Chapter 9 Summit University and the Staff of the Messenger, Elizabeth Clare Prophet

Since early childhood I have had "experiences" which I could not explain and I talk about those in Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 of my blog (you have to click at the bottom to see the oldest posts). There was a lot that led up to the "major event" that happened in the winter of 1972. One night, burdened by a lot of things (world events, personal problems, etc) that I explain in my blog, I "involuntarily" collapsed to my knees and began praying the only two prayers that I knew; the Our Father and the Hail Mary that a friend had taught me in Junior High School. I prayed the prayers out loud for a very long time and then simply began talking to God about all of the things that were burdening me. Finally I just said, "God if there is anything that I can do to HELP YOU solve these problems then please show me what to do". Notice: I was not asking anything for myself, I was asking to help God. I didn't even realize this until it was pointed out to me by a friend when I told them my story.

Immediately the room was filled with a Light unlike any light on earth. It was not harsh like the light on earth. It was Pure Love and it bestowed a great sense of Peace upon me. I knew that my prayer was heard and that I would be shown what to do. I do not know for how long I was in that ecstatic state. What seems like a long time could actually be just a few seconds. A day could be as a thousand years to the Lord or a thousand years could be as a day. There is no time and space and quantum physics is proving that. Everything is here and now. There is only NOW. There is only HERE. There is only Unity, we are One. The Light quickened spiritual senses and abilities within me. Over time I noticed changes within me. I had a heightened awareness. I could "read" people. I could commune with departed souls. When I read Scripture I had a "clearer" understanding. The Light had given me a standard, a "measuring rod" so to speak, with which to discern truth from error. I knew that I would be led and shown things that I needed to learn. My appetite for spiritual things was voracious.

Seek and you will find. Knock and doors will open for you. Ask and things will be given to you (MT 7:7). These are basic Laws and I was learning their truths. I searched for two years. I met people or read a book which led me to other people or to other books. I attended lectures and seminars on spiritual topics. I was in College and started taking courses in Religious Studies (I was a Business major). People were amazed by my understanding of spiritual things. I was seeking someone who knew more than I did because I knew that my understanding was not complete. I was in my Senior year and about to graduate in June. During Easter Break in 1974 I was going to finalize our divorce and I was going to attend another spiritual seminar. On Tuesday, April 9, 1974 I was in the Judges chambers with my now ex-wife signing the Final Dissolution of Marriage documents. On Wednesday April 10, 1974 I walked into the rest of my life.

The seminar was The Convocation of the New Birth in the City of the Angles sponsored by The Summit Lighthouse. I arrived to Register early. There was a delay. People were gathering. My spiritual senses were tingling. These people were unlike any other I had ever met. For a long time I felt like I was the Lone Ranger; I had never met anyone like me. But, these people were like me. They had a tremendous amount of Light in their aura. These were my long lost brothers and sisters. Who is my brother or sister or my father or my mother but they who do the Will of God (MT 12:48-50). I knew I had found my home and what I was looking for. As the Conference began I became even more convinced. The lectures were answering all of my questions and questions that I did not even know that I had. We were taught the meaning of prayer and we were taught a new form of prayer called Decrees; worded formulas of spoken prayer that released tremendous Light. God is the Word. God is us is the One speaking the Word of the Decree. And, God is the answer to the Decree. Job 22:20 ”Thou shalt also decree a thing and it shall be established unto thee: and the Light shall shine upon thy ways". Psalms 2:7 " I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said to me, Thou art my Son: this day have I begotten thee". Isaiah 45:11 "Thus saith the Lord, the Holy One of Israel and his Maker, ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the works of my hands command ye me". Job 42:4 " Hear I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will Demand of thee, and Declare thou unto me".

We have free will and full authority and dominion in the earth. Heaven cannot interfere in our affairs unless we mightily Command and Demand that they intercede. Heaven is like a Command Post, or a Fire House. They eagerly await the call for help and they never refuse to answer. When we have established a connection to them like a direct phone line, they are even there almost before we ask. We become their trusted friends and they become ours. There is a Love bond like no other. They provide inspiration and direction. I have heard the Voice of God in my head while playing football in High School saying to the ball carrier when I was between him and the goal line: "Where are you going to run? I am everywhere!". The ball carrier froze in his tracks until the Referee finally blew the play ended. I did not have the understanding of what had happened and shrugged it off. Now I have heard the Voice of God on several occasions giving me such simple instructions as to where to apply for a job and what salary to ask for.

After several hours of lectures, songs and Decrees a beautiful woman came on the platform. I sensed that she had Great Power and Great Love. The Words of Wisdom that she spoke convinced me that this is the one who was to be my Teacher. She gave instruction and then led us in a meditation in preparation for the coming of the Lord to speak to us. She explained to us the role of the Messenger of God and our role in receiving the Word of the Lord. This is not a "psychic channeling" of the spirits that mutter and peep. I go into much more detail on my blog. The Lord that first spoke was the Ascended Lady Master Kwan Yin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion and member of the Great Karmic Board. When Kwan Yin spoke the Light that was released was like the Light that I experienced in 1972. There was Great Power, Wisdom and Love in the Light that was released. There were many more "Dictations" and the recordings that were made contain the same Release of Light of the Master which can be experienced again and again each time the recording of the Dictation is played. The Electronic Presence of the Master is imprinted in the audio or video recording. When the Transcriptions of those Dictations are read there is again a release of that Light into our consciousness. Many of the books published by Summit University Press are from those Dictations or from their Words inspired upon the Messenger Elizabeth Clare Prophet or her husband Mark L. Prophet. The Conference lasted five days.

I graduated from College with a B.S. in Business Administration. I attended another of their Quarterly Conferences in July, 1974 and another smaller Seminar. I then attended the three month Ascended Master University (now Summit University) where for three months it was like being in an Etheric Spiritual Retreat made physical. I sat at the feet of Gautama Buddha, Mother Mary, Serapis Bey, El Morya, Saint Germain and many other Masters of the Great White Brotherhood (the White stands for the White Light that they are clothed upon) for three solid months absorbing and being filled and purged, filled and purged, by their Light. The Light of God is manifested in many Rays and Dimensions. There are Seven Rainbow Rays with Hierarchies and Hosts of Light that serve on each one of those Rays. Each Ray has Christic virtues, qualities and powers that are unique to that Ray. For example, the Second Ray is the Golden Yellow Ray of Wisdom and Illumination. At the end of the Rainbow is the fabled pot of gold. Sitting in Summit University, I felt like I was the "pot" and the Gold of the Christ Consciousness of each of the Ascended Masters that instructed us was being poured into me. I leaned more in three months than all that I had learned in my life previously. Shorter weekend versions of Summit University are now being presented to help people that do not have three months to attend the longer Quarter system. This was a very special Dispensation and Outreach effort by the Brotherhood to their embodied students. It is a blessing that I will cherish and remember for eternity. As great as each Quarterly Conference (at each of the solstices) were, Summit University far transcended them.

During our Summit University Quarter, the Directors of The White Lodge, another group in San Diego, turned over their organization to the Messenger because their leader had died. I was one of fifteen who volunteered to go there in March 1975 and help run The White Lodge. I was made one of a Triumvirate of Leaders. At the New Years Class of 1976 I was called to come to be on the Staff of the Messenger, Elizabeth Clare Prophet, known affectionately by the title, Mother. My first assignment was to be her Assistant during the Conference. I was by her during all blessings and rituals. She had certain gems and crystals that had been especially charged and blessed by the Ascended Masters for the conveyance of a charge of Light to the recipient of a blessing. During one such blessing to the heart chakra, Mother used an Amethyst Crystal that released a charge of the Violet Flame. Each time she placed the Crystal over the heart of a devotee I received a "zing" from the Crystal to my heart. By the time the blessing was over I was so joyous and bubbly I could hardly contain myself. Thus began my life of service, both on and off staff, for various periods of time over the next 32 years culminating in the Messenger's retirement. She made her transition on October 15, 2009 and Ascended to rejoin with her Twin Flame Mark L. Prophet who was now the Ascended Master Lanello, the Ever Present Guru.