April 21, 2016
The exact day and times for the full moon of Taurus are as follows:
PDT April 21, at 10:25 PM
MDT April 21, at 11:25 PM (Arizona never adjusts its time forward or backward, remaining MST. Taurus/Wesak exact time is- 10:25 PM Mountain Standard Time)
CDT April 22, at 12:25 AM
EDT April 22, at 1:25 AM
GMT April 22, at 5:25 AM (Greenwich never adjusts its time forward or backwards. GMT forms the reference point for accurate time keeping in every location on planet Earth, and even in Space.)
Introduction:
Joleen discusses Wesak with friends
WESAK is a period in which an emphasis is placed on a meditative attitude, and a time to add a few disciplines to the seven days surrounding the full moon (April 18-24) including the day of contact. For example, you may want to try reducing your intake of food as much as possible, but to do so intelligently, taking only those simple foods in quantities sufficient to maintain your health and well-being. This is always a variable, depending upon the amount of activity you are engaged in, and whether the activity is physical or mental. Do not permit yourself to become over fatigued; and eliminate as many of your usual social activities as possible and thus eliminating many unnecessary distractions.
There are certain special meditations for Wesak – some of us set aside our present meditation rhythms to engage in these special meditations. If you would like to receive a Wesak meditation, please let us know: staff@wmea-world.org
The Wesak Festival is a period of time which is set aside for all World Disciples; a moment of concentrated effort toward bringing illumination into the consciousness of humanity. During this period, the entire Hierarchy of Masters, as well as all disciples working in their respective fields of service, give their entire attention to this activity and become transmitters for the energies which are released into the world during the actual Full Moon days. Meditation is a part of that process.
To strive toward bringing illumination into humanity is to reach out with your thoughts, expanding your consciousness sufficient enough to include the love and understanding you are now feeling in your heart and soul for all your co-workers, for all of your friends, family, and for all life. Then to be able to translate those thoughts into a wise and compassionate field of service. The response to this united effort will bring hope, love, joy and illumination into the world.
Himalayas by Nicholas Roerich 1941
At the Wesak (Taurus) full moon, an extraordinary ceremony is held in one of the valleys in the Himalayas. At this time, great Masters use special ceremonies to contact Shambhala. Once a year, we are told, They want to know if there are any changes in Solar or Cosmic dimensions so that They may put Their Ashrams in better order. From the light of this contact, They make new adjustments and give new inspiration and suggestions to Their disciples, to aspirants, and to humanity. If we, in group formation, locally and globally, have prepared ourselves to receive this new inspiration, by gathering together during the seven days of Wesak, especially on the day of contact, it is then we can bring illumination to our friends, to our family, and to all life
The Purpose of the planet is impressed upon the Hierarchy, and where the members of Hierarchy meditate and contemplate upon that Purpose, the Plan comes into being. The Purpose is discussed in the forty-nine Ashrams of the Hierarchy. Each Ashram discusses how the Purpose will change into a Plan, as well as the personnel and support that are needed to pass this Plan on to humanity.
Entrance fo Shambhala by Nicholas Roerich 1936
The Ageless Wisdom tells us that Shambhala draws its energy from Venus, from the constellation of the Great Bear, from the Pleiades, and from Aquarius. These energies magnetically accumulate in the fiery Chalice of Shambhala. The petals of this vibrant, flower-like Chalice are great Initiates. At the center of the Shambhala flower is a flame, the Central Spiritual Flame, around which Cosmic energies accumulate in fiery splendour and create a tremendous tension. This tension is radiation and magnetism.
TRAVELS TO INDIA:
In May 2001 I went to India for a gathering of spiritually oriented friends to celebrate the Wesak Festival. Following that superb experience, I early on had decided to try to travel the path of Nicholas and Helena Roerich, being particularly interested in the area of the Tashiding monastery. To do this I carefully read the book written by Nicholas Roerich about their experiences in that area, and then laid out a map. Once I arrived in Darjeeling for the Wesak celebration, I was fortunate enough to find a guide who was Buddhist, whose father knew the Roerich’s and who was also able to speak English, having studied at Harvard for a period of time in the United States. He agreed to take myself and three other friends to the areas I had mapped out.
One of the areas on the map I wanted to visit was the Tashiding monastery where history tells us that at one time some of the Masters of the Wisdom had resided in that area and in that particular monastery plus it was well known that Nicholas and Helena Roerich had been there.
A dear friend and avid student of Agni Yoga who had a vast and deep knowledge of the Roerich’s told me that the Tashiding monastery was about 4-5 hours by car from Kalimpong (the location of the stupa of Helena Roerich). She explained that from there I could hire a driver to take me to the bottom of the mountain hill, (which I did) at the top of which I would discover the monastery. It was quite a hike, but my goodness, it was very much worth it. It was raining for a period of time during the hike up the mountain hill, but once the rain subsided the butterflies seem to come out in full force to greet us…huge, beautiful butterflies like I had never before seen. The emerald green colors of the mountain side were sparkling with light due to the sun shining on the droplets left from the rain. The whole environment was magical and full of mystery.
Of this particular monastery my friend told me that when the Roerich’s themselves were approaching it, the monks met them at the bottom of the hill and presented Madame Roerich with a beautiful Buddha. No announcement had gone out about their visit, but somehow the monks knew the day and the time of when they would arrive.
I spent the rest of the afternoon meditating in the monastery, visiting the surrounding grounds. While I was there I met a family living in a grass hut. They came out to greet me, asking why I was there. When I talked to them about the Roerich’s they said they had met them both, in person, when the Roerich’s climbed that hill and visited the monastery. I was thrilled and also shocked…shocked because despite the dirt floor of their grass hut, they had electricity and a TV! As I was walking around the monastery I also happened upon a very old and wise appearing man, sitting on the ground, who offered to carve me out a mani stone. I asked him if it would be possible to carve out four mani stones for my dear friends, and he agreed. I carried those mani stones back down the mountain side and all the way back to Arizona.
From there we traveled on to Sikkim, another part of the area visited by the Roerich’s. This is what Edwin Bernbaum wrote about Sikkim: “Around the beginning of the fifteenth century, Rigdzin Godem, a Tibetan lama who discovered many concealed treasures, managed to find a pass over snow mountains to the warm and sheltered valleys of Sikkim. Although he never returned to Tibet, he wrote a message describing where he had gone and sent it back to his monastery, tied to the neck of an eagle. Some two hundred years later, another lama, Namkha Jigme, completed the opening of the hidden country of Sikkim. Following the directions of Rigdzin Godem…he led a large number of Tibetans over the mountains to settle in Sikkim, where he appointed one of his party as the first Chogyal or ruler of the new principality. … A large stupa outside the capital city of Gangtok contains the skull of Rigdzin Godem, the first person to open the hidden country of Sikkim.”[1]
While I was visiting the monastery in Gangtok I presented a llama, who was watching over the visitors, with the book the WMEA had published, a book written about the life of Helena Roerich, At the Threshold of the New World. He was delighted and offered it that evening to the residents of the monastery explaining about the life of the Roerich’s. When I returned the next day he presented me with a Khatak.
“According to Khempo Tsondu, the outer and inner hidden valleys of Sikkim have been opened, but the secret part still remains closed. Gangtok is supposed to lie in the outer zone, while the inner includes a town named Tashiding and the well-known Indian hill resort and tea center of Darjeeling.”[2]
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With Love,
Joleen D. Du Bois, president and founder
White Mountain Education Association
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[1] Edwin Bernbaum, The Way to Shambhala, p. 69, published by Shambhala, Boston & London 2001 ©1980, 2001 by Edwin Bernbaum
[2] Ibid.