The Legend, Story & Fact of the Wesak Festival – Spiritual Contact
Occurring at the full moon under the Light of Taurus, sign of Enlightenment & sign of the Buddha. Together the Buddha who is Wisdom & Christ who is Love disperse to humanity the blessing for humanity from the Lord of the World, Sanat Kumara, Ancient of Days, from Venus.
~There is a valley, lying at a rather high altitude in the foothills of the Himalayan-Tibet ranges. It is surrounded by high mountains on all sides except towards the northeast, where there is a narrow opening in the mountain ranges.
The valley is bottle-shaped in contour, with the neck of the bottle to the northeast, and it widens very considerably towards the south. Up towards the northern end, close to the neck of the bottle, there a huge flat rock. There are no trees or shrubs in the valley, which is covered with a kind of coarse grass.
Approaching the time of the full moon of Taurus, pilgrims from the surrounding districts begin to gather. The holy men and the lamas find their way into the valley and fill the southern and the middle parts, leaving the northeastern end relatively free. There, so the legend runs, gathers a group of those great Beings Who are the Custodians on Earth of God’s Plan for our planet and for humanity.
This group of knowers of divinity are the main participants in The Wesak Festival. They arrange Themselves in the northeastern end of the valley, in concentric circles, and prepare for a great act of service.
In front of the rock, looking towards the northeast, stand Those Beings Who are called by Their disciples The Three Great Lords. These are:
1. the Christ (Ray 2) (Pisces & Aquarian World Teacher) Who stands in the center; the Lord of living forms,
2. the Manu (Ray 1) (progenitor of the human race. The word “man” is from the Sanskrit words “Manu/Manas” & “man” means “thinker or to think”) Who stands at His right;
3. the Lord of Civilization (MahaChohan, the Intelligence Principle, acting like the Holy Spirit, Ray 3), who stands to His left.

These three Great Ones face the rock upon which rests a great crystal bowl, filled with pure water.

Behind the grouped Masters of Wisdom (Hierarchy), adepts, initiates, and senior workers under God’s Plan are to be found the world disciples (ones who serve humanity, working in spiritual groups, Soul infused) and aspirants in their various grades and groups (either “in the body” or “out of the body”), who at this time constitute the New Group of World Servers (NGWS- those whose work is the salvaging of humanity).

Those present in their physical bodies have found their way there by ordinary means. Others are present in their spiritual bodies, and in the dream state. The “dream,” which they later relate, has been uniformly registered by people throughout the world, and bears the testimony to the recollection of an inner spiritual

As the hour of the full moon approaches, a stillness settles down upon the crowd, and all look towards the northeast. Certain ritualistic movements take place, in which the grouped Masters and Their disciples of all ranks take up symbolic positions, and form on the floor of the valley such significant symbols as the five-pointed star, with The Christ standing at the highest point; of a triangle, with

The Christ at the apex; or a cross, and other well-known formations, all of which have a deep and potent meaning. This is all done to the sound of certain chanted words and esoteric phrases, called mantrams (rhythmic words, syllables, generating a vibration).
The expectancy in the waiting, onlooking crowd becomes very great, and the tension is real and increasing.

Through the entire body of people there seems to be felt a stimulation or potent vibration which has the effect of awakening the Souls (principle of love, will, intelligence) of those present, fusing and blending the group into one united whole, and lifting all into a great act of spiritual demand, readiness, and expectancy. It is the climax of the world’s aspiration focused in this waiting group. These three words ~ demand, readiness and expectancy ~ best describe the atmosphere surrounding those present in this secret valley.

The chanting and the rhythmic weaving grows stronger, and all the participants and the watching crowd raise their eyes towards the sky in the direction of the narrow part of the valley. Just a few minutes before the exact time of the full moon, in the far distance, a tiny speck can be seen in the sky.

It comes nearer and nearer, and grows in clarity and definiteness of outline, until the form of The Buddha (Lord of Wisdom, lived 500 BC, to prepare men’s minds for the Coming of His Brother, the Christ) can be seen, seated in the cross-legged Buddha position, clad in his saffron-colored robe, bathed in light and color, and with his hand extended in blessing.

When the Buddha arrives at a point exactly over the great rock, hovering there in the air over the heads of The Three Great Lords,
the Forces of Enlightenment stream into the Earth.
And a great mantram, used only once a year, at the Festival, is intoned by The Christ, and the entire group of people in the valley bow down & kneel, all reciting the Invocation.

This Invocation (conscious focused appeal, asking) sets up a great vibration or thought current which is of such potency that, from the group of aspirants, disciples and initiates who employ it, it reaches up to the Father, the Being we know as God. It reaches into the heart of the Father.

This eight minutes of invocation marks a supreme moment in time of intensive spiritual effort, throughout the entire year. The spiritual vitalization of humanity and the spiritual effects last throughout the succeeding months till next year’s Wesak Festival.

The effect of this great Invocation is universal or cosmic, and serves to link us up with that cosmic center of spiritual force from which all created beings have come. The blessing is poured forth, and The Christ, as the representative of humanity, receives it in trust, for distribution.

Thus, so the legend runs, The Buddha returns once a year to bless the world, transmitting renewed spiritual life, through The Christ. Slowly then The Buddha recedes into the distance, until again only a faint speck can be seen in the sky, and this eventually disappears. The whole ceremonial blessing, from the time of the first appearance in the distance until the moment The Buddha fades out of view, takes just eight minutes.

The Buddha’s annual sacrifice (to make holy, an act from the heart) for humanity (for He comes back only at great cost) is over, and He returns again to that high place where He works and waits. Year after year He comes back in blessing; year after year, He and His great brother, The Christ, work in the closest cooperation for the spiritual benefit of humanity. In these two great Sons of God have been focused two aspects of divine life, and They act together as Custodians of the highest type of spiritual force to which our humanity can respond.

Through the Buddha, the wisdom of God is poured forth. Through the Christ, the love of God is manifested in humanity, and it is this wisdom and love which pour forth upon humanity each Wesak full moon.

When the Buddha has again disappeared, the crowd rise to their feet; the water in the bowl is distributed in tiny portions to the Masters, initiates and disciples, and they then go their way to their place of service.

The crowd, who have all brought their little cups and vessels of water, drink of them and share with others. In this beautiful “water ceremony of communion” is portrayed the symbol of the new age which is upon us, the Aquarian Age (the new era, 2,500 years under the light & sign of Aquarius – the Age of Humanity, of Freedom, this new age has just begun), the age of the Water Carrier – “waters of life poured forth for thirsty humanity. Age of new revelations, new consciousness, electrical waters – ruled by Uranus & Jupiter.

The Wesak ceremony is the story of the universality of God’s love for His people. It call each of us to the need for individual purification, and offers us the opportunity to share with each other that which belongs to all (as all Minds are created equal).

The water, the communion, which has been magnetized by the presence of the Buddha and of the Christ, carries certain properties and virtues of a healing and helpful nature.
Thus blessed, the crowd silently disperses.
– Wesak Festival- A Technique of Spiritual Contact” by Alice Bailey

The Great Invocation #1
Let the Forces of Light bring illumination to mankind.�
Let the Spirit of Peace be spread abroad.�
May men of goodwill everywhere meet in a spirit of cooperation.�
May forgiveness on the part of all men be the keynote at this time.�
Let power attend the efforts of the Great Ones.
So let it be, and help us to do our part.
Ohm Shanti Shanti Shanti