Boy Scouts

Saint Germain inspired Baden Powell to found the Boy Scouts so that the youth of the cities might learn of the beauties of nature. This explains why the Boy Scout insignia is the fleur-de-lis, one of Saint Germain’s symbols.

On July 24, 1960, Saint Germain explained:

Today I would again call your attention to the symbolism of the fleur-de-lis. This symbol is also used by the Boy Scouts. And it was I who at inner levels inspired this upon mankind that they might teach the youth of the world—whom I love so much—a greater understanding of the outdoors and of freedom, so that they might have greater harmony in their worlds, minds and affairs.

Scouting should be an exercise of the heart and the flame of the heart. Scouting activities provide the opportunity to balance the threefold flame before the age of fourteen and sixteen when children move on in life to professions and training beyond the school system. Scouting is intended to offer that opportunity in childhood that Saint Germain and Mother Mary provided Jesus.

Baden-Powell and the origins of Scouting

Many years ago, Saint Germain saw the possibility of the collapse of the free nations of the world through indifference and fear, not only in the American people, but in the lightbearers of the free world who were chosen by God to protect freedom around the world. There was not only the communist threat, but also the abuse of the free-enterprise system, the threat of the spoilers in every nation. To counter this, Saint Germain inspired the founding of the Boy and Girl Scouts by Lord Baden-Powell in 1907, even before the Communist revolution. He started with twenty-one boys and soon gained the support of leading men throughout the world who saw in the Scouting movement a way to improve society through the creation of good citizens.

Baden-Powell was a General in the British army and a former war hero. He was concerned about the youth of his country, who he recognized as being the key to the success or failure of civilization. Based upon his war experience and years of research in the methods of training youth in Sparta and Japan, in medieval England, and even among the American Indian and other native peoples, he wrote the Boy Scout manual.

Unquestionably inspired by the ascended masters, especially by Saint Germain, he had a keen insight into the ills of society and how to correct them through the youth. In this book, Scouting for Boys, he lists the ills of society and the ways of correcting them. What he writes is so interesting and so parallel to the masters’ teachings. He talks about national inefficiencies, their causes, their origin, and how you prevent them, and he proposes Scout training as a remedy.

National Inefficiencies	Causes	Origin	Preventive	Scout training as remedy Additional to Scholastic Education—a systemized development of:
Irreligion Indiscipline Want of Patriotism Selfishness Corruption Disregard of Others Cruelty	Indifference to Higher Conscience	Want of Self-Discipline	Education in I. Character	I. Character through: Good Environment Sense of Honour Sense of Duty Self-discipline Responsibility Resourcefulness Handicrafts God through Nature study Religion in Practice Fair Play Helpfulness to others Personal Service for the Country
Crimes of Violence Lunacy Thriftlessness and Poverty	Drink
Show off Loafing and Shirking Low Moral Standards Gambling Illegitimacy	Self-indulgence
Ill Health Squalor Infant Mortality Mental Deficiency Physical Deficiency	Irresponsibility and Ignorance on the part of Parents	Want of Hygienic and Physical Knowledge	II. Physical Health	II. Health through: Outdoor Practices (not merely Drill) Responsibility for one own physical Development up to Standard Health and Hygiene in Practice

This is a very clear vision of what he wanted to accomplish.

By 1910, the movement spread to America with the enthusiastic backing of President Taft and Vice President Theodore Roosevelt. Six years later, the membership in the Boy Scouts of America was 25,000. Today it has many millions of members in more than 90 countries. The Girl Scouts had a similar success with over 3 million members in the world today.

The genius of the movement lies in the fact that every member of every troop around the world must adhere to the same law and promises. The ten laws of the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts are similar. Without excluding any particular religious sect, they embrace the basic laws of God that are common to all religions. The Girl Scout law is “I will do my best ...” which involves a decision, free will, a resolve, and a determination. It’s a voluntary process. But once one decides, one tethers one’s energy to it.

I will do my best to be honest, to be fair; to help others where I am needed, to be cheerful, to be friendly and considerate; to be a sisters to every Girl Scout, to respect authority, to use resources wisely, to protect and improve the world around me, to show respect for myself and others, through my work and action.

The Girl Scout promise is:

On my honor, I will try to serve God, my country, and mankind, and to live by the Girl Scout law.

The Boy Scout promise is:

A Boy Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean and revenant.

During his life, Baden-Powell, closely watched over the growth of the Scout movement to ensure that it maintained its original high standards.

The ascended masters on the Scouting movement

A number ascended masters have spoken about the importance of the Scouting movement, including the following:

Kuan Yin, May 8, 1977.

[Saint Germain] stands before you to call you to be minutemen and women of the hour and to call the children of America to return in the tradition of the Boy Scouts and the Girl Scouts of America. And therefore, the blessed master has given the edict of the Lords of Karma to the Mother of the Flame that the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts that shall be formed into a troop—a troop of children moving with the troops of elementals and angels on this campus—shall be formed after the original concept of the threefold flame, the fleur-de-lis carved in gold as the emblem of these precious ones.

And these shall be formed, then, after the tradition of the path of initiation of the sons and daughters of God. And they will see their training and the passing of their tests and the earning of their badges as a duplication of the path of initiation—as training for the greater initiations which will come to them as they step from being Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts to becoming the minutemen and -women of Saint Germain.

And who are they? Well, they are the ones who, when called, reply instantly, “Here am I! Speak, LORD, for thy servant heareth!” They are the ones who are mobile in consciousness, who are ready on the minute and on the moment to be the instrument of the LORD’s energy, his grace, or his judgment.

See, then, how from childhood through the development and maturity of adolescence to the greater years of fruitfulness and unfoldment, there is a path and there is an overcoming and there is a challenge for every level of development.

El Morya, October 7, 1984.

When you consider the founding of the Boy Scouts of America and the Girl Scouts under the sponsorship of Saint Germain, you will realize that our Order of the Good Samaritan is an order of service for adults and those younger ones who may qualify themselves. And in its goals it is much like that of the Boy and Girl Scouts. The order, therefore, takes Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts trained to “Be Prepared” to the full maturity of a continuing life of service as Eagle Scouts and beyond—truly as the perpetual Helper.

Sources

Keepers of the Flame Lesson 15.

Elizabeth Clare Prophet, “The Coming Revolution,” June 30, 1977.

Elizabeth Clare prophet, Junior Girl Scout Investiture Ceremony, November 20, 1987.