My Thoughts on Elizabeth Clare Prophet

( Editor's note: This article was delayed from publication until today 5/12/08)

Today (April 8, 2008) is Elizabeth Clare Prophets’s birthday.

Perhaps 15 years ago I remember very vividly watching what was a cable broadcast program in the living room of my younger sisters' Reseda, California apartment.

There I think for the first time I came across the image of a woman that unexpectantly held a beginning for a fantastical voyage for my soul.

I also remember so clearly how my body seemed to come alert by the words and concepts being spoken by this person.

I had one of those moments when what we are seeing is so interesting on a deeper part of ourselves. It really was a soul response, not some sort of intellectual knee-jerk response. It wasn't an info-mercial buzz, where i wanted to leap out and order something.

It is easy even today to remember even my body responding, how i remember turning into and leaning forward with my whole torso into the TV screen so I could watch and listened carefully.

It was like I was getting awakened, some memory pattern was coming through. I was on another dimension, though it was subtle and I wasn't a particularly refined being at that time, maybe. At first I couldn't make out what was the topic or subject of this show or broadcast.

Later, I was to learn the "show," really a segment about the Ascended Masters teachings, was called "Karma, Re-Incarnation and Christianity" I thought that was an odd mixture.

The "woman" turned out to be Elizabeth Clare Prophet.

I remember experiencing something that has never left me since that day and even through a vast amount of insight and at times controversy I would learn about and through that woman.

It was the absolute and yet gentleness of the love for God that was like a pure radiance that seemed to pour out from her.

Over the next 16 years since then I have yet to see a person, that has been more of a central figure for transformation on the Spiritual path than her.

Within even a couple of months after making contact with the path of the Ascended Masters via Mrs. Prophet, my whole life began to be defined by an intense acceleration.

I once heard the phrase, "It was I who opened your eyes" in reference to a more self-referring teacher to his student.

Mrs. Prophet, though she was never perfect in her human stature did I ever feel would prostate herself before God or the Ascended Masters.

She to me, in my less than graceful state, represented some point of service my life and my path would come to know, and too at many times struggle with accepting.

Many things would come to illuminate me about the existence of a Spiritual brotherhood, including Saint Germain and the true and eternal teachings of Jesus Christ.

I had an opportunity in those beginning years to work as a book salesman distributing metaphysical titles.

One of the tasks of our job was to review and write summations of books and tapes for a catalogue.

A group of us were "cramming" if you will going through nearly hundreds of products when we came upon a fairly rare recording of "Yogananda"

Paramahansa Yogananda, was the centerpiece of a fabulously definitive account of an Eastern lineage of "guru's and Spiritual wisdom in "Autobiography of A Yogi"

I remember reading that book and the realizations of what was available in Spiritual breakthroughs, reading about not only Yogananda’s vast, brilliant and devoted Soul, but about Babaji too.

Still, as impressed as I was with that knowledge and understanding that were imparted there, I remember a moment with those other "reviewers" after "hearing" Yogananda's discourse, what an altogether different level this American teacher (ECP), a "westerner" no less appeared to be on.

I had never heard from Yogananda or any other Eastern teacher about the History of Atlantis or Lemuria or for that matter the existence and realms of beings that originated from other systems of worlds. I never heard of Sanat Kumara and Lady Master Venus, nor did i know very much about the Spiritual and Cosmic significance of the Earth or its evolutions.

One of the things that were similar to both "schools" was the concept of the "Guru-Chela" relationship.

The basic premise was that in order for the individual to overcome the limitations and blocks of his personal growth in Spiritual Understanding, he would need one who occupies the "office" or role of teacher.

In the East this position is known as Guru.

I remember hearing once in a Santa Cruz commune I was living in Guru was G-YOU-ARE-YOU! So you know my own associations have a mixed veracity.

I remember first hearing people calling Mrs. Prophet, Guru Ma. That was not easy for those words to roll out of my mouth, but I was surprised how much progress I could make just by trying to take in the path.

I think I became a better student of principles than I might have been able to give my allegiance to a personality, no matter how exalted.

In all fairness, I have seen many times I have a lot of way to go to surrender aspects of my human ego to being taught. There are still the elements of these little nagging resistances and even rebellions against certain spiritual precepts and especially sacrifices.

I was probably a typical "Western" student in the sense we do not really push ourselves to discipline our energies.

On the other hand I think I might of had some good things come out from it because, I did not pile on the idolatry to these "teachers" and in my heart I knew even "great lights" would need a break from the over expectations we all put upon people.

Over the years of seeing Mrs. Prophet teach, while she was very active, I began to notice many things that were attributed to her and the organization that surrounded her.

Back in 1993, when I first came to the organizations headquarters in Montana, there was a general unrest related to "communities" especially of religious or Spiritual nature.

There was the whole Branch Davidians fiasco in Waco, Texas and I think organizations like Mrs. Prophets' Church Universal and Triumphant were getting extra scrutiny from the media, especially.

It was like trying to exist while there was all this microscope on you to look for every fault.

I think I bonded to the "heart" of the work, Elizabeth was doing because most of what was being negatively attributed to hear was so much out of context and even more importantly, would try and diminish the validity of the Ascended Masters point of service.

I remember "they" (the media) were saying how ostentatious living was being afforded to her.

Well, if that was the case, it must not be working out too well, because while she was living at one of the better "homes" on their property, it looked more like a pre-fab. Not exactly the kind of high-line estate one could imagine.

One time I was a part of a large group of students attending an Ascended Master Class, called Summit University.

This was basically where we lived-in and attended a whole day and evening schedule of activities. Our learning included very compacted and at times intense regimen of teaching and Spiritual devotions.

I myself though studious at most of the times, reflected in my penchant for liberalizing certain aspects of the path. I spent my fair share of relief in the "rest tent" (how practical) during some of the longer discourses and was fond of talking with other female students at anticipated breaks.

Still, there was sobering crystallization that Mrs. Prophet appeared to demonstrate in her own resiliency to carry out a point service on behalf of the Masters.

It was really the co-measurement of her own willingness to give, as El Morya would say the full cup.

By contrast of my own, though interested, but by comparison mild application her example did inspire me.

I truthfully feel that Elizabeth Clare Prophet had often integrated her own energies to the point that she had a significant internalization of the Ascended Master force field upon her.

She was also a workhorse in her own devotions.

Once, our "class" was given the opportunity to record a "decree tape" of Archangel Michael prayers and invocations. This was something that went on for hours.

I myself liked to position myself by the last rows of seats near the exit so I could strategically "slip out" (oops! that's a confession) when my western nature would overwhelm me. Believe it or not I did make some progress.

Well, Mrs. Prophet led and in an exacting fashion stayed at the podium while the group recorded numerous versions of these decrees. It was hard work really and she had very exacting standards, but she was not a tyrant towards those fellow students and she exhibited patience. She was definitely pulling her own weight. I remember something I hear on the street, "look at what I do, not what I say"

I think as equally I became respectful of ECP's Spiritual acumen, particularly her ability to discourse on complex and learned metaphysical and esoteric points, was her own dedication to long hours of hard work and commitment.

I wouldn't say I was getting all loopy about Mrs. P, but I started to find her right.

Later I would hear from some of those people on "staff' how abrasive she could be when she really wanted to be on your A_ _. I never saw it though, but this whole thing goes back the personal relations ships the people had with her, their own interactions and I do believe there is certain "karma" a certain reason, why people interact with each other differently, why they push each others buttons.

Then there is the more "insider" point of view, related to the taskmaster purpose of one's Spiritual teacher and that in the case of Elizabeth Prophet was no insignificant matter.

I think it was ECP who first mentioned in a Spiritual context, how the Soul while in the state of becoming is very much affected by his or her own personality and propensity to learn. Learning in the Guru- Chela relationship (chela is a Hindu term meaning slave, though do not take that too literally) always relates to the willingness of the student or devotee to surrender to the will of God and of the Higher Self within us.

The Teacher or Guru who actually occupies the physical or personal representation of the path is the face of accountability on behalf of the striving, but at times combative student.

The Ascended Masters themselves have said often, the "physical Guru" the one in embodiment, is in place there in order to activate and bring out these personality tendencies that need to be "put into the flame" so to speak.

There is another more urban term and its called "getting busted"

One time one of the Masters in a dictation (a transmission of edification and instruction given through their "messengers”) spoke about how some chelas would take a "wide berth" around and avoiding a physical encounter with their messenger (ECP)

Oh, I knew so well about these "wide berths" I mastered them while growing up in a Household with my Military Father. I became an expert at arranging my comings and goings to rarely cross paths.

Now, in all fairness the Ascended Masters used Mrs. Prophet to really force these encounters, ""force" being a strong word, but they were really interested in bringing the Soul up higher. I think it really set Mrs. Prophet up to get the brunt of non-appreciation from certain students. Now, you could take it the right mindset and it is said the outcome is actually quite loving. Some of the people actually railed from it, even becoming a kind of "haters"

I don't think the Ascended Masters or ECP in her higher mind cared if their community or Sangha was popular. They, were interested in helping or getting the students to get free of the "human substance" that would hold us back.

Some were able to uphold that standard, others were not and some spiraled out. In some instances Mrs. Prophet was left holding the bag and took the brunt of the criticism. Tough, when your bosses are Ascended Masters.

She was more often, left in a quite unfavorable place when some of these interactions turned acrimonious.

More over, people from outside the community of understanding the duties and position she represented could never understand.

Probably she did make mistakes or acted imperfectly or even harshly towards people at times. Their are those who have said so.

In Her Own Family

Elizabeth Clare Prophet had in many ways a complex and diversified role as a leader of a Spiritual Community, as a Mother and a wife.

Her Spiritual contemporary was Mark L. Prophet.

To this day at the many booths or places we make contact with people asking about the Ascended Masters or Elizabeth, somebody would ask "why does she call her self "Prophet? Well, of course the surname comes from Mark.

Together Mark and Elizabeth Clare Prophet had one of the most front-loaded relationships I have ever heard of.

Elizabeth while in her 20's had been instructed by an Ascended Master to contact and begin in training with Mark L. Prophet to become a messenger for the Ascended Masters.

Mark Prophet recognized Elizabeth as his spiritual counterpart and Twin Flame.

They would marry and have four children together, Mark and Elizabeth were together for over a decade and together brought into proliferation the Summit Lighthouse, while both accomplishing the spiritual designations as "messengers" to the Ascended Masters.

They co-authored many books and publications dedicated to assimilating the Ascended Masters teachings throughout the World.

Mark, while being over 20 years her senior was in practicality her advocate, teacher and physical guru as well as her husband.

Mark Prophet passed in 1973 and won his ascension and began to impart dictations to Mrs. Prophet from the Ascended state. Mark Prophet's Ascended Master name is Lanello, believed to be name variation from two of his previous incarnations as Sir Lancelot and Henry Longfellow.

Mrs. Prophets own children would wind up playing various roles in activity she and Mark founded, though in latter years none would approach nearly the type of bond she and Mark held for the Masters work. In fact some would even demonstrate a complete turn around for previously held beliefs.

I remember coming across her son, Sean Prophet in Montana during one of the conferences as he held a significant position in the organizations Audio- Visual Productions departments.

It seems all of Mrs. Prophets’s children were blessed and perhaps carried the burden of having a Mother, who was widely admired and accepted as a Spiritual luminary, especially to devoted students of the Ascended Masters.

Many of those making contact to the heart of the Ascended Masters teachings greatly revered Elizabeth as Guru Ma and as that point of lineage to the ascended Masters.

Most of her children were revealed to have significant Spiritual attainments in previous lives. One was attributed to be an embodiment of Ghandi. Another was said to be an incarnation of one of the nine Buddha’s of enlightenment, borne at this time and a Sponsor to the Youth of the World.

Maybe it was my continuation high school background, but I just didn't bow all around them in the little I encountered. It appeared at the time during I had made contact with this community 1993, there was quite a bit of pre-existing history with the organization, the Church and specifically many beliefs and assertions other community members, "staff people" and those associated with the activity, had accepted about the roles and attainments of the Prophets children.

To me, while maybe it wasn't "leave it to Beaver" either the whole role of Mrs. Prophet's children wasn't why I was here.

Eventually, they did prove to be an industrious lot, talented and quite creative in their right.

Tatiana, the youngest of the four siblings born to Mark and Elizabeth I remember being pleasantly surprised as she demonstrated her singing abilities in a Church formed Western folk band called the "Paradise Players" She also became a professional journalist.

It hard to take a snap shot and oversimplify what it was like to be a part of that family or if these children really were high souls.

Little might have been remembered if not that at least one of the siblings had not decided to go out into adulthood after "leaving" the teachings and do quite a bit to disparage their own Mother (ECP) and in the process try to discredit the experiences and even the multitudes of those having garnered a one on one relationship to God through the Ascended Masters path.

A petite and fiery massage therapist who had a great devotion to the Masters and Mother and had gone through her own anguish with her own daughter in a similar matter, said to me once, "the Flame is real and the messenger is real" That was about the most succinct statement I ever heard that related the internal core value, that was inviolate.

All of this might have done some disservice and been painful to Mrs. Prophet, I’m sure but did little to dissuade in my own heart the lifeline and eternal reality of the Ascended Masters.

In a simple way, families are well; families and they all have their unique strengths and idiosyncrasies.

Mark Prophet himself used to admonish, "trust no man” referring to the yet developed human nature un-tethered to the Christ mind and self.

In an interesting development, today Mrs. Prophet is under the legal guardianship (more on this later) of one of her Children entrusted with her affairs and health.

Mrs. Prophet with little doubt had to assume a far more encompassing personification as a "Mother" than could be either contained or limited to her own children born to her. It is an easily complex role she carried and held on behalf of the many people who were making inroads to an eclectic and particularly esoteric path. It most likely came at some sacrifice to her own family.

Mrs. Prophet's relationship to her children in history has the appearance in some instances of being at crossroads in purposes of her work with the Church and as a Spiritual leader. There is naturally love there too. To outsiders what and how it reflects on her accomplishments and authenticity of her Spiritual purpose is not easy to measure.

Elizabeth Clare Prophet did surprise many in 1994 with the announcement she and her husband, Edward Francis were having a child together. Seth Francis was born in 1994 while Mrs. Prophet was 55.

The Flock is numbered and varied

There seemed to be the most interesting combinations of souls that I have met, that either were attracted to the Ascended Masters or felt a specific and nearly complete connection to Elizabeth Clare Prophet as a Spiritual teacher.

In a sense this body of "light bearers" as the Masters would call us, was at least to me one of the most gratifying parts of the path. It was also a source of some perplexing alliances and beliefs.

I have always felt their were two things that really opened my heart to God and then with a vigor and constancy to the Spiritual path, however as yet still in progress.

One, as already mentioned was the genuine magnet of devotion I felt in Mrs. Prophets eyes, the timbre and quality of peacefulness and divine love that transcended her own chalice. It was the quickening of God through Saint Germain, of Jesus and the winning of my heart in the bosom and the breath of the Divine Mother. Mrs. Prophet was the vehicle but it was also the light shone that reflected in my own interior.

The second aspect and equally powerful and stirring was the company of the Saints borne in the hearts of those devoted to the path of the Masters, the students, the Chelas themselves, light bearers.

There were of course many degrees of affiliation and affection these fellow light bearers extended to Mrs. Prophet.

One got the sense being around that not all people had the same type of fire in relationship towards the messenger.

Some were extremely devoted to her person, often quoting "teachings" attributed to Elizabeth with a great zeal. These souls had the vibration of the "inner guard," if you will and placed nearly every action Mrs. Prophet would take as being sacred. Often times I wondered if some of these souls had many embodiments they shared with Mrs. Prophet and often were gentle, but devoted souls.

Sometimes I imagined if their very purpose in this incarnation was to remain constant in holding the most immaculate vision for the Messengers Mission.

They were the first to do decree work and prayer vigils on her behalf. They very much in a sense were very loyal to Mrs. Prophet and yet had some interesting beliefs about her ongoing position, even when she quit "running the Church and organization.

In the late 19990's Mrs. Prophet announced officially to the organization members she was undergoing treatments for various health conditions including epilepsy.

She initially talked about scaling back in her work, but soon thereafter her conditions accelerated.

She was also diagnosed with an Alzheimer’s condition.

I think most people really did not accept how serious her conditions would become.

Her then inability to be involved in the day-to-day operation of the Church, created a shift and movement in defining her "role"

One could not say Mrs. Prophets’s role was only ceremonial at this point. In fact many have really shifted to become fastened stronger to "Mother" Often she was spoken about, especially from the students that had a very devoted tie to her as operating on the "inner”.

People would reveal they had seen and talked with her in dreams.

As she became more and more unable to have public encounters, people were left to rely on the great volumes of her presentations and video and audio recordings.

But this did not stop the reports of people "witnessing" to her presence in still teaching, especially at a soul and intuitive level.

Meanwhile the transition of the Church's leadership and Mrs. Prophets increasingly advancing conditions, especially with Alzheimer’s had great effects on many of the relationships people would have to her organization.

Again it is a reasonable difficult relationship to explain to people outside the activity, because it could be easily perceived that people did have some idolatrous views of Mrs. Prophet.

Mrs. Prophet herself used to teach quite regularly about the spirit of fanaticism in relationship to people's spiritual beliefs.

I have to believe in some sense she also knew that would occur in relationship to her.

I remember being in a 1993 class at the organizations Montana headquarters, where they held an intensified period of instruction related to the Ascended Masters role in the Earth and to the progress of the Souls of people.

At one point, the individual members who attended this specialized "training" in many aspects of cosmic law, were called on the give a talk, if you will on any topic they wanted, related to growth and their spiritual perspective.

I will probably never forget how amazed I was in the depth of a truly dimensional understanding, these people were demonstrating. They were often extremely articulate, some people from all over the world spoke in accented languages, but they all possessed an internal understanding, even an ease in relating about cosmic law.

It was then, I knew I was not among an "average people" I began to really see that what was meant by the term "light bearer" and I first found my own 'Mission" where I knew I was part of a band of Souls that were charged to find these other lighters sprinkled throughout the earth.

That really became the basis of the work we do at Mission Saint Germain.

Ultimately, I have to give Mrs. Prophet credit and of course she would say, "the glory goes to God, and the Masters" for having an organization that would bring these seekers of truth together, these souls destined to become part of the body of God on Earth that knew they had a mission.

It would also be an understanding of personal sacrifice and re-orienting one' s life purpose to learn how to serve the light in people and help in the causes of the Ascended Masters and that would not prove to be easy.

Some Conclusions, some hopes of understanding

I once heard Mrs. Prophet explain how we had to develop a "Zen mind" to truly make it on and understand the path.

I think that made sense because so many things seem to be paradoxical.

One was on the area being taught about embodied evil.

The people in the organization who would "decree" (a form of prayer, giving as a spoken fiat, kind of like a very vocal exhortation) used to say through the form of a mantra, "evil, is not real and its appearance has no power!"

I of course was very much interested in this "understanding " because very often many people in the World and especially in the New Age and New thought schools, quite literally ignore that the "presence " of some form of conscious energy, that works against the light, even exists.

Now, the manta (above) seems to portend that there is no basis for the power of evil (described by the Ascended Masters as energy-veil)

But why does the organization even challenge it then?

Well, I think it goes back to cite what Mrs. Prophet was trying to explain, by the "Zen mind"

On one level, we affirm that Evil, is not the reality of the sons and daughters of God and of course we also affirm any appearance of it has no power!

But, we do give the command, because on this level, any energy that is personified or embodied or exists on other dimensions, has to be bound, as in the case where Angelic Assistance is invoked on behalf of mankind.

So in the "Zen" understanding we quantify and expand our understandings by the seeming paradoxes of things, especially in higher truth.

What appears to be obvious in Spiritual law is sometimes filled with seeming riddles, but they do not necessarily contradict the "truth"

I have found many of the things attributed to Mrs. Prophet herself to be also worthy of a Zen mind if you will.

Today, she is some years into her "retirement" brought on by her health conditions.

She is reported quite diminished in many ways of normal functioning, very little memory, rarely speaks, does smile and accordingly experiences the advancing stages of Alzheimer’s.

Yet, there are people that I sometimes run into at outreach booths that cannot understand how a person, a "messenger" no less of the Ascended Masters could have let this happen to her, as if it somehow diminishes her life’s work of Spiritual attainment.

This seems to be some level of idolatry again.

Still, there are students of Mrs., Prophet that believe that we will see some form of resurrection of her physical state and she will lend her literal voice and hand, to the affairs of the organizations she founded.

That is an oddity in my mind, whether it is a perception that is truly beneficial to those that are on the path, or is it a presumption that serves what we must all inevitably move on about.

I prefer to see Mrs. Prophets’s work and example as an inner blueprint, her obvious outer mortality is exactly what it is.

I have run across former students of Mrs., Prophet that took an affront to things attributed to her personality or behavior by others. Sometimes even becoming a basis or an excuse for getting out of a direct path with the Masters teachings.

In a sense I feel blessed to be able to have the perspective God has given me, that I could have already had the experience to see Mrs. Prophet personally for myself.

I cannot say I would qualify as an "insider" with access to Mrs. Prophet personally. I had two brief encounters, one where she answered a somewhat bewildered question, and I put to her in a two-season stint I served as a book salesman for the organizations publications.

I presented my question, with a preface. "I'm new here"...which she replied, "no, your not" as if stating the obvious that, my soul was not "new" to this path.

The first time, I encountered Mrs. Prophet, was in my very early stages as a Summit University student, where she un-expectantly turned towards me, with some of her staff beside her and approached me with something she would attempt to say.

Whether it was nervousness or that famous wide berth psychology, I instead headed off anything she might have wanted to say to me with a nervous conversation, never letting her get a word in.

She simply clasped my hand, smiled, and then moved on. That was almost 16 years ago and another opportunity never came.

I do feel though I got the best transfer of her own love for the Ascended Masters and her zeal for the path and for Saint Germain, because I have been able by the grace of God, to keep as they say, moving on with the Mission.

In no small part Mrs. Prophets years of love and dedication she put into bringing the message of Saint Germain, has been the single most outstanding inspiration I continue to cull, by re-viewing the many recordings of the thousands of hours of the dictations and discourses given by the Masters through Elizabeth.

Eventually Mrs. Prophet's conditions in her health would require that she have legal guardianship, one of those guardians, one of her daughters and another through a long-standing organization person, who served for years as a spokesperson for the Church, a man who was also an Astrologer, and public relations professional, but perhaps someone who in the end, she trusted.

Her daughter seems to be a good person for her role in administering her Mother's affairs, but neither she nor the male guardian have any official part of the organization and activity Mrs. Prophet spent her life dedicated to.

It would not be fair to undervalue the very strong sense of presence, many people feel in their closeness not only to Mrs. Prophet's person, but the significant Mantle of her Spiritual office, that is held towards her by students and devoted chelas.

Often times I feel God and my own karma, have put me in the cities of the world, the New Age fairs and expo's, being in places where I come across many people that knew or remember meeting Mrs. Prophet or hearing her teach, often times years before I did.

Some of their stories continue to add to the lore, sometimes they are like a witness, and I hear things that complete some remote "teaching" I may have heard.

Occasionally I will find myself before some harshness that people that invested in her. That too, seems by the nature of this path, something I must deal with.

I have a lot of VHS tapes that have recorded a tremendous release of teaching about cosmic law the Ascended Masters have given to Mrs. Prophet. We see her on these tapes, but the energy, the vibration of the Masters is there.

I know I would have not found in this life, most likely the path that reveals the existence of the Spiritual beings of light, if it were not for a person like Mrs. Prophet had been able to be that vehicle.

I feel a certain obligation because over the years many of these recordings have made their way into my hands,

I have several around a small TV with a VHS recorder built in, in my bedroom.

I like to view them, even if but for a short while before I go to bed, before I hope, that my soul can visit the Spiritual retreats the Masters say is possible while the body sleeps.

I continue to come across these tapes; sometimes people give them to me.

I had a paper bag and a box of these anonymously dropped of in my former home in Salinas.

I have "borrowed" whole series of teachings and never returned and found out later, those people who owned them went another way.

I have had people come up to me and give what at one time were completely sacred items.

One man gave me a photo taken that became a famous picture in the activity. It was a picture taken while Mrs. Prophet was delivering a dictation from Archangel Michael.

When it was developed it revealed you could see the outline of an altar mantle that was behind Mrs. Prophet and you could see the skeletal bone structure in her arms through her clothing. You literally could see right through parts of her body, what was behind her and what should have been blocked by the mass of her physical body.

How do you explain that? Except that it was not something physically possible, but spiritually in the form of light essence it was.

I continue to get these "gifts" from people and I have accepted the responsibility to be a guardian of these teachings that are recorded in all forms.

It’s got to the point when I move there are more "archive items" than my own personal things.

It's no wonder that the path of doing outreach has been the most useful place for God to use my energies.

Today Mrs. Prophet resides in a home in Bozeman, Mt. She has a wonderful group of people that tend to her care. The organization she helped founded pays her retirement and medical expenses,

Devoted chelas from Russia to Minneapolis hold prayer vigils on her behalf daily, perhaps hoping to hear and see from her again, more devoted than ever.

Her own daughter it has been recently revealed is almost about to have a book published on her Mother and the organization she loves. It is said to be a book that will place her Mother in some very human qualities, some not very flattering, as well as some interesting perceptions about her Spiritual life.

Its quite interesting to note how mostly all of the Ascended Masters representatives or messengers have fared in some sort of public perception within their various activities.

Helena Blavatsky a founder of the Theosophical Society in the late 1800's came under intense criticism from those that held among other things, that she made up "letters" she received from the Mahatmas, that she was basically a charlatan and a bogus medium. It might be noted all of this happened and at least two "Masters" were actually in embodiment during her time, The Master M and the Master KH (El Morya and Kuthumi)

The IAM Activity and both Guy and Edna Ballard, who like Elizabeth and Mark Prophet both were messengers for the Ascended Masters became embroiled in both legal and personal challenges from within and without their organization. Still Guy Ballard under the name Godfre Ray King wrote the accounts of Saint Germain's tutelage in the Mt. Shasta region in the widely read "green books," Unveiled Mysteries and the Magic Presence"

Still, the Ascended Masters have spoken about Blavatsky as having one of the most advanced minds; her texts; The Secret Doctrine and Isis Unveiled are clearly some of the most researched works on esoteric writings.

Yet, Blavatsky was said to at times had an unruly nature in her personality, could be emotional and gruff towards others, she even smoke cigars. The Masters themselves have said her eruptions and losses of harmony kept her from advancing further on the Spiritual Path, but again she was the vehicle for which the Masters would release their plan to expand the knowledge and wisdom of the Great adapts of the East and bring a Spiritual Dimension of Cosmic Law and introduce it to the west.

The fact being, to examine the outer imperfections of the Masters chosen Life streams to represent the release of their energies and teachings is not an infallible course of learning about divine truth.

Mrs. Prophet’ s contributions to the causes of the Masters are most nearly in the same approximation of understanding, success and hardships these other vessels have endured.

Blavatsky, Guy and Edna Ballard, Mark Prophet, Nicholas Roerich, who assisted the Masters works into nearly the 1950's all have passed.

Other than Blavatsky, who has been said to have re-embodied in one of the Ascended Masters current activities, all the others have Ascended.

Elizabeth could be one of the remaining links we have to this great lineage of teachings and Spiritual light, sponsored by the Ascended Masters on behalf of evolving mankind.

Today, April 8, 2008, Elizabeth Clare Prophet is 69.

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