and sexual relationships are the major impediment on this plane to staying on the path. If we are going to have a medical clinic and grow, it is essential to deal with this problem.

• Your perception, of course, is completely valid. This is the reason why most adepts eventually refrain from entering into such relationships. Some, but only relatively few, have been able to continue to engage in a physical sexual relationship while evolving spiritually. The reason for this should be fairly obvious when you stop and realize that sexuality of the physical sort pertains to the Physical Plane. This does not exist on the other planes. It is supplanted by more open communication. Persons who are hostile and aggressive enough to inflict pain or death upon other persons are always found to be sexually uptight in some way. Sexually satiated persons are normally passive, but this is only true when the mind accepts the sexual act in the same frame as the body does. As long as there is conflict in the mind, there is not complete satisfaction and aggression results.

[Ed. Snip]

B____: In my reading, a Master (Rama Krishna) touched his pupils on the forehead and told them they would be more aware.

• Ritual is sometimes extremely valuable. It only works for those who believe in its power. Actual transference of energy between adepts only occurs when both are telepaths.

B____: Will there be anyone in our group with that power?

• There are adepts who can do this. Soleal is one. There are adepts on your planet who can do this with practice.

R____: Who are they?

• In this group, there are many who can, one who will.   [11/29/1973]

 

E____: How about a five-book set of work by Thomas Spalding, The Life and Teachings of the Masters of the Far East?

• We are not aware of any adepts who have chosen to remain on the Physical Plane beyond the allotted span. However, many adepts do still have karmic ribbons which bring them back for another go, and the man of whom you speak [Thomas Spalding] is or has been in contact with several of these. Their recall is spectacular, and they do not spend as long on the Astral interval as do other souls, this accounts for the Tibetan theory of the forty days between lives. Some adepts do this. Bodies die. The organic constituents break down eventually, regardless of the skill of the adept. It is wiser to change the body. Yes, read this book [by Thomas Spalding]. They are interesting.

E____: How can one figure the exact soul level and information about previous lives?

• Only by becoming an adept and having access to the Akashic Plane.   [12/31/1973]

• [Ed. Snip] We would point out to you at this point that there is a vast difference between spiritual growth and “enlightenment.” We would expect all of you, without exception, to grow from this experience. We would not expect you all to achieve “cosmic consciousness.”

R____: I would like Michael to comment on his last statement about “cosmic consciousness.”

• We see in one student the desire and ability to become an occult adept in this lifetime.

B____: Can the involvement of the occult pull one away from the spiritual?

• If you make the mistake of equating the arcane arts with ‘‘magic,” yes, we agree.   [01/27/1974]

Question: How do they erase the audio tapes?

• Teleportation is a skill mastered by many adepts. This is not beyond many on your world. The man Yuri is able to do this without understanding what it is that he is doing, which accounts for his somewhat erratic performances. He also has enormous reserves of energy available and is relatively unfettered by the usual maya. In fact, [he] is rather simplistic.    [05/08/1974]

A____: Talked of a headache he sometimes gets — this came tonight immediately after receiving the information he asked for. What is it? Why?

• As for the band of tension, there is an underlying disappointment that needs not be. You are a good student and as capable as those others.  As the goal of agape or spiritual liberation entails ultimately becoming an adept, the concept of telepathy should not be taken lightly. It is within the grasp of you, and would require an enormous amount of predictability. When you meet with an adept who is strongly telepathic, and also totally vulnerable, you will understand this more fully, but it is not an unrealistic goal for the man E____.

E____: Do you refer to predictability on my part?

• At first, yes, then with those you allow access to. If the emotions are chaotic, the work cannot proceed in this direction. That is where the Balance comes in. When the student first comes into contact with an unfamiliar Center, there is an initial surge, and then until the adjustment is made, the insights are unrelenting and chaotic.  [A Balanced person is constant, predictable, reliable in their response to situation, hence trustworthy – you can depend on them to do the appropriate thing for the circumstances.  This indicates a high level of trust.]    [09/24/1974]

[Excerpt]:

•  Discipline must occur on all three levels [lower centers] if it is to be effective. It cannot merely be the discipline imposed by intellectual center. It must also involve shutting down the artifact and experiencing emotional center as a barometer. It must involve moving center as the acting out center and not as the thinking center. Joy can be experienced. It cannot be adequately expressed through other than telepathy. When you feel joy, why express it in an instinctive way? Why not instead try to convey this without words.  [Added after original compilation was done.  This is about being Balanced but also, out of that would come telepathic abilities.]   [04/15/1975]

 

R____: I feel the only route to Positive Pole of Sexual Center is love.

• We have no quarrel with that, either. The only ecstasy that we know of occurring during the sexual act has occurred in adepts who are Balanced and who do express agape.   [01/25/1975]

 

Psychic Union

R____: It seems that the unification of Fragments goes on inter-life [between lifetimes]. You can’t do it here, can you?

• You can, but it is difficult. It requires psychic union and that by definition requires that you be an adept. That is always polar. It is usually done between lives.   [10/06/1973]

 

E____: We hear so much about twin souls and I would like to know about that.

• Dyadic union [between Essence Twins] occasionally occurs while the principals are still on the Physical plane. This is exceedingly rare and happens only among fragments of the same entity. These unions are always polar and it is a devastating experience. Souls so united are truly one flesh.

(Part of the following was not recorded.)

Question: Why is this devastating? What do you mean by “polar”?

• There is complete psychic union. There are no longer any individual perceptions. There is a total loss of identity. All of you will escape this fate in this lifetime, for your strongest attractions within the group are for those of the same sex.  [10/08/1973]

 

L____: If Jesus’ prejudiced ideas of divorce were attributed to his early childhood, how does Michael form their ideas to set down values and judgments of divorce?

• The Fragments of this Entity (Michael), at the time they were on the Physical Plane, ran the gamut of opinion culminating in the opinion that Acceptance of all other souls in the form of agape was the greatest truth. This did not occur until the [reincarnation] cycle was completed. The interpersonal relationships induced by your culture are superficial and are for the most part to be condemned in teachings such as this. The students [of such teachings] often grow to the point where the relationships transcend this superficiality and truly become spiritual bonding, or psychic union — which is what Jesus was talking about. He attempted to discourage relationships based upon erotic love, especially among those close to him.

Question: It has been said that “people” on the Astral plane have access to the high Mental plane. Does Michael have access to the high mental plane?

• Yes. That is valid.

Question: If there were psychic union, there would be no divorce: is that so?

• Psychic union is contracted on other than the Physical plane, yes.

Question: Does that type of union happen at different Soul Levels?

• Yes. This usually does not happen at all until the final life cycle [Old Soul age], if at all. Spiritual growth can, of course, happen at earlier levels, but your culture thwarts it.   [01/20/1974]

 

Subjective Consciousness [Gurdjieff term for Adept level consciousness, objective consciousness is the Occult Master level]

R____: Would this be good for me, to reach the Moving Part of Emotional Center?

• Yes, that would be a good start for you. This is, of course, the “cosmic” romanticized.  The route to subjective consciousness [the adept] is more easily attainable through the Emotional Center. The route to full objective consciousness [the occult master] is not normally achieved by those on the Physical Plane. That is normally a phenomenon of the Transcendental Soul. (Like Bishop [Fulton] Sheen, [Mohandas] Gandhi, [Jesus] Christ). [03/03/1974]

 

E____: Moses “raised the serpent” and Jesus said, “If I be lifted up,” etc. What is the relationship to Kundalini here.

• Yes, this is the highest form of movable energy you have at your disposal, and therefore that which you can utilize for each: the emotional states or Higher Emotional Centers, Higher Intellectual Centers — which are synonymous with subjective consciousness [and] objective consciousness respectively. Also, with the same had lust described by the yogi [sic]. The lower centers are fixed, and the energy is like a closed system. The Higher Centers are capable of ecstasy or bliss; the Lower Centers are not. The Sexual Center or the Kundalini force can only be breached by bringing the Lower Centers into harmonious balance — in other words, in separating from the maya or illusions for glamour of the Physical plane, and by giving up your expectations of what a sexual experience “should” be.   [04/24/1974]

 

C____: May we have the next Overleaves?

• These Chief Features can be stated as: Impatience, Arrogance, Greed, Stubbornness — which includes tenacity — Self-Deprecation, Martyrdom, Self-Destruction.

C____: Half are outwards and half are inwards.

A____: Can these be changed in our lifetime? Can you get rid of them?

• You must grow to extinguish this.

Comment: In other words, we must go through our Chief Features to arrive at agape.

• You must grow to the point where this [Chief Feature] is no longer a barrier to agape. The perceptions of the Transcendental Soul can be used as a guide for “consciousness,” at least, subjectively so. Objective consciousness can be compared to the perceptions of the Infinite Soul.

R____: Things in personality are keeping me from my essence. Anything subjective can be called personal agenda and needs to be worked with.

• By personal agendas, we refer to the irrelevant thoughts flitting through the mind and preventing a focus upon the teaching — the projections into the business world and the movie you saw three years ago; an unpaid bill — these are the items to which we refer.

R____: I must bring the teaching to my job, as Michael is not going to bring me a suitcase full of money in order to meet my bills.

• You cannot even hope to become subjectively conscious [an adept] until you have mastered this fine art of concentration.   [02/27/1974]

 

The Adept Relationship to the higher planes.

E____: I would like to ask more questions on the books about the “Masters of the Far East,” by Thomas Spaulding, whom I’ve asked about before. I’ve read 4 of the 5 volumes now. There is good teaching information there. He said he was talking in person to Jesus and Mohammed and other Old Souls. He went to Asia, Tibet, in the early l900s or late 1800s, where he was taught to teleport. I would like a comment and also to ask if he really was talking to Jesus and Mohammed as he implied.

• The high Mental body spends time with all adepts. Some see the Infinite Soul in several transcendental forms. This is usually because the perceptions of physically tied adepts are not keen enough to perceive that much of the synthesis. They, like some of you, see the reintegration as loss of self and bemoan this. He saw his own perception of the fragmentation of the Infinite Soul.    [01/03/1974]

 

The Nature of the Occult Master.

E____ then asked if Jesus really did work miracles, or if that was imagination.

• This man was an occult master.  The miracles are there for those who wish to become masters. Mass hypnosis was not beyond the grasp of ordinary priests, let alone one who has mastered all of the mysteries. Even most adepts can perform feats which could be considered miracles by those who were looking on. Many of the stories surrounding the birth of the man Jesus were concocted long after his death to satisfy those who felt that the ancient prophesies should be fulfilled.    [12/25/1973]

 

R_____: Was Christ able to cast out demons?

• The demons are produced by the sick mind and do not exist. They can be cast out only by one skilled in this. The exorcist must be able to give the patient a visible substitute; thus, he must be capable of producing psychic phenomena at will. Jesus was an occult master. He could produce the necessary phenomena to make the patient see his demon leave and occupy some other organism. Then, of course, you must still treat the sickness that caused the soul to produce the demon. Usually, this is masochism in its extreme manifestation. It was motivated in part by compassion and in part by his knowledge of the karmic ribbons of those around him. He was also aware of the fact the medical care in Greece was far superior to that in Syria.  [09/04/1973]

 

E____: What happens when I am united with my Fragments?

• When you finally reunite with all the Fragments, you will no longer be subject to the allurement of the Physical Plane, and for you, E___, since you have been in touch with the occult for over ten thousand years, you will know this and you will experience the ecstasy.  [12/31/1973]

 

R____: I would like to ask for comments about the film, “The Exorcist.” I did not see it, but I have been reading about it in the paper. It seems to be an ugly film and it is attracting many crowds who faint or become ill.

• The story is, of course, consummately absurd. As we have told you repeatedly, the demons conjured up on the Physical Plane are of your own creation. If belief in the exorcist’s skill is great enough, the dragons can be slayed in this way. This is an ancient skill, now much abused. Jesus, of course, had this skill even before the manifestation [of the Infinite Soul], but he also realized that the demons were self-inflicted. Most occult masters willingly exorcised, but they do try to make the afflicted one realize that the demons were created out of etheric material, and have no place in the concrete reality of the Physical Plane. Most “possessions” occur to Baby Souls in Rejection. [01/20/1974]

 

What part of the Overleaves are in Essence and what part are in personality?

• All of the Overleaves are geared to the Physical Plane and thus primarily of the False Personality. Of course, you cannot alter your Body Type or Role except by subtle extinguishment, and this is achieved only after all else is Balanced. Thus, the Role can still manifest in one acting primarily out of Essence, but not to any measurable extent in the occult master.  [06/25/1974]

 

Other Items

J____ asked if we can ever experience total death of the False Personality. Are there lapses? Does it always continue?

• There are instances which we remembered well where there has been total death or extinguishment of the False Personality, concomitant with the emergence of True Personality of the Essence. This was indeed gratifying to behold, but it happens rarely on the Physical Plane, even in adepts who are at a high “Level of Being” [a Gurdjieff term for spiritual development]. They must be constantly alert to prevent the instinctive behavior reactions of the False Personality from sneaking in.   [01/25/1975]

 

Can souls experience other entities or planes even if they are young or troubled or full of anger?

• The difference, of course, lies in the level of the contact and the amount of volition involved. It is true that all of you spend a portion of your day on a plane other than the physical, and we have suggested to you an exercise whereby you can open your eyes and perceive this as it is. Certainly, beings other than adepts can arrive on these planes, usually under the direction of others. However, their control of the experience is limited, and their perceptions are largely based upon physical standards, and, of course, largely inaccurate; but, yes, they can glimpse this. The adept controls the visits and moves about at will. Often group work leads to an experience of the high planes, and many times this is due to the strength of the leader. If you were in the presence of an adept, the travel would be easier, yes. It is a part of the Balanced Man and is not available to these occasional voyagers.   [09/24/1974]

 

R____: There was an offer by Michael to weave a tapestry of past lives. Are they ready for that now? Should we ask specific questions?

• There is no need to ask specific questions. We would think you would examine your various reasons for evading this particular question. It is an interesting phenomenon. We have told you before that those of you now on the Physical plane, and others who have lived within the past three decades, and even perhaps most of those who lived in the past five decades, and all those who will live again in the next two decades, have all lived during what we choose to call the “cardinal points” of these cycles. In other words, you have lived during the centuries in which the most sweeping changes have occurred: philosophically, spiritually, culturally and scientifically. Five of you were present in the immediate area in each instance when the Infinite Soul manifested on this world. Those five knew each other well, as their lives where interwoven at the time. All of you had access to the words then and at the time of the last manifestation [Jesus]. All of you have been exposed to the occult brotherhood in the cradle of its existence; three of you becoming initiates but never adepts. All of you have been, at one time, associated with the education of youth at a time when there were sweeping philosophical changes. All of you have this in common. You did not listen. We have more.  [10/19/1974]