Djwal Khul

Djwal Khul, often called simply the Tibetan, is known as the messenger of the Masters. He was the devoted student of Kuthumi, and his particular gift is explanation. The structure of the rays, the anatomy of the subtle bodies, the stages of initiation: wherever the ascension teachings are orderly and exact, his hand is usually present.

He describes himself as an elder brother who has traveled a little farther along the road, and he has always discouraged any personal devotion to himself.

Legend and Embodiments

The teachings say little about Djwal Khul's earlier lives, and this is thought to be by his own wish. He is remembered as one of the wise travelers who followed a star, and in his final embodiment as the abbot of a monastery in Tibet, a scholar who lived simply near the retreat of his teacher. He is said to have made his ascension in the nineteenth century, and to have gone on teaching without interruption.

Service to the Ascension

Djwal Khul's service is to make esoteric knowledge practical. He holds that a teaching which cannot be applied on an ordinary weekday has not yet been understood. He works with students who are drawn to study, and he is equally concerned that study should not become a substitute for living.

He places great emphasis on group work. The age now opening, he teaches, is one in which progress is made together, in circles of people who meditate, serve and learn in common. Our own circle regards him as one of its guiding teachers.

What Djwal Khul Teaches

• Energy follows thought. Tend your thinking as you would tend a fire.
• Meditation, study and service are three legs of one stool. Remove any one and you will fall.
• Do not ask what the teaching can do for you. Ask what you can do with it for others.
• The group is the disciple of the new age.

When to Call on Djwal Khul

• Understanding the seven rays and your own ray makeup
• Clear explanations of difficult teachings
• Establishing a meditation practice with structure
• Working harmoniously in a group or circle
• Turning study into useful service

How to Work With Djwal Khul

Take one idea from the teachings, a single sentence, and hold it steadily in mind for five minutes each morning for a week. Ask Djwal Khul to open its meaning. Do not read anything new during that week. At the end, write down what you have understood and one way you will act on it. This is the method of seed thought, and he considers it the foundation of all later work.

An Invocation

Beloved Djwal Khul, messenger of the Masters,
bring order and light to my understanding.
Show me how each truth is to be lived.
Join me to those with whom I am to work,
and let all that I learn be turned to service.

A Word From Djwal Khul

My friends, you have collected a great many teachings. May I ask which of them you used yesterday? I do not ask in order to shame you. I ask because that one is the only one you truly possess.

Use a little, well. More will be given.

Received by Ilse Varrow

Related Entries

• Kuthumi
• El Morya
• The Seven Rays
• Dimensions of Consciousness