*** WESAK 2011 : Ritual na PAX amanhã, 17/maio/2011 das 10 às 12h com transmissão via internet : www.dopranaaluz@blogspot.com / www.radiopax.com.br / www.tvpax.com.br . Do meio dia às 17h, teremos várias celebrações GRATUITAS sem transmissão via internet para quem estiver na Pax e quiser absorver todas as Bençãos de WESAK 2011 : Energizações em grupo e individuais, calendário maia, Labirinto PAX.
Sugerimos que em casa, cada um acenda uma vela na cor amarela ou branca e faça uma Oração de Poder : A Grande Invocação, Pai Nosso ... o horário da lua cheia é 8h08min horário Brasília - por 8 minutos, manter as orações, mantra OM e o que sia intuição indicar.
Quem quiser jejuar neste dia, o indicado é tomar só líquidos, desde amanhã cedo até quarta-feira, pelo menos por 24 hs > sopas e frutas, para o corpo ficar mais leve e absorver todas as Bençãos de WESAK 2011 . As Bençãos de Wesak duram 72 horas - neste período, procure ter pensamentos positivos, meditar e elevar a vibração do seu corpo.
Esperamos Vocês com muito Amor.
Dias Iluminados com muitas Bençãos e Realizações,
Pax & amor & Luz,
Carmen Balhestero
Repassando, da nossa amiga e compositora de música Constance Demby, o texto está em inglês.
----- Original Message -----
From: Constance Demby To: Constance Demby Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 4:54 PM
Subject: Alchemical Full Moon / Wesak - The most powerful Full Moon of the year.
Alchemical Full Moon
Wesak Full Moon Festival
Considered the most powerful Full Moon of the year
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
”...One of those moments where we can deepen our connection for our global well-being, releasing fears that interfere with our deepest delight and loving nature. In the light of this alchemical Moon, let us let go into the light—be inspired, curious, and expect miracles...”
ALCHEMICAL MOON
------------------------------------------------------------------------
The FULL MOON on MAY 17 (4:098 am PDT, 7:08am EDT, 12:08pm GDT)
shines in SCORPIO reflecting the SUN IN TAURUS.
By now we have moved out of the Aries fireworks to the firm planting ground of Taurus, with Venus, Mercury and Mars in close conference. We're getting "down and dirty," as Taurus the Bull ploughs the fields for a productive harvest. Venus is in her glory now, delighting us with the beauty of life. If you've been feeling the urge to do "something," but not knowing quite which way to go, Taurus grounds us in the basics. It asks us to consider what's worth it in the long run, what actions will yield meaningful results.. In the northern hemisphere we'll see lots of gardens being planted, and lots
of farmers markets opening seasonal business. In the southern hemisphere, the harvest is in and stored.
The SUN in TAURUS is about the manifestation of spirit in matter. As we follow new URANUS/ BLACK MOON in ARIES impulses, we now begin to re-design our situations and circumstances. We may follow the MOON in SCORPIO down to the cellular, to the subatomic level, to unconscious depths to dig out resistances to allowing our deepest desire to manifest. In the Scorpio depths we do alchemy. We dispel and disperse the atomic, energetic, psycho-spiritual dynamics. Our desire pulls the energy fields into a new alignment. This is happening whether we consciously participate or not.
With NEPTUNE/ CHIRON in PISCES, we are re-dreaming a rapidly dissolving
reality. Beyond anxiety and fear, judgment and denial, we have an extraordinary flow of grace guiding us into a healthy stream of energy. Like the gradual change of levels in the locks of a canal, we can row "gently down the stream." This doesn't take a big charge of energy or a great deal of effort. Simply we need to rest into the stream and allow the guidance to move us—relief, relaxation, revelation.
This Full Moon has a mythic resonance: The Mirror and the Eye The Sun is smack dab on the 27th degree of Taurus, aligned with a powerful star, ALGOL, the demon star. In the constellation Perseus, this star marks the eye of Medusa. If you look in that eye, it can turn you to stone, paralyzed with fear. When the hero Perseus approached Medusa, he used a reflecting shield, so he would not look directly at her.
This Full Moon reflects that staring Eye of Medusa, that perceives “with an objectivity like that of nature itself and our dreams, boring into the soul to find the naked truth, to see reality beneath all its myriad forms and the illusions and defenses it displays" ...
Mirrors signify reflection. This Full Moon asks us to reflect on some deep urgencies in our shared collective consciousness. A star is a powerful energy system and refers to long cycles of human experience. Algol is said to hold thousands of years of grief and rage from the suppression of the feminine, according to Astrologer Bernadette Brady. In A New Earth, spiritual teacher Eckhart Tolle writes about the collective dimension of the female pain-body that carries the burden of thousands of years of repression by largely male ego supremacy. Certainly related to Algol, aspects of this pain-body ripple through all Lilith placements. Specifically feminine values of love, relationship, mutuality and harmony with Nature have been denigrated and deranged for millennia. Algol carries this history and the resulting hidden store of “demonic”rage and grief in front of the burden of slavery that continues to darken human existence. This undercurrent carries deeply buried attitudes toward the female half of the human family, as well as racial and cultural biases and ecologically unsound practices that dishonor the integrity of Nature. Our collective rage in front of this holocaust of suppression can be self-destructive when internalized, yet redemptive when channeled.
We don't want to become stuck or paralyzed in this rage or grief. As May turns to June and the Venus-Mercury-Mars trio heads across the Algol degree, we turn our collective outrage and depression into action, impulsed by a values that honor the divine feminine. Let's imagine the Sun as Goddess in her creative, life-giving vitality. The rays of the Sun shine forth like the serpentine hair of Medusa, with her serpentine wisdom. This is not the rational wisdom of the mind, but the heart-based wisdom of the feelings and
senses.
The SCORPIO MOON takes us deep into a psychological process of letting go, of standing under our rationality to under-stand our experience so we can transform it. We are engaged at such a profoundly intimate level with Earth with her transformation and evolution.
This is one of those moments where we can deepen our connection for our global well-being, releasing fears that interfere with our deepest delight and loving nature. In the light of this alchemical Moon, let us let go into the light—be inspired, curious, and expect miracles.
-M. Kelley Hunter
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Wesak Festival, Sun in Taurus - Scorpio Full Moon - the most powerful Full Moon of the year.
Moon is full in Scorpio on May 17th at 4:098 am PDT - 7:09 AM EDT
Taurus Full Moon in Scorpio
Wesak - the Sun in Taurus - Scorpio Full Moon - the most powerful Full Moon of the year. http://www.crystalinks.com/wesak.html
The Sun's transit through Taurus exalts the Moon and Taurus is ruled by Venus, the spiritual ruler of Earth. Venus is identified with Mary, the World Mother. May, the month of Taurus, is the month of Mary. Venus appears in the west as the feathered serpent god Quetzalcoatl who brought enlightenment to the Mayans; in the east she is Maya, mother of the Buddha.
The lunar cycle is a wave of creation that comes to fruition when the Moon is full. Each Full Moon brings revelation and possibility for healing body, mind, and soul. The Moon is the Mother whence comes reflected Light of the spiritual Sun to nurture, support, protect, and bring to flower the seeds of creation.
The Full Moon is like a pitcher pouring out a healing elixir. The celestial dispensation continues for three days following the day of the Full Moon. Calm and balance, deep breathing, meditation, yoga, rhythmic music and dancing help for receiving the blessings of heaven.
Locally the Full Moon has strong effect in the hour following Sunset when the Moon is rising and at local Midnight when the Moon is directly overhead. This Sun in Taurus Full Moon is called Wesak (WE-sock). Mystics say that the Buddha returns now to help regenerate the Earth.
According to metaphysical tradition, the Buddha was born, attained enlightenment, and left Earthly incarnation under the Full Moon of Taurus. And the Buddha returns at this time each year to bring new light to the world. Spiritual leaders gather in Wesak Valley, a mythic place high in the Himalayas. Here initiates led by the Christ arrange themselves into a great pentagram (the Venusian emblem of world soul) while the Buddha hovers over those gathered radiating light. This cosmic alignment occurs during the eight minutes centered on the moment of the Wesak full moon.
- The Masters and the Path - Geoffrey Hodson Wesak
The Legend of The Wesak
The Wesak Festival - Alice A. Bailey http://www.crystalinks.com/wesak.html
According to tradition, at the time of the full moon in Taurus, the Buddha comes to the Wesak Valley of the Himalayas to bring the powerful spiritual energy of Shamballa to the assembled masters, initiaties and disciples of the Hierarchy, for the assimilation and eventual distribution of this Shamballa force throughout the world.
The Wesak Valley, lying at a rather high altitude in the foothills of the Himalayan-Tibet ranges. It is surrounded by high mountains on all sides except towards the northeast, where there is a narrow opening in the mountain ranges. The valley is bottle-shaped in contour, with the neck of the bottle to the northeast, and it widens very considerably towards the south. Up towards the northern end, close to the neck of the bottle, there a huge flat rock. There are no trees or shrubs in the valley, which is covered with a kind of coarse grass.
Approaching the time of the full moon of Taurus, pilgrims from the surrounding districts begin to gather. The holy men and the lamas find their way into the valley and fill the southern and the middle parts, leaving the northeastern end relatively free. There, so the legend runs, gathers a group of those great Beings Who are the Custodians on Earth of God's Plan for our planet and for humanity.
This group of knowers of divinity are the main participants in The Wesak Festival. They arrange Themselves in the northeastern end of the valley, in concentric circles, and prepare for a great act of service. In front of the rock, looking towards the northeast, stand Those Beings Who are called by Their disciples The Three Great Lords. These are The Christ, Who stands in the center; the Lord of living forms, The Manu, Who stands at His right; and The Lord of Civilization, who stands to His left. These three face the rock upon which rests a great crystal bowl, full of water.
Behind the grouped Masters, adepts, initiates and senior workers under God's Plan are to be found the world disciples and aspirants in their various grades and groups (either "in the body" or "out of the body"), who at this time constitute the New Group of World Servers. Those present in their physical bodies have found their way there by ordinary means. Others are present in their spiritual bodies, and in the dream state. The "dream," which they later relate, has been uniformly registered by people throughout the world, and bears the testimony to the recollection of an inner spiritual happening.
As the hour of the full moon approaches, a stillness settles down upon the crowd, and all look towards the northeast. Certain ritualistic movements take place, in which the grouped Masters and Their disciples of all ranks take up symbolic positions, and form on the floor of the valley such significant symbols as the five-pointed star, with The Christ standing at the highest point; of a triangle, with The Christ at the apex; or a cross, and other well known formations, all of which have a deep and potent meaning. This is all done to the sound of certain chanted words and esoteric phrases, called mantrams.
The expectancy in the waiting, onlooking crowd becomes very great, and the tension is real and increasing. Through the entire body of people there seems to be felt a stimulation or potent vibration which has the effect of awakening the souls of those present, fusing and blending the group into one united whole, and lifting all into a great act of spiritual demand, readiness, and expectancy. It is the climax of the world's aspiration focussed in this waiting group. These three words - demand, readiness and expectancy - best describe the atmosphere surrounding those present in this secret valley.
The chanting and the rhythmic weaving grows stronger, and all the participants and the watching crowd raise their eyes towards the sky in the direction of the narrow part of the valley. Just a few minutes before the exact time of the full moon, in the far distance, a tiny speck can be seen in the sky. It comes nearer and nearer, and grows in clarity and definiteness of outline, until the form of The Buddha can be seen, seated in the cross-legged Buddha position, clad in his saffron-colored robe, bathed in light and color, and with his hand extended in blessing.
When The Buddha arrives at a point exactly over the great rock, hovering there in the air over the heads of The Three Great Lords, a great mantram, used only once a year, at The Festival, is intoned by The Christ, and the entire group of people in the valley fall upon their faces. This Invocation sets up a great vibration or thought current which is of such potency that it reaches up from the group of aspirants, disciples and initiates who employ it, to the Being we know as God. It marks the supreme moment of intensive spiritual effort throughout the entire year, and the spiritual vitalization of humanity and the spiritual effects last throughout the succeeding months.
When The Buddha arrives at a point exactly over the great rock, hovering there in the air over the heads of The Three Great Lords, a great mantram, used only once a year, at The Festival, is intoned by The Christ, and the entire group of people in the valley fall upon their faces. This Invocation sets up a great vibration or thought current which is of such potency that it reaches up from the group of aspirants, disciples and initiates who employ it, to the Being we know as God. It marks the supreme moment of intensive spiritual effort throughout the entire year, and the spiritual vitalization of humanity and the spiritual effects last throughout the succeeding months.
The effect of this great Invocation is universal or cosmic, and serves to link us up with that cosmic center of spiritual force from which all created beings have come. The blessing is poured forth, and The Christ, as the representative of humanity, receives it in trust, for distribution.
Thus, so the legend runs, The Buddha returns once a year to bless the world, transmitting renewed spiritual life, through The Christ. Slowly then The Buddha recedes into the distance, until again only a faint speck can be seen in the sky, and this eventually disappears. The whole ceremonial blessing, from the time of the first appearance in the distance until the moment The Buddha fades out of view, takes just eight minutes.
The Buddha's annual sacrifice for humanity (for He comes back only at great cost) is over, and He returns again to that high place where He works and waits. Year after year He comes back in blessing; year after year, He and His great brother, The Christ, work in the closest cooperation for the spiritual benefit of humanity. In these two great Sons of God have been focussed two aspects of divine life, and They act together as Custodians of the highest type of spiritual force to which our humanity can respond. Through The Buddha, the wisdom of God is poured forth. Through The Christ, the love of God is manifested in humanity, and it is this wisdom and love which pour forth upon humanity each Wesak full moon.
When The Buddha has again disappeared, the crowd rise to their feet; the water in the bowl is distributed in tiny portions to the Masters, initiates and disciples, and they then go their way to their place of service. The crowd, who have all brought their little cups and vessels of water, drink of them and share with others. In this 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.
In this ceremony is perpetuated for us the story of the universality of God's love, the need for our individual purification, and the opportunity to share with each other that which belongs to all. The water, which has been magnetized by the presence of The Buddha and of The Christ, carries certain properties and virtues of a healing and helpful nature.
Sugerimos que em casa, cada um acenda uma vela na cor amarela ou branca e faça uma Oração de Poder : A Grande Invocação, Pai Nosso ... o horário da lua cheia é 8h08min horário Brasília - por 8 minutos, manter as orações, mantra OM e o que sia intuição indicar.
Quem quiser jejuar neste dia, o indicado é tomar só líquidos, desde amanhã cedo até quarta-feira, pelo menos por 24 hs > sopas e frutas, para o corpo ficar mais leve e absorver todas as Bençãos de WESAK 2011 . As Bençãos de Wesak duram 72 horas - neste período, procure ter pensamentos positivos, meditar e elevar a vibração do seu corpo.
Esperamos Vocês com muito Amor.
Dias Iluminados com muitas Bençãos e Realizações,
Pax & amor & Luz,
Carmen Balhestero
Repassando, da nossa amiga e compositora de música Constance Demby, o texto está em inglês.
----- Original Message -----
From: Constance Demby To: Constance Demby Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 4:54 PM
Subject: Alchemical Full Moon / Wesak - The most powerful Full Moon of the year.
Alchemical Full Moon
Wesak Full Moon Festival
Considered the most powerful Full Moon of the year
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
”...One of those moments where we can deepen our connection for our global well-being, releasing fears that interfere with our deepest delight and loving nature. In the light of this alchemical Moon, let us let go into the light—be inspired, curious, and expect miracles...”
ALCHEMICAL MOON
------------------------------------------------------------------------
The FULL MOON on MAY 17 (4:098 am PDT, 7:08am EDT, 12:08pm GDT)
shines in SCORPIO reflecting the SUN IN TAURUS.
By now we have moved out of the Aries fireworks to the firm planting ground of Taurus, with Venus, Mercury and Mars in close conference. We're getting "down and dirty," as Taurus the Bull ploughs the fields for a productive harvest. Venus is in her glory now, delighting us with the beauty of life. If you've been feeling the urge to do "something," but not knowing quite which way to go, Taurus grounds us in the basics. It asks us to consider what's worth it in the long run, what actions will yield meaningful results.. In the northern hemisphere we'll see lots of gardens being planted, and lots
of farmers markets opening seasonal business. In the southern hemisphere, the harvest is in and stored.
The SUN in TAURUS is about the manifestation of spirit in matter. As we follow new URANUS/ BLACK MOON in ARIES impulses, we now begin to re-design our situations and circumstances. We may follow the MOON in SCORPIO down to the cellular, to the subatomic level, to unconscious depths to dig out resistances to allowing our deepest desire to manifest. In the Scorpio depths we do alchemy. We dispel and disperse the atomic, energetic, psycho-spiritual dynamics. Our desire pulls the energy fields into a new alignment. This is happening whether we consciously participate or not.
With NEPTUNE/ CHIRON in PISCES, we are re-dreaming a rapidly dissolving
reality. Beyond anxiety and fear, judgment and denial, we have an extraordinary flow of grace guiding us into a healthy stream of energy. Like the gradual change of levels in the locks of a canal, we can row "gently down the stream." This doesn't take a big charge of energy or a great deal of effort. Simply we need to rest into the stream and allow the guidance to move us—relief, relaxation, revelation.
This Full Moon has a mythic resonance: The Mirror and the Eye The Sun is smack dab on the 27th degree of Taurus, aligned with a powerful star, ALGOL, the demon star. In the constellation Perseus, this star marks the eye of Medusa. If you look in that eye, it can turn you to stone, paralyzed with fear. When the hero Perseus approached Medusa, he used a reflecting shield, so he would not look directly at her.
This Full Moon reflects that staring Eye of Medusa, that perceives “with an objectivity like that of nature itself and our dreams, boring into the soul to find the naked truth, to see reality beneath all its myriad forms and the illusions and defenses it displays" ...
Mirrors signify reflection. This Full Moon asks us to reflect on some deep urgencies in our shared collective consciousness. A star is a powerful energy system and refers to long cycles of human experience. Algol is said to hold thousands of years of grief and rage from the suppression of the feminine, according to Astrologer Bernadette Brady. In A New Earth, spiritual teacher Eckhart Tolle writes about the collective dimension of the female pain-body that carries the burden of thousands of years of repression by largely male ego supremacy. Certainly related to Algol, aspects of this pain-body ripple through all Lilith placements. Specifically feminine values of love, relationship, mutuality and harmony with Nature have been denigrated and deranged for millennia. Algol carries this history and the resulting hidden store of “demonic”rage and grief in front of the burden of slavery that continues to darken human existence. This undercurrent carries deeply buried attitudes toward the female half of the human family, as well as racial and cultural biases and ecologically unsound practices that dishonor the integrity of Nature. Our collective rage in front of this holocaust of suppression can be self-destructive when internalized, yet redemptive when channeled.
We don't want to become stuck or paralyzed in this rage or grief. As May turns to June and the Venus-Mercury-Mars trio heads across the Algol degree, we turn our collective outrage and depression into action, impulsed by a values that honor the divine feminine. Let's imagine the Sun as Goddess in her creative, life-giving vitality. The rays of the Sun shine forth like the serpentine hair of Medusa, with her serpentine wisdom. This is not the rational wisdom of the mind, but the heart-based wisdom of the feelings and
senses.
The SCORPIO MOON takes us deep into a psychological process of letting go, of standing under our rationality to under-stand our experience so we can transform it. We are engaged at such a profoundly intimate level with Earth with her transformation and evolution.
This is one of those moments where we can deepen our connection for our global well-being, releasing fears that interfere with our deepest delight and loving nature. In the light of this alchemical Moon, let us let go into the light—be inspired, curious, and expect miracles.
-M. Kelley Hunter
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Wesak Festival, Sun in Taurus - Scorpio Full Moon - the most powerful Full Moon of the year.
Moon is full in Scorpio on May 17th at 4:098 am PDT - 7:09 AM EDT
Taurus Full Moon in Scorpio
Wesak - the Sun in Taurus - Scorpio Full Moon - the most powerful Full Moon of the year. http://www.crystalinks.com/wesak.html
The Sun's transit through Taurus exalts the Moon and Taurus is ruled by Venus, the spiritual ruler of Earth. Venus is identified with Mary, the World Mother. May, the month of Taurus, is the month of Mary. Venus appears in the west as the feathered serpent god Quetzalcoatl
The lunar cycle is a wave of creation that comes to fruition when the Moon is full. Each Full Moon brings revelation and possibility for healing body, mind, and soul. The Moon is the Mother whence comes reflected Light of the spiritual Sun to nurture, support, protect, and bring to flower the seeds of creation.
The Full Moon is like a pitcher pouring out a healing elixir. The celestial dispensation continues for three days following the day of the Full Moon. Calm and balance, deep breathing, meditation, yoga, rhythmic music and dancing help for receiving the blessings of heaven.
Locally the Full Moon has strong effect in the hour following Sunset when the Moon is rising and at local Midnight when the Moon is directly overhead. This Sun in Taurus Full Moon is called Wesak (WE-sock). Mystics say that the Buddha returns now to help regenerate the Earth.
According to metaphysical tradition, the Buddha was born, attained enlightenment, and left Earthly incarnation under the Full Moon of Taurus. And the Buddha returns at this time each year to bring new light to the world. Spiritual leaders gather in Wesak Valley, a mythic place high in the Himalayas. Here initiates led by the Christ arrange themselves into a great pentagram (the Venusian emblem of world soul) while the Buddha hovers over those gathered radiating light. This cosmic alignment occurs during the eight minutes centered on the moment of the Wesak full moon.
- The Masters and the Path - Geoffrey Hodson Wesak
The Legend of The Wesak
The Wesak Festival - Alice A. Bailey http://www.crystalinks.com/wesak.html
According to tradition, at the time of the full moon in Taurus, the Buddha comes to the Wesak Valley of the Himalayas to bring the powerful spiritual energy of Shamballa to the assembled masters, initiaties and disciples of the Hierarchy, for the assimilation and eventual distribution of this Shamballa force throughout the world.
The Wesak Valley, lying at a rather high altitude in the foothills of the Himalayan-Tibet ranges. It is surrounded by high mountains on all sides except towards the northeast, where there is a narrow opening in the mountain ranges. The valley is bottle-shaped in contour, with the neck of the bottle to the northeast, and it widens very considerably towards the south. Up towards the northern end, close to the neck of the bottle, there a huge flat rock. There are no trees or shrubs in the valley, which is covered with a kind of coarse grass.
Approaching the time of the full moon of Taurus, pilgrims from the surrounding districts begin to gather. The holy men and the lamas find their way into the valley and fill the southern and the middle parts, leaving the northeastern end relatively free. There, so the legend runs, gathers a group of those great Beings Who are the Custodians on Earth of God's Plan for our planet and for humanity.
This group of knowers of divinity are the main participants in The Wesak Festival. They arrange Themselves in the northeastern end of the valley, in concentric circles, and prepare for a great act of service. In front of the rock, looking towards the northeast, stand Those Beings Who are called by Their disciples The Three Great Lords. These are The Christ, Who stands in the center; the Lord of living forms, The Manu, Who stands at His right; and The Lord of Civilization, who stands to His left. These three face the rock upon which rests a great crystal bowl, full of water.
Behind the grouped Masters, adepts, initiates and senior workers under God's Plan are to be found the world disciples and aspirants in their various grades and groups (either "in the body" or "out of the body"), who at this time constitute the New Group of World Servers. Those present in their physical bodies have found their way there by ordinary means. Others are present in their spiritual bodies, and in the dream state. The "dream," which they later relate, has been uniformly registered by people throughout the world, and bears the testimony to the recollection of an inner spiritual happening.
As the hour of the full moon approaches, a stillness settles down upon the crowd, and all look towards the northeast. Certain ritualistic movements take place, in which the grouped Masters and Their disciples of all ranks take up symbolic positions, and form on the floor of the valley such significant symbols as the five-pointed star, with The Christ standing at the highest point; of a triangle, with The Christ at the apex; or a cross, and other well known formations, all of which have a deep and potent meaning. This is all done to the sound of certain chanted words and esoteric phrases, called mantrams.
The expectancy in the waiting, onlooking crowd becomes very great, and the tension is real and increasing. Through the entire body of people there seems to be felt a stimulation or potent vibration which has the effect of awakening the souls of those present, fusing and blending the group into one united whole, and lifting all into a great act of spiritual demand, readiness, and expectancy. It is the climax of the world's aspiration focussed in this waiting group. These three words - demand, readiness and expectancy - best describe the atmosphere surrounding those present in this secret valley.
The chanting and the rhythmic weaving grows stronger, and all the participants and the watching crowd raise their eyes towards the sky in the direction of the narrow part of the valley. Just a few minutes before the exact time of the full moon, in the far distance, a tiny speck can be seen in the sky. It comes nearer and nearer, and grows in clarity and definiteness of outline, until the form of The Buddha can be seen, seated in the cross-legged Buddha position, clad in his saffron-colored robe, bathed in light and color, and with his hand extended in blessing.
When The Buddha arrives at a point exactly over the great rock, hovering there in the air over the heads of The Three Great Lords, a great mantram, used only once a year, at The Festival, is intoned by The Christ, and the entire group of people in the valley fall upon their faces. This Invocation sets up a great vibration or thought current which is of such potency that it reaches up from the group of aspirants, disciples and initiates who employ it, to the Being we know as God. It marks the supreme moment of intensive spiritual effort throughout the entire year, and the spiritual vitalization of humanity and the spiritual effects last throughout the succeeding months.
When The Buddha arrives at a point exactly over the great rock, hovering there in the air over the heads of The Three Great Lords, a great mantram, used only once a year, at The Festival, is intoned by The Christ, and the entire group of people in the valley fall upon their faces. This Invocation sets up a great vibration or thought current which is of such potency that it reaches up from the group of aspirants, disciples and initiates who employ it, to the Being we know as God. It marks the supreme moment of intensive spiritual effort throughout the entire year, and the spiritual vitalization of humanity and the spiritual effects last throughout the succeeding months.
The effect of this great Invocation is universal or cosmic, and serves to link us up with that cosmic center of spiritual force from which all created beings have come. The blessing is poured forth, and The Christ, as the representative of humanity, receives it in trust, for distribution.
Thus, so the legend runs, The Buddha returns once a year to bless the world, transmitting renewed spiritual life, through The Christ. Slowly then The Buddha recedes into the distance, until again only a faint speck can be seen in the sky, and this eventually disappears. The whole ceremonial blessing, from the time of the first appearance in the distance until the moment The Buddha fades out of view, takes just eight minutes.
The Buddha's annual sacrifice for humanity (for He comes back only at great cost) is over, and He returns again to that high place where He works and waits. Year after year He comes back in blessing; year after year, He and His great brother, The Christ, work in the closest cooperation for the spiritual benefit of humanity. In these two great Sons of God have been focussed two aspects of divine life, and They act together as Custodians of the highest type of spiritual force to which our humanity can respond. Through The Buddha, the wisdom of God is poured forth. Through The Christ, the love of God is manifested in humanity, and it is this wisdom and love which pour forth upon humanity each Wesak full moon.
When The Buddha has again disappeared, the crowd rise to their feet; the water in the bowl is distributed in tiny portions to the Masters, initiates and disciples, and they then go their way to their place of service. The crowd, who have all brought their little cups and vessels of water, drink of them and share with others. In this 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.
In this ceremony is perpetuated for us the story of the universality of God's love, the need for our individual purification, and the opportunity to share with each other that which belongs to all. The water, which has been magnetized by the presence of The Buddha and of The Christ, carries certain properties and virtues of a healing and helpful nature.
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