Last week I spent a one more beautiful time with my friends Manfred and Sabine at their home in Heiligenberg in the north of Lake Constance. A relaxing little group life time filled with exchanges, excursions and meeting friends who came for a visit. Manfred and Sabine are very hospitable, and it’s always a deep pleasure to be able to spend a few days with them.

I arrived from Switzerland just at noon time for the Thursday World Health and Healing prayer together with Manfred, joining the zoom group meditation transmission. Manfred later took me to the Keller-Werft, a little wharf with an Italian restaurant directly at the lake in Überlingen. Sabine joined us coming from her job at a social care organisation, and later two more friends came, living in the surrounding. We were sitting in the open huge hall of the restaurant directly next to the lake – a holiday feeling start. Later in the afternoon, we took a refreshing bath in the lake.

The next morning, before the heat of the day set in, I went for a walk up to Heiligenberg, along a small road. Through the bushes, there was a sweeping view across the countryside and Lake Constance.

In a small grotto, fresh water flowed from the mountain. At the edge stood a painting of a woman with long hair, depicted as the ‘goddess of the spring’, alongside a few painted wooden eggs. A blue wooden banner expressed gratitude for the water of Heiligenberg.

Later, Manfred and I picked a large potful of redcurrants in the garden, and I learnt ‘fish yoga’ – watching the goldfish in the pond, and giving them water and food. A net over the little pond keeps the herons away.

A red kite would often circle above us, using the updraft from the mountain to carry itself upwards.

Friday afternoon, I went to Mettnau with Sabine, where we went for a swim in the beach park. For our evening meditation, we found a shady spot by a seesaw. When we opened our eyes after a quarter of an hour, two girls were looking at us as they waited to jump on the seesaw.

Later, we went to an open-air concert venue, where the Bremen-based band Skupa was playing energetic “Flamenco-Balkan-Fusion” songs (Insta) – music from Eastern Europe and Spain – a thrilling ambiance under the beginning night sky. Here’s an audio clip from another concert.

Sabine and Manfred had organised a summer party in the garden for their group on Saturday afternoon – but many cancelled because of the intense heat. To our great delight, however, a dear old friend of us all arrived by taxi from Munich for two days. We made preparations in the morning, and a few people turned up in the afternoon. With a group meditation and lively conversations with friends and new acquaintances, the party was a ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’.

On Sunday morning, Sabine and I drove to Überlingen. We managed to catch part of the ‘Swedish Procession’. It is a tradition celebrated since centuries still in three towns, commemorating the successful defence against sieges by the Swedes during the Thirty Years’ War. The procession route was beautifully decorated with flowers and small altars, on which prayers for peace had been arranged in the flowers.

Afterwards, Sabine and I strolled along the lake and a park, and I could see where she worked.

In the evening, when the heat of the day had cooled down a bit, we had a second stroll along the lake together with Manfred and our friend from Munich.

Monday, the visit slowly came to close. Before leaving, Sabine wanted to show us an old chapel by the lake, whose murals were only uncovered at the start of the 20th century. We had to walk quite a distance from the car park to the church, but it was a real gem.

The Sylvester Chapel near Goldbach, a district of Überlingen, is a small pre-Romanesque church on the shores of Lake Constance. The chapel is one of the oldest churches in southern Germany.

Of particular significance are its 9th/10th-century wall paintings – an Ottonian pictorial cycle depicting scenes from the life of Jesus Christ and other scenes, created by painters from Reichenau Abbey.

Saying good-bye, starting the way home – up a hill along narrow country lanes, onto the motorway. The heat and heavy traffic transported me back to another world, with a treasure wealth of profound impressions in my heart.

It is prophesied that our present life-wave of humanity would either perish in fire or overcome it. For those who maintain spiritual goodness, or, like Noah’s Ark, they will be saved and overcome the fires. Humanity will be lifted up when the Divine Will prevails over the human will.

Sanat Kumara, the Lord of Shambala, intends to strengthen the Will of the Divine within humanity, so that people may transcend the fire rather than perish in it. Sanat Kumara stimulates the Will of God in those who align themselves by subordinating their personal will to the Divine Will: ‘Father, thy will be done, not mine’.

Within our spinal column there is a vertical subtle channel, called Sushumna, which enables the flow of the energy of will. It is recommended that we orient ourselves to the Divine Will through our morning prayer, either in the Ajna centre in the head, in the heart, or in the higher heart centre in the upper chest region. The sun signs of Aries, Leo and Capricorn are related to the three centres mentioned. Astrological symbols for the Will of God are the ram of Aries, the lion of the sign of Leo and the unicorn of the sign of Capricorn.

The image shows the semi-transparent silhouette of a human figure, surrounded and permeated by the scenery of beach, ocean and sky. At its centre there is the Sushumna energy channel. At its middle is the figure of a lion in the heart centre, designed using a Wikimedia photo by Vitold Muratov of a lion statue in the Thorvaldsen Museum in Copenhagen, Denmark. In the higher heart centre, designed with a photo of a blue diamond and, fused with it, the figure of a unicorn. Above, the head of a ram can be seen.

It is reminiscent of the Puranic tale of Prajapati Daksha, whose head was severed and replaced with that of a ram. The story teaches us to overcome pride in order to humbly reintegrate ourselves into the greater Plan.

In India, there is a long tradition of picture books depicting stories from the Ramayana, Mahabharata, Puranas, and other epics. They are targeted to children – I have read many such picture books in English language with my then small children, translating the booklets orally. My sons liked them as action stories with a profound spiritual background. Of course, we also read illustrated wisdom books of the Western tradition.

And such books are not only read by children but also by those remained young at heart. The inspiration and impressions gleaned from such picture books during childhood remain with us, either consciously or unconsciously, throughout our lives.

A friend from Hyderabad, India – Sanath Sripathi – has realised up to now 5 story books on the lives of Masters of Wisdom told in picture e-books format. A team of volunteers contributed to scriptwriting, translation, proofreading the books – and so it came that I also got involved and enjoyed the stories very much.

While the first 3 books were illustrated by artist friends mentioned in the books, the last 2 were AI generated – and in the process well refined.

The first 3 books are primarily based on the writings and discourses of Dr. K. Parvathi Kumar (Master KPK), the last 2 books are based mainly on books of Dr. Ekkirala Krishnamacharya (Master EK), adding elements of books of Sri Kumar.

The stories are available for free download in English, German, Spanish, Telugu and Kannada, only as PDFs. Here are the titles of the books, linked to the English PDFs:

• Master CVV – The Aquarian Master, who showed the path of Immortality
• Master MN – A Pole Start in the Path of Master C.V.V. Yoga
• Master EK – He inspired lives with Wisdom, Healing and Love
• Lord Maitreya – The World Teacher
• Master Koot Hoomi and Master Morya – The Master of Universal Wisdom and the Ruler of the Spiritual Law

All books were published by The World Teacher Trust – Global, Switzerland and are distributed for free.

Like in the previous years, we met again on the day of the summer solstice at the the Paracelsus Center of WTT near Einsiedeln, Switzerland. It is the time of one of the four cardinal points of the year and it is important to align during during this time, where the energies of nature take to another direction. We were a small group of seven friends coming from Austria, South Germany and Switzerland. Around 9 am we met on a parking and walked to the fire place on the mountain ridge of the Etzel pass for a little fire ritual and meditation around the exact time of the solstice. There is a gorgeous view over to Einsiedeln and on the other side to Lake Zurich.

Later, we went to the Paracelsus Center near the old “Devil’s Bridge” (Tüfelsbrugg), preparing the room and the room. Then we started with a little ceremony.

We had a planetary healing meditation at 12 am followed by lunch with a hearty exchange. Later we went down to the Sihl river at the old Tüfelsbrugg. It was very hot outside but it cooled down near the water.

The evening meditation and cleaning the place closed this year’s beautiful celebration at the Paracelsus Center.

The sun was coming down already when, on the way back, we had a stop at the Lake Sihl near Einsiedeln for breathing in the peaceful ambiance. On the highway, the sun gave us its gorgeous golden light sharing with us magic moments between mountains and cars.

At summer solstice the Sun enters the nurturing and nourishing water sign of Cancer and begins its journey southward towards the Tropic of Capricorn, where at Winter Solstice, the new ascent begins. In astrology, Cancer corresponds to the fourth house or the home, and in our body it is the chamber of the heart. Thus, as the Sun enters Cancer, it also enters into the chamber of our heart. We can use the energy of Cancer to illuminate our personality and thus transmit the light of the soul more fully into our surroundings. As souls, we are the Solar Angel expressing through our personality the light and nurturing of Cancer into a waiting and thirsty humanity.

The Images of Synthesis for the month of Cancer illustrate the related symbolism. You find there all previous Cancer paintings with detailed explanations in four languages (en/de/es/fr). You can also download print-versions for free. Find here 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.

Shambala is the planetary centre where the Will of God is received from higher circles and expressed on Earth under the guidance of Sanat Kumara. Shambala receives and transmits the energies of the Seven Rays precipitating down through the Sun and the planets, the twelve signs of the zodiac, and the great energy systems of the Pleiades, the Great Bear and Sirius, as well as a multitude of other sources. Shambala receives the energies, synthesizes them and distributes them on the Earth for the well-being of the earthy.

The stupendous work of Shambala and Sanat Kumara is immeasurable and indescribable. Nor can it be adequately depicted. Yet through daily remembrance of Shambala, we strengthen our will to do good, our knowledge and the effectiveness of our actions. The image serves as an aid to contemplative focus.

The earthly sphere is indicated by a view across South Asia and the Himalayas towards the region of Shambala. Shambala is symbolically represented by a large lotus composed of floral elements.

Shambala is surrounded by higher circles in the colours of the Seven Rays. Inserted within this, planetary spheres and the signs of the zodiac are indicated, with Gemini, Cancer and Leo immersed in the earthly sphere and the opposite sign, Capricorn, merging with the light of the solar sphere.

The bluish star in the centre is Sirius. Together with the Great Bear and the Pleiades, it forms an energy triangle. Energies flow into Shambala via the central axis.

The Images of Synthesis for the month of Cancer illustrate the related symbolism. You find there all previous Cancer paintings with detailed explanations in four languages (en/de/es/fr). You can also download print-versions for free. Find here 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.

This year, the international May Call Day Celebration took place from 27 – 31 May in the Hotel Weissenburg in Billerbeck, Germany. There had been 5 group lives with Master KPK in this hotel. Now Sri Guru Prasad, the son of Master KPK, came from India for this year’s May Call celebration together with Ramana, who already had accompanied Sri Kumar during many of his tours to the West.

We drove up from Switzerland one day before the start of the seminar. It was a very hot day with partly heavy traffic. We stayed overnight in the house of good friends in Münster, Doris and Günter. On the way to the seminar centre, I visited with them the St. Ludger Cathedral in Billerbeck. It is at this place that my patron saint died in 809. And 50 years ago, I spend 4 years of my student times 2 villages from Billerbeck away.

The huge hotel and seminar center is beautifully located on a little hill surrounded by old beech woods – very nice for little promenades and exchanges with friends.

There were about 125 group members mainly from Germany and Spain – and some, like me, from Switzerland, Austria, Belgium and France. the group life started with a little thanksgiving candle ceremony in memory of Master Kumar and his wife Kumari.

After welcome greetings, Guru Prasad presented the topic he chose for the seminar, “Transcending of Death” on the basis of the Katha Upanish – a very profound teaching: the story of the child Nachiketa coming to Yama, the Lord of Death and enquiring about reality – the eternal and the transient.

Guru Prasad elaborated the topic very well during the seminar. Especially fascinating were the explanations on working with respiration and pulsation for opening the petals of the inner lotuses and the sounds related to these petals. I decided not to take notes during this seminar, unlike I had done in earlier seminars of Master KPK, but to dive into the teachings.

Friday morning, 29 May, the day of the May Call Day, there was a fire ritual after the morning prayer / meditation.

In the afternoon, there was the presentation of a number of new books of WTT Spain and WTT Germany as well as the Annual Report of WTT-Global and two new English story books, Lord Maitreya – The World Teacher, and on Master Koot Hoomi and Master Morya (available as PDFs) as well as the first English audio book on The Teachings of Sanat Kumara, by Sri Kumar and some new Spanish audio books. There were also three new story books launched in German, about the lives of the Masters CVV, MN and EK. The story books were realised by Sanath Kumara Sripathi from Hyderabad, on the basis of the wisdom teachings of the scriptures and the Masters EK and KPK.

Besides of the official program, there was time for plenty of exchanges and networking during the meals or in the free times. Saturday evening, there was a cultural program with musical presentations of some artists and of an ad-hoc choir / band.

Sunday morning after the prayer and closing words, the departures started. We stayed until early afternoon, for the Gemini full moon meditation followed by the global health and healing meditation at noon.

It was a small but very dedicated team of WTT Germany / Executive Group who had made this harmonious and rich May Call celebration possible – very well organised. A warm thank-you to all who participated and contributed. (The pictures used here are partly from Ramana and Guru Prasad.)

Gemini is an air sign. The element of air is the fourth element, which enables the fourth kingdom – the human kingdom – to rise above matter and enter into infinity: the Kingdom of God. The Gemini Full Moon is called the Christ Full Moon, as Lord Maitreya, whom we know in the Eastern tradition as the Christ, was born during the hours of the Gemini Full Moon in the incarnation when he became the World Teacher.

As for the new groups, the Gemini Full Moon is presided over today by Master Djwhal Khul, whilst Christ presides over the Leo Full Moon. The Leo Full Moon is the future festival at which the emphasis lies on the retreat into the heart. Master Djwhal Khul is the spokesperson for the Hierarchy for the benefit of the workers of Goodwill. Through him and his Ashram, knowledge is passed on for the benefit of humanity.

The Images of Synthesis for the month of Gemini illustrate the related symbolism. You find there all previous Gemini paintings with detailed explanations in four languages (en/de/es/fr). You can also download print-versions for free. Find here 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.

Full Moon meditations are becoming increasingly popular. The moonlight is very beneficial during the Full Moon time and also the two nights preceding the Full Moon and the two nights after the Full Moon. During this period, the Moon shines brightly reflecting the sunlight most intensely. The reflected light enables finer transformations of the mental layers and tissues.

It is important to perform Full Moon meditations during these five days. Sanat Kumara, the Lord of the Planet, is also in deep contemplation during the time around the Full Moon in order to spread the radiance of the moonlight for the benefit of the Earth and the living beings on our planet.

The image depicts how, during this time, the Full Moon energies pour in and are distributed across the planet by Sanat Kumara. We can imagine the effulgence of the Full Moon and Shambala entering our central column and touching the centres in the spine.

When we connect with this awareness in the Full Moon meditations, our body of Light is strengthened. We can receive the blessings and power of Shambala and progress on the path more easily.

The Images of Synthesis for the month of Gemini illustrate the related symbolism. You find there all previous Gemini paintings with detailed explanations in four languages (en/de/es/fr). You can also download print-versions for free. Find here 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.

8th of May, we celebrate the “White Lotus Day”, in remembrance of Helena P. Blavatsky, the great groundbreaker of the Aquarian Age. On this day, Madam HPB passed over in the year 1891 and attained a permanent place in the Ashram of a Grand Master in the Himalayas. Masters themselves declared this day as “White Lotus Day” because she was a highly pure soul and therefore compared to a white lotus. It is said that at the time when she was in a body, there was no other human being as pure as her.

Through her, the Masters brought down grand wisdom which was not available to the public. Until then, the wisdom of cosmogenesis and anthropogenesis was present only in manuscripts in some hidden caves of the planet. HPB told the whole story of how evolution happens, how this planet was formed and how our bodies were formed. She cleared away lot of wrong propaganda and as a result, she faced a lot of opposition and criticism in life but she did not care. She worked towards the establishment of Truth and Divine Wisdom on the planet. It is considered a highly difficult task in the dark age of Kali. People tried to defame her a lot and even kill her, since they couldn’t counter her with their arguments.

Madam HPB used to help many of those who came to her seeking advice. She always worked to fulfil the Plan coming from the Masters of Wisdom. Master Morya called her as “the only white lotus we have in our pond.” It was to indicate how pure, how compassionate and how self-offering she was.

Master EK was greatly inspired by her writings and he himself wrote in his diary, “To the train of my life, Madam HPB is like the engine while Madam Bailey is like the guard.”

Master KPK often spoke about the greatness of HPB and he gave several books about her teachings and the impact of her life:

💠 “The White Lotus“
💠 “The Golden Stairs“
💠 “Teachings of Madame HPB“
💠 “The Theosophical Movement“
💠 3 volumes on “Lectures on Secret Doctrine”, see here:

💠 Here is a biographical sketch about the life and work of Blavatsky

HPB continues to work on this planet even today. We can gain her presence and grace by recollecting her and reading her books. Have a good White Lotus Day.