From 14 to 22 March 2024, I was en route in northern Germany, meeting my brother and sisters and WTT group members and participating in the CVV Sharing meeting at Kassau. It was a long drive, but these visits are best means to keep bonds of friendship. There were many exchanges – too much to tell here. But I’d like to share here some impressions from the journey.
Garden in the backside. My room was in the middle of the upper floor. One of my 3 sisters and her partner are living there.
Buddha at the entrance to the garden
As children, we used to play here – but we also had to work to keep the garden intact.
My middle sister Roswitha has created many “corners of beauty” in the garden.
From there, I did some excursions, visiting brother, sisters and friends in the surrounding – including a quick visit to Münster to meet Doris, Günter and Yavaline. On 16 March, I went to the eldest of my sisters, Birgitt, living on a cottage in Malgarten north of Osnabrück. In the 1990s, she had created beautiful paintings.
The cottage
The cabin where I spent the night
Birgitt with some of her paintings
A gorgeous sunrise
Sunday, I visited Christina and Ernst on their farm in Pr. Oldendorf. They had created a spiritual centre , where many group activities of goodwill and healthy living had taken place. Even in their old age, they are still active in the garden, growing vegetables and flowers.
Later, I continued to Bünde, where I stayed overnight at the home of Reiner and Julieta, where meetings of the regional WTT-group take place.
Reiner in front of their house
In their garden, Master Kumar had once installed a Krishna statue.
There, you also see big spiritual symbols cut with the lawnmower.
The next day, I went from there to the CVV Sharing group life (see separate blogpost). And after the group life, I first drove to Kassel to stay overnight at the home of Dorle and Dierk – friends, I had often met at WTT seminars in India and elsewhere. The final stage of the journey back to Switzerland began the next day, with some hours stop in Baden-Baden at the home of Brigitta and Paul, both long-term members of WTT. In the early 1080s, Paul had invited Master EK to their home in Munch for the first seminars of the Master in Germany. It was a beautiful close of a very intense journey.
Evening walk with Paul and Brigitta – a little castle in their neighbourhood with flowering trees.
In the zodiacal cycle of the year, Aries represents noon and is considered the most radiant and enlightened sign. Aries represents the upper part of the human head. The head centre in turn is the most radiant centre, corresponding planetarily to Shamballa, the centre “where the will of God is known”. Aries is associated with the 1st Ray of Will, which is embodied by Moses, the Lawgiver. Moses is depicted with two horns or rays on his head. They symbolise the dawning of the light of the law in man through the centre of the head.
The fire sign Aries is associated with the energies of Will. The Aries glyph symbolises the strength and power of Aries just like the ram it represents. Aries is the impulse or birthplace of true ideas that unfold into activity. In Vedic wisdom, Rudra is the lord of Will and Fire. It is the Will that leads creation from seeming nothingness to manifestation. Rudra is usually referred to as Shiva and on the supra-cosmic level as Agni, the deva of fire. Shiva means the auspicious one who bestows bliss.
Rudra is peaceful, blissful and embodies calmness. People with a calm, balanced attitude can express power in a much stronger way than the seemingly powerful. The Will both builds as well as destroys. With the power of will and the appropriate fire, the Lord can remove obstacles such as pride and egoism of the personality and thus bring out the hidden light of the soul.
The colour of Rudra is pure red, which represents Divine Will. The will of Rudra can be invoked by meditating on the red colour of the sky during the morning hours. However, only advanced students can work with red; all others are advised to contemplate the softer colour variations of orange or pink.
The image is an expression of the energies of will with the hues of fire. From beyond the upper edge of the picture and from higher circles, the impulse precipitates down and appears in the form of the Aries glyph. From there, a fiery stream flows downwards.
The head in the centre of the picture was created using a photo of a Shiva statue. The statue shows an inward-facing expression with a peaceful, blissful smile. I surrounded the head with blazing fire, through which a leaping ram is rushing forth. The image of the ram comes from a fresco in the Palazzo Schifanoia in Ferrara, Italy, created by Francesco del Cossa between 1468 and 1470. It has been digitally restored and integrated into the flaming tones of the painting.
We are currently in Pisces, where the old annual cycle is slowly coming to an end. And today, Mercury enters Aries – it’s time to start thinking about our plan for the new annual cycle.
In the last two days, I read two articles in two different magazines that were not directly related in terms of subject matter, but were similar in one important respect – visions of a good life are needed to make it possible.
One article in the newspaper “Der Bund” from March 8, 2024 by Nora Zukker was about a new book by German philosopher Carolin Emcke, who used to write as a reporter about people in conflict zones who are disenfranchised, persecuted, tortured and killed. In her new book (“Was wahr ist. Über Gewalt und Klima” – What is true. About Violence and Climate), Emcke says that we need to counter the dystopian narratives with something worth hoping for. We need a narrative that is committed to what should be socially valid – and resists violence. Among other things, the predictions of a climate apocalypse that many are making are worrying, but we need utopias that are recognizable on the horizon, because they convey hope. If no one tells the story of the utopia, then it cannot be true. Only the telling makes something true. It needs a narrative that justifies what it wants to create: humaneness, a more humane life.
The other article by journalist and Middle East correspondent Detlef Gürtler in the Swiss magazine “Das Magazin” No. 10/2024 (for subscribers) describes how no one knows when and how the war between Israel and Hamas will end, but that it is certain that a new beginning is needed afterwards, which could be a new beginning for the entire Middle East. And he shows a vision for the Middle East region in the 21st century and which processes could lead there. Assessments of dangers are described, but viable solutions are also outlined.
With the background knowledge of the wisdom teachings, we know that we are going through severe crises in the current transition period. We can prepare ourselves for the events that unfold through time. The times are prone to unrest, struggle and conflict unless much is done to counteract this on a global, group and individual level.
We can align ourselves with the Masters and invoke their energies so that the higher Will may rule the governments of the countries of the world. We can invoke the energy of synthesis with group prayers so that this energy brings about the necessary synthesis among us. And we can tune into the light of the soul and continue to work with ourselves to transform ourselves. May the new cycle give us the determination and strength we need to move forward on the path!
Pisces is the fourth mutable sign. Pisces is also a water sign and related to emotions which can lead us into states of confusions and illusions. As the final sign and goal, Pisces also offers us the revelation of the true and the real.
The Circle of Good Will and Night Light News invite you to the first Aquarian Salon of the second cycle, Saturday, April 27, 2024. Theme: Beginning a New Astrological Year 2024 – A Triangle, Three Festivals, Goodwill & the Sound of the Divine Word.
The meeting on Zoom will start 7pm 07 pm, CEST (UTC +2) / 12 pm, CDT (UTC -5), 10 am PDT (UTC – 7). Opening is 06:45 pm with guitar music.
In various paintings by Nicholas Roerich, Chintamani is depicted as the treasure of the world. He also painted Chintamani as an extraterrestrial jewel which, according to Tibetan and Mongolian legends, is brought to the humans on the back of a white horse, Erdeni Mori, to enlighten the consciousness of humanity in times of darkness.
According to the wisdom teachings, Chintamani, the Philosopher’s Stone, is a beautiful self-radiating jewel that is kept in Shambala, the ashram of Sanat Kumara, and is sometimes given to the Hierarchy.
There is also a dormant centre of Chintamani in every human being. We can visualise it as the jewel on the crown of our head in the centre of the thousand-petalled lotus. From there, this energy is sometimes brought to the forehead. It is a state of being that gives us bliss and enables us to realise the purpose of our life. The jewel of Chintamani reminds us of this goal.
To visualise the centre of Chintamani on the head, I used photos of a Buddha statue, a crystal and a gemstone as well as flower elements. The sparks of light connect with the stars and indicate the cosmic nature of Chintamani’s origin.
In the background of the picture is an opening spiral, the beginning of which is not recognizable. It symbolizes the evolution of consciousness. From the center between the eyebrows, lines form a vessel that opens up into space. They indicate the opening of the personality to the soul and the merging with the Supersoul. The sign of Pisces stands for oceanic union with the cosmic consciousness.
A true Aquarian is a person whose consciousness is no longer centred on the self but has become universal. His guiding principle is to enable others to prosper and develop spiritually.
It is now a week ago that I started the journey back home from India and nearly five weeks since the start. Through the fog of inner and outer impressions, the contours of what I experienced slowly become clearer. In this mist, there is a light shining through which becomes stronger when I contemplate on it, and I might call it the essence. It is inside but it is shining into the outer as well. It has been impregnating me and keeps doing so.
The journey itself is like a multi-dimensional cinema experience – I go in and I go out again. And the intensity fades when the cinema show ends. With a cinema show, there is mostly no lasting impact. And it is the same with many things I encounter in India – they are not of relevance for my life in the West and fade away again. But each journey is like a “reset” of my life which is not possible when I stay comfortably at home. It is a transformation experience. Such a pilgrimage journey helps me to better align to the purpose of my life. And gain fresh vigour and determination.
Abu Dhabi airport
There were many exchanges, I saw saw many forms of community/communities and coherence/being together. With the group members and other people I encountered, I perceived an intense striving for divinity, expressing spirituality in daily life. It was much stronger perceivable than in the surroundings of my Western life. And this was very inspiring. Although I cannot and do not want to live and work and express myself in a way I saw in India – and I also saw forms which kept me at a distance and were disgusting – it gave me fresh resolve to express divinity and spirituality in my life and through the ways and forms which are possible in my surroundings. It is a matter of inner attitude. This fresh impulse is most essential for me.
The Triangular Book of Count Saint Germain
At the beginning of the journey, on the very first day, Sri Joshi showed Mark and me photos from a manuscript which he and Shreya had taken at the Getty Research Institute in LA, the Triangular Book of Count Saint Germain (Master CSG). I was very thrilled to see the beautiful drawings and writings in perfect handwriting mostly in cipher language. It was a touch of the great Master who had built a bridge of the wisdom of Hierarchy from the East to the West – although it still remains a mystery. I didn’t know about this book but we are reading in a German study group the “Most Holy Trinosophia” of Master CSG, which Master EK had mentioned, and Sri Joshi wanted to send the photos. I didn’t receive it but the information came in other ways, by sharing with group members and some further search: the entire book is scanned and online; it is translated into English here. There are two manuscripts of the Triangular Book, one dated 1775, the other 1750. There is a very interesting website about it, “The Triangular Book“, by an anonymous author, giving an aura of mystery. He hinted at a book and he might be the author himself, since he writes about “my publication of Triangular Book of St. Germain (Ouroboros Press, 2014). So, it is probably Nick Koss, who produced an exquisite limited edition reproduction published in Seattle, from where my friend Mark Ray came and where he passed over at return of our journey, completing his cycle on earth.
I do not know which is the relevance of all these impressions and all information about the “Triangular Book” of Master CSG for me. But I mention here this story because it shows well how mysteries reveal themselves when the time is ripe, even if it takes centuries. I learn not to rush but let things develop themselves.
And this is, where the end of my blog-posts about the “Journey to Group Livings of WTT in India” touches the beginning. The mystery of the extremely intense experiences of this journey.
Drawing of Master CSG, from the Manly Palmer Hall heritage collection, manuscript 209, at Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (c)
The recording of Saturday’s 4th Aquarian Salon has just been published:
This recording of the fourth “Aquarian Salon” about Art, Astrology and Wisdom Teachings, 20 Jan. 2024, is about an experiment of online group exchange on spiritual topics with the power of the group. All was done just for the joy of doing as a free and non-commercial initiative.
The entire recording is 01:49 h. If you would like to see a specific part, go directly to:
Welcome, explaining the schedule: 0:20 Guitar piece: 02:02 Prayer for group coherence: 06:52 Introduction: Intuition – The Raincloud of Knowable Things… : 08:15 Exchange on image: Capricorn – The Mount, the Star, the White Robe and the Gate of Death : 18:40 Exchange on image: Aquarius – The Mother with the Aquarian Pot : 38:15 Exchange on image: Pisces – The Great Fish and the Seed of the Universe : 54:20 Exchange on image: Leo – The Tree of the Universe and the Cosmic Teaching Principle : 01:09:30 Exchange on image: Capricorn – The Column of Consciousness: 01:21:26 Tribute to Mark Ray: 01:39:40 Musical Closing: 1:45:00 Violet Flame Invocation: 1:46:30: Violet Flame Invocation, followed by Next Dates & Invitation to After Hour
The virtual exchange was prepared and presented by a team of 5: Slides (operated by Lauren), participants care (Rosa), musical inputs (guitar, Frank), introduction talk and moderation (Risa), “Images of Synthesis”, explanations (Ludger). Further: a Prayer for Group Coherence, and an Invocation of the Violet Flame
About 28 persons from 8 countries participated and contributed with their thoughts as much as they wanted. Feedback from a participant: “Beautiful paintings and very thorough and brilliant explanation of all the elements! Love it.”
