Grand Councilor’s Message

Greetings from all points of the triangle!

Dear Sorors, Fraters, and Seekers,

“Peace be unto you, you deserve it!”

Let this simple message be your guiding light. It’s true although at times difficult to recognize. Why is this so often the case?

All religions offer an answer but they need not be detailed here. What is important is that this simple truth “you deserve it” is clearly the message of all the great mystics and avatars. Again, you might be asking, why is it so hard to realize?

In writing this morning, a memory of a long ago conversation in a Rosicrucian temple where a soror asked for some suggestions as to where she could find more some time to study the Rosicrucian principles. She, like so many of us, had a bushel basket full of responsibilities: children, job, husband, daily tasks and so on and her time was precious. What she asked, was she to do?

Well, if she were here today I might offer that she could first, start the day appropriately with a moment of thanksgiving, a glass of cold water and a period of meditation. Having attuned with the cosmic forces, the table of earthly challenges will be tilted in her favor and the favor of all those she would meet that day. This need not be a lengthy practice if time, energy, and what former Imperator Ralph Lewis so often called the vicissitudes of life, demand your attention, but the time used needs to be focused, every word, breath, and vowel sound needs to be visualized as it is intoned, heard, and experienced in a direct, whole bodied, and uninterrupted fashion.

As this occurs change is both in motion and set in motion. Karmic weight is lightened and less unwanted karma is created for future reconciliation and response. After some time of steady, repeated practice, those morning periods of attunement are no longer a responsibility, but a desired time, high points of her days. She both looks forward to and welcomes them. They become more and more desirable as their expected and unexpected benefits become more obvious and plentiful. She feels more connected to the Divine. New thoughts, insight, guidance and direction, merge, rushing to her efforts and new found desires. She realizes a new peace, intermittent at first, but, as time goes on, it becomes more stable and portable; she takes it with her wherever she goes because inspiration has begun her very day.

And, as that same time passes she will learn to remember the truth and direction of her morning as it lifts her above her former habits and responses throughout the day. Those inspiring moments will be remembered and their energy relived, even amplified. She realizes that transformation can be lived and realized constantly, not only in her life but in the lives of those with whom she meets and works. New inspirations begin emerge in unpredicted places and ways. They, too, are desirable, attractive and sought. Her life is in the process of conscious transformation and she begins to more greatly realize and appreciate it. The soul within, the divine spark, the cosmic consciousness within her becomes, more and more evident. She begins to see the same in others and she can link with them in common direction. Having won a well-earned victory over inertia she realizes the effort and support needed to grow and countless numbers of people are effected through the ripple effect of her thoughts and actions.

Then, one morning after her sunrise thanksgiving, a voice is heard, “Peace be unto you, you deserve it…and so does everyone else.”

With all best wishes for your most profound peace,

John Fowler

Grand Councilor, Colorado Region AMORC