In May 2024, we emailed our subscribers, asking for assistance to manage AWCR – but received no responses.

Hence, the combination of these factors proved unsustainable – plus, it was realised that Phillip’s several projects (HHH etc.), involved a lot of travel that would not allow to fully contribute to the AWCR.

Therefore, the motion was approved in the majority and the directors’ meeting minutes are being forwarded to our accountant and notary – finalising the legal and financial steps in the next couple of weeks.

At the directors’ recent meeting, we reflected upon the hearty contribution of previous directors, the success of the 4-day zoom conference in Aries 2023 – as well as the 40 week course – Mysteries Unveiled, that attracted hundreds of students.

Part of our obligation as a non-profit group, is to distribute all of the donations accrued from conference, courses and monthly meditations 2020-24 (around €34,000) – to other worthy causes around the world. We have decided to donate to the following groups:

Lucis Trust Its three branches in New York City, Geneva, London. Printing and distribution of books by Alice A. Bailey. www.lucistrust.org

University of the Seven Rays. Morya Federation sevenray.org/seven-rays

School for Esoteric Studies  www.esotericstudies.net

White Mountain Education Association wmea-world.org

Meditation Mount meditationmount.org

2025 Initiative  www.2025initiative.org       

Grupo de Estudos Maitreya gem.org.pt

Global Resource Alliance www.gra-usa.org

International Love-Wisdom Synthesis Center
light-weaver.com. www.alicebaileyarchives.com

As a result of winding up the association’s affairs, we have disabled the donation button on the AWCR website. For donors who use direct bank transfer, this option is no longer available either. If you wish to be an ongoing supporter of Phillip’s work then you can at his website.

The AWCR wishes to thank all those who participated in our programs and Phillip will still hold the monthly full moon meditation and talk, depending on travel schedules.

Joyful blessings to all,
Phillip Lindsay
(President AWCR)

Aquarian Wisdom Centre

 Esoteric Education  ·  Meditation  ·  Community

Welcome!   

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Forthcoming Events

Tuesday, September 17. Virgo Full Moon Meditation and Talk (18:00 UT).

Saturday, September 21. Libra Equinox Meditation and Talk (18:00 UT).

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Libra Equinox: Equal Night and Day

The Libra Equinox – where an interlude intervenes, as the passage of the sun along the Earth’s ecliptic – crosses the celestial equator, announcing the autumn or spring equinox, depending upon the hemisphere in which you reside.

On the diagram of the celestial sphere, the ecliptic represents time – its invisible circle describes the year it takes for the Earth to move around the Sun.

The equator represents space – the division that is made between hemispheres and extends out to the celestial equator.

Hence, the intersection between these two circles – the equinoxes and solstices, represent where space and time meet, yet the possibility of the illusion of space-time being transcended. They represent doorways where alignment can take place with the inner, timeless realms – the Soul.

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Simple Daily Meditation

Each morning, prior to starting the day’s activities, achieve an inner quiet, see the Self as the soul, place yourself at the disposition of the soul, of humanity and of your group.

1. Then say silently and with full dynamic intent:

“At the centre of all love I stand; from that centre, I the soul will outward move; from that centre, I the one who serves will work. May the love of the divine Self be shed abroad in my heart, through my group and throughout the world.”

2. Then, focussing your attention and dedication, see the group to which you belong as a great centre of love and light, irradiating the world of men, bringing relief, light, love and healing in increasing measure.

3. Brood then upon the plan to be carried out and upon the indicated service for the coming day. Do this as the soul, keeping the personal lower self in a waiting attitude, like a servant attentive for instruction.

4. Then say:

“The joy of the divine Self is my strength.

The power of the spirit of man shall triumph.

The Forces of Light do control the forces of evil.

The work of the Great Ones must go on.

The Coming One is on the way. The Avatar approaches.

For this we must prepare.”

5. Close with a minute of dynamic quiet.

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Song to Virgo

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Let me fall into the arms of(k)night

That rescues me from my waking plight

Down into the darkness swirling around

To the peaceful pond  where there is no sound:

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Where a starry reflection breathes

The stillness borne of fiery sheaves

of seeds sown so long ago

We harvest now, to the mill we go.

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The granite grinds the golden grain

Winnowing winds whistle the husks

To the tunes of ancient glorious dusks

Now meal for the muse to render refrain:

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…This song which laughs

Across the harvest fields

That logs for the heart(h)

As mother earth yields.

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(Phillip Lindsay, 29-8-1989)

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The Great Invocation

From the point of Light within the Mind of God
Let light stream forth into the minds of men.
Let Light descend on Earth. 

From the point of Love within the Heart of God 
Let love stream forth into the hearts of men.
May Christ return to Earth.

From the centre where the Will of God is known 
Let purpose guide the little wills of men – 
The purpose which the Masters know and serve.

From the centre which we call the race of men 
Let the Plan of Love and Light work out
And may it seal the door where evil dwells.

Let Light and Love and Power 
restore the Plan on Earth.

OM  OM  OM

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Aquarian Wisdom Centre

 Esoteric Education  ·  Meditation  ·  Community

Welcome!   

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Aquarian Wisdom Centre’s Forthcoming Events

Thursday, June 20. Summer Solstice and Cancer Full Moon Meditation and Talk (18:00 UT).

Two meetings in one.

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The Cancer Solstice: Time and No Time

“Sol-stice” means literally “sun stands still’ because the Sun *appears* to rise in the same place for three days – having reached its maximum declination between the equator and the ecliptic. The solstice in Cancer is a doorway into birthing that which was begun in Aries, the beginning of the new year.

These four cardinal cross signs Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn, represent “re-set” points of the year where the experiences of each quarter are assimilated and consolidated. Is your *new year resolution* initiated in Aries, still on track for the remainder of the 12 month zodiac cycle?

As the Sun is a measurer of time – and as time is an illusion, especially when the Sun *appears* to stand still, the solstice period is an opportunity to transcend the illusion of linear time, in which the whole world is immersed; to move into “no time” or “now time” – or the *eternal now* – the deepest recesses of the heart.

The Cancer solstice is the polar opposite of the Capricorn solstice, where the third climactic day is celebrated on Christmas Day. The Cancer solstice is a no less important three-day festival celebrated from ancient times. It can be utilised for quiet reflection and assimilation; for cultivating the psychic sensitivity and receptivity of Cancer; for appreciation of one’s biological family as well as the family of humanity; for communion and ritual with one’s “spiritual family”.

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Simple Daily Meditation

Each morning, prior to starting the day’s activities, achieve an inner quiet, see the Self as the soul, place yourself at the disposition of the soul, of humanity and of your group.

1. Then say silently and with full dynamic intent:

“At the centre of all love I stand; from that centre, I the soul will outward move; from that centre, I the one who serves will work. May the love of the divine Self be shed abroad in my heart, through my group and throughout the world.”

2. Then, focussing your attention and dedication, see the group to which you belong as a great centre of love and light, irradiating the world of men, bringing relief, light, love and healing in increasing measure.

3. Brood then upon the plan to be carried out and upon the indicated service for the coming day. Do this as the soul, keeping the personal lower self in a waiting attitude, like a servant attentive for instruction.

4. Then say:

“The joy of the divine Self is my strength.

The power of the spirit of man shall triumph.

The Forces of Light do control the forces of evil.

The work of the Great Ones must go on.

The Coming One is on the way. The Avatar approaches.

For this we must prepare.”

5. Close with a minute of dynamic quiet.

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Pilgrim’s Path to Peace

“I play my part with stern resolve, with earnest aspiration;

I look above, I help below;

I dream not, nor I rest; I toil; I serve;

I reap; I pray; I am the Cross; I am the Way;

I tread upon the work I do; I mount upon my slain self;

I kill desire, and I strive, forgetting all reward. I forego peace;

I forfeit rest, and in the stress of pain I lose myself and find Myself and enter into peace.”

(Initiation Human and Solar, Alice A. Bailey.)

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Bird

Not only birds

teach us to Fly,

but so, too,

 

the Soul,

 

as it Carries us

to that other

Reality,

 

which is (Pure)

Essence.

  

(Natália Ferreira, 2019.)

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The Great Invocation

From the point of Light within the Mind of God
Let light stream forth into the minds of men.
Let Light descend on Earth. 

From the point of Love within the Heart of God 
Let love stream forth into the hearts of men.
May Christ return to Earth.

From the centre where the Will of God is known 
Let purpose guide the little wills of men – 
The purpose which the Masters know and serve.

From the centre which we call the race of men 
Let the Plan of Love and Light work out
And may it seal the door where evil dwells.

Let Light and Love and Power 
restore the Plan on Earth.

OM  OM  OM

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Aquarian Wisdom Centre

 Esoteric Education  ·  Meditation  ·  Community

Welcome!   

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Aquarian Wisdom Centre’s Forthcoming Events
Two dates, celebrating the Aries Equinox and the Aries full moon Festival.

Tuesday, March 19. Aries Equinox Meditation and Talk (19.00 UT) 

Sunday, March 24. Aries, 2025 and The Externalisation of the Hierarchy. One Day Seminar for the Aries Full Moon Festival. 13.30 – 20.00 GMT. (By donation – register here.)

Join us for a one-day zoom webinar: Aries represents the seed idea for the “annually amended plan” of 2024 – a year that will be “the forerunner” for the momentous year of 2025 – when the Great White Brotherhood will decide a date for Their appearance amongst Humanity once again.

This might be sooner or a few decades later – but certainly before the end of this 21st century! Can we imagine what that will be like and what will be demanded from all of us?

This seminar will cover a lot ground – in and around the above subjects, and will consist of three 1.5 hour sessions that will culminate with a group meditation at 19.00 GMT.

See the links above or here to consult our meeting planner schedule and Zoom log-in details.

(Phillip Lindsay, president Aquarian Wisdom Centre.)

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Friends,
              On this second newsletter for the Solstices and Equinoxes, we invite you to ponder some quotes on Meditation and its’ importance.

On Meditation:

“Meditation is the key and will be successful in proportion to its mental content. It must be sharp, purposeful self-controlled effort. There is nothing negative about it. It is not indulgence or escape into peace and nice feelings. It can be far more rewarding than any mystical meditation has ever been. It uses the mind not the feelings. To be effective it must be alert, keen and positive. This necessitates a mental foundation. A good mind is essential. Aquarian disciples must be far more intelligent than Piscean disciples ever were.”

On Group Meditation:

“We are familiar with the statement that a main objective of the Hierarchy is to raise human consciousness and that this means to expand human consciousness, well understood as greater awareness of spiritual realities. This includes progress from individual consciousness to group consciousness and for this purpose group meditation is a chief aid.”

“Therefore the increasing practice of group meditation is important and the fact that group meditation is increasing particularly in the western world is heartening.”

“The Hierarchy, at this worldwide crisis point of expanding human consciousness, is focussing its combined potency in sustained action in flooding humanity with the energy of goodwill. The Hierarchy can make more goodwill available and can direct its flow to humanity, but how much into humanity depends upon our receptivity. This requires our focussed and sustained attention to goodwill action and is most greatly aided by right group meditation practice, well sustained.”

“We have then two basic factors in group meditation action.

1. The quality of the lives lived by the group members.
2. The potency of rhythmic regularity.

The second requirement is readily appreciated. The first is less understood, less recognised and often somewhat ignored.

(Excerpts from the book “Running God’s Plan”, Foster Bailey.)
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Here is a simple and very effective meditation exercise that can be done daily.

Each morning, prior to starting the day’s activities, achieve an inner quiet, see the Self as the soul, place your self at the disposition of the soul, of humanity and of your group.

1. Then say silently and with full dynamic intent:

“At the centre of all love I stand; from that centre, I the soul will outward move; from that centre, I the one who serves will work. May the love of the divine Self be shed abroad in my heart, through my group and throughout the world.”

2. Then, focussing your attention and dedication, see the group to which you belong as a great centre of love and light, irradiating the world of men, bringing relief, light, love and healing in increasing measure.

3. Brood then upon the plan to be carried out and upon the indicated service for the coming day. Do this as the soul, keeping the personal lower self in a waiting attitude, like a servant attentive for instruction.

4. Then say:

“The joy of the divine Self is my strength.

The power of the spirit of man shall triumph.

The Forces of Light do control the forces of evil.

The work of the Great Ones must go on.

The Coming One is on the way. The Avatar approaches.

For this we must prepare.”

5. Close with a minute of dynamic quiet.

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“When the time is right

and the clocks fall silent

and time stands still

the Light will awaken the world

and then what we thought was time

will shatter into shreds of illusion

and everything will have been but a brief, fleeting instant

like a tiny bird exhaling.”

(Inês Raposo, 2021.)

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The Great Invocation

From the point of Light within the Mind of God
Let light stream forth into the minds of men.
Let Light descend on Earth. 

From the point of Love within the Heart of God 
Let love stream forth into the hearts of men.
May Christ return to Earth.

From the centre where the Will of God is known 
Let purpose guide the little wills of men – 
The purpose which the Masters know and serve.

From the centre which we call the race of men 
Let the Plan of Love and Light work out
And may it seal the door where evil dwells.

Let Light and Love and Power 
restore the Plan on Earth.

OM  OM  OM

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Aquarian Wisdom Centre

 Esoteric Education  ·  Meditation  ·  Community

Welcome!   

Friends,

The first solstice meeting this year is significant as the third anniversary of the Association’s legal founding and signing on Dec.22, 2020.

This date was chosen for the 20-year cycle of the Jupiter and Saturn conjunction that fell in the first degree of Aquarius, happily coinciding with the Capricorn solstice! Note all the “2’s” in the dates and cycle above, the 2^nd ray of Love-Wisdom – the indigo ray of teaching and healing.

“Solstice” literally means sun stands still – when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator in winter or summer, depending upon the hemisphere, during the Cancer-Capricorn solar cycle.

The planet is oriented toward the northern pole star Polaris – “A star of re-orientation … the art of re-facing and recovering that which is lost.” Hence, celebrating the winter solstice season globally according to our pole-star orientation – creates an opportunity for powerful invocative meditation.

The greatest darkness of winter, just before the increasing light, is a profound symbol of initiation into the Mysteries. The solstice is celebrated as the birth of the Christ or soul, i.e. Christ-mas on December 25th, the last day of the three-day solstice period when the sun “stands still” – in its transition from south to north.

The Path to Kailash

Capricorn is a sign of perfection (the 10th sign), hence a sign of the perfected Initiate – epitomised by that Piscean Avatar, The Christ or Lord Maitreya. Capricorn is a sign of initiation, when the striving goat has triumphantly scaled the mountain summit and is transformed into the one-pointed unicorn.

Join us for these important group service meditations!

Joy and peace this Christmas!

Phillip Lindsay
(President AWCR, on behalf of its directors.)

 The Capricorn Summit – Mount Everest:

“The attempt today to climb Mount Everest [written pre 1953] is amazingly symbolic, and it is being watched with much interest by the Hierarchy, for in this effort we see the attempt of humanity to achieve the top of the mountain whose height has hitherto defeated all efforts.

But – and this is the matter of moment and of interest – when humanity emerges into the light and relative glory of the new civilisation, they will at the same time conquer this last remaining summit. That which is of the densest materiality and which is the consummation of earthly grandeur will remain – but it will be beneath the feet of humanity.” (Esoteric Astrology, Alice A. Bailey. p.158.)”

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Next Events

 

– 2023 Meetings online:

Dec. 21, 2023 – Winter Solstice

Dec. 26, 2023 – Capricorn Full Moon

 

– The Mysteries Unveiled Course: All information here

 

– Events 2024 – stay tuned

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Donate To help us achieve The Vision

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The Great Invocation

From the point of Light within the Mind of God
Let light stream forth into the minds of men.
Let Light descend on Earth. 

From the point of Love within the Heart of God 
Let love stream forth into the hearts of men.
May Christ return to Earth.

From the centre where the Will of God is known 
Let purpose guide the little wills of men – 
The purpose which the Masters know and serve.

From the centre which we call the race of men 
Let the Plan of Love and Light work out
And may it seal the door where evil dwells.

Let Light and Love and Power 
restore the Plan on Earth.

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The Aquarian Wisdom Centre Annual Report

Friends,

The Aquarian Wisdom Centre Retreat in Portugal has just conducted its annual director’s meeting for our non-profit association, Nov.19, 2023.

We would like to thank everyone for their support and generous donations throughout this year:

• Attending our Aries conference, European Unity: Toward Global Unification. (Access to all videos and resources of this four-day event can be found here.)

• Completing the 40-week course The Mysteries Unveiled, that began in October,2022.

• Monthly full moon meditation meetings.

Donations from all these service initiatives yielded a modest but substantial sum, that will serve as a magnetic seed for future donations toward the purchase of property – as outlined in our original The Vision – for esoteric education and meditation.

We have also just appointed new directors that will complement the activities of the current three directors. In our meeting we also discussed service events for 2024 which include,

• Ongoing monthly full moon meetings: Meditation and talk.

• A quarterly celebration of the solstices and equinoxes: Meditation and talk.

• Offering The Mysteries Unveiled 2022-23 course videos, that the student can access at any time – by donation.

• Some weekend seminars on astrology and the ageless wisdom in Lisbon – local gatherings that will be announced.

• A possible physical conference in Lisbon during Gemini 2024, at or around the full moon, consisting of presentations from AWCR directors and others.

In the immediate short term, there will be the Sagittarius full moon meditation and talk on November 26 – dates for these events can be found on our website. As always, we will send email reminders of these events – closer to their dates.

Following that will be the Capricorn solstice celebration on December 21: A meditation and talk regarding the importance of these four cardinal points of the zodiac: Aries-Libra equinoxes and Cancer-Capricorn solstices.

The Capricorn solstice this year actually falls on December 22 (3.27 GMT), but like the full moon festivals, we always prefer to hold the meeting on the approach to the exact time, in this case the ingress of the Sun into Capricorn.

This meeting has the added significance as the third anniversary of AWCR’s legal founding and signing on Dec.22, 2020. This date was chosen for the 20-year cycle of the Jupiter and Saturn conjunction that fell in the first degree of Aquarius, happily coinciding with the Capricorn solstice!

We look forward to your further participation in 2024, during these very challenging times. Through the Ageless Wisdom Teachings (The Mysteries), we cultivate an awareness of the full moon and cardinal points cycles, in order to live our lives more consciously – and know that groups of like-minded souls have the power to transform this planet through the subjective meditation work and outer service activities.

Phillip Lindsay

(President AWCR, on behalf of its directors.)

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