Welcome to Joyful Light Rays

Welcome to Joyful Light Rays, an occasional commentary on how things are going in this transitional world, as we move from the Kali Yuga to the Satya Yuga, from the Age of Pisces into the Age of Aquarius, from the Iron Age to the new Golden Age, and from the Age of the Son to the Age of the Spirit, not to mention the end/beginning of 2012!

The commentaries here will sometimes be pointed, however, that is in the spirit of the Christ who chased the merchants out of the Temple with a whip (John 2:13-16). Other great Masters have done similar things. The authors of these commentaries are not great Masters, to be sure, but we hope that we are working in cooperation with the Great Fellowship of Light.

Many of the commentaries will be seeking to bring to light reflections on our current situation from "that old time religion," not the religiousity of the popular hymn, but rather ancient sources from many traditions and spiritualities. There is a world of primordial wisdom there, which our modern world is largely -- and sometimes willfully -- ignoring.

Then too, the Spirit is teaching us new things all the time, and therefore, this is a living traditio (a dynamic handing on, ever alive, receiving newness from the original source), not dead tradita (old stuff handed on, no longer alive, and valued just because it is old). As the late Professor Jaroslav Pelikan once remarked, "Tradition is the living faith of the dead. Traditionalism is the dead faith of the living."

I hope the commentaries will also be enjoyable, thought provoking and catalysts for change. The Ages mentioned above will certainly arrive, in the way of Teilhard de Chardin's
Omega Point, no matter what anyone does, however, the transition can be easy, or very, very difficult. I'd like to work toward making it a smooth transition!

Laissez les bon temps rouler!

Benefactor Taciturnus (BT)