Catedral de la Naturaleza

The house where it is said Kuthumi was born in his final embodiment, Dal Lake, Kashmir

La Catedral de la Naturaleza es el retiro del maestro ascendido Kuthumi. Se encuentra justamente sobre el lago Dal, en la ciudad cachemira de Srinagar. El foco físico del retiro etérico se encuentra en los hermosos jardines que embellecen los entornos del lago. Estos jardines fueron diseñados y ejecutados bajo la dirección de Kuthumi, en su encarnación como Shah Jahan, el emperador que también construyó el Taj Mahal en Agra, entre 1632 y 1650.

En uno de los jardines hay una casa de la que dicen que es el lugar de nacimiento de Kuthumi en su última encarnación. Cerca hay otra casa, con un manantial de agua pura, del que dicen que cura muchas formas de enfermedades incurables. Los peregrinos llegan de todas partes para acceder a las aguas de este manantial. Detrás de los jardines hay una montaña, el punto de afianzamiento físico del retiro etérico del amado Kuthumi, cuya llama de paz iluminada se puede sentir por toda la región.

Chashme Shahi Garden, Dal Lake, Kashmir

Definición

El enorme salón central del retiro está construido con una sustancia parecida al mármol, combinada con piedras blancas chispeantes. La gigantesca cúpula sobre el salón está compuesta del mismo material. Bancos de mármol forman un diseño circular alrededor del centro de la sala, mientras que en la periferia estos están orientados en perpendicular a los lados, en forma radial. Los bancos guardan cierta distancia unos de otros, dejando espacio para que los maestros reúnan un grupo de discípulos alrededor de cada uno de estos bancos.

The colors of the causal body are introduced into this great white hall in the cushions on the seats of the benches; the masters and their disciples wear golden robes, being of the Order of the Brothers of the Golden Robe. Twenty-four-hours a day, groups of disciples with their teacher gather in this great hall. At intervals during each twelve-hour cycle, either the Lord of the World, the Representative of the Cosmic Christ, or one of the World Teachers enters the hall and stands on the raised dais in the center to address the masters and their disciples. On the occasion when one of the aforementioned masters gives a discourse, the smaller groups unite into one large group facing the center.

Adjacent to the great white hall is a flame room where the focus of the flame of illumination is guarded. Here the Brothers of the Golden Robe come and sit in the lotus posture to meditate, to pray and to expand the action of the flame on behalf of their brothers and sisters both in and out of embodiment. Other buildings form a part of the complex of this retreat, including libraries containing scrolls of wisdom, guarded by the angels of illumination. In these buildings, the usual functions of a retreat are carried on by the administrators under the hierarch. These include the programming of education for the entire planet and the enlisting of souls, either in embodiment or who are preparing for embodiment, to study these plans and then go forth to implement them in the world of form.

Chashme Shahi Garden, with Dal Lake in the distance

Come to Kashmir

Kuthumi writes:

I am known as a master of peace, but I prefer to be called simply a Brother of the Golden Robe. That holy order, which was founded long ago by one who saw true knowledge as the peace that passeth understanding, still functions today; and we count among our band ascended ones who have espoused the golden flame of illumination as a means of imparting peace to mankind as well as those unascended brothers and sisters who desire to become the peaceful presence of His wisdom to all mankind.

We are looking for recruits. Therefore I write to you to apprise you of the fact that there are openings in our chambers, in our libraries and in our retreats—openings for those who diligently call and are willing to be the allness of the All to hearts hungry for the flame, never chary. Yes, we have openings for those who are not chary in their use of the flame as they call with a mighty fervor upon His name....

If you would attend our University of the Spirit to learn the way to teach men how to pray, then I say, Call to me and ask the angelic hosts to accompany you to my retreat in Kashmir. And we shall receive you here to hear the Word—not mine alone, but of the masters of the Himalayas, who have outlined a course of instruction for the teachers of the race.

See also

Brothers and Sisters of the Golden Robe

Sources

Mark L. Prophet and Elizabeth Clare Prophet, The Masters and Their Retreats, s.v. “Cathedral of Nature.”