Within ourselves, All Good Abides.
And the Occult Law of Promotion.
Note: A geomagnetic storm may hit earth this afternoon.
Difficult for humanity’s physical, emotional, mental abilities.
Tuesday today, Mars, Ray 6 day.
Ray 6 – desires, aspirations, visions, hopes, religion, dedication.
Actions – what will we do today? Why & how?
We dedicate (Ray 6) ourselves to acting under the Will to Good, the Will to Love. Then Right Choices are made.

Today…
August 16, 2022 – Aries Moon today.
Initiating new realities.
Leo Sun – cultivating our gifts & talents.
Today the two fires continue.
Till 1:18pm (west coast time) when a moon void of course (the moon resting, not touching any planets) begins – the v/c continuing till the moon enters Taurus, 7:22pm west coast time.
As the moon rests, we rest too.

Voice of the Soul
Often when we listen to the voice of the Soul, our inner voice, we can be dismissed by the outer world. We often have to choose between the revelation of the spirit or the material world & its power. This is a test. We are tested over & over (why the Teacher said to Hercules, in the Labour of Leo, that “the lions & serpents must be slain again and again and even then again.”

The lion of pride, the serpent of jealousy & all the unskillful ways we may use for power over others. We learn to stand alone under Leo, preparing ourselves for leadership. We must have courage, too. And conquer our fear and do always what seems to be the Good.

By occult law, the time of a spiritual promotion/initiation is always accompanied by a material reversal. Thus are the ways of material & spiritual progress. Disciples understand this.

When we meet the tests & are victorious, we are blessed with an increase of wisdom. (Note: we always meet the tests eventually) We become prophets in the land, preparing the Way ahead for humanity.

We become an “Ark of the Covenant” – a spiritual power that we evolve within ourselves. Then within ourselves “all Good abides.”

Thirst & hunger are filled.
Angel of Humility – 
Monday, August 15, 2022.
Aries moon today – Leo Sun.
Aries & Leo are fire signs. Leo is the Burning Ground.
Leo is the light of the Soul. The Soul is our comfort, our healing, our teacher, our direction.
Each day we see the Soul of Matthew bringing him comfort & healing. Allowing Matthew to see, to move his body, to recover fully & completely. Om shanti shanti shanti.

Astrology (personality first, then esoteric/Soul)
Each sign offers us an astrological key to the wisdom teachings.
Keys to the esoteric teachings known only to sages & the ancient Rishis (Seers, Holy Ones).
When we study astrology, our hearts are penetrated with truths and an interior wisdom begins to grow & expand within us, and we become knowledgeable of truths and the Lord of Light ascends over our waters of sorrow. The “serpent power” of regeneration takes hold.

When we approach the world & our lives with the light of esoteric astrological understanding, our “thirst & hunger is filled.” Then the seven spiritual centers within awakens in the etheric body (interpenetrating the physical body) & the powers of the Sun & planets align within us.

And the seven veils & the veil of space are known to us. And then we remain humble in our knowledge and sing a song of thanksgiving. Dante & Virgil in their journey thru Paradise were met by the Angel of Humility and in his wings were heard “Blessed are the grateful…for they shall see heaven.” These are guideposts along the way on the journey “home.” Risa D’Angeles

Angel of Humility by Theresa Baksa (artist) 

Temple of Light.
Immaculate Conception – Purified starlit etheric field.
The times preceding Samuel in the old Testament are like our present times now. Who was Samuel?
Today, Sunday, August 14, 2022.
Leo Sun – the light of the Soul.
a v/c in the early afternoon. Moon enters Aries
at 1:43pm (west coast time).

Astrology
Today – Sun opposite Saturn – there’s a structure “over there’ somewhere that we must incorporate into our lives.
Mercury inconjunct Chiron – we hurt today & find a way to heal ourselves.
Mars trine Pluto – (Taurus/Capricorn) – Venus is the ruler of borth.
Trines are harmonious – what we do transforms ourselves & our outer environments – we stand within the Will to Good, Will to Love.

Today is the anniversary of my mother’s birth.
Born August (Leo) 1917 & died March (Pisces) 2014 –

It is also the Feast of the Immaculate Conception.
The Immaculate Conception means one’s etheric field is free of karma, of illusion, of deception, of confusion & of thralldom to the personality & to material things.
The etheric body is that subtle starlight field surrounding the body of all physical things. In this case I am referring to humans.

The Immaculate Conception has several meanings.
It is Mary who was born within the template of purity.
Mary is one of the Masters in the Hierarchy.
Mary, when Jesus was in her womb, constructed the perfect etheric template around the body of Jesus (also a Master in the Hierarchy, the Master of the world Religions).

Esoteric Healing
When we work esoteric with healing those in need, we focus upon the etheric body, purifying it, calling the Soul to nourish the etheric body. Because the physical body takes into itself what is in the etheric body – the body of Light around all forms. Esoteric healing work with the etheric body, helping to create a purified harmonious etheric body around those who are ill & in crisis.

Summer Solstice –
The Immaculate Conception is also created within us as we participate in the new & full moon festivals each year. At summer solstice, the Sun & Moon seeds, in the pituitary & pineal drop into the 3rd ventricle (marriage bed & cradle for the Holy Child – both metaphors) and at the moment of the Summer solstice, a flash of light appears in the heads of disciples. This is a purificatory process & also a process of yearly illumination & enlightenment.

Disciples who understand these mysteries, who participate in the new & full moon festivals (esoteric solar festivals), who study together become harbingers of the spiritual light, a light that shines forth in the darkness of the Kali Yuga.

The Times we are in now
It is as if we are in the times preceding the coming of Samuel (meaning “voice of God/inner voice). That time, like now, was marked with spiritual decadence, the spirit of religion seemed to have fled, untruths flourished & the people were either confused or captured by a spirit of darkness, dark forces (much like now).

There was inertia among the masses, the people lost their ardor for freedom, their luminous faith was lost. And there was no Moses to lift them to the heights, no Joshua to lead them to Jericho, no Deborah to renew their faith beneath the tall palm trees. The people then faltered & returned to the ways of the world, the inner spiritual voice muffled & far away. The world became heavy, dense, opaque.

There was, as now, moral breakdown, warfare, social/political upheaval. Materiality, bestiality engulfed the world. This phase of materiality comes in cycles. Thus was the time before Samuel & the times we are in now. the mother of Samuel was Hannah, a “virgin of light.” Hannah is like Mary. Samuel is like Jesus. Both were harbingers of the Light.

Into such a spiritual crisis Samuel (Judge, Prophet, obedient to the call of Service from God) came, a messenger of the new life & a brighter age. Who is our Samuel in our Age?

Within the invisible Temples of the Wisdom teachings, the Light continues to shine. Only true seekers of the Wisdom can see this light. And within the dim unknown stands God within the shadows, keeping watch over His own. The work we do here, our study, is a Temple of Wisdom, under the Light of the Soul, a facet within the diamond of occultism (development of the Mind) & esotericism (unveiling the secrets). Risa 

A lamp in the kali yuga darkness.
A bit of astrology today.
Saturn’s day, Saturday, August 13, 2022.
Saturn, Ray 3. Intelligence. The Teacher restructuring our minds.
Astrology – a lamp in the darkness of our Kali Yuga Times.
Astrology is that guiding lamp leading us to understanding & recognition.

A bit of astrology today – About the coming months.
Knowledge prepares us. Astrology is that knowledge.
Note the chart below. Apply it to your astrology chart.
Follow along with the words in this text.
Use the chart to chart your course of understanding.

The next three months, from Leo to Scorpio may be quite challenging for humanity. Beginning on August 1 (North Node, Uranus, Mars at 18 Taurus), a new template was anchored on earth for humanity. As we move into the autumn this template unfolds – we have T Saturn & T Uranus (old/new) coming into a square (challenge, take a new direction), coming closer & closer to each other. It can mean a lot of things – Saturn, the old. Uranus, the new – a battle ensuing, accelerating between the old structures & the new. The old hanging on, the new moving in a new direction. 
In between the ages of Pisces & Aquarius. 
However, don’t assume what is presented as “new” is actually “new.” One must have discernment & discrimination as to what is truly new. For the dark forces veil themselves & hide behind a false light. Disciples “see” the true essence of what is new & what is not new.

As autumn unfolds….the 1st week of October, Saturn/Uranus are square to each other – Saturn 18 Aquarius/Uranus 18 Taurus – this activates the point of August 1st (NNode, Uranus, Mars 18 degrees). Saturn/old. Uranus/new. A battle between the two.

Saturn (18 Aquarius) square Uranus (18 Taurus) – where are these two occurring in everyone’s charts?
Where is transiting Saturn & transiting Uranus?
Saturn/Uranus both rule Aquarius (the new era unfolding).
Saturn (3), new structures. Uranus (7), new revelations, rhythms, archetypes.

They both rule Libra (3) & are related to Capricorn (1, 3, 7) in terms of Initiation via the Rays. In all new rhythms are being anchored for humanity at this time. An intense time.

We will also have Mercury (4) retro in September, Mars (6) retro beginning at the end of October. All of these are related to the South Node in Scorpio (4) (the past revealing itself, so the new pathways can be recognized – NNode in Taurus (4) – new values for the new era).
A new purpose (North Node in Taurus) is being formed for humanity. Vulcan, the forger, Soul ruler of Taurus, forging humanity into a chalice of Service for the Aquarian (5 & 7) Age.

Mercury )4_ will retro in early October (Oct. 10th at 9 Libra to Virgo), retrograding back to 24 degrees Virgo – the sign of health & healing, food, gardens, service to self & other.

In late October (Oct. 30th) Mars (6) retrogrades in Gemini (24.37 Gemini)- the two brothers, the two choices. Mars remains retrograde into 2023 (till Jan. 12, stationing direct at 8.8 Gemini). Mars is related to the South Node in Scorpio (Mars rules Scorpio) & the transiting Chiron in Aries (Mars rules Aries).

Looking at the chart below.
We look for where is the transiting Saturn in our chart, where Mercury & Mars will retro in our chart. All of these will be pertinent for us in the coming months as we see & experience the reorientation occurring in our outer world. In our inner worlds too.

When we listen to the true (Ray 5) media, we hear the words…”we are going into a storm”. With astrology we can apply an understanding of these words & these times, & we recognize the purpose of the events.
There is a larger purpose for humanity (4) – which is to recognize its true identity – that of the world Server & Savior. Some already know this. Some are becoming aware of this. Some won’t awaken to this. Thus the divide widens & deepens.

Disciples stand in the Light, shoulder to shoulder. Holding their lamps up high. So the Way is not so dark for humanity. Om shanti shanti shanti. Risa 

Healing prayers with a kind heart.
A kind heart is of potent use in our service to humanity.
A kind heart radiates love which renders us deeply effective in our service of helping humanity.

A quote:
“I tread the Lighted Way into the hearts of humanity. I serve my brothers & his need. Those who I love, I serve with joy. I love to serve. I serve with a tender heart of love & of compassion. For I am one with my brothers & sisters. And all that I have is theirs. May the love which is in my Soul pour forth to them. May the strength which is in me lift & aid them. May the thoughts which my Soul create reach out & encourage them. Om Shanti shanti shanti.”

Healing prayers for those in need.
We recite these prayer every morning for those in need.
Especially for Matthew. We call upon Matthew’s vision to be restored, for his voice/throat to be healed, for his heart to be stabilized, for his right side to move freely, for his entire brain body to be restored to complete health. Om Shanti shanti shanti.
And so our prayers for all those in need & for humanity itself…

“With purity of motive, inspired by a loving heart,
we offer ourselves for this work of healing.
This offer we make as a group and to the ones in need of healing.
May the love of the Christ & the One Soul
focused in our healing group
Radiate upon you, my brothers & sisters.
Healing calming soothing strengthening & dissipating
all that hinders your joy, love, service & good health.”

Om Shanti Shanti Shanti (peace, peace, peace)

Today is v/c till early afternoon. Then the moon enters Pisces.
The sign of compassion & saving grace.

Let the Soul (five pointed star above our heads) illumines our lives, illumines our service. Let a spontaneous love & kindness be how we tread the path, serving those in need.

the task of the Teacher is to evoke from His disciples such a depth of consecrated love that their main question is what is my service at this time? What task must be done? What is needed by those around me? Who are the people I can help? As I meet the needs of self & all those around me I stand with balance, intelligence, poise, beauty, grace & love. Risa D’Angeles

Graphic below –
Kindness creates a thought form of descending Light. 

Have Courage everyone.
The Leo/Sirius festival – the Leo Labor of Hercules.
The Sirius/Leo Festival is tonight – Sun at 19 degrees Leo.
The full moon festival of Leo /Sirius occurs this evening at 6:36pm west coast time.
Everyone will meet in the Ashram tonight on inner levels beforehand.
Listen to the story which is part of the meditation. 
Enter into meditation together. 
Everyone is invited.

Read Night Light News – updated today.
It’s all about Sirius.
https://nightlightnews.org/weekly-horoscope-and-column-august-10-16-2022/
And listen to the meditation for Leo.
https://nightlightnews.org/audio/
Reading the Labors of Hercules, the Leo Gate, the 5th Gate – Having courage.

Matthew’s progressed rising sign of Leo.
Have courage, Matthew. Have courage.
Have courage everyone. 
We are all with you. love, Risa