Aaron Rose is the chairman of Wellsprings of Life, a partner distributor for Prosveta France, UK and Canada. He also seeks to develop the spread of the Teaching in the United States. A period after, Wellsprings of Life has decided to set up a large spiritual media library in its premises on Mount Shasta, a sacred place of the Amerindians, a high place for pilgrimages and spiritual sojourns. To support its effort to spread the Teaching in the United States, the Padme International Foundation paid the cost of purchasing and shipping an entire set of all of Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov's books in French and German for inclusion in the media library at Mount Shasta.
The Foundation has also solicited Prosveta publishers from all over the world to equip the reading center with books translated into over 25 languages. Packages have arrived at Mount Shasta from Brazil, Spain, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Switzerland....
How did you meet the White Universal Brotherhood and more specifically the Master's teaching?
I was reading books by a spiritual teacher from Australia (Jasmuheen) who kept sharing absolutely profound quotes from a man with a strange name (Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov). I wondered why I had never heard of him before, and I decided to find out more about him and his teaching. What a pleasant surprise was in store for me!
How did you pursue becoming a distributor of the Master's books ?
After reading a few of the Master’s books, I felt impelled to purchase and read everything by him that was available in English, so I did. Susan Rashkin, who was the main US distributor, helped me greatly by obtaining items from Canada and France that she didn’t normally carry or that were out of print. Although the Master’s words were delightfully clear and simple, the books were published in British English, and I saw ways that I could make them more suitable for an American audience. So I wrote to Agnes Vogt at Prosveta SA in France and offered to volunteer my skills as an editor and publisher to help. At that time, Susan decided to retire, and she offered to sell her inventory on favorable terms. So I created a nonprofit publishing company (Wellsprings of Life, Esoteric Christian Publishing) for the purpose of disseminating the Teaching in the US, and Agnes graciously worked out a distribution agreement.
Could you describe the magical link you have with Mount Shasta... and the story of your installation and your last realizations, diffusions...
Like so many people here, I would have to say that the mountain called me. I spent most of my adult life working for Christian organizations, and after an intense period of service setting up and operating a print shop and publishing department for a ministry in Seattle, I was ready for a break. I came to Mount Shasta to rest and to read metaphysical books, and I was soon asked to help with publishing, as there are many authors here. My wife (who has since passed away) was a Registered Nurse, and I helped her set up and run a wellness practice. Between that and my publishing work, I have gotten to know and serve many wonderful people in the spiritual community here, as well as spiritual tourists who have come here from around the world.
And what do you feel about your future prospects ?
I just want to play my part in helping to usher in the next Golden Age. My main task is to learn to embody the Teaching in my own life. I am also studying the protocols of International English (which is basically a simplified version of American English), and I’d like to help publish the Teaching in that form, which would be useful for those who read English as a secondary language (which is over a billion people). And since there are over 350 languages spoken here in the US, I would like to work toward the goal of everyone having at least some portion of the Teaching available in the language of their heart. It is a privilege to know about the Teaching and to help make the Master’s vision of it come true and blanket the Earth. I see it as a great way to work off some karma and prepare for a better life next time. I am grateful for the inspiration in meeting and collaborating with my brothers and sisters in this great soul family.
