I PLAY MY PART WITH STERN RESOLVE; WITH EARNEST ASPIRATION;

I LOOK ABOVE, I HELP BELOW;

I DREAM NOT, NOR I REST;

I TOIL, I SERVE, I REAP, I PRAY;

I AM THE CROSS; I AM THE WAY;

I TREAD UPON THE WORK I DO,

I MOUNT UPON MY SLAIN SELF;

I KILL DESIRE, AND I STRIVE, FORGETTING ALL REWARD.

I FOREGO PEACE, I FORFEIT REST;

AND, IN THE STRESS OF PAIN,

I LOSE MYSELF AND I FIND MYSELF AND ENTER INTO PEACE;

TO ALL THIS I SOLEMNLY PLEDGE MYSELF, INVOKING MY HIGHER SELF.

MAY THAT SOUL OF MINE WHOSE NATURE IS LOVE AND WISDOM DIRECT EVENTS,

IMPEL TO ACTION AND GUIDE MY EVERY WORD AND DEED.

LET THE LOVE OF THE SOUL ATTRACT; AND THE LIGHT OF THE SOUL DIRECT;

ALL WHOM I SEEK TO HELP. THUS WILL HUMANITY BE SAVED BY ME AND

ALL AFFILIATED WITH THE HIERARCHY.

LET THE ACTIONS OF THE SOUL BE THE MOTIVES OF MY DAILY LIFE.

I AM THAT SOUL AND UNTO THAT I DEDICATE MYSELF.

THAT SOUL IS ONE IN ALL MY FELLOWMEN AND I AM ONE WITH THEM.

THE KEYNOTE OF THE ACTION OF THE SOUL IS SACRIFICE.

MAY THE ENERGY OF THE DIVINE SELF INSPIRE ME

AND THE LIGHT OF THE SOUL DIRECT

MAY I BE LEAD FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT

FROM THE UNREAL TO THE REAL

FROM DEATH TO IMMORTALITY

HE WHO FACES THE LIGHT AND STANDS WITHIN ITS RADIANCE

IS BLINDED TO THE ISSUES OF THE WORLD OF MEN;

HE PASSES ON THE LIGHTED WAY

TO THE GREAT CENTER OF ABSORPTION.

BUT HE WHO FEELS THE URGE TO PASS THAT WAY,

YET LOVES HIS BROTHER ON THE DARKENED PATH,

REVOLVES UPON THE PEDESTAL OF LIGHT AND TURNS THE OTHER WAY.

HE FACES TOWARDS THE DARK, AND THEN THE SEVEN POINTS OF LIGHT WITHIN

HIMSELF TRANSMIT THE OUTWARD STREAMING LIGHT,

AND LO! THE FACE OF THOSE UPON THE DARKENED WAY RECEIVES THAT LIGHT.

FOR THEM THE WAY IS NOT SO DARK.

BEHIND THE WARRIORS -

TWIXT THE LIGHT AND THE DARK BLAZES THE LIGHT OF HIERARCHY.

MAY THE POWER OF THE ONE LIFE

POUR THROUGH THE GROUP OF ALL TRUE SERVERS.

MAY THE LOVE OF THE ONE SOUL CHARACTERIZE THE LIVES

OF ALL WHO SEEK TO AID THE GREAT ONES.

MAY I FULFIL MY PART IN THE ONE WORK THROUGH

SELF-FORGETFULNESS, HARMLESSNESS, AND RIGHT SPEECH.

I AM THE ONE WHO NEVER STANDS ALONE

THOSE DAYS OF ISOLATION LIE BEHIND ME

FOR I AM STRONG AND NEED NOT DRAIN THE STRENGTH OF OTHERS

I STAND ALONE WHEN BLAME DESCENDS

FOR I AM TRUE AND KNOW WHAT I SHOULD DO

I THEREBY SHIELD THE WEAK AND LEAVE THEM FREE

BUT IN THIS WORK I HAVE NO SELF BUT AM THE SELF

THE SELF WHICH KNOWS ITSELF TO BE THE SELF IN ALL

AND THUS I DO MY WORK

ALONE - YET NOT ALONE

AND THUS FOR AYE - I STAND

IN THE CENTER OF LOVE I STAND

WHERE NAUGHT CAN HARM ME

AND I CAN HARM NONE.

IN THE CENTER OF ALL LOVE I STAND

WHERE ALL IS WELL

AND FROM THAT CENTER I GO FORTH

IN LIFE - IN DEATH

TO LOVE - TO SERVE

THE KEY IS FOUND; AND WITH THE PRESSURE OF THE HANDS IN SERVICE OF THE LIGHT,

AND WITH A BEATING HEART OF LOVE, THE KEY IS TURNED.

THE DOOR SWINGS OPEN WIDE.

WITH HASTY FEET THE ONE WHO HASTENS TOWARDS THE LIGHT ENTERS THE DOOR AND WAITS.

HE HOLDS THE DOOR AJAR FOR THOSE WHO FOLLOW AFTER.

HE, THUS IN ACTION, WAITS.

A VOICE SOUNDS FORTH: “MY BROTHER, CLOSE THE DOOR, FOR EACH MUST ENTER

THROUGH THAT DOOR ALONE.”

THE BLAZING LIGHT WITHIN THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD IS NOT FOR ALL AT THE

SAME MOMENT OR HOUR OF THE DAY. EACH KNOWS HIS HOUR. YOUR HOUR IS NOW.

SO, BROTHER, CLOSE THE DOOR. REMEMBER, THOSE BEHIND KNOW NOT THE DOOR

HAS OPENED, OR THE DOOR HAS CLOSED. THEY SEE IT NOT. REST ON THAT

THOUGHT, MY BROTHER, AND PASSING THROUGH THE DOOR, CLOSE IT WITH CARE,

AND ENTER UPON ANOTHER STAGE UPON THE WAY - ALONE AND NOT ALONE.”

FORGETTING THE THINGS WHICH LIE BEHIND,

I WILL STRIVE TOWARDS MY HIGHER SPIRITUAL POSSIBILITIES.

I DEDICATE MYSELF ANEW TO THE SERVICE OF THE COMING ONE

AND WILL DO ALL I CAN TO PREPARE MEN’S MINDS AND HEARTS

FOR THAT EVENT.

I HAVE NO OTHER LIFE INTENTION.

I AM LIGHT, GLOWING LIGHT, RADIATING LIGHT, INTENSIFIED LIGHT

GOD CONSUMES MY DARKNESS, TRANSMUTING IT INTO LIGHT.

THIS DAY I AM A FOCUS OF THE CENTRAL SUN

FLOWING THROUGH ME IS A CRYSTAL RIVER

A LIVING FOUNTAIN OF LIGHT

THAT CAN NEVER BE QUALIFIED

BY HUMAN THOUGHT AND FEELING.

I AM AN OUTPOST OF THE DIVINE

SUCH DARKNESS AS HAS USED ME IS SWALLOWED UP

BY THE MIGHTY RIVER OF LIGHT WHICH I AM.

I AM, I AM, I AM LIGHT

I LIVE, I LIVE, I LIVE IN LIGHT

I AM LIGHT’S FULLEST DIMENSION

I AM LIGHT’S PUREST INTENTION

I AM LIGHT , LIGHT , LIGHT

FLOODING THE WORLD EVERYWHERE I MOVE

BLESSING , STRENGTHENING, AND CONVEYING

THE PURPOSE OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.

LOVE IS THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF GOD

LOVE PULSES THROUGH THE UNIVERSE IN A DIVINE RHYTHM

LOVE IS THE LIGHT OF FREEDOM FOR ALL CREATURES

LOVE IS THE SUBSTANCE OF OUR LIVING IN THE WORLD

LOVE IS THE INCENTIVE OF OUR ASPIRATION ON THE PATH

LOVE IS THE CENTER FROM WHICH I GO FORTH AND SERVE

I AM THE WAY : THE DOOR AM I

I AM THE GOLDEN PATH AND IN THE LIGHT OF MY SOUL

I TREAD THAT WAY

I ENTER THROUGH THE DOOR

I TURN AND RADIATE THE LIGHT.

THE GOLDEN LIGHT OF LOVE IRRADIATES MY PATH

I AM THAT PATH

AS A BEACON OF LIGHT IN A DARK PLACE, I RADIATE THAT LIGHT

I STAND IN SPIRITUAL BEING

I AFFIRM GRATITUDE TO ALL LIGHT BEARERS

I AFFIRM LOVE TO ALL I MEET

I AM THE EMBODIMENT OF THE LOVE OF GOD

THE LIGHT THAT SHINES THE WAY

I THINK NO THOUGHT, I DREAM NO DREAM THAT COULD HARM MY BROTHER,

AND THEREBY DIM HIS LIGHT.

I SEE MY BROTHER IN THE LIGHT AND WITH HIM WALK THE PATH.

I SAY NO WORD THAT MIGHT DIRECT THE THOUGHTS OF OTHER MEN AND THUS BRING HARM.

I SHIELD MY BROTHER FROM EVERY HARMFUL WORD.

I HEAR MY BROTHER’S NOTE AND WITH IT BLEND MY OWN.

UNTO MY GROUP I GIVE THE GAIN OF ALL THE PAST, MY LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING.

THAT WISDOM WHICH IS MINE,

THAT STRENGTH AND POWER BELONG TO ALL.

THIS I MUST DEEPEN AND WITH LOVE, CONTRIBUTE TO THE WHOLE.

I AM A MESSENGER OF LIGHT

I AM A PILGRIM ON THE WAY OF LOVE

I DO NOT WALK ALONE BUT KNOW

MYSELF AS ONE WITH ALL GREAT SOULS

AND ONE WITH THEM IN SERVICE

THEIR STRENGTH IS MINE

THIS STRENGTH I CLAIM

MY STRENGTH IS THEIRS AND THIS I FREELY GIVE

A SOUL, I WALK THE EARTH

I REPRESENT THE ONE

MORE RADIANT THAN THE SUN

PURER THAN THE SNOW

SUBTLER THAN THE ETHER

IS THE SELF

THE SPIRIT WITHIN MY HEART

I AM THAT SELF

THAT SELF AM I

"UNTIL EVERY WEARY PILGRIM HAS FOUND HIS WAY HOME"   .. Sanat Kumara

I STAND IN SPIRITUAL BEING AND AS A SOUL I SERVE

I STAND WITHIN THE LIGHT

THE LIGHT SHINES THROUGHOUT MY FORM

I RADIATE THAT LIGHT

I STAND WITHIN THE LOVE OF GOD

THAT LOVE STREAMS THROUGH AND FROM THE HEART

I MAGNETIZE THE THE ONES I SEEK TO AID

IN THE CENTER OF ALL LOVE I STAND

FROM THAT CENTER I, THE SOUL, WILL OUTWARD MOVE

FROM THAT CENTER I, THE ONE WHO SERVES, WILL WORK

MAY THE LOVE OF THE DIVINE SELF BE SHED ABROAD

IN MY HEART, THROUGH MY GROUP

AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD

I AM ONE WITH MY GROUP BROTHERS

ALL THAT I HAVE IS THEIRS

MAY THE LOVE WHICH IS IN MY SOUL POUR FORTH TO THEM

MAY THE STRENGTH WHICH IS IN ME LIFT AND AID THEM

MAY THE THOUGHTS WHICH MY SOUL CREATES

REACH AND ENCOURAGE THEM