spring 2012 e newsletter

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V.O.K. E-Newsletter Spring 201

+ Words from the BelovedGuru

My children, please UPBEAT,

UPBEAT, UPBEAT by prolonged

meditation on the third eye and or

the heart. If you do not reach at

least 2 to 3 hours per day at the

third eye, then you don't love the

Order. Do the presence of God

technique as much as you can.

Bombard your chakras thru deep

breathing. PRACTICE,PRACTICE, PRACTICE.

Utter the universal sound as

many times as you could: Aum,

aum, aum

"Lemon tree, very pretty and the lemon

flower is sweet

But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to

eat."

Sung by Peter, Paul and Mary

Lyrics by Wil Holt

Video prepared by Soror Gayle Albano(http://www.rosecrossohgrc.com/lemon_tree.avi )

Every time you encounter a lemon tree, you

will find it so easy to emote J-VPL-K. There is

something mystical about the lemon tree. The

+ Lemon Tree Song A Mystical Dissection:An Untold Story

- Imperator

It is spring again. Theearth is like a child that

knows poems by

heart.

- Rainer Maria Rilke

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(Lemon Tree from Page 1)

song Lemon Tree, as

popularized by Peter, Paul and Mary,

narrates a sad tale. For me, there is a

component of mental poisoning in its

lyrics. And I find myself obliged to

complete the story, unearth the

mystery and divulge the hidden

mystical truth or mystery of

the lovely lemon tree.

When I was just a lad of ten, my

father said to me,

"Come here and take a lesson fromthe lovely lemon tree."

"Don't put your faith in love, my boy,"

my father said to me,

"I fear you'll find that love is like the

lovely lemon tree."

The boy grew up fearing love as a

result of this mental conditioning.

And so the song continues

One day beneath the lemon tree,

my love and I did lie

A girl so sweet that when she smiled

the stars rose in the sky.

We passed that summer lost in love

beneath the lemon tree.

The music of her laughter hid my

father's words from me.

"All you have shall some

day be given;

Therefore give now, that the

season of giving

may be yours and not your

inheritors."

- Kahlil Gibran

Mystics know that you achieve

what you perceive. The boy grewup carrying the luggage fear in

putting his faith in love.

One day she left without a word.

She took away the sun,

And in the dark she left behind, I

knew what she had done.

She'd left me for another; its a

common tale but true.

A sadder man but wiser now, I

sing these words to you.

Allow me then to continue the

untold story. The girl in the story

frequently stays under the shade

of the lemon tree, meditating for

so many hours. Her aura was so

big and anybody would be

attracted to her. One day this

man passed by and was so

mesmerized that he fell in love

with her. She continued tomeditate, and meditate and

meditate under the lemon

tree. Until one day, she was

initiated. She was enlightened -

the old self was gone. The song

must have had a happy ending

instead.

Our Beloved Order may be

likened to this lovely lemon tree

it is a giving tree. It gives morethan we can receive. The lemon

tree blossoms, even before the

numerous fruits are

harvested. The fruits are open to

anybody interested to have

them. Its structure makes the

fruits easy to pick and the

branches carry more fruits than

they could hold. The numerous

fruits are too heavy for the twigs

and branches.

The owner is even pleading for

me to harvest as much as I could

to lessen the burden of the

tree. So many are benefiting from

this lemon tree. In reality, the

fruit is not impossible to eat its

very invigorating to drink, the

marmalade is so delicious, and it

can be used in many recipes.

Like the lemon tree, our Orderis readily available and open to

everyone. Availing of the

membership entails numerous

benefits. There are many flowers -

enriched with proven

techniques. It is not impossible to

meditate, as everyone will be

guided. But sadly, just like the



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lemon tree, only few avail of its

fruits.

Definitely, the lemon tree is a

giving tree the fruits are much

enriched with Vitamin C. The

hidden connotation is that this

vitamin C from the lemon treedenotes CHARITY. Non-stop

flowering and giving, and giving,

and giving of fruits to the extent

that many are wasted.

Its charitable aspect is so

striking for it is contagious. This

lemon tree is planted next to a

guava tree, which also does not

stop giving and giving and giving

fruits. It is also open for anyone

interested to pick. In the same

token, the owner is

also pleading for us to harvest the

guava fruits to ease the burden of

its twigs and branches.

Frater Caloy has a neighbor

who owns an orange tree also a

giving tree. His neighbor also

begs him to harvest some orange

fruits to lessen the burden for the

tree. Ate Ellen, from my

workplace, often brings calamansi

fruits harvested from her

backyard. She also owns a giving

tree which bear fruits 12 months a

year.

My wish is for every member

to be like these giving trees and

exude vitamin Charity. If you love

our Beloved Order, then you are

comparable to the giving trees. It

is always a blessing to be able togive rather than being in

need. Therefore, be thankful for

all the chances you are given to

support our Order.

When I sing this song I now

change the lyrics to:

And the fruit of the lemon is so

heavenly to drink.

Now, I always put faith in love

and would always remember the

lessons hidden in this song.

A charitable tree is always

protected by its owner. If a tree

bears numerous fruits, no one

would ever think to cut it.

Always be charitable and for

sure, you would also always be

protected.

Let us toss and drink lemonade

to that!

That's what I consider

true generosity. Yougive your all, and yet

you always feel as if it

costs you nothing.

- Simone De Beauvoir

Persistence- Soror Mi

I wish to escape from this prison I

built.The dull walls patterned in an

illusory quilt.

Alone in self-created sufferings,Blinded by temporary, worldly

musings.

Outside, the moon waxed andwaned.

Yet my shadows keep me chained.

Shackles without lock and key,To emancipate, I must

comprehend the mystery.

I am shackled from head to foot.

Movement restricted, all-covered

in soot.I unlock one;

I find a thousand more to be

undone.

The candlelight battles the

looming night,

Steadfast, fighting with all itsmight.

Your Voice seems so distant,

But my heart must remainpersistent.

Your Guiding hand though tough,

keeps me steady

In this long and weary journey.As Shivas divine dance completes

itself,

So too shall I master and conquer

my Self.


+ Poetry Corner


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+ Prolonging the body- Fra. Ped

I was reading a news article about stemcell research (Japan scientists coax sperm

from stem cells AFP August 5, 2011) and

somehow got curious about what stem cells

are. Aside from the usual techno-medicaljargon, which reminds me of my fearsome

Biology class in high school, one thingstruck me from my readings.

Here is an excerpt from

medicalnewstoday.com:

Adult or somatic stem cells exist

throughout the body after embryonic

development and are found inside ofdifferent types of tissue. These stem cells

have been found in tissues such as the

brain, bone marrow, blood, blood vessels,skeletal muscles, skin, and the liver. They

remain in a quiescent or non-dividing state for years until activated by

disease or tissue injury.

Adult stem cells can divide or self-renew indefinitely, enabling them togenerate a range of cell types from the originating organ or even

regenerate the entire original organ. It is generally thought that adult stemcells are limited in their ability to differentiate based on their tissue of

origin, but there is some evidence to suggest that they can differentiate tobecome other cell types.

Self-renew indefinitely,

generate a range of cell types,

regenerate entire original organ.

And the clincher they remain in aquiescent or non-dividing state for

years until activated.

These descriptions have connotations

that were always in parallel to ourmystical studies and have been a

foundation for all our exercises andexperiments. As Rosicrucian students, w

have learned that the body can renew anregenerate every 40 days, and can

regenerate in full every 7 years. To man

of us, we do not see or feel this processsince they all happen slowly and at the

cellular level. Also, our daily habits,

stress, unhealthy eating and drinking, anour negative thinking, prevents us from

the full benefit of this regeneration

process. Usually, only after disease orinjury do we stop to allow the

regeneration and healing to occur, and

then off we go again to do the same

(continued on 5

Top left - Alabama lodge

First row from L to R: Chris Powell (GM VajrayanaOrder), Amun Ankh-El (GM OHGRC), Justin Goodloe

(GM KMCE)

Second row: Drue Peebles (Past Master, OHGRC), JoriRicks (Past Master, KMCE), La Darren Rutland (Past

Master, Milarespa lodge Vajrayana), Natasha Caldwell

(New Master Vajrayana), Raina Johnson (New MasterOHGRC), Michael Drake (New Master, KMCE)

Bottom left Alabama lodge

Newly Installed Masters from L to R: Natasha Caldwell(Vajrayana Order), Raina Johnson (OHGRC) Michael

Drake (KMCE)

Top right Los Angeles Lodge

Pedz Rodulfo (GM KMCE), Caloy Ortega (GMOHGRC), Shatila Gayle Albano (Master Vajrayana),

Amihan Tayag (GM Vajrayana Order), Carina Arellano

(Master, OHGRC)

Bottom right - Los Angeles Lodge

Shatila Gayle Albano (Master Vajrayana), AmihanTayag (GM Vajrayana Order)

As a rule, the

mind, residing in

a body that has

become

weakened bypampering, is

also weak, and

where there is no

strength of mind

there can be no

strength of soul.

- Mahatma Gandhi



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(Prolonging on page 4)behavior and activities that causedthe injury in the first place.

Self-renew indefinitely does

not this translate to immortality? Ifthis research proves to be true, our

bodies are immortal, unless it isdamaged by accident or disease

beyond the bodys ability to repair

itself. If we push this concept further,all living things are immortal, since

they are built from the same basic

stems cells as human bodies. Ofcourse, immortality without

population control will be a greater

problem, so is the recklessexploitation of natural resources for

greed and egotistic reason. For

example, amassing wealth with no

benefit to others. Immortality and thecurrent human situation will not

work!

I was driving down one of the

busy freeways of Los Angeles and Icannot help notice the sheer number

of automobiles of all sizes, shapes

and types on both sides of the road.A question popped in my mind,

What are we humans doing? We

are burning resources for the sake ofour egos and worse, for the sake of

what we perceive as our image.Our perception of ourselves has nowbeen transformed into what we own,what we have, the numbers in our

bank accounts, etc. We have gonedown the path of futility where we

look for ourselves outside of

ourselves. But this will be on anotherdiscourse for another time.

Going back to the phrase, theyremain in a quiescent or non-

dividing state for years until

activated is there a way to activatethis regeneration process without

disease or injury acting as catalysts?

As Rosicrucian students we havebeen taught to do this pore

breathing, the pentagram, exercise,

charging the water we drink,absorbing the suns transforming

energy, etc.

We are also taught about the

generative energies that circulate

within our bodies, both physical andpsychic. We are taught how to

conserve and how to create these

generative elixirs within ourselvestowards immortality!

What if on the physical aspect ofour bodies, these techniques trigger

our stem cells to start the

regeneration process? That is notimpossible, since these cells are in

our blood, our liver, our brain, our

skin, our skeletal bodies they areall over us. Think about pore

breathing, what does it do to these

quiescent cells when we practicepore breathing? How about the

pentagram exercise, would the

energies coursing through ourpsychic channels trigger these like

lightning bolts jumpstarting ourregenerative mechanisms?

I suggest that all of you fraters and

sorors do your own reading andresearch and see how the

technologies of today most often

have bearings to our practice wejust have to think deep to analyze

and inquire. In fact, there is no

separating them much like the dual

nature of our bodies. To understandthe teachings require a sharp

inquiring mind! In fact, to attainCosmic Consciousness requires an

extremely healthy mind and super-healthy body the Cosmic flow isquick and at the same time subtle, to

attune to it requires the same

quickness and subtleness. Theobjective mind is too slow to grasp it,

only a when the objective mind is

stopped can we unleash the power ofour true selves and be in sync with

the Cosmic flow.

I know there will be many

questions, one of which is Why

prolong this life, when we have manymore cycles to come? I would think

it would be proper to ask ourselves,Are we sure? Are we guaranteedthis? I would rather approach this as

this one life to make the most out of

it and to prolong it for learning and

service.

Another question is Why prolon

life? Why are we scared of death?The fear of death is probably the fea

of the unknown. And who is fearing

what? Is it the body? Or is it the othe

thing that dies when the body dies the Ego? The pain of transition is

what I myself fear the most. But in m

periods of clarity, I see that death isjust part of the flow of the Cosmic,

just as birth is. Many humans, due t

their religious upbringing, or wherethey settled in their spiritual

practices, have accepted that this lif

is to prepare for the afterlife. Whatafterlife is, I can only guess or I ma

have some concepts about it just lik

all of you. But I know Life and eachof us knows Life! We are living and

breathing Life every minute, every

second that is enough for now. Letus conscientiously practice,

regenerate and activate our physica

and psychic bodies. It is our vehicleto Illumination. Let us make the mos

learn, practice and serve in this one

existence we are experiencing

together.

+Points for

meditation:

Am I the

body?

Golden age is here.

God is more manifestedin everything. NOW is

the best time to be

initiated to the higher

levels.

- GuruJi



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I am the searing heat of the sand.

I am the flame of the heart.

I am the engulfing wave.

I am the soil regenerated.Rejoice, behold the Light.

- Leaves of Morya

+ Respecting Nature- Fra. I-Em Hote K

I would like to start this discourse

with the Hermetic adage as above, so

below. As you know, this means that

the microcosm and macrocosm are

nothing but reflections of each other.

Lewis Thomas once said, I have been

trying to think of the earth as a kind of

organism, but it is no go. I cannot think

of it this way. It is too big, too complex,

with too many working parts lacking

visible connections. The other night,

driving through a hilly, wooded part of

southern New England, I wondered

about this. If not like an organism, whatis it like, what is it most like? Then,

satisfactorily for that moment, it came to

me: it is most like a single cell. The

Earth is just like a cell and man has

become its infection.

Through the ages man has destroyed

ALL that the Cosmic loves and exploited

the benefactions of nature, which was

given to ALL for free. More people die

from polluted water every year thanfrom all forms of violence, including

war, the U.N. stated in a report that

highlights the need for clean drinking

water. When the Cosmic speaks of

LOVE, it is DIVINE LOVE that includes

LOVING NATURE, which is RESPECTING

NATURE. Where will we live if we

destroy our home? Man at times is

worse than an animal. When you

study animals, they never kill without

reason. Usually, they only kill for

food or when threatened, but man

kills for sport.

Mans ego tricks him into

believing that he owns land. How

can you buy or own anything that the

Cosmic awarded to ALL. Man even

charges for the consumption of

water. Next, man might think it is a

great idea to charge others for

breathing air. For man to expand

spiritually, he must meditate and

always hold in his heart DIVINE

LOVE, which is love for the Comic

and all its creations love for ALL.

How can man return to the source if

he does not ensconce his being with

divine love?

Just a few months into 2010, and

Mother Nature has delivered a slew

of costly and deadly natural

disasters. From the catastrophic Haiti

and Chilean earthquakes, to the U.S.

blizzard that descended on

Washington, D.C., which was mostly

just inconvenient by comparison.

Two thousand ten is already above

average in terms of natural-disaster

casualties. Waters and land polluted,

oxygen levels lowering in the oceans

and the list goes on.

The planet Earth is sick

because man is not in tune withnature. Man is like a disease o

this planet and Mother Nature

uses its white blood cells or

natural disasters to rid itself of

these viruses and bacteria. If

you study ancient history, you

will find out that it always

repeats itself.

When man gets out of hand,

nature removes him. So join m

on this spiritual revolution to

become Homo Spiritus (spiritua

man) and leave behind our

behavior of carnal man.

I would like to end our

discourse with a poem that

reflects the above content.

Whoremongers

Man has tried to pimp Earth

The place he once respected

and called home

Now he boastfully calls it his

whore

Penetrating her womb in searc

of oil

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+More words from the Beloved Guru

Attain COLD COMPASSION, WARM WISDOM. Love isthe universal rule. Serve, serve, serve humanity.

Be protected. Stay in the pineal/pituitary or the heart

chakra. The only safe places are your third eye and

heart.

When you do evil, my radiations bounce back and

therefore would not reach you.

Remember what Jesus said: "Love God with all your

heart, with all your mind and with all your soul."

Exercise, exercise, exercise. Sweat out your toxins.

+ World Convention Updates

(Whoremongers from page 6)

She does not want to be raped

anymore

Her wind runs from polluted skies

Hoping someone hears her criesSoliciting her

He even dumps trash on her

Greed causing animals to be

poached

Part of her spirit has been broke

But there is hope

Nature is our mommy

She has spanked man withearthquakes and tsunamis

Landslides and floods

Man has repaid with his blood

Crying for no more tornados

And no more hurricanes

Now man finally realizes the Earths

pain

Congratulations to Cagayan De Oro Lodge for the successful hosting of

the 2012 Rosicrucian and Vajrayana World Convention. Much gratitude to

Frater Virgilio Manuel. We thank you for your warm reception, world

class presentations, and very orderly conducting of the convention.

Pictures will be available mid-May in the V.O.K. Worlds Photostream on

Flickr account: http://www.flickr.com/photos/63848506@N07/sets/

+ Call for artwork, articles and poetryMy thrice-called pupil!

Through your art, carry My Word, bring joy to the hearts of the

world.

Hunter, walk in victory.

- Leaves of Morya

Fellow chelas, we invite you to send your submissions to:

[email protected]

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