(Elaeenah explained after the channeling that three large men in very resplendent robes and jewellery had appeared and stood at the back of the hall, behind the group that had gathered there.)

Three, three priests, who preached the old Zarathrushtrian tenets, went to receive the babe. Their names have long been forgotten by you. You know them now as the names of Masters and so we will use those names: Melchizedek, Michior and Minos. Three priests who undertook to teach the babe till the babe became the Christ. No kings were we. Not often did we take human form but we did then to help the babe become your Christ. And today we greet you all; in full regalia and in great pride and honour we stand before you, though only I, Melchizedek will speak. And we come today to take one more babe with us. This child (Elaeenah) before you is our babe. We come to greet her as we greeted our babe. No Christ will she be, and yet to all she will be one footstep of the Christ. And this is our footstep of the Christ. No more will she be called by any other name but Footstep of the Christ. As teachers, we perform our tasks from age to age and over several weeks, this footstep was being readied for this one moment when we three teachers would take one more into our school to teach greater thoughts. Her time is not now. But in a future which you cannot see this Footstep will walk on its own and behind the Footstep will be millions of smaller footsteps following the path set by the babe. It is for this that we three are present before you. We put upon this footstep a cloak of purple and gold. The babe (referring to the Master Jesus) followed none but the thoughts of the one you call Germain and today the babe is a gold chalice from which you all drink. As this cloak is put upon this Footstep, she takes upon her the responsibilities of all that is past and yet is now. The purple and gold cloak falls upon this Footstep. And before we leave, we will make this Footstep take her first step with this honoured cloak upon her shoulders.

(Elaeenah takes her 1^st step with difficulty. She explained later that though she did not see the robe at all, she felt its very heavy weight upon her shoulders, and felt a huge sense of reverential awe feeling her being.)

St. Germain:

Spread the word to all. The Footstep will now not stand still. It must walk over all and those who come in the path of the Footstep must be trodden for now there is no turning back. For none. There is only the onward path and from this, none can turn back. The Footstep must walk.

My beloved ones, it is a day of great joy and jubilation when this beloved child of ours, stubborn, pig-headed and oh, so talkative, joins the ranks of those whom we honour. We wonder though, should we give her the credit or our own persistence?( Sir smiled at this) She set out on a plan, but as one does in a boxer’s ring, struggled hard and fought us punch for punch till finally the heavyweights won over.( Sir smiled widely) We love this dear child and we admit, it has been fun for us. And today, we are indeed jubilant. And why did we choose this temple (referring to Diana’s home) for this great day when she wears the robe? It is in this temple that that the energies of two Masters reside as one. It is in this temple, that all energies get converted to the top of a pyramidal apex and get magnified. And that is why we ensured that the first meeting of this year should be here.

We wish to talk to you today about ‘new’. What is ‘new’? Is it the opposite of ‘old’? Is it what is not ancient? Is it modern? Is it something that has never been done? It is all and yet none of these. New is simple, and yet its state is so hard to achieve because new is to be in a state of ‘now every where’. If one has to achieve a state of now everywhere, you have to forget the moment that just passed and yet you have to be in that moment too. You have to forget that you are here and yet you have to be very much here. That is new. To be now everywhere. Is now a moment? Is it time? Is it a state? Now is existence. If you live constantly in a past that you judge by the illusion of time, then you are not in a state of existence. If you constantly plan for a future, that is again an illusion of time, then you are not in a state of existence. But, if you live those moments that you have lived, those moments that you yet have to live and those moments that are now, that is existence. It is wrong to say that one must forget the past. How can you forget that which has been your greatest teacher? It is wrong to say that one must not think of the future. How can you not think of a state of bliss that awaits you? It is wrong to state that only this moment matters, because this moment is illusion. How can illusion be all that matters? So now is big, bigger than you can envisage with a physical human mind. Now is a state of existence that asks you, that demands, that you leave behind physicality and yet enjoy the physicality simultaneously. And this is now. And if now is a state of existence, now has to be everywhere. What you were, and what you will be, and what you are, exist together now everywhere. And yet you are caught in your illusion of time and you wish each one a Happy New Year. And what do you wish? You wish for another an illusion. Is it only one moment when my son’s playthings (referring to Yezad’s numerous watches/clocks) strike 12 times that you look at new? Has the moment before become old already, to be discarded and not thought of? Wish each one "NOW EVERYWHERE" every time you meet. The more you repeat, the more you will be in a state of now everywhere. This is your greeting. Not an illusion of a happy new year. What is a year? So many millions of moments of an illusion that you are trapped in called time. And you wish each other that again and again and again. And you wonder then, ‘why am I not freeing myself of illusion?’ How can you free yourself from illusion when you wish that upon yourself? You, my little ones, did not even know the meaning of new. When you know the meaning of new, you can understand how new is real, and year is illusion. How can the two ever merge? Is it any wonder then that each one of you experiences, that every ‘new year’ seems to bring with it more and more difficulties and the happiness you desire seems to be further and further away? Because you’re caught in your illusion.

What is time? It is just a tool for physicality to move on its physical way. It is only a tool, and you have made it so important. You live by time; you rush through every beautiful sunrise and sunset because of this illusion of time. And then you speak a truth of which you have no recollection later. You speak the words," I have no time" and that, my loved ones, is the only truth that you have spoken. You have no time. It is all now everywhere, and this is the awakening. The earth is ready to give you now everywhere. You must want it. You must experience its need. You must experience that you are incomplete and then now everywhere becomes part of you because you are part of existence. And then you can enjoy all physical joy. And each morsel of food that you eat will become even tastier because you will experience its illusion. And each item of beautiful clothing that you wear will make you feel even more attractive because you will see through its illusion. We ask you never to leave behind your physical playthings that are so important to you, but to experience their illusion. Food is not required to survive. Food has only been given to you as a small gift from the universe. Take it and do what you wish with it but like all gifts, use it wisely. It is not needed to survive. This body that you work so hard to keep beautiful needs nothing but now. In a state of now this body never ages. Age is the trick your illusion of time plays with you. Do you know why you wrinkle? Because you have played the trick upon yourself and when you turn 40 and 50 and 60 and look into the mirror this trickster time tells you that there must be wrinkles, and there will be. You have played this trick upon yourself. You begin to say, "I feel old". Why does a baby not have wrinkles? Because the baby still has not believed in this illusion of time. You have, and you feel old. In now everywhere there is no old, there is no young, because existence cannot age. It can only bloom further and further and further. So do not wish each other a happy new year. Do not wish that upon anyone.

Whatever you wish, now hear the words and know that each word has energy and the energy in each word that you speak travels more to that person than your word can. So do not wish an illusion upon anyone, my little ones. You are all so tightly trapped in your illusion; it requires great efforts to make even small rents in it. And this web of illusion gets denser and tighter every time you speak words that are illusion.

And there is another illusion that you wish. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. An illusion. What are you wishing? That moment of birth is only a moment of transition. Transition from real into illusion. Transition from all memory to all forgetfulness and you wish that over and over and over upon your dearest ones. With this you wish ‘may you constantly leave behind reality and be an illusion and be happy in this illusion’. Oh, my little ones, you have all grown enough for us to speak to you like this. We wouldn’t ask this or we wouldn’t impart this knowledge to those who are too young in their spiritual growth to be able to understand this. But you are not. We will now not indulge you in your illusions because our respect for you has grown. We have told you once, the Masters give you small doses of truth, only that much that you can take. And you can now take more, so we will not indulge you in your illusions. The earth is screaming for a state of reality in the physical world.

Why is it that you all perceive reality and truth as only something of the spirit? And because you perceive that as something of the spirit, you keep aside a certain time of the day for your prayer and your meditation. That is the time you give. You permit yourself to leave behind your illusion. You must now be in a state of n e w at all time because there is no time. Till we meet again in the following month, we command that no prayer will pass your lips and no moment of meditation will be set aside by you. None. No meditation and no prayer. These are crutches that the physical uses to walk the path that you call spirituality and if you need this staff to walk, then you must fall on this path till you find the courage to pick yourself up on your own and walk the path without a crutch. No prayer but that which is said in loving kindness to another. No meditation but your every moment, action, word and thought. One month. See how difficult it is for you to be new. You have become used to aging. You have become used to getting old. You have become used to discarding and being discarded and we now command you to pick yourself up and say, "It is my right to be new. It is my right because I am the Christ. It is my right because I am God." And no God can survive in a cell. And if you place yourself in a cell of your own making then you are no God. My child (Diana) has wisely left this doorway open so that those here who are not Gods can walk out of this temple. (To Diana) Always leave this door open. We wish only Gods to be present here and that who is not a God must be given full liberty, without judgement, to leave.

The time for Jade Fire to be gentle has passed in a moment of illusion. Now we will push and shove but we will ensure that each one of you gets up on your own strength because when you do that, this earth will be trod by Christs of high stature. Then no more will Jade Fire need to come and be with you and that is the moment that Jade Fire looks forward to; when you have outgrown Jade Fire. So we wish each one to be new and for that we give you one month. But remember it is an illusion. There is no month. No prayer but a word of love to another. No meditation but your own thought, your own action, your own word. This will soon become a habit and when you look into that mirror, you will not see you as a person of 20 or 40 0r 50. If you knew how old you were, each one of you would instantly have as many wrinkles as the folds on this earth. But you would rather trap yourself in the illusion of physical age, so we will not reveal to you how old you are.

But what is old and why do you fear old? Old is Omnipresent Love and Devotion. Omnipresent love and devotion, and you wish to run away from old. Have you not noticed how those who age in your physical world become gentler, calmer? There is a peace within, that glows outwards. How little children run to those whom you consider old, because when that inner peace has been reached, it glows outwards as omnipresent love and devotion. That is old and it is as ancient as this universe itself. Old is as ancient as this universe itself. Old is the universe. So leave behind these little illusions.

Do not leave behind your playthings. They bring you much transient happiness, so be with these playthings and enjoy as a child enjoys a little train set. But a child is wiser than you. When a child plays with the little train set, at every moment the child is aware that this is a toy. However much the child may whistle and hoot, the child knows it is pretense and that when a greater calling comes, this toy must be put away and in that the child is wiser than you, because when you play with your toys, you do not remember that it is pretense. And this pretense has such a strong hold over you that when a greater calling shouts, you hear it not. And then you spend the rest of your mortal life wondering why your heart’s desire is so far away from you. Your heart’s desire is so close to you that you cannot see it. In fact, my little ones, if your heart’s desire were far away you would see it because you have trained your vision to look outward. It is because your heart’s desire is so close to you that you are unable to find it. But in now everywhere you expand and in your expansion you become existence itself and then all around you your vision looks only at you because when you expand there is nothing else to look at. The vision must be trained now to look outwards and inwards simultaneously.

You cannot escape from this physical world. It plays an extremely important role. You must live in it so that you can experience illusion. But now you must make yourselves bigger. Encompass all, all. You will encompass illusion and when you encompass illusion, you will become reality. Don’t let your vision be small and narrow. You have all, as several hundreds have all over your earth, worked very, very hard and you have been able to shift the course of events. The shift now must become complete so that it can never be reverted back. But you have attained a mammoth task. You have moved a mountain without knowing that you have the strength to move the mountain. Now know that you have your strength. When you know that you have the strength, you will move not one mountain but all that dare to raise their peaks to you. So we will not wish you a happy new year. We will wish you now everywhere forever.

(Jade Fire blessed the group and the meeting ended.)