Towards the end of the tour, we came to the famous waterfalls at Iguazú for a 5-days seminar on “Personality Transformation” (the videos will be published soon). On 6 September 2015, Master K Parvathi Kumar and Kumari Garu conducted a beautiful fire fitual during the seminar, the video has just been published.
A member of the organising group had created a beautiful poster with a huge image of Hanuman and images of the great Masters of spiritual Hierarchy. This made the Master talk about Hanuman at the end of the seminar. From this talk resulted a small booklet, Hanuman. An Introduction.
In order to embrace something new, we must let go of something else. We cannot hold on to more than is possible. We have to give up certain activities to gain better things.
In keeping with the changing times, we will evolve into a global spirit, in which our values, too, are global. If we wish to rise to a spirit, we cannot hold only local values.
The Aquarian Age brings in global values, and God will be experienced as energy beyond form and name. Many communities are trying to cling to their local values and impose them upon a global platform. Let us not fall back into the past. Such attempts will be crushed by Shambala.
For the composition of the image, I used a photo taken by my brother, Winfried Philips, of the medieval monastery ruins of Beauly Priory near Inverness, Scotland, where gravestones can be seen inside the structure. The priory was built in the 1230s by French monks in a secluded spot in the woods. They called it ‘beau lieu’ (‘beautiful place’), from which the name Beauly later evolved. The priory was dissolved in the 17th century and fell into ruin.
I created the background of the image using a photo of a sunrise on the summer solstice of 2014 in Billerbeck, northern Germany. The sun rising powerfully from the ancient ruins symbolises the unfolding of global awareness from the confines of local concepts.
Last Wednesday, there was Libra equinox – the autumn equinox in the northern hemisphere and the spring equinox in the southern hemisphere. At Libra equinox, the Sun crosses the point of balance on its journey to the South, while at Aries equinox, the Sun transits the equator on its northward journey.
Like in previous years, we met again with a small group at the Paracelsus Center near Einsiedeln, Switzerland. The weather was very clear with radiant light.
Autumn equinox sunrise on the highway
It was partly heavy traffic on the motorway – it took us 2.5 hours to arrive at the mountain ridge near the Etzel pass, where our Austrian friends were already waiting for us. It is about 20 minutes walk to the fire place where we started the equinox celebration with a little fire ritual and meditation.
“Morning walkers” in another direction…
First exchanges on the walk to the fire place
Lake Zurich with 2 islands on the other side of the mountain ridge
Towards the south the Lake Sihl with Einsiedeln and its monastery and the Mythen Mounts in the background
The magic moments of the fire ritual
Sitting directly on the edge of the mountain ridge with the mountain going down to Lake Zurich and the view to Einsiedeln on the other side, undisturbed in the silence of nature is soul-stirring. When we intonated the hymns of the ritual and some mantrams, you could feel a strong spiritual presence.
After some prasad (sweets) and collecting the utensils, we walked back to the parking and went to the house at the Devil’s Bridge where the Paracelsus Center is located above the restaurant – it was closed for vacation.
The Paracelsus memorial stone at the Devil’s Bridge over the Sihl river
If you are interested in more about Paracelsus, see here a video interview by Anima Channel with me about “The Call of Paracelsus” in July 2024.
Inside the center, we prepared for a little equinox ritual and contemplation. And then lunch. Our friends from Austria had brought fresh figs, cherry tomatoes and cake. My friend from our home town prepared a delicious risotto…
Celebrating autumn equinox
In the afternoon, we went to a plateau near Einsiedeln for a walk in nature – beautiful autumn colours around.
Afternoon walk
View of Lake Sihl
Later, we read a text of Sri Kumar on the spiritual meaning of autumn equinox, followed by the evening prayer.
On the way back, while night was slowly setting in, there was a gorgeous display of after sunset colours in the sky.
My friend Sanath from Hyderabad has created this series of storybooks with now 7 booklets in PDF form on the life and work of Masters of Wisdom. The stories are available in English, German, Spanish, Telugu and Kannada – the translation work is going on.
All storybooks are made available for free to introduce the knowledge about these great beings especially to the young people of the new generation who are not used to read any (bigger) books. Sanath is an artist, a good playbook writer and very skillful with AI. But what is most important is that since his early youth he has grown up with the wisdom teaching of the World Teacher Trust. He carved out the essence of books with complex contents giving them in a simple language for “children from 8 to 108”. In this, he stays very strictly to the teachings and does not twist the content.
I enjoyed collaborating increasingly with him in the creation. Especially the present booklet on H.P.B. (Helena Blavatsky) is very dear to me – she inspires me since decades. She was an extremely courageous woman and a trailblazer for the Aquarian Age. Blavatsky was the first one bringing out the knowledge about the Masters of Wisdom to the great public through her grand works Isis Unveiled and Secret Doctrine. Many were deeply impressed – and others felt profoundly challenged by her teachings and slandered her. The storybook is a tribute to her tremendous dedication and passionate commitment to the Masters and their work. It’s a very enjoyable read.
A little peep into the production work with AI:
Since years, I had the painting “A Ravine in Tibet” which Master Djwhal Khul had created very quickly. It is reported in various theosophical works.
And there exists a colour version:
And a book cover:
From these, AI created the following hyper-realistic image:
This picture is used in the storybook. AI is a very ambiguous invention, esp. when it comes to taking the whole digital treasure of humanity as a self-service shop… The storybooks, however, belong to the positive side of a creative use of the digital power.
Libra governs the path of decision-making. We reach points where we are faced with the choice of which values to stand for and thus how we wish to lead our lives. A correct decision needs to be made on the basis of discernment and responsibility, and not on the basis of other considerations – whether something is convenient for us, whether it enhances our reputation or success, or whether we can gain some other advantage for ourselves.
We can decide whether to foster goodwill through right action or whether to hold back, whether to speak or to remain silent. We are to ponder on these ideas, think these through, and not allow complacency to deceive us, but rather follow the promptings of the soul, which is love.
Whenever humanity uses its will too much for selfish ends instead of for the universal good, Shambala strives hard to arrest the deteriorating conditions. For this, Shambala works generally through the Hierarchy of the Masters. The Hierarchy subtly introduces the energy of Shambala – Ray 1, the Will to Good – into humanity causing the needed changes at a global level.
Whenever a particular nation or group is gaining excessive power, the members of Shambala ensure counter balance and thus balance the energies. Shambala ensures that neither the West nor the East gain supremacy to the detriment of the other. Shambala allows wars to happen in order to regulate and arrest distortions to the human mind. Shambala also sees sicknesses and natural calamities as means for course correction.
The image depicts Shambala and the Hierarchy as a white sphere surrounded by a larger pink periphery. Together, they form the fulcrum of a large set of scales. Like two arms, the balance beam extends, with scales hanging at its ends. Within these scales lie two globes representing the western and eastern hemispheres. A reddish-white ray, surrounded by shades of violet, descends from above from the cosmic spheres and passes through all planes along the central axis. It represents the divine Will, which ensures balance. The scales rest on a solid plinth, which, like an island, is surrounded by ocean waves.
The various shades of red in the background symbolise the expression of the Will on different levels. Carmine red is regarded as the colour of Libra for the average person, who is guided by emotions and desires. The globes vibrate within a fiery field.
You can find all the images and their descriptions on the completely revamped website ludgerphilips.org, which was launched in August 2026. The images from the current annual cycle can be found here. This image is also part of the Shambala cycle.
Yesterday, 30 August 2026, we had the Celebration of 43 Years of The World Teacher Trust-Global under the Motto: “Service is Love in Action”. It was globally transmitted via Zoom, with physical and virtual meetings, with up to 90 members participating.
Cover of the program
There were three presentations, welcome and closing words by Guru Prasad Kambhampati, President of WTT-Global, India, and a musical by Frank Berger, guitarist from Berlin. I gave an introduction to the theme, “Service is Love in Action” and the presentations.
Navaneetham from Visakhapatnam, India, speaking about the Sabala project.
Sabala is a rather new project at a place which Master EK frequently visited in his childhood. It is the place where Master EK’s maternal grandparents lived. And the project is targeted to preserve and conduct service activities there. There is a homoeopathic dispensary conducted at Sabala.
You find the YouTube recording of the celebration here:
A specially interesting presentation was “The Significance of Mount Shasta and the work entrusted by Master KPK to the Yoga School Friends” by Srikanth Kaligotla, California. We published it as a separate video since it might be of a larger interest. In the video on Mount Shasta, there are manually generated subtitles in en, de, fr, es and automatic subtitles in many other languages.
The third presentation was about “The Lotus Blanc Project” – Transformation of an abandoned place into a space dedicated to nature, personal growth, and spirituality, presented by Helena Fornaris Ferrer, Mallorca, Spain. You find it in the video at 57:50.
Tomorrow, 25 August we celebrate the 143rd (Indian counting 144rd) birthday of Master MN (Sri Mynampati Narasimham), to Mynampati Seshaiah and Smt. Rangamma in the town Naidupeta, a village in Andhra Pradesh, India, and passed over 11 March 1940.
His birth chart: Naidupeta of Nellore district, at 9:30 am on a Saturday.
The biography “Master MN – The Fiery Flame” (PDF) by Master KPK gives fascinating insights into his life and spiritual development. Here is a little extract from this book about Master MN:
Once a yoga member came up to the Master and said, “I have been proposing healing in prayers and healing was happening. One person was not healed despite repeated prayers. I also initiated him into the path so that he can also heal himself. But no cure happened. What could be the reason?” The Master answered, “You can propose healing. That is all you can do. Leave it to the Master. Do not feel personally responsible for the cure. To feel so is egoism. You are not the healer. The Master is the healer. Leave it to the Master, do not pursue egoistically. Master knows when to heal, how to heal and how to help.”
On 11 August, the date of Master EK’s 100th birthday, Sanath, a friend from Hyderabad, informed me that a video was published on YouTube on the life of Master EK, all done with AI.
There was no reference to the World Teacher Trust and its works on Master EK, although we had published a video series, Music of the Soul, including the story of the life of Master EK, as well as other related books. It seemed that the video followed the storybook on Master EK as well as its imagery.
I found out the address of the producer and more background information on him, and so I wrote him if he used some of the WTT sources and that in case it would be correct to mention the sources.
Today, my friend from Hyderabad, who had realised the storybook on Master EK, informed me that a new video, the second part of the Master EK series, has now been published, also created with AI, now with a disclaimer mentioning the use of material from the World Teacher Trust and others. Sanath: “The entire second edition is built on the storybook with little elaboration. Even the background for the scenes were directly picked from the illustrative guidelines.”
A little later this morning, the producer of the video contacted us, informing about having now included the mention of WTT with the second video, and he gave some explanations:
“Indeed, as you indicated, the WTT storybook had an impact on me. However, I’m not familiar with the videos you mentioned. My original intention was to create a single video. Unfortunately, though, I had to divide this film into two parts due to the time and material development involved. All these things were supposed to be mentioned at the end. However, even though it separates into two parts, I couldn’t include the thank you note in part 1. I am leaving the thank-you note at the beginning of the second section and adding it to the disclaimer…. This is my modest attempt to educate the next generation about the great Master EK, not to be produced as a commercial.” And, “I express my sincere gratitude to your friend from Hyderabad.”
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