WESAK WEEK WE HONOR & BLESS LORD GAUTAMA
THE WESAK FESTIVAL
(Bridge to Freedom Journal Book 5)
The great annual Wesak Festival represents the fullest outpouring of nature represented by the month of May, and as the planet Earth must be served through her natural facets, the time of year when the currents of earth are turned outward, toward manifestation, and every leaf and tree and bud and blossom are unfolding the beauty of their own heart center, the Hierarchy utilizes this natural force for their greatest outpouring of nourishment to the soul and spirit of man.
It was the beloved Lord Gautama Buddha (who is now the Lord of the World) who first joined the mighty course of the river of his life to the natural currents of Earth, in his visitation that first full moon in May, and year after year since then, every member of the Brotherhood has voluntarily joined the substance and energy of his or her own lifestream to increase the crescendo of spiritual blessings that flow forth at this mighty festival.
You Are Invited to the Wesak Festival
There is no outer invitation to the Wesak Festival. The light within the heart draws the wayfarers and pilgrims, both in their inner and outer bodies to the place where it is held. There is never a mention made as to the exact location where the visitation will take place, but the tribes and nomads and disciples of Lord Gautama start into motion in March and April and are led only by the prayer in their hearts, which points their feet toward the great light, which is the only magnet and invitation that can draw them—without compass or guide—with the whole of Asia beneath them.
From Ceylon and India, from Persia and Arabia, from China and Tibet and all Asiatic countries come the enthusiastic pilgrims who cross continents without thought of time or effort. The pupils in the West, whose light is great and who are drawn by that light and whose inner bodies are a part of the receiving as well as the outpouring of the energy, are ofttimes entirely unconscious of the tremendous experience which has bathed their souls in the celestial and eternal light and they return to their mundane tasks and duties greatly enriched by their experience.