Afra
Afra fue el primer miembro de la raza negra en realizar la ascensión. Hace mucho, ofreció a Dios su nombre y reputación para patrocinar un gran continente y un poderoso pueblo. Cuando ascendió, pidió que se le llamara simplemente «un hermano» (frater en latín), de ahí el nombre Afra. El continente de África tiene su nombre por Afra, que es el patrón de África y de la raza negra.
La historia antigua de África
Cuando África formaba parte del continente de Lemuria había antiguas eras de oro allí, cuando el pueblo apareció procedente de la luz del gran cuerpo causal del Gran Director Divino. El Gran Director Divino continúa patrocinando el plan divino del continente de África, al igual que patrocina el plan divino de los descendientes de Afra en América.
Mucha gente ha ascendido desde la raza negra; aunque desde una perspectiva espiritual, no existe tal cosa como la raza negra o la raza blanca. En el cielo los maestros no se distinguen por su raza o religión anteriores. Todas las razas de la Tierra han surgido del corazón de Dios bajo los siete rayos o siete senderos de iniciación.
Los que pertenecen a la raza «blanca» aparecieron para conseguir la maestría de las llamas amarilla (sabiduría), rosa (amor) y blanca (pureza), de ahí las varias mezclas y cualidades tonales de su piel. Estas evoluciones estaban destinadas a poner sobre el altar de Dios el don de su maestría propia en el camino de la sabiduría, el amor y la pureza. Los pertenecientes a la raza amarilla, el pueblo de la tierra de Chin –o China– prestan servicio en el rayo de la sabiduría, mientras que los que tienen la piel de color «rojo» están destinados a amplificar la llama rosa del amor divino.
Los miembros de la raza «negra» aparecieron en el rayo azul y el rayo violeta. En una antigua civilización del continente de África, la piel de la gente tenía un tono azul o violeta. Estos colores provienen del Dios Padre-Madre, Alfa y Omega, el principio y el fin, el primer rayo y el séptimo rayo.
Así como cada persona presta servicio en un rayo en concreto, los países también tienen una vocación o dharma. Dios llama a cada país a que manifieste una virtud específica para cumplir un destino determinado. Los miembros de lo que se conoce como la raza negra fueron enviados a la Tierra a dominar las cualidades del poder de Dios, su voluntad y su fe (en el rayo azul) y las cualidades de la libertad, la justicia y la misericordia de Dios (en el rayo violeta).
A lo largo de las eras, desde que salió del Edén, el hombre se ha ido apartando de este elevado estado y los colores puros de los rayos del arco iris ya no están reflejados ni en el tono de la piel ni en el aura. La división se ha establecido con las prácticas de «divide y conquistarás» de los caídos. En vez de haber razas que se aceptan unas a otras como hermanos y hermanas, existe la división: una raza que esclaviza a la otra, y la gran unidad de todos los hijos de Dios y su unidad en la llama se destruye.
La encarnación de Afra en África
Afra vivió hace 500 000 años, cuando la gente de esta antigua civilización había alcanzado un cruce de caminos. Los ángeles caídos que habían invadido el planeta Tierra dividieron a la gente. Estos ángeles malignos se propusieron destruir las razas azul y violeta. Distorsionaron los rituales y las formas de arte que una vez fueron algo sagrado para este pueblo, abriendo la puerta a la brujería, el vudú y la magia negra. Dirigieron a la gente hacia el odio, la superstición y la rivalidad por el poder.
As the people began to divert their attention from their God Presence, they became more and more vulnerable to the divide-and-conquer tactics of the fallen angels. The civilization became divided by the warring factions of its tribes. The people were losing the inner spiritual battle between the forces of light and darkness within them. And their division, both within and without, allowed them to become enslaved under the powers of darkness.
Seeing the plight of his people, Afra took embodiment among them in order to rescue them. First, he pinpointed the one missing trait that he perceived to be the Achilles’ heel of his people. He identified the point of vulnerability as their lack of brotherhood. Allegorically speaking, they followed the example of Cain rather than following the example of Abel. When the LORD asked the people of Afra if they would be willing to lay down their lives for their kinsmen and friends, their answer was the same as Cain’s: “Am I my brother’s keeper?”[1] The one who answers no to that question is dedicated to his ego. He will never be his brother’s keeper, and eventually the divine spark within him, the threefold flame, will die.
Afra knew that many of his people had lost their threefold flame, even as many blacks and whites, through anger, are losing it today. He also knew that in order to regain that flame, they would have to follow a path of brotherhood. They had to care for one another. The only way he could teach them to be a brother to all others was to be a brother to all himself. And for this, he was crucified by his own people. He was the Christ in their midst, but they knew him not. They were blinded by their greed for power.
His service today
The ascended master Afra spoke on “The Powers and Perils of Nationhood” in Accra, Ghana, in 1976, stressing the theme of unity and of dissolving our differences in the fire of the Holy Spirit. He said:
We are brethren because we are of the same Mother. I am your brother, not your lord, not your master. I am your brother on the Path. I have shared your passion for freedom. I have shared with you the hours of crisis when you beheld injustice, when you prayed to the Lord for justice and the Lord gave to you the divine plan for this nation and for this continent.
I have lived in your hearts for hundreds of years as you have toiled under the burden of oppression self-imposed from within and put upon from without.
The people of Afra have the supreme opportunity to learn from every civilization and every history. When materialization reaches its peak, there are only two courses open to a civilization: either material decline and decay because of indulgence, or spiritual transcendence through the alchemy of the Holy Spirit.[2]
In a later message, Saint Germain asked Afra to convey the following message to the descendants of Afra in America:
In this moment, those who call themselves the blacks of America can rise to new dimensions of freedom and liberty. But this can only come to pass through the mighty heart flame, through the understanding of the path of initiation under the Holy Spirit, through submitting yourself, your soul, to the altar of God and calling upon the Lord for an acceleration of light, a purging of inner darkness.
Though there were successes through the civil rights movement, there have been setbacks. For those successes in many instances were outer. Having gained them, the people did not understand that they must go within to the inner light in order to sustain them. We would seek the equality of all souls whatever their outer ‘color.’ We would teach you a spiritual path of true advancement on the path of initiation.
Though they know it not, the black people of America today are at the eternal Y. They must choose this day whom they will serve—whether gains in the line of material comfort and increased well-being and higher-paying jobs, or the real gain of the eternal light of Sonship and the path of immortality with all of its challenges. In this land of abundance, it is natural for all people to expect and to live according to a higher standard of living. It is when this higher standard obliterates the inner longing for the higher light and the higher way that it becomes dangerous. I would tell you that God has chosen this people as those who have become rich in Spirit.[3]
You can call to Afra for unity and for the dissolving of racial tensions through the true understanding of universal brotherhood.
Afra, our brother of light, like all ascended masters, has true humility. Kuthumi spoke of Afra’s humility:
This giant soul with his tremendous devotion was one of the unknown brothers. So long as individuals feel the need to expound upon their own personal achievements, they may well find that they are not truly a part of us.[4]
Sources
Mark L. Prophet and Elizabeth Clare Prophet, The Masters and Their Retreats, s.v. “Afra.”
- ↑ Gen. 4:9.
- ↑ Elizabeth Clare Prophet, Afra: Brother of Light, pp. 25–26.
- ↑ Ibid., pp. 29–30.
- ↑ Ibid., p. 35.