The Affirmation of the Disciple
I am a point of light within a greater light,
I am a strand of loving energy within the stream of love divine.
I am a point of sacrificial fire,
focused within the fiery will of God and thus I stand.
I am a way by which men may achieve,
I am a source of strength enabling them to stand.
I am a beam of light shining upon their way, and thus I stand.
And standing thus, revolve and tread this way, the ways of men,
And know the ways of God. And thus I stand.
I strive toward understanding.
Let wisdom take the place of knowledge in my life.
I strive toward cooperation.
Let the master of my life, the soul,
And likewise the one I seek to serve,
Throw light through me on others.
In the center of the Will of God I stand.
Naught shall deflect my will from His.
I implement that will by love.
I turn toward the field of service.
I, the triangle divine, work out that will within the square and serve my fellow men.
I am a messenger of Light.
I am a pilgrim on the way of Love.
I do not walk alone, but know myself as one with all great souls,
And one with them in service.
Their strength is mine. This strength I claim.
My strength is theirs and this I freely give.
A soul, I walk on Earth, I represent the One.
I am one with my group of brothers, and all that I have is theirs.
May the love which is in my soul pour forth to them.
May the strength which is in me lift and aid them.
May the thoughts which my soul creates
Reach and encourage them.
I know the law, and toward the goal I strive.
Naught shall arrest my progress on the way.
Each tiny life within my form responds.
My soul has sounded forth that call,
And clearer day by day it sounds.
The glamour holds me not.
The path of light streams clear ahead.
My plea goes forth to reach the hearts of men.
I seek, I try to serve your need.
Give me your hand and tread the path with me.
The sons of men are one and I am one with them.
I seek to love, not hate.
I seek to serve and not exact due service.
I seek to heal, not hurt.
Let pain bring due reward of light and love.
Let the soul control the outer form and life and all events,
And bring to light the love
Which underlies the happenings of time.
Let vision come and insight.
Let the future stand revealed.
Let inner union demonstrate and outer cleavages be gone.
Let love prevail.
Let all men love.
We know, oh Lord, of life and love, about the need.
Touch our hearts anew with love, that we too may love and give.
This affirmation is from Alice Bailey's Ponder on This
