Preparation for Wesak - Guidelines
The Three most important full moons of the year are the Aries, Taurus and the Gemini full moons. Among them, the Wesak Full Moon is the most important. Legend says during this full moon, for few minutes the Buddha returns to earth to bless the earth with tremendous energy. To every esoteric student this is the most important moment of the year.
The Wesak day being of such great significance must be utilized by every esoteric student in the best way possible. For that appropriate preparation is needed. This is the one of the rare moments when a disciple can experience contact with the spiritual Hierarchy and a certain degree of spiritual illumination. Initial preparation must begin few months before Wesak. The last 20 days prior to Wesak is very crucial and every student must seriously prepare during this time.
This year 2021, the Wesak full moon is on 27th April (time may vary depending on your location). On the eve of Wesak, humanity comes in contact with the Spiritual hierarchy and can benefit from the tremendous pure energy flowing through the Great beings Lord Buddha and Christ, provided they are prepared enough to assimilate the energy. Every student must meditate during the exact timing of Wesak, when the moon is Full. Since the actual time varies depending on the location, students are requested to download the full moon chart and follow it closely. The full moon chart has been added at the end of this article for the benefit of all the students.
The Wesak being the most powerful Esoteric festival of the year is of great importance. As Torkom Saraydarian writes:
“The Wesak Festival is celebrated on the full moon of Taurus. At the time of the Wesak Festival, we are told that humanity contacts the Divine Life. There are three major centers on the planet: Humanity, Hierarchy, and Shamballa. Humanity as a whole is a center. Eventually that center will be integrated and synthesized. Like a magnificent lotus, it will open to absorb the energies of love and power and pass them to the lower kingdoms of Nature.
At the Wesak full moon, Great Ones and Their disciples all over the world participate in creating and forming a great field of energy on the earth through their meditation, contemplation, chanting, and one-pointed striving toward Infinity. These Great Ones transmit Cosmic energies to the planet, bringing them down from three great constellations in such a way that our little planet is connected and aligned with the great Cosmic Beings Who stand behind this science of energies. The descent of these energies into our planet evokes a fiery aspiration from the hearts of all disciples all over the world. They feel that something within their hearts is aspiring toward beauty, goodness, right-human-relations, unity, and harmony. This is the hope of the future—that when each person aspires toward the future of beauty, love, and unity, then his vision slowly penetrates
into the masses and becomes reality. This is how the descending energies invoke and evoke the rising energies, and then these two energies meet and create the hope and vision for the future of mankind.”
– Torkom Saraydarian; Aries, Taurus, Gemini (Wisdom of the Zodiac Book 1) . TSG Publishing Foundation, Inc.. Kindle Edition.
Around 20 days prior to Wesak, every disciples should conscientiously prepare for the Wesak day. There are various ways to approach this but preparation should always be complete and all rounded. Many students prepare in an one sided way, for instance they only do pranayama and practices related to pranic energy. This results in imbalance because although the Pranic-Etheric body is considerably purified through diligent effort, the astral and mental bodies remain impure. Students who wish to join the Wesak ceremony must do purification and meditation for the refinement of all the three lower bodies, physical (includes etheric), astral and mental.
- Think about the existence of your higher soul or Solar Angel. Establish spiritual contact. You can chant the Soul affirmation twice a day for the next one week and focus on the Mantram Avira Virma Yeti. Do it with feeling from the heart. It must be noted, mechanical chanting causes more damage than it benefits the practitioner. So chanting should always be done from the Heart.
- Practice the Blue Tetrahedron technique, Blue light purification technique by Torkom Saraydarin or the Purification by the Angels of four elements by Master Omraam. Depending on the Esoteric practices you follow, you may choose the appropriate technique that can help you refine and purify your subtle bodies.
- Physically stay pure. Take salt water bath every day, do your physical exercises, Tai chi, Chi Kung etc every morning. Refrain from sexual activities and practice sexual energy transmutation. Eat vegetarian food, especially lot of fruits and vegetables. Refrain from cigarettes, alcohol, pork, meat and all hallucinogenic drugs.
- Do not go partying during these days. Reduce your time after TV, Social media, mobile phones and Netflix to a strict minimum.
- Practice fasting once a week. Follow the recommendations of Master Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov. (*Fasting must be done after consulting your family physician)
- Meditate on Spiritual principles of Beauty, Truth, Purity and goodness etc. Read spiritual esoteric books like the Agni Yoga books or the Existence of God is Self Evident by Master Choa Kok Sui and the Wisdom of the Zodiac by Torkom Saraydarian before Wesak. You can also take a verse from these books and practice the Seed thought meditation to heal and align your mental body.
- Practice the Meditation on Twin Hearts or the Rose Cross meditation to heal and purify your astral body. You may also practice the Ivory door meditation if you are familiar with the works of Alice Bailey. Please meditate everyday during this time.
The Wesak Festival is best celebrated in groups. There is an esoteric law that 10 people meditating together is equal to 100 people meditating separately or more. This is because the Higher beings appear when we come together in their name:
“For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” – Matthew 18:20 (KJV)
So if possible students are requested to form groups and meditate together on this sacred day. Possibly somewhere in Nature, away from the city is the ideal place for the Wesak meditation. Students should contact their coworkers and come together to discuss how they will celebrate Wesak. When we work in groups, deeper purification takes place and more energy can be assimilated.
It is crucial for every student to take the Wesak Ceremony seriously. More details can be found in the Wisdom of the Zodiac series of the Taurus Full Moon written by Torkom Saraydarian. This book is available on Kindle, please closely follow this book during the days prior to Wesak. The Wesak Festival is approaching. It is an important moment for us to prepare ourselves for the Wesak Festival. A detailed information regarding the Wesak has also been published by Lucis Trust in a 22 page booklet from the works Alice Bailey. You are requested to read this booklet also and be in tune with the spirit of Wesak as soon as possible.
The excerpts of Charlotte Anderson Extracted from Charlotte Anderson Facebook
“Wesak links east and west, Buddha and Christ, Shamballa and Hierarchy, purpose and love.”
Alice Bailey