LORD GAUTAMA BUDDHA
Lord Gautama
LORD GAUTAMA
Lord Gautama and Lord Maitreya were the first life-streams of unascended
mankind who responded to the love of Sanat Kumara for volunteers after He
had come to Earth and taken her under His wing, so to speak. The positions
of the Hierarchy had always been held by Ascended Beings from other planets
and not by Beings who gained their attainment on Earth. The Being hold-ing
the position of Buddha had asked to be released so that He might go on with
His own evolution. It was required that one from the guardians of Earth be
devel-oped to embody the nature of God to qualify for the position of Buddha.
Lord Gautama and Lord Maitreya both offered to make the endeavor. They then
went through many embodiments on Earth and many times were in embodiment
at the same time, both having similar training. This was done not in com-petition
but in loving service and in between embodiments in the inner realms They
would compare their experi-ences and progress. Lord Gautama knew great light
and illumination on Lemuria. It was said that He was the first of the twenty-nine
Zarathustras; that He was Hermes of ancient Egypt, known as “Father
of All Wisdom”, and Orpheus of Greece. He was in embodiment as Prince
Siddartha Gautama the son of a King in India. He was born May 8th (563-483
B. C., according to a dictionary). He came into that embodiment without personal
karma. He grew up pro-tected within the palace and did not know of
mankind’s distresses, disease and death. He married Princess Yasod-hra
(His Twin Ray). A son (Rohula) was born to them, and while he was yet a baby,
Siddartha left home and family, renouncing his ascension to the throne, to
go out in search of Truth. He became an ascetic and after six years he entered
into deep meditation—contemplation, during which time He was confronted
with many human qualities and temptations.
He raised Himself in consciousness, through application consciously passing
through the various spheres (strata of consciousness) and into the great
eternal light; thus be-coming master over vibration, energy and substance.
He went further than some, seeking the ultimate, though there really is none,
as there are ever greater heights to attain, no matter how far one may go.
He went on until He became the fuLness of love.
He attained illumination and was transfigured, hence the term “The
Enlightened One” has been attributed to Him. He gained the qualifications
of a Buddha and was known as Gautama Buddha or just Buddha. He made this
attaiment at inner levels, in seven years, while His physical body sat under
the bo-tree at Gaya, and was taken care of by some chelas of His. He then
came back, consciously descended and again functioned through his physical
body, sacrificing His inner attainment. This re-nunciation and the centuries
of training is what is re-ferred to as the Great Sacrifice. He re-animated
His physi-cal body which had become greatly emaciated, and again functioned
among mankind, expressing the nature of divinity. Thus He served in the world
of form for some forty-five years, walking the land of India, teaching the
Truth by word, radiation and example, stressing the Path of the Middle Way.
He fulfilled a great mission. Lord Gautama attained while in physical embodiment
to the point where His aura was so charged with divine qualities that upon
touching a lifestream it would cause that one to experience an exaltation
of consciousness. He magnetized great currents of energy in that lifetime
as well as in previous embodiments which still radiate their blessings to
mankind.
Lord Gautama at one time served as Chohan of the Seventh Ray.
BUDDHA Buddha is a certain attainment and qualification as well as a
particular position in the Spiritual Hierarchy. Buddha is a second ray activity.
There have been several Beings Who held the position of Buddha for Earth.
The next step from here is Lord of the World.
The activity and service of a Buddha is to step down the high spiritual
vibrations and radiate them to nourish, expand and sustain the light in all
beings during their development on the planet. He is to radiate God’s
love to a planet and its evolutions; to draw and hold the spir-itual nourishment
around a planet for all evolving life-streams on that planet both while in
and out of embodi-ment, sustaining them spiritually and developing their
inner or God natures especially the emotional bodies. He guards and sustains
the flame of the least developed soul, so that it will not go out. A
Buddha’s work is through radiation, by radiating. Lord Gautama
was the first from the humanity of Earth to hold the position of Buddha,
the previous ones having come from other planets. Gautama Buddha reached
that attainment ahead of Lord Maitreya and so became the Buddha while Lord
Maitreya was placed in the next position—the World Teacher. Lord Gautama
served at inner levels since His Ascen-sion, only appearing and rendering
service at the Wesak Festival in His Luminous Presence. He returned to Earth
in His Ascended Body for the first time on February 23, 1953. He stayed and
has worked in the atmosphere of Earth since that time. He became Lord of
the World when Sanat Kumara was given His freedom on January 1, 1956. He
was a guar-dian who took physical embodiment on Earth many times and this
has given Him a specific qualification for Lord of the World at this particular
time, because He had experienced the discordant conditions of the humanity
of Earth. He was prepared and ready to assume this high office when the time
came that Sanat Kumara could be released. Lord Gautama’s particular
quality is balance and He will give assistance in the balancing of the four
lower bodies. He came from Venus. His Electronic pattern is a lotus; He has
golden hair and blue eyes. He made the Ascension on May the eighth, on the
anniversary of His Enlightenment, which was also His birthday.
From LAW OF LIFE II by A. D. LUK,
p. 307 - 311)
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