Reappearance Meditation Day – The Secret of Praise.
Offering Praise, Recognition & Gratitude – under Leo.
Reappearance in the Age of Aquarius –
And so. Another Great Approach of Divinity, another spiritual Revelation is now possible once again for humanity.
These occur at the beginning of a New Age.
Along with new Laws & Principles of the New Era.

Today, it’s Thursday once again under the Light of Jupiter. (Ray 2 of Love & Wisdom – the Love of Christ, the Wisdom of Buddha).
Time is moving fast in these beginning Aquarian times.

Today:
Our Reappearance Meditation today, creating the Pathway of Light for the Coming World Teacher.
Today is Thursday, Jupiter’s day, August 20, 2026.
We are in our last two days of Leo Sun – today & tomorrow (Friday). On Saturday in the evening, the Sun enters Virgo.

We remember during the month of Leo we praise everyone & everything. Disciples know that with praise & gratitude everything shifts into harmony. We are the Harmonizers.

Disciples know about offering Thanksgiving & Praise.
Not only to the Lord but to each other, to humanity, to the kingdoms of nature, to each other.

Giving Praise –
When we truly & lovingly recognize & praise others, our hearts expand, joy flows within us, healing happens, life shifts, angels sing & God Himself feels praised too.
We praise God & praise one another ceaselessly.

Secret of Praise.
Disciples contain secrets. The secrets of Praise, which contains within it all the Six Laws & Principles of Aquarius.
Disciples shine forth with joy. They know of praise which is divine & this divine is a secret –
With praise there is a shining forth of the qualities of life – the life-giving nature. Disciples display their spiritual qualities.
All of nature sees their Light. Disciples show forth their light. Disciples are not showy yet their radiance shows forth.
Disciples are calm, poised, in harmony – the nature of God functioning thru their light.
Discipleship, the Gita says, are quiet, praising others, transmitting joy, are magnetic (light filled, love filled) which draws all beings towards them.
This magnetic attraction is due to disciples seeing the Presence of Divinity in all beings. Then joy is summoned & is expressed within everyone.

Reappearance of the Christ.
What will occur when the Christ Reappears?
The time, day, hour, place is yet unknown.
But the Precipitation is occurring. The plans being laid.
1. The Christ will stimulate the spiritual consciousness of humanity, stimulating the heart of humanity (where the Soul resides). The result will be Goodwill & Right Human Relations being established worldwide. (Not all will be open to this stimulation, but it IS for all).

2. The Hierarchy (who will appear with Him) will impress the minds of the disciples (enlightened ones everywhere) with the new spiritual ideas & new truths governing the new era – the concepts governing human living. The Christ will overshadow the NGWS & world disciples so they begin to enunciate the New Truths of Livingness guiding the future (note this is already occurring).

3. The Christ may come in person (with His Disciples, the Hierarchy) & walk among humanity as He did before.
How & when He will be here is not yet known.
Plans are being laid for His Appearance. He will complete the Work He began when He was the Piscean World Teacher.
Love, which He anchored (He established the Era of Love as the Pisces World Teacher) on Earth when last on Earth, has not yet been established in the hearts of humanity. For the firs time in Earth’s history (during the Pisces Age, Love of God was embodied in humanity) This Love, too will be stimulated.

Reappearance Meditation.
Standing together in the Ashram, in the Buddic plane, in the Presence of the Christ & Hierarchy, under the Light of Sanat Kumara & under the light of our Group Soul, we face the Christ with intention, dedication & Love, we say Reappearance Mantram together…

Forgetting the things which lie behind,
We will strive towards our highest spiritual possibilities.
We dedicate ourselves anew
To the Reappearance of the Christ.
In service to the Coming One, Christ, Lord Maitreya
And will do all we can
To prepare men’s minds and hearts
For that event.
We have no other life intention.
Ohm Ohm Ohm

Today is National Radio Day.
On the radio (all ways people receive information).
the energies of enlightenment (thru true teachers
& commentators of the Truth) attempt to bring
humanity into a state of spiritual awareness.
love, Risa D’Angeles

Note: More on Praise tomorrow.

Mercury guides, guards, rules & protects us today, Wednesday. It’s Ray 4 day – Ray 4, the Art of Living, the Ray of struggle w/ duality – also the Ray of art & beauty.
Today is Wednesday, August 19, 2026.
National Photography Day & Aviation Day.

Mercury, Ray 4.
Wednesdays are Mercury’s days – Ray 4 days of Harmony that exists at the heart of conflict & chaos – the seeds of harmony seeking to emerge.
We remember this (understanding the 7 Rays) when an argument ensues, when difficulties appear, misunderstandings & confusion. It’s the transition from the outer to the inner.

Our task is to call forth that harmony within the conflicts & chaos. Asking everyone involved –
…”What is the harmony seeking to emerge here?
How can we reach it together?”

That question, perception, reality, knowledge, information, action, etc. is HOW we use the knowledge of the Rays.

Not controlled blindly by the energies of the heavens.
But WORKING WITH the energies of the heavens.
Because we KNOW about the Rays, signs, planets, etc. in the heavens – their names, functions & purposes.

Our tasks – learning, studying, perceiving, using, applying.
This is the true heart of Astrological study.

And so…
Scorpio (also Ray 4) moon (4) today –
And we are in our last days of Leo Sun.
Saturday evening the Sun enters Virgo (2/6)-
Elements shift from fire to earth.

We enter the gardens of summer before Libra’s equinox occurs and autumn begins.
Sunlight during the last month of summer a silken copper gold.
A bittersweet golden hazy amber sheen.
Do you see it?
We know from this light, a whisper here & there, over there.
The last of the flowers, golden leaves falling…that autumn’s soon somewhere.
There’s a magic to this summer’s time.
A slower tune, a quiet bow.
Leaves falling one by one. The world slowing down.

Ray 4 – the color is a golden yellow, like sunflowers & goldenrod.
Ray 4 is harmony, beauty & art. It blends Rays 1 & 2.
Ray 4 is an open ended six pointed star.
The lower triangle of the personality lifts up & merges fuses & blends with the upper triangle of the Soul –

“Form & Soul are merged. The inner vision watches over the lower, there is a fusion of the two. The higher inner vision blazes forth via the opened inner eye. The three become one & not alone they are. Pass on, O pilgrim on the Way.”

Humanity, is a kingdom – the 4th kingdom.
Kingdons: 1. mineral. 2. plant. 3. animal. 4. humanity. 5. Soul
Humanity the 4th kingdom, art & beauty ray, is creative – Ray 4.
Humanity is animal, human (Ray 4) & also divine (the Soul).

Ray 4 is the Ray of the Art of Living.
Ray 4 is the Ray also of the disciple, as Scorpio is ruled by Ray 4.
Wherever Ray 4 is (flowing thru signs & planets) we begin to understand the flavors of Ray 4.
Ray 4 flows thru Taurus & Scorpio & Sagittarius.
Each one a new flavor, a new level of growth, understanding.

The Heart of the Matter
The 4th center of energy -within humanity is the heart, at the center of the body – between the three lower center/chakras & the three centers/chakras above the heart (this is a part of the occult study of human anatomy & forms an esoteric study between anatomy & psychology, the relationship of the psychological relationship between the Soul & personality).

Heart at the center of humanity reveals purpose – that humanity is the balancing kingdom, the harmonizing kingdom.

Question: Where are Taurus, Scorpio & Sagittarius in your astrology chart? There, Ray 4 is too. Color those areas a golden sunflower hue. love, Risa

The ongoing unfolding of the Age of Pisces (religion) in 300 AD.
The true history of humanity is its religions & the Ages, all under the astrological geometries of the heavens.

Today – Tuesday, August 18, 2026 –
Scorpio moon today, all day. Leo Sun Mercury & Jupiter.
Leo & Scorpio – fire & water – two baptisms.
The baptism of true creative self identity – Leo.
Fire, the Burning Ground of purification under Leo.
Three fires of the Sun.
Then…
The Baptism of water – cleansing & purification so we can hear the call to Discipleship – Scorpio.

Leo is the 5th sign – counterclockwise from Aries to Leo.
Scorpio is the 5th sign – clockwise from Aries to Scorpio.

Leo, the astral permanent atom – housing the emotional experiences in all our lifetime. Atoms of the past are stored here.
In each lifetime we bring our previous talents forth & cultivate them more fully. This is a very advanced science embodying the mystery of the first solar system (Pleiades). These are memory cells within our etheric field.

Leo is the sign wherein we each become aware of our self as a creative being, an aspiring individual, no longer part of the inchoate masses. We step out of the masses & become an individual. (Note: Aries is self – identity – I exist. In Leo, a deeper sense of self/Self occurs – I Am a creative being).

Leo –
That which is a small world of self becomes the entire world. Desire becomes aspiration. The little will becomes Divine Will – & what emerges is a true Ruler, Educator & Leader, working under the Will & Purpose of God.

Leo & Scorpio –
Baptisms of water & fire, fire & water.
The baptism of the infant in the Christian/Catholic church is a symbol of an entrance into the community of Souls in the Spiritual world.
Leo is part of the fixed Cross of the Soul –
Taurus (4), Leo (5), Scorpio (4), Aquarius (5).
A blend of heart & mind –

Aquarian Laws & Principles.
Laws come first. Principles enact the Laws.
The Laws are Cosmic.
On Friday, we shift our study & focus – from the Principle of Unanimity to the Law of Spiritual Approach.
Laws externalize through Principles.
The Law of Group Endeavor externalizes through the Principle of Unanimity.
The Law of Spiritual Approach externalizes through the Principle of the NGWS seeing everything as Divine – Principle of Essential Divinity.

The Laws come first, then, knowing the Laws, we externalize the Laws through enacting the Principles (virtues) in daily life.
Thus we become outposts of Hierarchy, externalizing the ideals in the world, offering them to humanity which then the ideals become ideas in the the hearts & minds of humanity.

Celebrations today, August 18 – cultural awareness.
Discovery Day.
Never Give Up Day.
Ice Cream Pie Day.
Serendipity Day (being surprised).
Couples Day.
St. Helena (Helen) Feast Day – : Roman Empress and mother of Emperor Constantine the Great, the ruler who legalized Christianity across the Roman Empire. Patron saint of new discoveries, archaeologists, converts, and difficult marriages.

Study:
St. Helena – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helena,_mother_of_Constantine_I
Constantine the Great – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine_the_Great