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.

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.

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.”

Here is an easy introduction to the life of Master MN in carton format: “Master MN – A Pole Star in the Path of Master C.V.V. Yoga” (PDF), in English – there exist also other language versions.

The video “Master MN – The Pole Star of Master CVV Yoga” contains a few life events of Master MN narrated by Master KPK during the May Call 2011 seminar.

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.”

I told him that from my side, this is OK now, and I informed him that there are other storybooks for young people based on the wisdom teachings of Master EK, especially the booklet on “Master Koot Koomi and Master Morya” – its content is from the books of Master EK: ‘Music of the Soul‘, ‘Man Sacrifice‘ and ‘The World Teacher – Advent of Lord Krishna‘ – a grand, profound series of wisdom teachings.

Presented by The Circle of Good Will, Switzerland. Prepared and operated by a support group of Friends of the World Teacher Trust. YouTube channel. Just published:

Feedback: “The paintings in the Salon were beautiful & there were great comments. The Salon group is cohesive & everyone does a great job together. It is your group & it is a good group.”

The artworks for the Aquarian Salon are from the “Images of Synthesis” series the “Images of Synthesis”, see also here. Information on further meetings (PDF). Exchanges / Updates on Telegram.

Virgo represents virginal matter. It stands for pure thought, free from any external influences. The light of the World Mother is reflected in this thought. The members of the spiritual hierarchy possess virginal thought so that they may receive and implement the plan of the World Mother. We, too, can use the sun’s rays during the month of Virgo to build light-filled thought-forms with clear thinking. In this way, we can help to offer the solutions needed for the problems facing humanity.

The Images of Synthesis illustrate the related symbolism. You find there in the different cycles all previous Leo paintings with detailed explanations in four languages (en/de/es/fr). You can also download print-versions for free. Find here on teh Good Will website the Images of Synthesis with short extracts from the wisdom teachings. Or subscribe to the Lunar Messenger newsletter giving thoughts from the wisdom teachings to inspire putting them into practice.

In order to incarnate on Earth and gain experience, we need a body with all the equipment required for human life. It is a highly specialised vehicle, shaped according to Eastern wisdom from the five elements, the senses and the mind. We have a body and a personality and we express ourselves through this form. In reality, we are the soul.

We did not create our form ourselves. Out of love for living beings, Mother Nature creates these forms out of the elements. When the purpose of the form has been fulfilled, it is fitting to return it to its source and the elements dissolve back into the earth.

Shambala recommends that we consciously prepare for sleep by gratefully offering the mind and body with its elements to the reservoir of nature, and to do likewise at the end of life. This nightly ritual prepares us for our death.

To depict Nature, the Mother of the World, I used a white statue of Quan Yin, who is revered in the Far East as a deity of mercy. Her head is surrounded by the moon. In her lap she holds a large water lily as a symbol of the unfolding of forms.

The background is designed with a photo of the view from out of a tunnel on the Stockhorn in the Bernese Alps as a symbol of matter. The dots glowing in the darkness are from a field of stars indicating the souls taking on forms and casting them off again.

You can find all the images and their descriptions on the completely revamped website ludgerphilips.org, which was launched in early August 2026. The images from the current annual cycle can be found here. This image is also part of the Shambala cycle.

On 11th and 12th of August, we celebrate the birthdays of Master EK and Madame Blavatsky.
This year, it is the 100th Anniversary of Master EK as per Western counting and the 101nd as per Indian counting.

Master EK was born on 11 August 1926 during the evening hours at about 5:30 pm. Madame Blavatsky was born 95 years earlier, on 12 August 1831. Therefore, we commemorate their birthdays together.

“Work leads you through
steps of progress.
Steps neglected will lead
to stumbling.
Every step is to be worked out for success.”

E. Krishnamacharya, 7 – 1 – 1980

It is always inspiring to align to these great messengers of Hierarchy on the occasion of their birthdays – inspiring for ourselves and for keeping our fiery aspiration strong by orienting to these great role models of discipleship. We won’t be able to carry all the wisdom they gave in our awareness but one short saying of these Masters can be a guiding star on our path.

“Constantly perfecting himself in occult mysteries a man becomes truly perfect.”
Helena P. Blavatsky

If you want to read more please see here:

• H.P.B. – Trailblazer for the Aquarian Age (a short biographical sketch)
• Dr. K. Parvathi Kumar: Teachings of Madame HPB
• Master EK – a short overview about his life with further reading links
• The publications of the teachings of Master EK

However, putting one little teaching into practice over a long time is more valuable than any reading.

12 August, there is a rare solar eclipse happening also in parts of Europe. It is spiritually important to align to such times of eclipses. See enclosed a picture of the pathway of the eclipse, from Time and Date. And more information here.

Please find here the booklet of Master KPK on “Wisdom of the Nodes“, see chapter 9. “Eclipse: A discipline for Occult Practice”, p39 – from a talk of Master KPK for a solar eclipse happening during the January 2010 seminar in Visakhapatnam.

The website with the images which had come through me https://ludgerphilips.org/ was technically deprecated and in a delicate situation for several years. Around last Easter, my younger son creating a totally new website, migrating all content from the system on the old website with AI.

The new website is done technically for very long stability and arrangements were done to maintain it over longer time. The site has just been launched, again in four languages. You can find it here. Some additions will come in the next time.