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DISTANCE GROUP MEDITATION
– EVERY SUNDAY AT 21.00 –
for invoking Soul Ray of Greece, Nations and One Humanity
AugustJune 28, 2022
Text read by sister A.M.
THE PERIOD OF TRANSITION
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
Part One
One of the results of
the world condition at this time is the speeding up of all the atomic lives
upon and within the planet. This necessarily involves the increased vibratory
activity of the human mechanism, with a consequent effect upon the psychic
nature, producing an abnormal sensitivity and psychic awareness. It would be of
value here to remember that the condition of humanity at this time is not the
result of simply one factor, but of several—all of them being active
simultaneously, because this period marks the close of one age and the
inauguration of the new.
The factors to which I
refer are, primarily, three in number:
1. This is a
transition period between the passing out of the Piscean Age, with its emphasis
upon authority and belief, and the coming in of the Aquarian Age, with its
emphasis upon individual understanding and direct knowledge. The activity of
these forces, characteristic of the two signs, produces in the atoms of the
human body a corresponding activity. We are on the verge of new knowledges and
the atoms of the body are being tuned up for reception. Those atoms which are
predominantly Piscean are beginning to slow down their activity and to be
"occultly withdrawn," as it is called, or abstracted, whilst those
which are responsive to the New Age tendencies are, in their turn, being
stimulated and their vibratory activity increased.
2. The world war
marked a climax in the history of mankind, and its subjective effect was far
more potent than has hitherto been grasped. Through the power of prolonged
sound, carried forward as a great experiment on the battlefields all over the
world during a period of four years (1914-1918), and through the intense
emotional strain of the entire planetary populace, the web of etheric matter
(called the "veil of the temple") which separates the physical and
astral planes was rent or torn asunder, and the amazing process of unifying the
two worlds of physical plane living and of astral plane experience was begun
and is now slowly going on. It will be obvious, therefore, that this must bring
about vast changes and alterations in the human consciousness. Whilst it will
usher in the age of understanding, of brotherhood and of illumination, it will
also bring about states of reaction and the letting loose of psychic forces
which today menace the uncontrolled and ignorant, and warrant the sounding of a
note of warning and of caution.
3. A third factor is
as follows. It has been known for a long time by the mystics of all the world
religions and by esoteric students everywhere, that certain members of the
planetary Hierarchy are approaching closer to the earth at this time. By this I
want you to infer that the thought, or the mental attention, of the Christ and
of certain of His great disciples, the Masters of the Wisdom, is directed or
focussed at this time on human affairs, and that some of Them are also
preparing to break Their long silence and may appear later among men. This
necessarily has a potent effect, first of all upon Their disciples and on those
who are attuned to and synchronized with Their Minds, and secondly, it should
be remembered that the energy which flows through these focal points of the
Divine Will will have a dual effect and be destructive as well as constructive,
according to the quality of the bodies which react to it. Different types of
men respond distinctively to any inflow of energy, and a tremendous psychic
stimulation is at this time going on, with results both divinely beneficent and
sadly destructive. [Page 5]
It might be added also
that certain astrological relationships between the constellations are
releasing new types of force which are playing through our solar system and on
to our planet and thereby making possible developments hitherto frustrated in
expression, and bringing about the demonstration of latent powers and the
manifestation of new knowledges. All this must be most carefully borne in mind
by the worker in the field of human affairs if the present crisis is to be
rightly appreciated and its splendid opportunities rightly employed. I have
felt it wise to write a few words concerning the condition to be found in the
world today especially in connection with esoteric, occult and mystical groups
and the spiritualistic movement.
All true spiritual
thinkers and workers are much concerned at this time about the growth of crime
on every hand, by the display of the lower psychic powers, by the apparent
deterioration of the physical body, as shown in the spread of disease, and by
the extraordinary increase in insanity, neurotic conditions and mental
unbalance. All this is the result of the tearing of the planetary web, and at
the same time it is a part of the evolutionary plan and the providing of the
opportunity whereby humanity may take its next step forward. The Hierarchy of
Adepts has been divided in opinion (if so unsuitable a word can be applied to a
group of souls and brothers who know no sense of separateness, but only differ
over problems of "skill in action") over the present world condition.
Some believe it to be premature and consequently undesirable and providing a difficult
situation, whilst others take Their stand upon the basic soundness of humanity
and regard the present crisis as inevitable and brought about by the
developments in man himself; They look upon the condition as educational and as
constituting only a temporary problem which—as it is solved—will lead mankind
on the way to a still more glorious future. But there is, at the same time, no
denying the fact that great and frequently devastating forces have been let
loose upon the earth, and that the effect is a cause of grave concern to all
the Masters, Their disciples and workers. [Page 6]
The difficulty can, in
the main, be traced back to the overstimulation and the undue strain placed
upon the mechanism of the bodies, which the world of souls (in physical
incarnation) have to employ as they seek to manifest on the physical plane and
so respond to their environment. The flow of energy, pouring through from the
astral plane and (in a lesser degree) from the lower mental plane, is brought
in contact with bodies that are unresponsive at first, and over-responsive
later; it pours into brain cells which, from lack of use, are unaccustomed to
the powerful rhythm imposed upon them; and humanity's equipment of knowledge is
so poor that the majority have not sense enough to proceed with caution and to
progress slowly. Therefore, they are soon in danger and difficulty; their
natures are oft so impure or so selfish that the new powers which are beginning
to make their presence felt, and so opening up new avenues of awareness and contact,
are subordinated to purely selfish ends and prostituted to mundane objectives.
The glimpses vouchsafed to the man of that which lies behind the veil are
misinterpreted and the information gained is misused and distorted by wrong
motives. But whether a person is unintentionally a victim of force or brings
himself in touch with it deliberately, he pays the price of his ignorance or
temerity in the physical body, even though his soul may "go marching
on."
It is of no use at
this time to close one's eyes to the immediate problem or to endeavour to lay
the blame for the sad failures, the occult wrecks, for the half-demented
psychics, the hallucinated mystics and the feeble-minded dabblers in
esotericism at the door of their own stupidity, or upon the backs of some
teachers, groups or organisations. Much blame can indeed be placed here and
there, but it is the part of wisdom to face facts and to realise the cause of
that which is everywhere transpiring and which can be stated as follows.
The cause of the growth
of the lower psychism and of the increasing sensitivity of humanity at this
time is the sudden inflow of a new form of astral energy through the rent veil
which has, until a short while ago, safeguarded the [Page
7] many. Add to this the inadequacy of the mass of human vehicles to
meet the newly imposed strain and some idea of the problem can be grasped.
Let it not be
forgotten, however, that there is another side to the picture. The inflow of
this energy has brought many hundreds of people into a new and deeper spiritual
realisation; it has opened a door through which many will pass before long and
take their second initiation, and it has let a flood of light into the world—a
light which will go on increasing for the next thirty years, bringing assurance
of immortality and a fresh revelation of the divine potencies in the human
being. Thus is the New Age dawning. Access to levels of inspiration, hitherto
untouched, has been facilitated. The stimulation of the higher faculties (and
this on a large scale) is now possible, and the coordination of the personality
with the soul and the right use of energy can go forward with renewed
understanding and enterprise. Ever the race is to the strong, and always the
many are called and the few chosen. This is the occult law.
We are now in a period
of tremendous spiritual potency and of opportunity to all upon the probationary
path and the path of discipleship. It is the hour wherein a clarion call goes
forth to man to be of good cheer and of goodwill, for deliverance is on the
way. But it is also the hour of danger and of menace for the unwary and the
unready, for the ambitious, the ignorant, and for those who selfishly seek the
Way and who refuse to tread the path of service with pure motive. Lest this
widespread upheaval and consequent disaster to so many should seem to you
unfair, let me remind you that this one life is but a second of time in the
larger and wider existence of the soul, and that those who fail and are
disrupted by the impact of the powerful forces now flooding our earth will
nevertheless have their vibration "stepped up" to better things along
with the mass of those who achieve, even if their physical vehicles are
destroyed in the process. The destruction of the body is not the worst disaster
that can overcome a man.
It is not my purpose
to cover the whole ground possible [Page 8] in
relation to the situation in the field of psychism caused by the inflow of
astral energy at this time. I seek to confine myself to the effect of this
inflow on aspirants and sensitives. These two words—aspirants and
sensitives—are employed by me in this article to distinguish the awakened
seeker after control and mastery from the lower type of psychic, who is
controlled and mastered. It is necessary here to remind you that psychism,
so-called, can be divided into the following two groups:
Higher Psychism Lower Psychism
Divine Animal
Controlled Uncontrolled
Positive Negative
Intelligently applied Automatic
Mediatorship Mediumship
These distinctions are
little understood, nor is the fact appreciated that both groups of qualities
indicate our divinity. All are expressions of God.
There are certain
psychic powers which men share in common with the animals; these powers are
inherent in the animal body and are instinctual, but they have, for the vast
majority, dropped below the threshold of consciousness and are unrealised and
therefore useless. These are the powers, for instance, of astral clairvoyance
and clairaudience, and the seeing of colours and similar phenomena.
Clairvoyance and clairaudience are also possible on mental levels, and we then
call it telepathy, and the seeing of symbols, for all visioning of geometrical
forms is mental clairvoyance. All these powers are, however, tied up with the
human mechanism or response apparatus, and serve to put the man in touch with
aspects of the phenomenal world for which the response mechanism, which we call
the personality, exists. They are the product of the activity of the divine
soul in man, which takes the form of what we call "the animal soul,"
which really corresponds to the Holy Ghost aspect in the human microcosmic
trinity. All these powers have their [Page 9]
higher spiritual correspondences, which manifest when the soul becomes
consciously active and controls its mechanism through the mind and the brain.
When astral clairvoyance and clairaudience are not below the threshold of
consciousness, but are actively used and functioning, it means that the solar
plexus centre is open and active. When the corresponding mental faculties are
present in consciousness, then it means that the throat centre and the centre
between the eyebrows are becoming "awake" and active. But the higher
psychic powers, such as spiritual perception with its infallible knowledge, the
intuition with its unerring judgment, and psychometry of the higher kind with
its power to reveal the past and the future, are the prerogatives of the divine
soul. These higher powers come into play when the head and heart centres, as
well as the throat centre, are brought into activity as the result of
meditation and service. Let the student, however, remember two things:
That the greater can
always include the lesser, but the purely animal psychic does not include the
higher.
That between the
lowest type of negative mediumship and the highest type of inspired teacher and
seer are found a vast diversity of grades, and that the centres are not
uniformly developed in humanity.
The complexity of the
subject is great, but the general situation can be grasped, the significance of
the opportunity proffered can be understood, and the right use of knowledge be
employed to bring good out of the present critical period, and thus the psychic
and spiritual growth of man be fostered and nurtured.
Two questions should,
I believe, at this time engross the attention of all workers in the field of
esotericism and those who are engaged with the training of students and
aspirants.
I. How shall we train
our sensitives and psychics so that the dangers can be avoided and men can go
safely forward to their new and glorious heritage? [Page
10]
II. How can esoteric
schools or "disciplines," as they are sometimes called, make right
use of the opportunity?
THE EXTERNALISATION OF THE
HIERARCHY by ALICE A. BAILEY, pp. 4-10
(Part two follows)
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