Dear Forum –

This month’s report is from Chapter 46, page 421 in The Art of Teaching: “It is so subtle – the sense of responsibility. It is a sense of order and discipline.”

Why are these called “senses?”

Senses are the mechanisms we build to contact and learn about our physical, astral, mental, and spiritual environments. For example, on the physical plane, we find ourselves in a place that has light, sound, and heat, so we, the human soul, build physical mechanisms of contact: eyes, ears, and touch.

If we have not yet built a particular mechanism of contact, we cannot experience that part of our environment. For example, our ears can only hear a certain range of sounds. Dogs’ ears hear an additional higher range. Some people’s ears are more sensitive than others, and if they happen to be members of a submarine crew, they are given “sonar” duty listening to the faint sounds of other things in the ocean. Torkom tells the story of waiting for a train with a friend. After a while the friend said, “It will be here soon.” His friend heard the train, but Torkom tells us he had not heard it yet. These are examples from the physical plane, but we also build ears, for example in our mental and emotional bodies, and as we build them on higher levels they connect us with the qualities of the abstract planes. We are told that on the intuitional level we “hear” comprehension (the experience of the wholistic significance of the individual sound vibrations) and on the atmic level, we “hear” beatitude (the experience of unity and love as the higher sounds become one harmonious chord).

By designating responsibility, orderliness, and discipline as senses, the Teaching is telling us to develop our ability to experience them.

What do we experience with each?

With the sense of orderliness we experience the unfolding conscious of God. Everything happens in a particular order. The Teaching explains that we can only draw higher or more expansive energy in an amount equal to what is already in our system, giving the example of - if you have two pounds of mental energy, you can only draw two more pounds. It is what Christ meant when He said, “To those who have, it will be given.” With every conscious expansion we build a more adequate mechanism. Scientists know about this. It is called the Fibonacci sequence (1-1-2-3-5-8-13 etc.) after the Italian mathematician of the Middle Ages who observed Nature’s patterns and codified them numerically. Absolutely no creation happens haphazardly. There is an order. A sense of order is not orderliness. Orderliness can be crystalized. A sense of order is a mechanism of infinite expansion. We expand into spheres of higher and higher meaning and connectedness.

We can develop this sense, for instance, by

• Observing and appreciating nature – by planting and cultivating a garden.
• Helping others to learn – becoming sensitive to their process of unfoldment.
• Working on algebra problems.
• Building something.

With the sense of discipline we adjust our life to conform to this progressively unfolding process within ourselves and others so that we can gradually, lifetime by lifetime, participate in it more consciously and serviceably. It is a matter of expressing our expansion. We ask such things as how can I be a better person? What do I need to do to accomplish my vision? How do I make myself better fit to serve the unfolding Life?

Some of the ways we can develop a sense of discipline are to

• Observe what happens if we are not disciplined. If, for example, we want to become a ballet dancer, we must practice every day. Otherwise, we do not maintain our agility, muscular obedience, and strength.
• Develop one-pointedness.
• Serve others. There is a lovely story of a teacher in a rural school in South America. He realized his students were not learning, were not able to read or read well, so he took books to them. And he would read to the young children in the communities he visited. He disciplined himself to ride out into the jungle twice a week.

What is responsibility vs. sense of responsibility

Every human being who incarnates has an assignment which they bring with them from the Higher Worlds. No one is born without a reason for being here. That reason is our responsibility. Sometimes we call it our purpose, our calling, our passion, our vision, our mission, what makes life worthwhile and meaningful for us, or just what we enjoy doing.

As we refine our sense of order, we connect with our part and position in Life’s sequential unfoldment.

As we refine our sense of discipline, we discover how to participate and contribute more and more effectively.

Our response-ability is reflected in how we live our life, in how well we fulfill our assignment – even if we do not think of it that way. Although there are many kinds and degrees of our ability to respond to these assignments, if they are true responsibilities they will lead us

1. To contribute to the betterment and well-being of life on Earth.
2. To synchronize the elementals of our vehicles with Life’s progressive unfoldment so that they help us with our assignments.

A responsibility is an assignment from the Higher Worlds. A sense of responsibility is our ability to connect with it and to be influenced by it.  

What this has meant for me

I understand better what is meant by sensing something and how important sensing is. Only as I sense and experience something does it become a transforming influence for me.

Other Work

I participate in several discussion/study groups, do the weekly Bailey meditations, and continue to do visualizations and exercises to help purify.

With blessings,

Joanne

March 2026 Month End Report

Gita Saraydarian

World Discipleship, p. 561: “ … We are not going to look for the result of our labor.”

1. Why do we not look for results?
2. What is a result?
3. How can we truly see a result?
4. Implications

A dear friend recently asked me what benefit is the Teaching when so much violence and inhumane activities are committed across the planet for as long as we can remember in our lifetime. It was a good question given what we read in the news every day. As I thought about it, I started reading the Chapter “Purposeful Labor” from World Discipleship and meditated on the above seed thought.

Why do we not look for results? If we look for results, we will look prematurely for tangible results that we want or expect to see according to our biases. And, not seeing what we expect to happen immediately, we will give up. We all have biases, spiritual people and all people alike live in biases. We look for results that our consciousness can reach, which are again biased according to our level of consciousness. We also look for what we want to see. Our inability to see beyond the physical plane, let alone our ignorance of real facts, prevents us from seeing a holistic condition in life. Looking for results shows us how ignorant we are about the way life changes and how we are not seeing the change that needs to take place in our own lives; we are looking at the outside life to make a change when we do not make the change itself!

What is a result? A result can be a visible change, visible according to what we can see in any level of our lives and relations. It can be change on any level of consciousness, from etheric all the way up to the Divine planes and even beyond. What does that mean if we cannot even see change in anything other than the lowest level of the physical life? How do we register change? It all depends on our equipment and our clarity of mind to really see.  We do not see on all levels, so we will miss any nuance or change in circumstances and consider it as no change. Change takes place starting on the most subtle levels, totally unseen by us. It filters down to the material levels slowly, over long periods of time. We will not see material change if we look at the news, in the pundits, in the politicians or the social media producers. The only change we can discern is by raising our consciousness to a much higher level, if we can, and there view changes. Or we look for changes in deep thinkers, artists, creative people, philosophers, who are able to link up to higher ideas and manifest them in their lives. So, we will not see any change until we are able to raise ourselves beyond the needs of our physical and emotional bodies. We will not see any change if we do not give up our ego, our set beliefs, our biases, our personal expectations.

How can we truly see a result? By expanding our ability to think, observe, read data and facts, listen to real experts who are unbiased in truth and challenging ourselves. We see results by comparing timelines in all fields of human endeavor; by learning to observe with all our senses; by engaging with deep thinkers; by reading books and publications by people who know how to think, analyze, and put life into historical perspective; by being courageous enough to challenge our biases and personal opinions and listen to people with different opinions. We can train our minds to see by being reticent to believe what narrow minded people think and say and publish and by questioning their motives. By questioning those who give opinions about the doom of life due to their depressed states of consciousness, we will understand the cause of their opinions. Be wary of those who are depressed, tired, negative, see no value in life for they will lead our thinking to the bottom pit of emotions. By being able to observe, clearly and without bias, the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual condition of life we open our senses. And, we can see a result when we are honest and open to see. We observe change only in the true “changemakers” the real thinkers of humanity, the humanitarians, the researchers who do scientific thinking and searching. Most poignantly, we see results in the most creative, out of the box thinkers and artists of our day.

The implications are huge: we must admit that we simply do not see the way we think we do. Our sight is limited. We are in fact biased. We are narrow and not open. Or we are too eager and open to any opinion that fits our narrative. The usual will bring us the usual. The way to see results is first to think and know that there are always results. Any physical-emotional-mental-and higher activities always, always have a corresponding and opposite reaction. This is the law of life. The change that is perceived by us is material; change takes place starting on the subtle levels first. Life evolves so slowly that it is like watching grass grow. Boiling water starts with a slow temperature change until we realize it is boiling. But it was moving up to a “boil” before the boil we perceived!

If we observe with sensitivity, wonder, and we search to understand, then we can start to discern. If we learn how matter changes, ever so painfully, slowly on the material levels, we will understand change. And, if we try to give up our ego driven need to see change as we want it, we will see change. Life in each place and plane of existence has the right to change at an evolutionarily valid pace. I observe how long it takes me to change, and I am humbled!

I continue daily reading and meditation from the NGWS Chapters as well as World Discipleship. Thursday-Sunday meditations are regular. Wesak preparation is on track. I hope to see all of you at Wesak.

Sending you each love and appreciation,

Gita

Ashram report for Mars 2026

 Dear coworkers, I am reporting from page 416 in The Art of teaching.

“The first thing you will feel within your heart is the spirit of cooperation.”

My seed is “the spirit of cooperation.”

 What is cooperation?

How can I improve my co-operative skills?

What is the spirit of cooperation?

Implication.

 Cooperation starts when we turn away from separateness and through the fire of the heart start to function as a part of a group.

 What is cooperation?

Cooperation means to concentrate together on a plan and a purpose and to work as one unit on actualizing it. It means to rise above frictions and shortcomings of one another and to work side by side in dedication and creativity, holding an inner decision not to invoke criticism, rejections, fights, or irritations. It is an effort to bring once own energy together with the energies of the co-workers in a positive creative spirit so that the work will serve its purpose. It is an effort to build an atmosphere that brings out the best in every co-worker within the group and allow him to express his creativity freely.

 How can I improve my co-operation skills?

• By practicing harmlessness: Watch for criticism, irritation, and subtle hostility in my emotions and thoughts.
• By cultivating goodwill: bless my co-workers and hold them in my heart.
• By deciding that the group work comes before my opinions, preferences, and need for recognition.
• By being willing to move toward others: not to wait for others to adapt to me, listen, and find common ground.
• By practice right speech: speak truthfully, kindly, and at the right time, avoid gossip, complaint, and undermining remarks about other groups or workers.
• By learning to apologies and to forgive; this keeps the atmosphere of the group clear, secure and honest.
• By being dependable: keep my promises, be on time, and finish the tasks I accept.
• By working quietly: be willing to serve without recognition.

 What is the spirit of cooperation?

The spirit of cooperation always aims to uplift, it aims for better conditions of life for everybody everywhere, for expansion of consciousness, creativity, freedom, and healing. It is the spirit of trust and brotherhood. It is readiness to work together for higher purpose and be of service to the Hierarchy.

 Implication.

Cooperation requires steady ongoing watchfulness over my thoughts and emotions. It gradually pushes me to bypass my own personality as well as the personality of others and to focus instead on the flame within my co-workers, my group members, and my family. It is about connecting these flames so that together we become a spiritual vessel through which the Hierarchy can work. This means burning away the separateness, self-centeredness, and the glamor of thinking what I say, and feel is most important, and practicing addressing the soul in others rather than reacting to their personality. Honest and harmless communication is the ground on which true co-operation can be built. If there is no common understanding of the plan or the purpose of the group, the work becomes like a rocking chair – there is a lot of movement but no real progress.

I want to be ready, I want  to see my co‑workers as fellow servers, not as obstacles or competitors, and I want to be willing to share, to listen, and to adjust so that the common work can move forward.

Other work: I am preparing for Wesak, trying to clean myself up physically, emotionally, and mentally. Leading monthly WOZ meetings, triangles, praying and Ashram work daily.

Looking forward to seeing you at Wesak.

With love and appreciation.

Dagmar.

Dear co-workers, here is my report for March

Title of book and page number: Teachings of Great Ones, pages 534 through 543.

Seed thought: “The good part of the crises for us is that they are opening the doors for us to opportunities, illumination and brotherhood.  We will be able to speed up our evolution to a higher level.” (535).

In reflecting on this seed thought, my perspective regarding crisis changes. Crisis is usually seen as disruption, loss, or instability. But this seed thought gives it a very different approach. It suggests that turbulence helps loosen up what is rigid, allowing new awareness, deeper connection, and accelerated inner growth.

In spiritual philosophy, crisis often functions as a catalyst. It gives us experience. It forces us to question assumptions, priorities, and attachments. When familiar structures fall apart, our consciousness has an opportunity to expand. Illumination is a process that is not easy; it emerges when old patterns no longer sustain us. In that sense, crisis becomes less an obstacle and more a “doorway”.

Opportunities appear because our perception changes according to our needs. We begin to notice possibilities we have previously ignored. Brotherhood emerges because shared experiences help us to bond and dissolve separateness. When people suffer together, or live through shared challenges and difficulties, compassion turns from theoretical to practical. Evolution accelerates because growth that might take years is condensed into a shorter, intense period.

Here is a simple example from daily life: someone loses his job. At first, the experience is unsettling and painful, but such experience makes the person reflect and reconsider his values. A certain illumination arises when the person starts to recognize what truly matters. Additionally, brotherhood appears when friends, family, or community offers support, and the individual later extends that same support to others in need.

Another example: a global health crisis, like the one we faced during the pandemic. Fear and uncertainty spread, yet communities organize mutual aid, neighbors help the elderly, and families rediscover time together. Many people reassess their lifestyle, slowing down and valuing simplicity. The crisis causes brotherhood to become visible. The opportunity for evolution takes place collectively, not just individually.

Meditating on this phrase gives me several insights. We can start perceiving that crises are not random punishments but invitations to awareness. Another insight is that growth often requires discomfort; illumination rarely appears in complacency, when everything goes easy. A further reflection is that evolution is not only personal advancement but also the widening of empathy and cooperation. There is always a larger process, a group process, and difficulties bring hidden opportunities.

Three questions that I can ask myself in connection with the seed thought:

1. What assumptions I had about crisis are being challenged, and how does redefining crises can change the way I react to difficulty?
2. In what ways can illumination arise specifically through instability or uncertainty?
3. Does “speeding up evolution” refer to personal transformation, collective growth, or both?

Considering daily life, this perspective gives me the opportunity to respond in a more conscious way to challenges. When tension appears at work, instead of reacting defensively, one may pause and look for the lesson. When someone struggles, offering patience or practical help transforms crisis into brotherhood. Even simple gestures—listening attentively, sharing resources, volunteering time—become vehicles for evolution.

Service toward others is particularly powerful. Helping someone conquer a challenge brings compassion and unity. It also re-focuses our own understanding. Through service, crises become shared learning rather than a solitary burden. Washing dishes for a tired family member, assisting a colleague under pressure, or supporting community initiatives—these modest actions help us bring spiritual ideas to daily reality.

The seed thought ultimately guides us to a new approach: see disruption as potential, respond with awareness, and move toward unity. Crisis then becomes not merely something to endure, but something that brings transformation to our life and to the lifes of others.

MARGARITA LAY

“The new education will primarily be concerned with the scientific and conscious bridging between the various aspects of the human being, thus producing coordination and synthesis and an increased expansion of consciousness through the establishing of right lines of energy.” (Education in the New Age, p. 34)

This quote directly links education with the expansion of consciousness, a core goal for the New Group of World Servers. It emphasizes the importance of the study of Ageless Wisdom and inner development. Inspiration from “The Creative Fire”, P.365

How do study and guidance work together?

How does study bring out our own resources?

How can we impartially put study to work for our future?

Implications

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How do study and guidance work together?

Study and guidance function as complementary aspects of a single process of awakening understanding. Right study prepares the mind so that it becomes receptive to guidance that originates beyond ordinary thought. Through study, the mind is furnished with clear and ordered thought forms—living structures of meaning—that can later be inhabited by impressions coming from higher sources. Without study, guidance lacks a vessel through which it can be consciously received; without guidance, study remains confined to the accumulation of information. When these two work together, study creates the inner architecture, and guidance supplies the illuminating force that animates it. In this way, study is not an end in itself, but a deliberate preparation for deeper insight and direction.

How does study bring out our own resources?

Study brings forth our own inner resources by awakening what already lies dormant within us. Beneath the surface layers of the mental body exists intuitive knowledge that has been gathered through experience, reflection, and prior understanding. Through sustained and thoughtful study, this buried knowledge is called forth, much as pressure brings hidden water to the surface. Study does not merely add new information from the outside; rather, it stimulates recognition, remembrance, and synthesis from within. As these inner resources rise into conscious awareness, they become available for practical use, insight, and creative application. Thus, study acts as a catalyst that transforms latent understanding into active wisdom.

How can we impartially put study to work for our future?

We can put study to work impartially for our future by recognizing that study is not limited to reading alone, but includes the conscious gathering of impressions through all available channels of perception. Study may be carried out through the eyes by reading or observing, through the ears by listening, or through subtler faculties such as synthesis and discretion. When approached impartially, study becomes a balanced discipline in which information is weighed, integrated, and understood without personal bias or attachment. By engaging all the senses and higher mental faculties, study prepares us to meet future situations with clarity and discernment. In this way, study becomes an ongoing training of awareness that equips us to respond wisely to whatever lies ahead.

Implications:

The evidence presented in this report demonstrates that the study of Ageless Wisdom is both encouraged and, in many cases, required for members of the New Group of World Servers. This study is not an isolated intellectual pursuit but is integrated with meditation, service, and the cultivation of higher faculties such as intuition and group consciousness.

The study of Ageless Wisdom is not merely an optional activity for the New Group of World Servers but is a foundational practice that enables members to cultivate higher consciousness, align with the Divine Plan, and serve humanity effectively.

Blessings to all, Chuck

I participate in prayer, creative fire and triangle groups, study for full moons, read the Teaching and meditate.

Dear Co-Workers

Christ and the NGWS: Chapter 23, page 399: “As above, so below. Things that are happening in the highest realms of the Universe are repeating themselves on the lower levels, in distorted, disturbed manners, but the essence is there. Whatever is happening below is repeating itself in higher realms."

This sentence is unsettling and confusing -- it does not make sense.  If there are wars in the lower world, are there wars going on in the higher world? 

What is “above”?  What is “below?” Above is the realm of higher principles, intelligence, where ideas exist before they become action. Above is levels of reality and consciousness. Above is the world of higher consciousness.  The field of universal laws.   Below is the world of human expression, behavior, form --  the physical world. Below is where things get messy, emotional, and inconsistent. Above is potential. Below is Execution.

What are examples of “as above, so below?”  The higher world releases ideas of beauty, justice, cooperation, and synthesis. They are seeds. Humanity’s role is to receive, interpret and manifest them on Earth. We, humans, are the bridge. When we expand our awareness through virtuous living and practices, we help anchor the higher ideals into right human relationships and become real servers. 

Above creates dynamic tension, purposeful movement, and a force that drives change and evolution. This is inevitable.

Below we have war, violence, corruption, and destruction.  Above creates constructive tension to move from current reality.  Below humans express the tension as destructive conflict because we filter it through vanity, ego, maya, illusion, and separatism. Above is projecting right use of power. Below is manipulating, controlling, and misusing authority. Above is power used wisely. Below is power used selfishly. Above are universal laws that cannot be broken, motive of right relationships. Below is expressed as inequality, separatism, and oppression due to a lack of purification and virtuous, ethical living.

What is the truth underneath this concept?  Nothing originating from higher consciousness is ugly, corrupt or chaotic. As humans, we distort, dilute, and misinterpret. When we practice Ageless Wisdom Universal Truths, we elevate our consciousness and express the higher principles in our daily living.

Implications: This leads to “as within so without. When we remember that we are the transmission line between the higher world and the physical world, we take on greater responsibility to keep on keeping on with dedication, knowing that this is a Cosmic opportunity to continue on our Path of Initiation and become real servers.

The sentence I am referring to that does not make sense is:  "Things that are happening in the highest realms of the Universe are repeating themselves in the lower levels, in distorted, disturbed manners."

Reporting from Wisdom of the Zodiac, Vol 3. Chapter 46, page 513

“One-pointedness”

What does one-pointedness mean? To have continuous striving.

One: All other things are subordinated to the One. The One directs, colors, shapes, informs everything that you do.

Pointedness speaks to direction. What is it pointing to? Only one direction, North like a compass. Always facing North, no matter what detours or dead ends we encounter. Th arrow always points North. Therefore winds, storms, and tornados do not affect the one going North: winds of emotions, storms of thoughts and tornados of words and action that are selfish, destructive, and negative.

We are to attain such a consciousness, “one-pointedness” through continuous striving, which synthesizes our life so that everything we do takes us North. Maya, glamors and illusions try to direct the arrow of the compass in all directions, swirling around in circles. But to always have your arrow pointing North, you can be anywhere facing any direction, but when you look inward to your inner compass you will find your True North, your True Self.

This is how our daily life should play out. Our activities of daily living must always lead us Northward. We do not deviate from our course. We keep our bodies healthy, pure and beautiful. Observing your activities and making adjustments so that our bodies allow us to strive continuously. Where is the squeaky wheel that calls out for attention? Continuous striving reveals all that interrupts the striving. Wrong choices of food and drink. Anger, fear, jealousy and hatred creeping into our awareness. Inertias, blockages, weaknesses and selfish choices reveal themselves when we strive. Striving reveals our nature and tendencies and provides the energy to improve ourselves. Striving isn’t immediate becoming. Striving is continuous becoming. There is no sleeping on the job. Nothing is done mechanically. One-pointedness is conscious living.

Looking forward to seeing everyone at Wesak.

God Bless,

Tina

Hello Dear Friends,

My report is taken from The Wisdom of the Zodiac, Vol. 3, page 516. Torkom is talking about the qualities of Sagittarius and how this constellation will help us to prepare for initiation and attainment. My seed thought is from: “Then there is the ‘fire of attainment.’ Attainment is different from achievement. Achievement is outside. You achieve being a President. You attain a mastery.”

1. What does attainment mean and how is it different from achievement?
2. What are the keys to attainment?
3. What are examples of attainments that we are striving toward?
4. Implications

What does attainment mean and how is it different from achievement?  Attainment is an inner striving to reach a higher level of consciousness, or beingness, and to have mastery on that level. Mastery means the ability to use the radiation or psychic energy that is accumulated in reaching the level of attainment to change the outer world and communicate with the Higher Worlds.

A man must change his “inside before he can change his outside.” Great achievements bear fruit when the inner work precedes them. A man can be a great athlete, leader, or scientist. But it is the attainment of character, of nobility, that makes the man of achievement immortal. Achievements are accomplished with the power of our personality – body, emotions and mind. We know the personality can be disciplined to help us in achieving our goals and success in this lifetime. But it is the heart that is the path of spiritual attainments that will carry us for lifetimes into the Future.

What are some keys to attainment?

• We stop looking back. Attainment requires us, step by step, to renounce the little self. We no longer sway back a little, forth a little. We cross the bridge knowing that there will be challenges, even great battles within, but we do not look back. We give our all to the attainment of ascent for the sake of the family of souls
• We stop creating negative karma so that our striving can go forward less impeded.
• We keep the development of virtues in front of us – in our mind, emotions and actions. We observe and correct our course if we are not reflecting them in our life.
• We learn about “fire” as the highest element available to us for attainment. Fire creates (Light), sustains (Love), and destroys (Power) the limitations and obstacles so that our soul has the freedom to attain greater heights.

What are examples of attainments that we are striving towards? Just as there are higher levels of knowledge and wisdom, so too there are higher levels of attainment – higher levels of spiritual actualization.

• We strive to fill our Chalice by opening the petals of Knowledge, Love, and Sacrifice.
• We develop synthesis and bring the many layers of life together into harmony and unity.
• We become a Lighted Soul as we attain the Third Initiation.
• We learn our last lessons from our Solar Angle and look towards the higher attainment of the next Initiation and the Spiritual Triad.

Attainments are pinnacle peaks of expanded Light and Joy, always pointing us toward the next peak of attainment.

Implications. I have been focusing on certain virtues one month at a time. Sometimes choosing them from our WOZ study and sometimes from other studies of the Teaching. But truly the best source of choosing has been based on how life and people are being reflected to me.

Generosity – How can I creatively expand my generosity? I must empty a unproductive part of myself so there is room for an expansion of giving and serving. I have made the striving of the following virtues into a prayer.

Compassion – May I hold another’s heart in my hands so tenderly that there is a safe place for them to grow.

Co-measurement – May I learn to “read the room” and be silent when silence is needed or engage with the simplicity of an explanation solely to broaden understanding.

Calmness – May I recognize the agitations of the day and bless them as signs for me to breathe and go within. Calmness allows me to see the truth, to forgive, and to respond directly as a loving soul.

With love to All,

Julie

Dear Group, my apologies for delay, Ron's report will follow. 

Reporting from P328

Human consciousness throughout the planet is realizing one very important thing: no nation is an island, everyone influences everyone else, and it is better to consider the well-being of all nations if we want to bring well-being to this planet. 

A nucleus must be formed on this planet that will work for the brotherhood of humanity, bringing peace, understanding, and right human relations. 

1) What is a nucleus? 

The nucleus is the tiny, dense, positively charged center of an atom, containing protons and neutrons held together by the strong nuclear force. Comprising over 99.9% of the atom's mass, the nucleus defines the element's identity based on its proton count. 

2) How do we define this nucleus in our daily lives? 

The nucleus, the essence defines everything. All groups, all families, all institutions, all communities, all nations have a nucleus. It is that nucleus that defines the quality, the character, of that group, that family, institution, community or nation. It is the center small center around which everything turns. Our Ashramic group is a nucleus. This is why our Ashramic work is so important. 

3) Is it important to have a big group? Is more better? 

More is not better, and not important; a small group, that is focused, alert, aware, conscious, motivated and dedicated to a high cause can emanate a strong influence on it’s surroundings and on the world and initiate great changes. 

4) So what matters really?

It is not quantity that matters, that can make a difference, it is the quality of the nucleus that makes all the difference in the world. Christ said, if only one  of you would be fully aware of who you are, you will have the power to change the whole world. 

We used to have a strong matriarchal influence on these islands. The grandmother was respected, listened to. Her eyes and ears, were everywhere, her words had Wisdom. Her influence was strong, she was the strong nuclear force that held a whole family together. And she was just one person. Most of our grannies are now nowhere to be found. They lost their wisdom, and are lost in all kinds of distractions.

5) How do we manifest this nucleus?

The nuclear force is there, the seed is there, the essence is there, but we have to unleash its power, by our personal striving, by our ashramic work. 

6) Implications 

Working with this seedthought made me conscious of the fact that it is always a small center that glues and keeps a group together. This small essence that does the real work, it is from their core that the strength emanates, defining, shaping the manifestation in the world. We have to be conscious of our strength, our power and our responsibility. We have to be aware of our strength, stay focused, and not allow ourselves to become distracted. We have to keep working, keep striving relentlessly, on our mission of bringing beauty, goodness, righteousness, joy and freedom back to the World. 

We meditate and do our daily work,

Thank you dear group for your support,

Love,

Merelyn

World Discipleship, Chapter 22

Seed Thought:” Do not let your past control your future. Let your future control your present life.”  Page 227

What is the past and why do we dredge our misdeeds?

We all have done and said things in the past that we wish we hadn’t.  I suspect many of us easily forgive others who have hurt us. Why can’t we forgive ourselves and make choices about how we want to engage with people in the future. Holding onto the past only prevents us from moving forward. Our past actions are always there and we don’t want guilt to interfere with our future growth.

As Torkum says that “only the divinity with you judges you>” Page 228. Our soul is always watching us. And if we are good listeners and sensitive to that small inner voice within that in a one brief second ask “do you really want to say that” or “do you want to be part of something negative.”  We have a choice to make. We can wallow in the past or leave it behind us.

How do we let the “future” impact our lives:  

Every moment we take a breath is the future. Every thought and action is the future.  We strive to work for the Hierarchy in our own way.  We continue to consciously develop light, love, compassion and beauty in our own lives and recognize that same spark of the divine in others.  We consciously work at using our power wisely in our interactions with others and in our work for the Hierarchy.  We listen to others with differing views without judgment. We learn to respect everyone.

Implications: This topic resonated with me because I’ve had two significant incidents that caused great injury to me. The first injury 44 years go set me on a path to study spiritually. I knew there was something more to learn after my experience. The insurance money I received enabled me to adopt two children and I turned the negative into a beautiful gift.  The second injury 22 years ago forced me to retire early and nudged me to reinvent myself as a journalist and work in a field I have come to dearly love, because it is more service-oriented and allows me to be more creative.

I am studying the Wesak readings and preparing for that week!  Can’t wait!  Wesak almost landed on my birthday this year - May 3.

Blessings to all,

Patricia          

Dear Gita and group, 

Receive hereby my report from Teaching of the Great Ones. p.327/328

Faith is part of a great Plan, it also means faith in yourself, and trust that you are not thrown in the world by a blind force. It is faith that there is a Plan and Purpose for your existence, you must have some kind of faith.

What does it mean?

We all come in with special talents, tools to serve to bring Joy, Beauty, Healing, Health and Well-being to humanity. Your talents are to serve the progress and awakening of humanity and bring people back in contact with their own essence. 

But we are often so distracted by traumatic experiences, that we loose faith in our own specialties, and then sometimes we even need the help of others to bring us back in contact with the spark of the Divine within us, and Trust in the tools we brought with us into this world to manifest. 

With Love and gratitude,

Ron

Title of the book and page number: 100 Names of God, p.103.

Seed thought:
"The Resurrecting One — He That resurrects you… All His Plans and Laws and Teachings and Wisdom are provided to us so that He resurrects us."

What does resurrection mean to me?
When and how does one experience resurrection?
How does knowing this Name help me?

Resurrection is the will of Love, the turning of the heart from darkness to Light, detaching from the unreal and opening to the Real — to the Truth.  

Cyclically what begins in light, when it completes its duty, or function moves toward darkness (toward emptiness), so that it can begin anew. It is like the lunar cycle, each month the moon moving from darkness to light and back to darkness again. Symbolically it conjuncts the sun when it is empty, where it receives a new impulse, a new mission, then gradually fulfills its duty, and empties itself, preparing for the next meeting.

Resurrection requires discipline of the bodies, discipline of inner and outer senses with love and compassion. Resurrection is possible only when one functions as a healthy, dynamic kingdom. This is an alignment, or attunement of the heart: to place oneself in right relation with the Creator and the creation — right in the middle of the cross.  This is the center of balance between self and other, spirit and material. At that center one is empty and closest to the Truth, to the Compassionate One, to the Loving One, and ready to be resurrected into a new body, into a new state of consciousness.

With gratitude, 

Dilara

Constance Pharr
Ashram Report March 2026

From Passage To Higher Worlds by Torkom Saraydarian, Chapter 24 – The Higher Worlds of Dreams, Page 340, Paragraphs 1 and 4:

“Life at present shows the conflict between the expanding consciousness and the petrified consciousness. The result is the situation of the world that we see everywhere. But the future must be for those who expand their consciousness because they are those who speed with the rhythm of evolution.”

1. Where do we see evidence of this?

Seems a silly question at this point, because the conflict is virtually everywhere, at every level, from our personal lives to our national and global existence. The things we are hearing and witnessing on an hourly basis are not only physically destructive, but also emotionally and mentally painful.

The events of racial, political, and criminal hatred, hostility, and greed are deeply disturbing for all humanity, and for those of who are striving to maintain faith in humanity as well. We strive to see the potential of the human soul beyond the fear, pain, and destruction that is taking place as the great conflict between expansion and petrification rages on.

2. How best do we hold the vision for future expansion?

By daily contacting the source of Light, Love, and Power that we know is within our own being, and that we believe is in the heart and soul of others. It can be difficult at times, especially when we see and recognize that there are those who have made choices putting them on the way of darkness. Even though we realize we are not yet perfected beings, it is still very hard to comprehend that that someone would give themselves over through cruelty, destruction, greed, and separatism to darkness. Yet this is also a clearing process in some respects, nevertheless, painful and hard to witness.

3. What more can be done? Torkom further states in paragraph 4:

“It is very important that you start controlling your dreams because those who can control their dreams realize that they can also control the world-dream. The world-dream mechanically goes on and controls our life. Things happen again and again as they happened before, and no once can change them. Those who are able to control their dreams will see that life also is a dream. Then they will be able to introduce changes in that dream and make that world-dream a bridge toward higher dimensions of reality. If you control your dreams, you can control your life. If you cannot control your life, your life controls you and you become an automaton.”

4. What are the implications of controlling my dreams in my life?

Dreams have always been an important part of my life, bringing guidance, inspiration, information, and sometimes nothing but an indication that there is still so much more to learn to master my personality vehicles, improve my life and the lives of others.

“My Lord, let your freedom permeate my entire being. Let me be free from all worries and anxieties of the day so that my soul may enter into your Temple of Beauty. Let me be free from all physical, emotional, and mental crystallizations, and be with you as a Free Soul.”

For the last few months, even before doing More radiant than the Sun exercise, I have started to sing, with all my heart, “Oh Lord of Beauty” that Torkom gave us, and we sang in choir many times. It is so potent, so powerful in transforming the flow of my day.

I am deeply grateful, with love,
Constance