Book 16
Lanello's Castle on the Rhine

 

 

“Welcome to our retreat,” said Lanello, as he opened the door with a great, big smile. “Maria, it's so good to see you here,” he said, giving Maria a big bear hug. “I was just looking for my laughing bag when you showed up!”

 

 

“Your laughing bag?” asked Maria.

“Yes,” said Lanello. “I use it a lot. Especially with people in the teachings who take themselves far too seriously.”

“How does it work?” asked Maria.

“It laughs,” says Lanello and then because laughter is contagious, it makes people laugh, even at themselves!”

“That is funny,” said Maria.

 

 

“Yes,” said Lanello. “I like to say, Lord I AM funny. Make me funnier still!”

Maria laughed.

“See?” said Lanello.

“I don't think you need a laughing bag,” said Maria. That made Lanello laugh.

“I came up with a new joke this morning,” said Lanello.

“You did?” asked Maria.

“Yes,” said Lanello. “Now would you like to hear it?”

“I don't know,” said Maria, as she began to laugh again.

“Well I'm going to tell you anyway. This is how it goes. You know I was a vacuum cleaner salesman in my last life on earth. Well, there is a saying that God abhors a vacuum and that the vacuum must be filled. So God sent me to fill the vacuums, and then God loved the vacuum once it was filled!”

Maria laughed. “That joke was on you!”

 

 

“That's right,” said Lanello. “Now I have a joke that's on you. We are here over Bingham. Did you know there was a saint in Bingham called Saint Hildegard? She was a nun like none other! She wrote many songs and books and spiritual operas, and she focuses her light through this retreat.

“So when you enter our home of Light, you must know that our home is your home. Our retreat on the Rhine is ever thine, and I just made another rhyme!”

“You mean, like mi casa es tu casa?” asked Maria with a smile.

“Yes,” said Lanello. “Mein schloss ist dein schloss.”

“So don't forget to floss!” said Maria laughing again.

Lanello was laughing too.

 

 

“Yes, I do feel like home here,” said Maria. “I remember I've been here before. I remember the fountains and the flowers, and the gnomes and the fairies. And I also remember your poems.”

“Well, I would like to make sure that you have the chance to see our fabulous library,” said Lanello. “They named it after me: Lanello's Library! There is always something new to read. That's because God said, 'Behold, I make all things new!'

“And I said, 'Behold, I AM everywhere in the consciousness of God....for man is not a clod!”

Maria laughed again. “I like poetry too. I'm going to be a poet just like you!”

“You just made a rhyme,” said Lanello.

“All in God's time,” said Maria, and they both laughed again like old friends.

 

There were so many books in the library, bound in burnished leather with letters of gold. “They are so heavy, and yet light at the same time,” observed Maria.

“They're like me,” said Lanello, with a twinkle in his eye. “You know, I was Longfellow, and I wasn't even short. And I was also Lancelot, which is how I became Lanello—Lancelot and Longfellow all rolled up into one. ”

Maria laughed again. “Now THAT was a funny joke!”

“Just wait until you hear me roar like a lion,” said Lanello. “It's good for the heart. That's what El Morya told me one day when I was feeling down. He said to me, 'Lions never get a heart attack because they roar. When you feel down, roar like a lion.' So I did!”

“That's very funny,” said Maria.

 

 

“And it's true,”said Lanello. “Master Morya would also say to me, 'A twinkle of mirth is needed on earth.' The masters like to laugh.”

“Then maybe we will roar with laughter!” said Maria.

“You got me there,” said Lanello. “I hope you will remember to come back here anytime you want to be refreshed and recharged.”

“Thank you Lanello. This will be my home of light too.”

“You know my beloved twin flame Elizabeth is very pleased with your progress.”

“I'm so happy when I can make her happy,” Maria said. “She is our beloved Guru Ma, and I am so thankful for all the teachings that she gave to us.”

 

 

 

“Well, we serve here much of the time,” said Lanello, “and then we also serve lunch. And then, we serve in the retreat of the God and Goddess Meru, which is above the Andes mountains over Lake Titicaca. There, we work to anchor sunshine for the planet.”

“Sunshine?” asked Maria.

“I was the Sun King, and still AM. Le Roi Soleil. And with my consort, we would anchor the radiation and the vibrations of the Sun of our beloved Father-Mother God Helios and Vesta for all eternity. We serve with the God and Goddess Meru to anchor illumination's flame from the retreat of Lake Titicaca for all of the children of the world, including you.”

 

 

“Can you please tell me more about the retreat over Lake Titicaca?” asked Maria.

“Certainly,” said Lanello. “The Temple of Illumination is the focus of the feminine ray of God on earth, in polarity with the masculine ray anchored in the retreat of Lord Himalaya. Lake Titicaca is the highest navigable lake on Earth. The retreat covers a good portion of the lake and is centered around the remains of an ancient Incan temple of the Sun on the Island of the Sun.

“The etheric retreat of the God and Goddess Meru is a beautiful white and gold Atlantean temple with columns gracing the entrance, just like the magnificent physical focus that was once here in the days of Lemuria. Far opposite the entrance of the retreat is a focus of the Golden Flame of Illumination. The emblem of the retreat is a golden sun, 'Au Grand Soleil.'

 

 

“The God and Goddess Meru serve directly under Helios and Vesta. In the center of the flame room, to the right of the great hall, is the golden-pink flame of Helios and Vesta. Pilgrims gather around this flame, kneeling on pink and yellow cushions or simply meditating in the lotus posture.

“The temple contains classrooms, council halls, librairies, private quarters and many records of ancient civilizations. The temple's primary focus is for the education and illumination of the youth of the world.

“The God and Goddess Meru, who sponsor the Sixth Root Race of souls, have also made this temple a focus preparing for the incoming Seventh Root Race of souls in South America—La Septima Raza—under the guidance of the Great Divine Director. This is all in preparation for the advent of Saint Germain's Great Golden Age of Aquarius.”

“What do they teach?” asked Maria

 

 

“The retreat has many wonderful teachers, including Maria Montessori, Mother Caspari and Lady Master Theosophia, who was embodied as Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of Christian Science. Theosophia is the Goddess of Wisdom, who served in this very temple when it was the Temple of Illumination on Atlantis. She is very concerned about the correct education of the youth of the world and would sponsor every school.

“Mother Caspari was Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist, when the babe leaped in her womb. In her last life, she discovered that Jesus went to the Himalayas at the age of thirteen. She worked very closely with Maria Montessori and Mother Mary to expand the Montessori Method that educates children by helping them to retain and develop their Christ potential, even as they learn to prepare for their new lifetime on earth. Mother Caspari always teaches that love is the key, and that we follow a golden thread that weaves through our life events. She says that when an adult teaches a child, the child transforms the adult.

“Maria Montessori proclaims that every child comes trailing clouds of glory. She speaks of the child as 'un piccolo Messia'—a little Messiah—who continuously comes back to the arms of degraded humanity in order to entice it back to heaven. Mother Cabrini who opened many orphanages and schools for children, and Mother Teresa also work closely with them, as well as many other lady masters.”

 

 

“My beloved Elizabeth and I serve the God and the Goddess Meru, with the understanding that in the accelerating cycles of God's ever transcendence, when the God and Goddess Meru fully receive the torch passed to them from beloved Helios and Vesta, so our twin flames will receive their mantle to uphold the offices of this retreat, looking after the youth of the world through the Divine Mother Flame.”

“Oh,” said Maria, “I am so thankful for how much you care.”

“We care very much,” said Lanello. “And so do the God and Goddess Meru.

 

“They have set the priorities for the protection and security of the youth of the world. First and foremost, to dedicate education to the Word and the sacred heart, honoring reading, writing and arithmetic as three rays of the threefold flame.

“Second, parental training, so that parents, teachers, and sponsors of children can work together as a threefold flame of devotion in the community, city by city, to rescue the children from those forces of darkness that would seek to devour them. Next, a daily prayer vigil for the youth of the world and community action as a stronghold of values and goals for success.

“The God and Goddess Meru also advocate training in responsible citizenship and appreciation for the beautiful music of the spheres that quiets the soul and invokes harmonies that will bring forth golden age sounds and the science of Light.

“Last but not least, they seek to reinforce individuality among the youth to help them resist peer pressure and reject self-condemnation. They perpetually reiterate that there is no condemnation in God and that condemnation stifles creativity and the beauty of God in a golden age culture.”

 

 

 

“It's time to go now,” said Archangel Michael.

“Good night,” said Maria, as she waved goodbye to Lanello.

“Good knight!” said Lanello, transforming himself in a flash into a knight in shining armor!

 

 

Maria laughed again. “Always remember,” said Lanello. “You are a child of the light. You were created in the image divine. You are a child of infinity. You dwell in the veils of time. You are a daughter of the Most High. I AM a Son. And you will become a Sun too!”

And with those words, Maria woke up, as her mother tapped her on the shoulder. “Are you all right, dear? I heard you laughing in your sleep.”

“Yes,” said Maria. “My dream was quite a trip!”

Still in her soul, she could hear Lanello's Excelsior to his keynote of Greensleeves:

“Hear me whistling in the night
Hear the strumming, the minstrel's song
Hear the Greensleeves, hear the call:
O, come to the Home of the Mother, the One.
Come to the Home of the Mother, the One.
Come to the home of the Mother, the One.”

Gratitude for the teachings of the ascended masters brought through the Summit Lighthouse, the I AM Movement, the Bridge to Freedom, the Theosophical Society and the Agni Yoga Foundation that inspired this book, and in particular, the book The Masters and Their Retreats, published by Summit University Press, along with a previous version published by the Ascended Master Teaching Foundation. All of the songs and decree excerpts quoted in this book are published by the Summit Lighthouse.

For more information about the etheric retreats of the heaven world,
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Teachings of the Ascended Masters for Children and Youth
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Books, poetry, websites, songs and more
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