I wanted to apprise students of a very timely, and significant dispensation granted mankind. It began millions years ago, after the fall of mankind.

"Cosmic Law has provided a means of relief for each person's karma, accumulated during the last twelve months of the year, provided such karma was not a result of willful intent. This action is performed in order to allow mankind to be freed from a portion of the errors and mistakes made in the past year, not so much through willful disobedience to the Law, as through lack of discernment, discretion and discrimination. In other words, the mitigation of misqualified energy relates only to those whose causes are motivated with no evil intent. Here, the Violet Fire is allowed to dissolve and transmute the accumulation of discord that has been created during the course of that year (DISCORD WITHOUT VICIOUS INTENT, WITHOUT MALICE) AND THROUGH IGNORANCE.

This is a very important dispensation, that all students are very highly encouraged to take advantage of.

"If it were not for this yearly purification, mankind would, within seven years, destroy their minds, bodies and possible use of service, for that embodiment. THIS TYPE OF KARMA CAN BE AS MUCH AS 50% OF THE TOTAL KARMA ALLOTTED TO HIM OR HER DURING THAT EMBODIMENT.

"Because of this action of mercy, everyone enters the New Year with much greater freedom from the limitation and bonds of their own creation. This merciful procedure of the Karmic Board...accounts for the lightness with which individuals enter the New Year -- filled with hope, resolutions and a strongly-embedded desire to improve upon their nature, character and manifest expression."

As most of us know, it is customary to make resolutions of changes we know should be made in our lives, of all kinds. Some might be physical changes (a better diet, better exercise, etc.), some might be emotional/spiritual changes (maybe we want to start forgiving things in our past, healing relationships, giving more of our time to others, pursuing a specific spiritual path more arduously, etc.), and there might be others. Most of us know from experience that many of our pledges end up being short-lived. Either from our own experiences where we eventually failed to keep our commitments, or in the many people we might know around us, who also eventually cease pursuing their New Year commitments. The reason for this is the vast majority of mankind, and possibly ourselves as well, do not fully eradicate enough of the weight of our miscreation in our world. This untransmuted karma wraps around us, right down deep to actually wrap around every atom in our four lower bodies. Like a blanket over a face, or a cover over a flame or fire, it snuffs out the Light until eventually it would be no more, if not for the Light and Love from the Ascended Masters. (There but for the Grace of God, go I)

"One of the most beautiful activities, connected with the closing yearly cycle, is the ceremony whereby the Lords of Karma close the individual Book of Life for every lifestream in embodiment upon the Earth, during the past twelve-month period. This ceremony is of particular interest and benefit to the students of the Ascended Masters. It takes place on the last evening of the old year (there is another dictation which says it begins on December 28), in the Cauldron of Violet Fire, above the Royal Teton Retreat.

"For that purpose, at the end of the year, there is created, by the builders of form, what you would describe as a lake, about a thousand feet in diameter, circular in shape and filled with deep, Violet Fire. Into that Lake of Violet Fire the inner bodies of every individual belonging to this planet, step, before the end of the year, and each one is literally baptized, one might say, in its purifying essence.

"After the Lords of Karma have measured the Light of the lifestreams, each one is then placed within the ceremonial Fire of purification, which is projected and sustained under the direction of the Beloved Master Saint Germain, with the help and sustenance of the Angelic Kingdom.

"White-robed figures of the Angels of Mercy, wearing deep bands of purple on the sleeves of their garments, stand all around the edge of this circular sea of Violet Fire. Individuals approach in their inner bodies, most of them in the somnambulant (sleep-walking) state, completely unconscious of their surroundings, but all drawn here in their etheric bodies, by the magnetizing Power of Divine Love and Mercy. As these figures step upon the dock, each of them is approached by two of the angelic figures, who take it by each side, lead it into the Violet Fire and bathe it carefully in the Flame, even to the head. This submergence of the entire body is performed very gently, three times. When the individuals are led out, they are given into the charge of the Angels of Protection, who return each individual to his physical body, staying with it, until there comes a certain sense of relief and release from the pressures of the past year. This baptism is not a "one by one" performance. Many souls are submerged at the same time.

"When you come to the chelas of the Ascended Host, there is the cooperation of the mental and emotional bodies, and these individuals enter the Sacred Fire with a realization of its Power. Students are invited to bathe within its Purifying Fire, not once, but often. The angelic host will welcome you back as often as you care to come. There is no such thing, in the Ascended Master Realm, as weariness, exhaustion or depletion in service. Every time you come for a blessing, they are more happy than before, so let us utilize the opportunity, and remember that the Violet Fire is made available through the Life Energy of the Beloved Kuan Yin, Saint Germain, and Beloved Zadkiel and Holy Amethyst.

"Mankind has no idea of the amount of energy it takes to make a mighty cauldron of Flame, a thousand feet in diameter. It takes an almost limitless amount of concentrated Power and attention, to keep that Violet Fire at such a vibratory rate, that no matter what type of energy is passed into it, it never sinks below its purifying state. One of the Great Beings is in constant attendance, to render that service and assistance."

Some notes on this gift from the Beloved Masters and Angelic Host of the Seventh Ray:

It is available to any soul who had physical embodiment for at least "1 hour" of time during the yearly cycle. Those individuals who consider themselves true "students" of the Ascended Masters, should make the appropriate calls and prayers to be taken to and availed of the opportunity to partake of this dispensation. They are not to consider themselves "eligible" for the typical relief granted those of mankind who have no outer awareness of the Ascended Masters, the Violet Flame, or the other activities of the inner realms. To reenter the cauldron throughout the cycle until the New Year, please repeat your request each day before going to sleep.

I hope this helps all of you take advantage of a gift that the Ascended Masters offer us. It should not need to be said that it was created because Those who know us better than we do, decided that we needed it.

May the Mercy and Grace of God erase all of your miscreation, leaving you free to move wherever you need to throughout the rest of your cycles during your lives. Always at your service... Cory

~ A couple of side notes: passages quoted are from the book The Ascended Masters and Their Retreats, by W. Schroeder, from the Ascended Master Teaching Foundation. Some of the quotes have been edited slightly in some cases for clarification or understanding. Also, sorry for the initial typos. This note was completed 15 minutes before another commitment of mine, and so I had did not have time to proofread it prior to posting. Love and Light everyone!